The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-08-09
Washington News and Gossip.
THE DULL SEASON. ABSENCE OF THE PRE-
IDENT AND CABINET.

THE DULL SEASON. ABSENCE OF THE PRES
IDENT AND CABINET.
The month of August is to be dull
season this year in Washington. The
President and every member Of his Cabi-
net are absent, and the President is not
expected to return before October. Few
members of the Cabinet will spend much
time there during August. Secretary
Frelinghuysen is at his own home in New
Jersey, where he expects to remain until
cooler weather or the pressure of business
brings him to Washington; Secretary
Lincoln has gone with the President on
his Yellowstone trip, Secretary Chandler
is in New Hampshire, Attorney General
Brewster is at Long Branch. and as all
the courts in which the Government has
any business have adjourned until Octo-
ber, he is not expected to spend much
time in Washington until then; the re-
ports of ku kluX outrages in the South
are not likely to disturb him greatly, be
cause the answer has already been given
non passumsus. Secretary Folger accom-
panics the President to Chicago, from
which place he will visit Minnesota, after
which be probably will again visit his
home i'll New York. Secretary Teller
has gone to Colorado for the month of
August to rest, and Postmaster Gresham
has accompanied the President, to be alb
sent again for two weeks
SANITARY PRECAUTIONS.
General Hamilton, of the Ma
lne Hospital Service, had another con-
ference with Acting Secretary French
recently on the matter of the quarantine
at the Capes of the Chesapeake Ar
rangements have been perfected 50 that
it is expected rigid quarantine can be
successfully maintained against all in
tected vessels The health officers of
Norfolk, Baltimore and Washington say
that if the quarantine can be rigidlv
maintained there, and due sanitary pre-
cautions shall be taken in the adjacent
cities, there is good reason to hope that
the fever can be kept off the land. Quar-
antine has never before been established
at the Capes of the Chesapeake In all
yellow fever seasons hitherto all affect
ed ships have been allowed to come up
the Chesapeake Bay to quarantine at
Baltimore, and up the Hampton Roads
to the quarantine at Norfolk Now the
station is not less than 25 miles from
Norfolk and Fortress Monroe, and it is,
at least, twelve miles from the smallest
village. Surgeon General Hamilton eX-
pressed the greatest conf dence that it
would be practicable to keep this portion
of the Atlantic coast free of the fever.
Health Officer Townsend, of Washington
city, says that the capitol is in much bet
ter sanitary condition than it was last
year, and that immediate steps will be
taken to clean the few bad spots The
engineers OF the Potomac front improve
ment say that the soil which they are
digging up does not seem to be Of a kind
injurious to health. The health authori-
ties OF Baltimore are aroused by the scare
which they received last week from the
unexpected arrival Of the yellow fever
ship California at their quarantine, and
the most thorough publication Of that
city has begun.
THE CASE AGAINST KELLOGG.
Ex-senator Kellogg expresses surprise
that the motion to quash the indictment
against him should have been oyer-ruled
by Judge Wylie, but processes to be ready
to stand the trial, and to regret that ow-
ING to the summer vacation of the court
It will not be possible 10 take up the case
before October. The indictment against
Kellogg had been submitted to Il good
many lawyers, among them Roscoe Conk-
ling, and all stated that it could not be
sustained. Some of them had given writ
ten opinions to this effect, but it has
been sustained. The exceptions which
have been taken will 50 to make up the
record to an appeal, but MIR. Kellogg
can't now escapea trial. He speaks very
confidently Of the certainty of acquitlal
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