The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-08-04
IFRoM OUR SPECIAL CohREsPoNDENTl
WA HINGroN, d. c., July 80, 1888.

WA HINGroN, D. c., July 80, 1888.
Washington meyer will be metropoli-
tan, but it is making faster progress
toward being cosmopolitan than maj
realize. When it is remembered that it
Is only twelve years since a jubilee wss
held to celebrate the fact that Penusyl-
vania avenue was no longer mud road
but paved street, its progress Sc, ms
wonderful. A few years ago diplomats
used to complain that there were 70
foreign books to be bought in Washing
ton; now there is a store which DOS as
well for Washington as CLristern's for
New York. Brentans established him
Self here last winter, ard his place is al
ready one of the institutions of the city.
The shol s are growing cut Of the old
provincial style. A project seems now
to be really under way for building a
new theatre in the best part Of the ci
that shall combine opera-house. ballroom,
summer garden and cafe, In the move
OF metropolitan diversions. Washington is
doing as well as can be expected. There
are two clubs one literary, scientific,
and 50 on, which is called the "Kosmts;"
the other. the diStinciively social club
called the Metropolitan"
The Postmaster. General has stol red
the delivery of letters containing money
to the manager of the Louisiana IL ttery
in New Orleans, and the determine, ef-
forts of the police haye apparently if not
actually closed up the numerous lottery
and policy shops which fo- years op, My
carried on business il this city. But the
newspapers OF this city still continue to
publish the flaming advertisements of
the lottery company, and the advertise
ments appear in the issues of to-day. Y ith
the request to send letters containing
money to the New Orleans Nation al
Bank, instead Of 10 Dauphin, the man.
ager. as formerly. 1t can scarcely be
followed by a similar order as for the
discover some method by which the
money packages intended for the lottery
company can be distinguished from tsose
connected with the legitimate BUSH ess
of the bank. From the outgiviugs OF
those in affiliation with the lottery CO M
papy it is assured that case will be
made IN for decision by the Supr' me
Court ON the questions at issue between
the Postoifice Department and the ct NJ.
pany.
Elk. Representative Murch, of Maine.
who is the chief prosecutor of of the
Hill investigation in the Supervising
Architects Office, has returned TO Wash
ineton after an absence of several we, ks.
He says be has been ont skirmisLing for
facts and funds to carry on the investi
CATION, and has secured an abundance of
the former, but very little of the batter.
Mr.. Mureh brought with him the state
ments of number of persons, which
will be laid before the committee through
the attorney for Mr., Murch, as the com
mittee has declined 10 receive affidayits
in evidence. Mr.. Murch Says the inv, e.
! tigation has already cost him individual
| ly over 81, 600, and thus far he sees no
chnnse of getting any of it back. He
says he has been disappointed in the in
vestigation. When he first filed the
charges against Mr.. Hill with Secretary
Folger he was under the impression Il at
the investigation was to be made 1T the
expense of tie Government. He says lie
is obliged to keep the thing going ow
that it has been started.
Tie spirit of the Civil Service law has
been violated already and the last scram-
BILE flr the crumbs of office Was dis
graceful piece of work. The Civil Serv-
ice law went into practical operation on
July l6, but for weeks before that date
the hordes of office seekers clamored,
howled and shrieked at the doors of the
departments for chance at the public
crib. They overran the hotels, poured
iuto the rooms Of the Cabinet officers,
and even into the White House itself It
seemed as though all the Senators and
all the Congressman had given all their
} friends all the letters of endorsement
they wanted to make this final attack.
AUGUST.