Show I 1 A AT T r THE i 0 M ti CAPITAL fi I 1 A I 1 L IV Ss f what pow H kiil arc qia dlewis sa amny 3 lm g L 4 THE SILVER QUESTION A bill to elect senators by popular vote rus rushed hei I 1 through the house I 1 WAniG GT Toy av jan 21 i 1893 ahe arb vi ri elip to intend tho fu futi eral 0 fx sr ellent el jl lent ert H ays hut but tha waa ra ad bv see bee ret aties charl 4 ter 11 RI aik an aa 1 IN koble and postmaster ras want wani bakir the PieL Jent ident was very much 1 I 1 by the news of gen haves death as he appeared to be in ID perfect health when he saw him laet laba wilh was at mrs airs funeral last jast fall faI A asa tribute ot respect to tl t re e ikemori demor of the tha dead ex prea ident 0 blom none non e butk bulkind iid words are spoken in washington by men ol of our political parties the white house and all the executive de apartments part ments are closed today and the white house and department buildings buil dines are all draped in mourning and will fly their flags at half mast for thirty days davs in addi addition tiou to members of the cabinet adeta a detail ilof of prominent army and navy officers attended the an fn itral to represent those branches ot or the G verneen vern men ment t the joint resolution 1 p oy iding for tho the election of Se senators naters b popular vote was railroaded through the house un dar a suspension of the rules against the protests of the republicans who pointed out serious defects in the tha measure but the methods will not pre vail in the senate at least not at this so session sion and if tle the resolution is adopted by the senate which is very very doubtful it will not be until those de facts are remedied A caucus of republican senators was to have been held this week at senator Sher shermans mans house to consider the business zo to be take up aside irem from the re gular appropriation bills but it was postponed on account of the death of gen hayes and will probably not be held until next week although bills have baye been favorably tavor ably reported to both aluse ht nse and senate providing for a suspension of tho the purchase of silver by the g government overn ment and the corridors cf the capitol Ja pitol and of the hotels sire are full of talk lalk about silver legislation at this session cession there are enough silver senators who can neither be cajoled nor bulldozed by I 1 mr cleveland to prevent the repeal of f tho the present silver law and those 0 democrats who have been influx mr cleveland to promise to vote for its repeal will not be sorry carry to see them do it in ID fact many will help belp on the sly aly secretary tracy has issued orders outlining ing jh he 9 D an of the international ie review V bew authorized by act of the rn fity fit first congress but he says the review yi wil wid illy be a very humi hating biating failure of the present Con congress grest does doea not appio prate tile the money asked for many foreign governments have acce accepted plod invitations to send ships to participate in me this review and their officers will come as special guests of this government which makes it necessary that the money should be forthcoming to properly entertain them naval officers smile over the ridiculous ridic nl stories in some of the big news papers about hayti defying the united states why said one of them aidy one of our new warships could in an hour or so sink the entire haytian navy and battle down their alleged f forts 0 arti ta the 1 e E secretary k tary of state has demanded reparation for the causeless a arrest r rest oi an american citizen and reparation pa ration will naya have to oe made by bv hafti gnat is all there is to the matter democrats in the iloie o aro are m mk mik k ii i a determined attack ou an llie lie civil bervice law which stands between tbt in anu aim so 60 many macy of the minor public r offices meyeral bills have been introduced all ail with one object to put democrats in all the offices still celebration I 1 spec special lat to tue THE j va jan 25 represent t tive democrats from all over the state and from many other points will band ban here bete this evening in celebration of the victory of november last it will be an old virginia dinner without coure courses s and everything on tho the table the wines alone excepted will be of virginia production A lanwill Lan lon Wilk on 03 lea ice OLD POINT CONFORT va jan 24 two negro oyster dredgers arrived here from tangier island walk walking in g twenty f conr our miles across the ire ice to cape charles they say there were twenty in the party seyen seven of whom dropped on the ice and are supposed to he be frozen to death they report great destitution tit ution ou on tangier island battla are killed for food but bat there i is s no bread on the island four thousand oyster msp P on the eastern shore of maryland mariland and virginia are out of work and dependant on charity I A bitett Bj by Broi sti special to THE 1 C druggists through out the country will be interested in the suits that are to be brought in a few days in the united states court against meyeral if not all of the bhele wholesale druggists of this city lor for refusing to sell supplies liea to the I 1 economical drug bzug store company comi any of which charted IL II mcconnelt mcconnell well known in theatrical and newspaper circles throughout the country ia president i on oa account of the fact that it 4 does not maintain the schedule prices tor prescriptions patent medicines and other medicinal suph plies A few months ago the company fitted up a store in magnificent style and at an expense of over one hundred thou band dollars only to find that it could do no busi business neEs with the local wholesale bou es indictments against the tha latter char charin in discrimination and intimidation have been drawn up today and the prose cautions are to be pushed to the bitter en J lad had it t not been for his bis unexpected on d demise gen butler would have been of counsel 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