Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-01
The bill to kill the business of the

The Dill to XIII Cne business OF Cn0
railroad ticket scalpers came up unex-
pectedly in the House to-day, during
the call of committee, but its consid-
Grafton was postponed until more ap-
propriate time. While the longer lines
of railroads favorit, some ofthe shorter
ones oppose it. One of the reasons as
signed for its passage is the statement
that thousands of the tickets sold by
scalpers are counterfeits.
No postmaster at Norfolk has as yet
been appointed and it is said to-day
that pone may be during the present
administration. AHidavits have been
filed at the Postoffice Department to the
effect that Mr.. Sharp, who has been
nominated for the place by Congress
man Tyler, did speak of the President
in any other than respectful language,
hut as he was recommended by the
business men of Norfolk for the place
Mr.. Tyler will not withdraw his nomi-
nation, and certainly will not nominate
Mr.. Doyle, who filed them, and who is
Oh applicant for the place.
The following changes in the fourth
class postoffices of Virginia were made
to-day At Dorcas, Augusta county, r.
B. Horn appointed postmaster, vice c..
S. Knott, resigned; Freezing, Dickinson
county, Isaac Kilgore, vice J. F. Trivitt,
removed; Tampico. York county, II. A.
Harris, vice T. S. Harris, resigned.
A Rappahannock county, Virginia,
democrat at the Capitol to-. day, said the
democrats of that county are taking a
rest now, but that Messrs. Talliaferro,
Jefries and Browning, the candidates
for the State Senatorial nomination in
that district, will all be at the court
house OF that county at March court,
and after that, he thinks, politics there
will brighten up. In respect OF the
Governor, he said he didn't have many
friends in his county now.
1t is rumored among the Virginians
here that several of the democratic
Congressman from their State have the
gubernatorial bee buzzing in their bon
nets, among them Messrs. Tucker,
Swanson and Meredith, but not
Mr.. Jones nor Mr.. Otey, neither OF
whom wants the nomination, nor
does General Walker want the
republican nomination. Mr.. Tucker is
spoken OF in connection with the presi-
dency of Westinghouse University,
but laughiugly says quoting, the words
of an old politician in his State, II the
governorship be thrust upon him he
supposes he will have to take it.
The hard times affect the business OF
the pool rooms as we'll as all other sorts.
The number OF men and women who
leave here daily for the room at st.
Asaph is much smaller than when times
were better and their bets are smaller
The lowest bet re ceived there is dol
lar, and most all of them now are raised
by quarters, dimes and nickels put in
| by different people.
The Senate to-day ratified the treaty
with Japan which provides that citizens
of either of the contracting parties shall
enjoy in the territorities of the other
the same protection as native citizens in
regard to patents, trademarks and de
signs, upon fulfillment Of the formal
ties prescribed by law.
Senator George Of Mississippi, who has beer
| i'll for some time, is reported to-day rs slight
| " better, but Senator Earris of Tennessee
whose wife recently died, is very i'll at hi
rooms hero.
Mr.. Bynum has not been forgotten. Th'
President to-day appointed him one of thu
commissioners to test and examine the weigh
and fineness Of the coins reserved at the sew
efsl minis.
The opposition to the confirmation of VIM
D. McHugh. to be district judge for tho dis
trict of Nebraska, whose nomination was sem
to the Senate on December 9th last, has be-
come so determined and the committee OIL
| judiciary has so manifestly reached the con
| clusion to hold the case up that the President
to-day withdrew the name of Mr.. McHugl
and sent in that of VIM. II. Munger.
A court of inquiry will be ordered in the
case OF the U. s. ship Brooklyn, which has
| been seriously damaged by grounding of
LEAGUE Island The Secretary of the Navy
has turned the Brooklyn back to the Cramps
as an uncompeted vessel and the firm vii
take her back to League Island and repair
the vessel. The plates have been ripped from
the bottom of the Brooklyn for distance o.
| 125 feet on each side of the keel.
Tho Supreme Court to-day, by a bare ma
| jority, affirmed the validity of the Ohio
law regulating the taxing of express compa
| MES. The court also sustained the Indian;
law taxing telegraph companies.