Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-04-09

Qhu CouiCiohCc souoy "'sN
PAYNE, OF the House ways and means
com mittee, 10 the hope that they might
prevail upon him to agree to some
amen ailments to the Porto Rican Dill.
The original programme to concur 10
the Senate amendments and make nc
changes 10 the bill will be adhered to.
however.
The U. S. Supreme Court today
decided the case of John 7. Bose, Sher-
id of Kenton county, Kentucky, against
David ComiDgore, who was the collect
or OF internal revenue. The OF the
Secretary of the Treasury ia that col,
lectors shall use papers in their contro
only for collecting revenue. Comingore
refused to give up to the courts OF Ken
lucky q distiller's report, wanted 10
suit. and was held for contempt. Ht
applied for a writ OF hsbeas corpus anc
the United States Supreme Court today
neld that he was properly released and
that the rule be carried out 10 proper
one. The court also sustained the le'
pality OF the Chicago sDt'.cigarette or
dipaDce, 10 the case OF Gundling W. the
city of Chicago, and the Minnesota Law
which holds barberiDg not to be work
oil charity or necessity, 80 as to make
| it allowable on Sunday.
The special committee of the House
judiciary committee appointed to con
slider legislation relating to the control
of trusts had meeting this morning
II is believed that an amendment tC
the constitution will be reported as the
best means OF reaching the evils com
planned of. The republican members
favor the plan Limiting congressional
control, however, to trusts and comb
nations that are national in their opera
tiops, aud leaving local corporations Z
State control. The democrats, while
expressing their general objection Z
extensions OF the constitution which
limit the powers of the States, say tina
where it was necessary to repress Cd
mitted evils ike monopolistic combine
tions they would favor them.
Two OHIO men are being named fo
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Assistant Secretary of the interior
Webster Davis. They are Frank l.
Campbell, first Assistant Attorney Gen
eral OF the Interior Department, ID A
G.. Tonner, Assistant Indian Commits
sioner. Both are from President Nc
Kinley's old district.
Senator Pritchard OF North Carolins
called ct the White House this morning
TO invite President Mckinley to Char
lotte, MAY %. Ga that date the city
will celebrate the signing of the Declare
ton of Independence. The Senator
said that the people OF North Carolins
believe the declaration was signed ir
MAY instead of the 4th of July.
Mr.. Peter Bacon, who died here yes.
terday morning, was nearly ninety
year old. He was born and raised IL
The house on the southeast corner o.
Penuss lvanis avenue and 7th street
and kept q grocery store there until q
few years ago. He leaves two child
REQ, who will inherit his estate.
The House insular committee has
prepared bi Il to give the President au
thority to designate the banks in Porto
Rico, Cuba and the Philippine islands
money. There are no national banks
ia any of the islands referred to, and i
Cuba is to be free, what the President
b .s to do with its banks, nobody but
republican congressman can tell,
Mr.. Frank Hume was informed al
the War Department this morning thai
the report on the Memorial Bridge
would be transmitted to Congress
today. The report is voluminou
and will take several days to be printed
The plan selected by the commission
of which Col. Allen Is chairman, and
which ia approved by the Secretary o
War, is q very elaborate one, the design
bsing to make it the Gnest structure o
the kind in the world, and In keeping
with the grand national library, which
for architectural beauty has no equal
Later the report was submitted TO botf
houses
The supervising architect Of the Treasury
has recommended an appropriation OF $lO,
500 for the enlargement and improvement Of
the public bu 'ldng ct Norfolk
The report that Mrs. Dewey has abandoned
the Catholic, and joined the Episcopal Church
has creat.d no little talk here and Is said Il
have some relation to the declared Opposition
Of the A. P A. to Mr.. Mckinley.
The democrats OF this city will elect thu
members Of the convention to appoint dele
sa,es to the national democratic convention
tomorrow night There will be Norris snd
IN j. Norria tickets and the friends Of the lat
ter say they are confident Of success.
The state republican convention Of Viz
ainis will meet In Norfolk tomorrow. IT Il
said here tha. it will de't 70 that the party
in their State is solid, though nothing ie
better known than tho fact that it Is not, and
that neither the republican Congress msr
from that Safe nor the republican contest
ant for q seat, agrees with the republican
State committee. who will control the con
vention.
Senator Daniel Of Virginia has effected
personsl reconciliation between his colleagues
Mr.. Money OF Mississippi and Mr.. Wellington
of Maryland.
RepreseI tatiye Rixcy of the Alexandra
district went to Leesburg today to attend tn
Loudoun County Court.
House OF BIsHOP5.-The Episcopa
House of Bishops has been called II
raot In unacial aees;on in Nav York oil