Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
TOorrsspondencs OF the Alexandria Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.

CORRESPONDENCE Of the Alexandria Gazstte.]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.
The Comptroller of the Currency to.
day issued call for report of the con.
dition of national banks at the close OF
business on Thursday, December 1.
Mr.. Simon, the Senator-elect from
Oregon, is expected to take his seat on
Monday. Then the vacancy that has
existed for the past eighteen months,
owing to a failure of the legislature OF
Oregon to elect, will be filled.
The reading of the Presidents mes
sage will probably be the only bust
less transacted on Monday in either
the Senate or House, though some
bills NAV be introduced for reference.
A large part of the Presidents message
gill be devoted TO the late war and lis
results.
The jury in the police court trying
the stewards of the Washington Jockey
Club for permitting bookmaking at the
Benning race track could not agree
and at O'Clock this morning were dis
charged. The defendants were coz
tinued under their old bonds. As the
iury stood ten to two for acquittal
when they were discharged, it is doubt
full if the Jockey Club stewards will
ever be brought to trial again on the
same charge. Before thejury was given
the case at o'clock last night Judge
Kimball dismissed the charges against
Charles u. Mccoy, patrol judge; Mars
Cassidy, starter, and VIM. 81. Baretto.
timer, as they were paid employees Of
the club, and nolle presses were enter
ed against Clarence Mcdowell, Henry
@. Crickmore and William s. Vosburgn
thus leaving only the stewards to be
ried. The foreman of the jury said
that they disagreed upon questions OF
fact and not OF law, so they could not
come to an agreement if they stayed
out the rest of the month. The case
has been on trial before Judge Kimball
=icce Tuesday morning. The jury re-
tired at $50 O'Clock last night and was
recalled to The courtroom at II o'clock,
and upon their stating their inability to
agree, were locked up for the night.
S. S. Rowland, Jesse Brown and Sam
uel R Jss, the three defendants, feel con-
siderable satisfaction over the result
a are confident they will not be again
brought 10 trial. The question of an
other trial will be determined later. 1t
is the desire of the Virginians and Balti-
more people interested in the prosecu-
ion to have the case tried next week,
but it is not likely that their wishes in
his respect will be gratified.
Information has been communicated
to the Department of State that the
House of Representatives of Colombia
mas rejected the petition OF the Panama
Canal Company to extend for six years
the time for completing the work on
the canal. The company still has six
years in which to complete the work.
Captain Mckay testified before the
army investigating commission to-day
10 the effect that so far as the quarter
masters department was concerned
very thing was admirably conducted
in the late Spanish war. Colonel Goe-
thai OF the volunteer army testified to
the effect that so far as he knew, the
conduct of the war could hardly have
been worse.
a distinguished army ofticer,a North
ern republican, now here, talking to q
Southern friend this morning, said
the negro regiments in the regular
army did their duty in the late war,
out that they had white officers who
went with and stayed by them; those
in the volunteer army, he said, he could
not speak Sc we'll of, as they had Off
GERS of their own race. 1t is too soon
for anything of that sor. yet, be SAID
Representative Swanson, OF the DAN
Vile, Virginia, district, who was recent.
ly reelected, has arrived. He says he
was reelected by such large majority
that his seat in the next House will not
be contested. Mr. Swanson will sup
port Mr.. Bailey for democratic leader
of the next House and Mr.. Martin, for
reelection as Senator from his State.
Messrs. Hume, Clements end other
Alexandria county people, were at the
Capitol to. day in the interest of the bill
for bridge across the Potomac at Arl-
ington.
Among the visitors here to-day is
ex-Cougressmsn John r. Brown of
Virginia, who is contesting the seat of
Mr.. Swanson of the Fifth Virginia dis
trict in the present Congress. He
says that at the recent election in his
district, at which DIR. Swanson was
elected by SO large a majority that his
opponent will not make CONTEST, the
republican vote was as large as ever
where the judges were fair, and that
though his district borders on North
Carolina, the republicans did not lose
q single vote by ressoa of the race
trouble in that State.
Collector Brady, of Virginia, is here TODAY
on official business. Talking of the recent
election in his State, he said it resulted inst as
he expected and as he had said it would, and
only proved that the members ST the execu.
tive committee of the Virginia republicans
know more about the condition of their party
in their State than members of the republican
congressional campaign committee from In
diana and Wisconsin do.
An army board is now in session here to
recommend such officers and soldiers of the
Spanish war rs may be entitled to medals or
other distinctions.
The Gridlron Club, composed of some of the
newspaper men of this city, will give dinner
this evening at the Arlington Hotel. Among
tho guests will be President Mckinley, Presi-
cent lgleslas, OF Costa RIGS; Vice-President
Hobart, the members of the Cabinet, Sir Will
fred Laurier, the premier of Canada, and all
the members of the joint high commission
now In session in this city; Gems, Shafter,
La"lon, Miles, Breckenridge, Ludington,
tagan and Stanton, Admiral Schley, Capt.
Sigsoee, Lieut.. Hobson, COL Charles DENLY,
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