Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-02
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month ago. He declines to say
whether any cases of fraud in addition
to one for som ething over 5000 already
reported were discovered, but says there
were some suspicious cases rnearthed.
The suicidal mania, which has caused
a number of attempts at self dsstruc
ton in this city for the past several
weeks developed itself again last night
in Walter Taylor, clerk in the Treas
ury Depar ment. and his pretty twenty
year old daughter Lucy. Miss Taylor
hss been in i'll health for some time
past and last night her illness assumed
a suicidal form. She was with Difficult.
ty persuaded to retire to her room and
about one o'clock 10 the morning after
violent struggle with her parents who
tried to hold her, plunged through the
window of her home and fell into
snow bank in the front yard. She then
ran, terribly cut and bruised, through
the streets and after half hours
search was found in snow bank al
most nude, by policeman. She was
taken home aud it WAS then found that
during her absence her father had hang
ed himself by rope attached to the
boiler of a stove. He was cut down
and removed to the hospital uncon-
soious. At noon the physicians report
ed that both Mr.. and Miss Taylor were
improving and that there was no longer
doubt OF their recovery.
The executive committee of the Ma
toual Sound Money League held con-
erence here to-day with some of the
State vice presidents of the league.
TIE meeting was without special sig
ui6cauce and no formal announcements
of any KIDD were issued. Among those
present were M. E. Ingalls,, of Cincin-
natl; John K. Cowen, of Baltimore, and
W. H. Royal, of Virginia. MIR. Royal
said the people of Virginia had been led
into the silver movement by reason of
the want of sufficient currency to meet
business requirements, and that, should
better banking system be established,
by which the smaller cities and towns
could have banking privileges, the PEG.
pie would have little interest in silver.
The conference adjourned to meet in
Chicago some time in April next.
Secretary Wilson, of the Agriculture
Department, is going to North and
South Carolina and Florida where he
wants to look into the question of the
raising of high grade tobacco. He be-
leves Florida capable of producing to.
bacco almost if not equal to that of the
finest raised in Cuba and Sumatra. II
this opinion is borne out it may result
in the purchase and planting under the
governmental supervision of foreign TO.
bscco seed with view to determining
just what may be accomplished under
careful cultivation.
The nominations of Mr.. Anderson to
be district attorney and Mr.. Allen to
be marshal of the western district Of
Virginia and of Mr.. Kimberley TO be
postmaster at NewPort's News were
confirmed by the Senate late yesterday
evening without opposition, and that of
Mr. Bowden TO be collector of the port
of Norfolk will be when it, shall come
up for action.
1t is reported that Senator Daniel
| will be paid large amount for the
course of lectures he has been engaged
to deliver in different cities Of the
country.
Marshal Allen, of the western dis
trict of Virginia, is here, arranging for
his bond with Baltimore trust COM
pauy, and expects to enter upon the
duties of bis Office at once. People
have already called upon him here,
seeking places as deputies.
There is no doubt of the fact that
Mr.. Speaker Reed and the republican
managers of the Senate are doing all
they can to advance business as rapidly
as possible, so as to have an early ad-
ournment, probably not later than
May, and possibly earlier.
A large wholesale grocer here to-day
says that now the proprietors of the
salt works have formed combine, by
witch the price of salt will be advanced
fifty cents ton. AS millions of tons of
salt are consumed annually, such an ad-
vance will make the proprietors rich in
short time.
A business man from Akron, o., here
tod ", says few people who had
heat to sell there, are better off than
hey were last year, but that as whole,
the people of that State are Infinitely
worse off now than they were then, and
that their disappointment will be made
plain at next fall's congressional cleo
tons.
Mr.. Butler Malone, recently appoint
ed and confirmed as consul at Neuvo
Laredo, Mexico, will sail for that post
this week. L. is reported that the NOM
ination of Mr.. Cobbs of Pittsylvania
county, Virginia. for the Colon con-
sulate, will be sent in during the next
few days.
1t is rumored among the Virginia re-
publicaus at the Hotel Johnson to-day
that in consequence OF Mr.. John Wise's
interference with Virginia affairs, the
republicans of their State have taken
the trouble to inform the House cleo.
lions committee of the true condition of
political affairs in the Norfolk district
last fall, and that therefore the report
of that committee will be adverse to the
contestant in the Wise Young contested
case, in which he was counsel for the
contestant; but that in the two other
contested cases from Virginia the re-
ports will be in favor of the republican
contestants.
The State Department has just re.
ceived by last mail from Colon details
of the accident by which q. S. Consul
w. w. Ashby lost his life by drowning
in the harbor of Colon January 18th.
1t appears that on that Sunday after
noon Mr.. Ashhy started, in company
with the German consul, DR.. Hafer-
man, and Master Mechanic Mott, of the