Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-12-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
TCorrespondonce OF the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington. December %.

that mis- friends are already planning to
get up a defense fund, in order that
nothing may be left undone to save
him. His attorneys here are of the
opinion that his popularity and other
points in his favor will save his life,
Even so far in advance of the prepare.
tions for trial it is generally believed
that the jury would take advantage o.
its legal rights and fix the penalty al
life impriso In the department
no mau ever had fewer friends than his
victim.
Ex-senator Ii. S. Quay, of Pennsyl'
vsnis, left Washington this morning
for Harrisburg. Pa, to take personal
charge OF the senatorial contest to be
waged before the legislature which will
meet January l. Mr.. Quay expressed
implicit confidence in his coming sue.
cess. He is not in robust health, still
suffering from bis recent attack OF
bronchitis and compelled to carefully
protect his neck aid chest, but he be.
lieves himself equal to meet the physical
strain of the coming contest.
The receipts of government bonds be-
ing exchanged for the new two per
cent. consuls maturing in 1880 have far
exceeded the expectations of Secretary
Gage. Mr.. Gage estimated before he
recon mended the exchage for the pur-
pose OF saving the government interest,
that $500 0O00 600 would be a generous
amount to receive. Up to the close OF
business yesterday the bonds sent in
amounted to very nearly 1000, 600.
The closing time for the reiunding ia
midnight December 31-next Monday.
In response to many inquiries from
banks and holders Of bonds who have
asked for the exact hour OF mailing the
bonds to him in order to be within the
time limit he today announced that
bonds mailed and 10 the postoffice IN
any part of the country by midnight OF
the 3lst will be taken in exchange for
the new consuls under the terms of the
offer made by the department nearly q
year ago. Today's receipts of bonds
will probably exceed $6.000.0 900 while
those of Monday, Tuesday ana Wednes-
day will probably be much larger.
At the Cabinet meeting today Score
tary Hay informed the President and
his fellow members that he had no in
formation of the adverse stand taken
by the Chinese Emperor To the peace
terms, as was reported in the morning
dispatches, and that as far as he knew
the negotiations were progressing
smoothly and would be accepted by the
Chinese government. The question OF
money in the Philippines was discussed
at length. The members now feel that
it would be iDjudicious to urge Congress
TO coin special half value dollars for the
islands Congress will probably
not be asked to take any action
in the matter at all" said one OF the
Cab It members. "There is growing
o, EFF that 1t would be the reverse OF
wise to do any legislatine along that
line. The money of the United States
will be found good enough for the in
habitants of the Philip nes."
Paymaster Rodney, U. S. A., whose
wife has sued for divorce here, gives
out the following statement "This
case instan es the evil power of mes
merism or hynoptism. Nv bride, my
collateral cousin, stipulated for separate
bedroom and sitting room. She kept
her object secret, and l uususpectingly
agreed. Then the self-siyled companion
forced herself along in the train to ply
her ait, and since the wedding day.
at Toronto, November 8 last, beginning
with the drawing room car, the two
young women have lived together. and
intrenched themselves in my bedroom
every night together, to my exclusion.
Even in daytime never can catch my
wife minute alone from her hypnoti
Ter, who is so insulting to me | am
compelled to stay away from their
presence. Our relations in Canada had
long tried to separate them, but gave it
up, and palmed off the hopeless job on
me. Hence my anger is qualified with
laughter. l love my wife alone and
and wish no other. She is young,
pretty, talented, prospectively rich,
and also high born, being daugh-
ter of the late George Rodney
Owen, younger son of the tenth
bsronet OF Orielton, half brother OF the
present baronet and great-grandson Of
Admiral First Lord Rodney. See
Burke's Peerage and Baronetage. To
separate these infatuated young wo-
men, 60 that l can live with my wife,
will be miracle worthy OF our Saviour
himself. 1t may seem sportive, but the
prayers of everybody are requested"
The story published to the effect that
the executive committee of the national
democratic committee will be called to
meet early in January, and that the
purpose of the gathering will be to
shelve Mr.. Bryan as the next demo-
cratic Presidential candidate ia criticised
as a very weak invention to relieve the
dizziness OF the holiday season. Neither
the democratic national committee nor
the executive committee in the past
has ever assumed to exercise such
function and they are not going to do
it now. The question is one to be
passed. on by the masses OF the demo.
cratic party, and if the executive COM
mttee meets in January or later it will
be for some business purposes entirely
disconnected with the subject of scsndi,
dates to be put up four years from now.
Among the strangers here today was
Col. Cab Maddux of Virginia. He was
not in his usual good spirits and said he
didn't like the aspect of things, when
old people were being married and
sober men got to drinking whisky, and
rich men we're becoming poor. Rob-
bling the u. s. government now, he
said, seems to be the only profitable
business.
An old Virginisn, here today, said he
had observed during the Christmas sea-
son that many men drank law
whisky or whisky with very little
water, and that, after they had taken
their drink. he said he had found ont
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