Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-05-25

Treasury to defer the further purchase
of two per cent. extended bonds under
the recent call, and declaring 1t to %
the sense of the House that the bill re.
ducing the war revenue taxes y, OOO,ooo,
be promptly passed at this session OF
Congress.
The famous Industrial commission
has made its report on labor organi'
cations. 1t is q wabbly paper, just such
as could have been expec'ed from tne
chairman, "a populist preacher, senator
KYLE. but it recommends that the labor
laws of New York and some OF the oth-
ar Northern States be adopted by oil the
other States. lis recommendations are
ooncurred 10 by all the members OF the
commission except Messrs. smith, mar.
ris and Senator Daniel, who DeiieVe tna'
no;form labor laws throughout the
United States are impractlcaoie oecau7o
of climatic and other conditions.
II is rumored here that the mayo
tobacco factory, the largest one IN
Richmond, and which Is in the hands OF
the trust. will be removed from that
city to Philadelphia. Trusts are North
ern schemes for making money Tor q
few. at the expense Of many, and, OF
course. they are operated so as to prots
Northern people.
Gen. SchwaD, for writing q dispatch
to the adjutant general to the effect that
the Filipiuos are stimulated TO perse-
we're in their resistance to the U. 3.
forces by the democrats in the United
States, is being severely criticised by
leading members OF the democratic
party here for Juggling politics into the
affairs of the army, and they are also an
imadyerting upon the administration
for permitting such a thing. Gen.
Miles is also the subject Of much GEN.
cism for lobbying at the Capitol for a
bill TO raise his own rank and that OIL
Gen. Corbin.
In the Criminal Court this morning
Detective J. G. Holland pleaded guilty
TO the charge OF criminal libel against
Senator James P. Taliaferro, of Florida
Holland will be sentenced next Tues
iay. In an interview printed IN New
York paper some time ago Holland
stated that during the Spanish war ht
was a government detective stationed
at Jacksonville, Fla, and implicated
Senator Talisferro and Maj Ruthers
u. s. A., in scheme to defraud The
government.
Those who are making arrangements
for the banquet of the ex-Confederate'
who are now members of Congress, ar'
trying to get a Confederate flag for thu
room at the Metropolitan Hotel il
which that banquet will be giver
next Monday night. They asked al
Alexandrian here today if they could
get such flag in his city. He said b'
didn't think they could, for the reason
that he had seen by the newspaper
| that persons who had fought agains
that flag were to be special guests a
the banquet.
The: House military committee
agreed today to report favorable bill
to re-examine the claim OF Architec
Smithmyer of this city for his plans TO
the new Congressional Library.
Nearly sll the Virginia Congressman VIII
went home TO vote at the election in thei
/
| agree that making the call for convention,
party question, at this particular time was nc
well advised.
Mr.. Wo'coit presented in the Senate tods,
big petition sgued by leading citizens G
Co orado in favor OF setting apart four towr
ships in New Mexico for the preservation
The buffalo still lett in this country.
Intelligence here today is TO the effect tbs
st the election in Virginia yesterday, the ca
for q cOnst tulional convention was sustsine'
by q small majority, but would have been de
feated if the republicans had cast sDythin
ike their full strength against it.
Mr. Mcmillan reported in the Senate tods
the emergency river and harbor bill. One
the important new sections added directs tn
Secretary of War to negotiate with the he'll
Of the late James B. Eads with a view Of a.
certaining the present vslue Of the dredge
plant and real estate owned by the estate q
or rear South Pass Of the Mississippi rive
the intention being to purchase the same.
satisfactory price cannot be agreed upon
board OF appraisers is to be appointed and
report is to be made to Congress the first MOL
day in Decembsr.