Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-22
bank to realize its securities, owing TO
the depreciation in the price thereof.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Jurisprudence OF the Ale1andris Gazette.
WAsHINGTON. Oct. %.

The House OF Bishops n house OF
Deputies of the Episcopal Convention
met in Joint session this morning and
decided 10 adjourn finally next Tues
day evening. The committee on Chris
| tian Education presented a report de-
ploriue the lack ofreligious teaching III
| the public schools and calling upon the
SAFE to make the spiritual education OF
the Young a matter OF duty with edh-
Gators. The same committee presented
a resolution urging men OF wealth to be
more generous in their contributions TO
the schools and colleges. The House
of Bishops elected Rev. j. n. Horner,
of North Carol ma, missionary bishop OF
Asheville, Nc.
A republican Congressman, now
here, says he predicts that his party
will lose twenty-five members of the
House east OF the Mississippi next
month, but that it will gain ten or
twelve west of that river, which will
leave it with a good working ma
jority.
At republican headquarters here to-
| day it is said the number of voters
VINO have applied there for trapsporta-
ton is considerably less than that oftwo
ago. At democratic headquarters it is
said that while there is not smuch inter
| est manifested in the election as there
was in 1896, the number of voters who
have applied for transportion certif-
| Gates is not much smaller than it was
then.
Chairman Agnew of the Virginia
| State republican committee who was
| here this morning says so far as he
knows there will be no call for q meet
| ing of that committee 10 take action
with reference to any OF the republican
candidates for Congress in his State.
The committee, he says, has already
done all they can do in that matter.
From the 9th Virginia district it is
learned from republicans recently here
that Mr.. Walker, the republican can.
didate FIR Congress there, will probably
be reelected.
Virginia people now here say as Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee will go to Cuba this win
ter aud may probably stay there a year
If not longer and may be given q place
10 the regular army, it is not at all GER
tain that be will be a candidate for the
U. S. Senate. They also say that that
uncertainty may have had something
to do with inducing Mr.. Walton Moore,
one OF his personal friends, to say that
he would not decline a nomination il
rendered him.
Chief James A. Dumont, of the
Steamboat Inspection Service, in his
annual report just published, says the
civil service rules as applied to his ser
viece are a dead failure.
Commonwealth's Attorney Johnson
of Alexandria county, here to-day, say;
there is no political excitement in thai
county now, but that there is already
some in respect of the spring election
and that Messrs. Clements and Doug
lass will both be candidates for hi;
place.
Congressman Bartlett Of Georgia
here to-day, says the price of cotton i:
now Il cents, and that the man who
says cotton can be p~roftably raised at ;
cents, doesn't know the difference be
tween a corn stalk ard a cabbage.
People from New York here to-day
say the brewers there have made up 6
large sum for the democratic campaigr
in that State, and that the bankers snd
trusts have seen them and gone better
and that the election will probably be
determined by money, though the price
of votes will not be as high as it wa:
two years ago. They also say that as
ex-senator Hill and the chief of police
in New York city say that legal voter;
will be justified in knocking down cleo
ton supervisors who may attempt tc
interfere with them at the polls, and
the supervisor says be will do his duty
irrespective OF their threat, lively times
may be expected there on election day
The weather reports from yellow fe-
yer districts to-day show frosts gen.
orally throughout the infected districts.
In Alabama, eastern and northern Mis-
sissippi and northern Louisiana the
frosIs were heavy aud killing; in south
western Mississippi and southern Lou.
siaua light frost was reported.
Congressman Hay OF Virginia was
here this morning. He has been cam
~paigning in his State and reports demo.
cratic prospects there as most favor.
able.
An Alexandria mechanic who has
recently moved here, says work was
scarce enough in his city, but it is
scarcer here.
Senator Daniel Of Virginia is not de-
lighted with his membership of the
non partisan labor commission, and if
he had known as much about it before
as he does now, he would o have &C.
cepted the appointment. The Senator
has been campaigning in Virginia and
says he thinks both the 9th and 10Th
| Virginia districts will 90 democratic.
The statement male to the Comp.
troller of the Currency of the condition
of the First National Bank at Lisbon,
Ohio, which suspended yesterday shows
the following liabilities Capital, $50
600: surplus and undivided profits,
81 1872; individual deposits, $29, 161; to
bankers and banks, S12, 56S; borro we'd
money, $50 %; circulation, $11,250-
total $112. 9G3. The resources are
! placed at the same figures.
Congressman Hilborn of Ca @ifornia, repub.
lean, who has not been renominsted, is hero
TO day. He says an active political campaign
is in progress there. snd that he thinks his
| party will come out ahead.
1t is said that Congressman Berry of Ken
lucky intends to press his resolution for q
vote of thanks to admiral Scbley as soon as
Congress meets, snd that it will prob bly, be
the occasion for q lively criticism OF st lesst
one of the heroes" of the war.
The President and his party arrived this
evening al , 80 o'clock.
The Fern was to-day turned over to the
naval reserve of the District OF Columbia.