Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-05-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gasette. ]
Washington, May "a.

of Agriculture Wilson. "The news Will
reach us by freight through that chan
pel. Ia the meantime all we know
about it is that it has passed and That IL
is likely to hurt US. lam of the opinion
that it is aimed at our sausage ana
canned beef The German Emperor,
who ia one OF the smartest men living
TODAY. is anxious to open his doors to
onr PRODUCTS in order that his manu-
facturipg population may have cheap
food. He is opposed by the very pow
| erfll agricultural element which Is be-
hind the bill just passed"
By direction of the President the
State department today sent the fol-
lowing message:
Choste. ambassador. London:
You will please convey through the
appropriate channels the congratula-
ton and best wishes of the President TO
her majesty, the Queen, on the occa-
sion OF her birthday HAY.
President Mckinley and the mem.
bers of his Cabinet will leave for Fred
ericksburg tomorrow at 9:l5 Q. m. to
attend the reunion of the Society Of the
Army OF the Potomac. The party will
return at z p. M.
The House special st. Louis Worlds
Fair committee held meeting this
morning and adopted the substitute for
section 10 of the bill which makes s.,
900, 900 appropriation for the Worlds
Fair at St. Louis. The substitute pro
yides that the government shall share
| 10 the proceeds in proportion with the
fair association and the city of ST. Louis,
giving it one third share. The bill
was reported to the House this evening
After consultation with the repubii'
can members of the rules committee,
chairman Ray of the House judiciary
committee today introduced resolu-
ton providing for the consideration OIL
antitrust legislation by the House, on
June 1st. The resolution was referred
| to the rules com mittee.
Notwithstanding the strenuous ef-
forts of both the Virginia Senators to
induce the Senate appropriations com
mittee to include an appropriation for
| the Arlington bridge 10 the sundry civil
bill, no such appropriation was made,
and, according to member OF that
| committee who was asked about 1t to-
day, will not be made, certainly at this
session, # at any other. An attempt
| will be made to amend the bill when il
comes up in the Senate on its passage,
but the same Senator says it will be
ruled out on point of order. Strange
as it may seem, it is supposed that the
| influence that is operating agaipst the
appropriation is that of some parties in
| terested in real estate in Alexandra
county, who want half of that county
retroceded to the District Of COlumbis
Mr.. Allison, chairman of the Senate
appropriations committee. said today
the present session OF Congress would
adjourn two weeks from tomorrow
June 6.
To the House yesterday Mr.. Rixey in
reduced bill to pay the estate Of J
G. Gunnell, OF Fairfax G. H., Va, 500
for rent of dwelling occupied by
Union troops during the war between
he States, and a bill to pay the estate
Of Madison Grimes, of Fauquier county,
Va, $500 for property taken by the
Union army during the war between
| he States.
Today was the regular day for the
meeting of the House committee on
coinage, but no meeting was held A
member of the committee told the Ga
zetts's correspondent that nothing
would be done with the bill for Wash
lngton monument ct Alexandria.
The provision 10 the sundry civil bill
for the Confederate navy to be repre-
scented by those engaged in preparing
the records of the navy, is intended TO
"a instste Capt. Lit.lepsge, of Virginia,
who was engaged on such work until
recently, when he was transferred by
S4cre tary Long to another bureau, In
order to make place for one OF his ia
Vorites.
B .th the Virginia Senators and all
he members of the House from that
state except Mr.. Rhea are absent TO-
lay, having gone home to vote to sus
tain the Call for convention to amend
be constitution of their State, as urged
do by the hate democratic conven-
ion of Virginia.
1t has now been discovered than an
American syndicate, ia which several
Ulcers of the Amer can army were in
te,ested, was formed to buy the Isle OF
Pines near Cuba, but that the recent
developments there have knocked the
whole scheme cold, and that the money
t1at wss paid for options has been for
tied.
Messrs. NJ. B. Harlow of Alexandria
and Frank Hume of Alexandria coun-
ty were at the Capitol today to see If
4ny thing could be done to help the
Arlington Bridge, but none of the Vir.
giuia congressman we're there.
Charlotte Smith addressed the
House committee on labor today 10
favor OF proposition to better the con-
iition of the women workers 10 the
Bureau of Eogravng and Printing and
Ia the Government Printing Office.
She said that, tomorrow, she will call
IN the District Attorney here 10 an en-
deavor to have him get an indictment
against Secretary Gage for work
,ug the employees OF those two
bureaus more than eight hours a day.
She also made statement before the
committee charging ex-Congressman
Timothy Campbell, of New York, with
having received $500 from the women
Of the printing office to bring about leg
islation to batter their condition. She
charged that he bad done nothing, and
demanded that the privileges of the
floor be taken from him. She has
written letter to this effect to Speak
or Henderson.
Representative Southland, of Ohio,
has introduced bill in the House
Tor the appointment of a commission
OF hiteen labor writers to visit foreign
countries, examine into the condition
of labor thara and Ia 1885,. .---.l IL