Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-26

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nothing to do, as he represents the 9th
district in Congress, and says he can at
tend to the postofices in that district,
and doesn't want any thing to do with
those in other districts. The postof-
fees at Tappahannock and Riverton
caused them Q great deal of bother. AT
the latter place Robinson was appoint
ed, but his appointment was held up,
that Lent, another applicant, withdrew
in favor of Hall, who, it is said, will be
appointed. At Woodstock there is a
contest between Davis and Geary, the
latter originally from Alexandria, who,
it is said, will get the Office. AT Burk-
Vile J. n. Boswell is the favorite,
at Maurytown a fight is on between
SheferIand Swartz, and at Crewe, one be-
tw, en- Wilson and Dyson will proba-
bly, be settled by the appointment OF a
new man, Kelly.
Senator Martin, of Virginia has
given up his winter residence here and
taken his family back to his home in
Scottsville, Albemarle county.
Consul General Lee cabled the State
Department to-day from Havana that
the amount of supplies he has now on
hand there for the relief American cltl-
! zens in distress is abundant and will last
for some time. Presumably this state
ment applies generally to all the con-
s~ulates, for the Consul General has been
in consultation with his subordinate
consuls on this very matter by direction
of the Secretary of State. At any rate
the department will now pause before
moving further in the direction of dis.
ribution ofreliet.
The trial of Mr.. Havemeyer, the
president of the American Sugar Rein
ing Co., indicted for refusing to answer
questions propounded by the Senate was
resumed this morning. District Attor-
ney Davis reoffered in evidence the ex-
tract OF the Senate journal showing the
recreancy of Mr.. Havemeyer, to which
the defense objected unless the other
Journals showing the whole action Of
the Senate upon the case can be admit
ted. Judge Bradley agreed to ad
nit all relevant extracts from
the Senate journals and t%hereupon
Mr.. Johnson withdrew his objection.
Accordingly, the extracts showing and
detailing the fact of Mr.. Havemeyer's
contumacy were admitted. Mr.. John
son objected to the admission of the
printed report of the committee as evi.
dence and q long legal debate followed
on this point. The government insist
ed that it was admissible as an official
Senate report. Mr.. Davis said he was
driven to the necessity of offering this
document as evidence because the orig
inal stenographic notes of MIR. Have
meyers testimony had been lost. The
defence offered to admit the whole
printed record, but objected to the
extract relating to Mr.. Havemeyer's
testimony. The court said that if the
contention Of the government was cor
rect then the whole record was evidence
and much time of the court had been
wasted. He convulsed the court room
by his sarcastic reference to the "sancti-
ty" with which the district attorney
had clothed the proceedings Of the
Senate. In the apostolic days, he said,
clothes taken from the bodies of the
apostles were supposed to have heal
ing virtues and ever the rags
that subsequently came in con-
tact with them. ''Those days."
said the Judge, while Senator
Gray laughed outright, "are passed.
The court sustains the objection"
This ruling compelled the district at
torney to again call the Senate CON-
mittee's stenographer to the stand.
The attorneys then announced that
they had agreed that certain extracts
from the printed report of Mr.. Have
meyers testimony should 60 in as d.
rect evidence. The extracts admitted
showed the purpose of the defense to
contend that Mr.. Havemeyer had an
swered all pertinent inquiries and had
refused to furnish only data as to politi.
cal contributions in State and
local elections. The court held that
these extracts having been admitted,
it was competent for the defense to
bring out all other things in the testi-
mony. In making the ruling the judge
remarked Significantly Suppose it
can be shown that MIR. Havemeyer in
substance gave to the committee the
information asked for in the question
to which answer was subsequently re-
fused ?" Immediately following this
the defense offered Mr.. Havemeyer's
d%enisls, paragraph by paragraph, in
The newspaper article. Mr.. Johnson,
on behalf of the defense, moved to dis
miss the indictment on six grounds,
and made an argument in support Of
his motion, dwelling particularly on
the fact that it did not lie in the prov.
ince or Jurisdiction of Senate commit
tee to go beyond the scope of its inquiry
and to ask impertinent questions. He
was bitter in his sarcasm. With ex.
IRENE irony he declared that the alleged
'purists" should devote some of their
virtues and time to attending to their
own business"
Alarge delegation representing the
tobacco interest of the United States,
prominent among whom was MIR. Eat
ton of Richmond, was at the Capitol
to-day and conferred with Senators and
Representatives from tobacco produc-
ing States. The delegation will have a
hearing before the republican members
of the finance committee this evening.
The republican Senators and Repre-
sentatives from the States most inter-
ested will accompany them and urge
the committee to reduce the tobacco
rates.
Rev. A. G.. Harrison, a well-known
preacher in the southeastern section of
the city, has mysteriously disappeared
from his home. He was financially in
volved.