Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.

Correspondence OIL the Alexandra CaZette.
Washington, December Is.
Many women from different parts OF
the country will attend the third an.
nual gathering of the George Washing
ton Memorial Association which meets
today. The purpose of the association
is to erect structure in Washington to
serve as an administration building of q
national university. The association
will formulate plans for future work
and will observe the centennial ami
versary of Washington's death Thurs
day evening. They hope to raise
s25O,O0O for the building. 1t is not to
interfere in any way with the building
of the university proper, but simply TO
be contribution to the project on the
part of the women of the country.
Two murders We're committed here,
one yesterday afternoon, the other last
night. James Lee, negro, who was
shot by Wm. Stump, in Georgetown,
late yesterday, during quarrel over a
lottery ticket, died several hours later.
When arrested Stump said: "Lee was
making too much noise and | shot
him." Henry Bradley, negro, was
stabbed to death shortly before mid
night by an unknown negro. The
murderer was in the company of Brad
ley's wife when the tragedy occurred.
Lizzie Bradley claims that she does
not know the man. She says he asked
permission to escort her home and after
they had proceeded but short dis
taDce her husband appeared, the men
exchange blows and her husband fell,
stabbed in the heart.
After two days devoted to empanel-
ing jury, the trial of Frank w. Funk,
indicted for the murder of VIM. II.
Brooks, begun in earnest this morning
before Justice Cole in Criminal Court
No. 2.
There is rumor ahoat, started by
whom, nobody will tell, that the req.
son Mr.. Jones of Virginia will not be
put on the House appropriations COM
mittee, is that some Virginians have
protested against his appointment, to
the Speaker or to the democratic lead
or OF the House. Neither of the Vir.
ginia Senators nor any of the represent
atives from that State know anything
at all about such protest, and those
asked about it today said they didn't
believe it mad been made.
Mr.. Hanna told an acquaintance last
night that all the democratic officers of
the Senate would be removed after the
holidays. He said there are fifty re-
publican Senators, OF whom forty-th10
desired such removal, and that the
will of forty-three was more potential
than that of seven.
The Southern members of the nation
al republican committee now here have
agreed to unite against the effort to de-
feat the project to reduce Southern rep
resentation in national republican con-
yentioDs, and to make such combipa.
tions with their republican colleagues
as will conduce to that end. They say
if the conventions are too large, let the
delegates from the territories and the
District Of Columbia, who have no vote
in Presidential elections, be Topped of.
Among the strangers at the Capitol
today was ex-Congressman Meredith,
Of the Alexandra district. He ia look
ing better than he did a month ago and
says he is slowly recovering his health.
There is some talk among the demo-
cratic members of the House today