Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-20
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QU 1RTERS. STAR ROUTE MATTERS, Walsh On the Grand Jary's
 Trail
 A BRILLIANT SOCIAL SEASON. Washington Society Brush ing Up for Gaiety. TRAGIC SCENE IN A PULPIT.
TRAGIC SCENE IN A PULPIT.
A Preacher Suddenly Ex-
 pires While EXhOrting.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Walsh's Testimony-The Grand Jury's
 Disregard Of the same-A Letter on the
 Suhject-The Prssis ent's Next Message Various Items of Interest.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Ths published let ter of John A. Walsh to Attorney General Brewster, calling the latter's attention to the grand jury's disregard of his testimony last July Is the subject of considerable comment here to- day. The Attorney General says the original letter was received at the department of justice week ago and before his return to Washington, and since he has been here he has hardly had time to read it properly. He refuses to say whether any action will be taken Colonel George Bliss who has been here several days, does not pretend to know whether any action will be taken regarding Walsh's testimony, but says that it is gener- ally understood among lawyers that if grand jury fails to take action on any certain testimony it's members have their own req sons for the estimate they form of it's value. This grand jury concludes it's labors this week. Washington friend of Walsh says ! he hopes to testify on the same subject before | the new grand jury. Walsh's charge of con- 1 spiracy is not a new one. About six weeks ago he openly charged here that a certain l member or certain members of the Cabinet had interested themselves in shielding Sena. ! tor Kellogg, but that the time would come l when the Lonisiana Senator's connection with the Star route ring would be clearly \ shown.
 l More than 1scal interest is manifested in
 the trial of District Detective George Miller, 1 which is to take place this week. Charges ! were preferred by Attorney General Brew
 ster to the effect that Miller worked aga nst the interests of the government in the Star
 route cases in that he reported facts con 1 nected with the bribery discovered by him to defendants instead of to his superiors. Mil ! lers defense will be that he considered it his | duty to detect crime. and that he reported
 the crime where he thought it most likely to be punished. His trial takes place before 1 the Police board.
 Washington society is interested in the Preparations for what promises to be an un- l usually brilliant though brief season. The | approaching retirement of the Republican | House adds new zest to the prospects, and
 the greatest possible advantage will naturally
 be taken of the seasons social opportunities ! for personal and political ends. Among the ! new residences to be opened for the first time l this season will be those of Robeson, Windom, | Blaine, Chandler and Admiral Rodgers. At
 tornes General Brewster occupies ex- Gov. ! Alex. Shepard's old residence. Hith rto he
 has had hotel parlors. The city is filling ur i faster than usual on account of the Garfield ! memorial fair.
 The annual message of the President will 1 be considerably briefer than such docume~ts 1 usually are his intention being to make it far l shorter than that of last year. His action in l requesting the heads of departments to with l hold the publication of their annual reports 1 until their presentation to Congress is under ] stood to indicate full collision with the Cabi 1 net in the preparation of the message, and
 that much duplication will be avoided by the ] endorsement of the recommendations of the ! several Secretaries.
 The signal corps station at Delaware break ! water reports that the steamer Algiers from 1 New Orleans for New York, arrived there at
 ? p. m. and reported that she had collided
 with the four-masted schooner A. l.. White l nt a. m. thirty miles east by southeast of 1 Five Fathom Bank. Tho schooner was
 struck amidships and sank in fifteen or twen- ty minutes after the collision in thirty five
 fathoms of water The crew escaped by cutting
 boat from the davits aRd boarding the steamer. The steamers bowplates were 1 badly broken under the water line, the col.
 lision compartment filling with water. The
 steamer was saved by her bulkhead and es
 capped other damage. The schooner was
 from Alexandria, Va, with 8 cargo of coal for Providence, R. I.
 From the signal corps station at Thatcher's I Island, Mass, there has been received re. port that at 1:1O p. m to day there was seen
 lumber and apparently abandoned about feul
 miles off the island, driving south.
 The aurora borealis is plainly visible to ] night. Its changing form of variously col
 ored lights present beautiful picture.
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