The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-10-03
NOTES ON EVENTS AT THE CAPITAL.
lettings Here and There in Washington
What the New Administration is
Doing-Gleanings from the Tel
egraph and the "Reliable''
CORRESPONDENT

q conscience Contribution OF 9l0 from an unknown
resident of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Congressman Shaw, of the Second district,
was in Washington this week looking out for the
interests of his constituents.
The newspapers have got Attorney General
Garland on the rack now. Heis charged by them
with being interested in some telephone scheme.
Representative Cole, of Maryland, has secured
house in Washington for the winter and will
move his family over from Baltimore in few
days.
Mrs. Hoyt, of Fayetteville, N. Y, sister of the
President, arrived at the White House few days
ago and will be the guest of her brother for several
weeks.
President Cleveland spent last Sunday with
some friends, at Woodmont, the headquarters of
the Washington Gun and Fishing Club, on the
Potomac, in Washington county, Md.
During the month of September it is estima'
ted that the decrease in the public debt was about
SI2, OO0, 900. Payments on account of pensions
during the month were about 100000.
There is some danger of water famine in
Washington, but the whisky appears to hold out
as usual. The latter may be accounted for by the
fact that Congress is not in session just now.
Horace G.. Jacobs, assistant supervising archi-
tect of the Treasury and native of Maine, has
voluntarily resigned. He has been in the Treasu-
ry for nearly rs years.
Capt S. A. johnson, chief Of the division OF
records, files and mail, Treasury Department has
been requested to resign. He was appointed from
Ohio in 1869 and has since been constantly in the
service.
Olive Cleveland Clarke, of Springfield, Massa-
chusetts-celebrated the Tooth anniversary of her
birthday on Saturday last. Her mother lived to
be over 1O4 years of age
There are nearly fifty millions of silver dol
lars in the vaults of the Treasury in Washington
and notwithstanding the fact that there is no de-
mand for this money there are people who want
more of them coined.
The Baltimore Civil Service Reformers have
filed with Secretary Lamar another batch of charges
against Morris A. Thomas, lately appointed In
dian inspector. Mr.. Thomas is now in the bound
less West, out of the reach of the Civil Service
people.
The two U. S. ships with o,4O0, 5000 in
silver from the New Orleans mint arrived at Wash
ington few days ago and the money has been
transferred to the Treasury. There were 1900
boxes, each one containing $4,000 and Weighing
about 300 pounds each.
Gen. Rosecrans, Register of the Treasury, has
at last been able to get rid of two chiefs Of divi
sions in his office. The old man has not been
having too pleasant a time lately, the President
having shown him that he (Rosecrans) was not
running the administration.
AT the Presidents public reception on Mon
day there was large crowd and among the num-
Der scores of ofice-hunters 1t is said the Preai-
dent dsposes of these people with very little cere
mony. There are often ladies among this class
and they are always more persistent than the men.
"A newspaper correspondent says president
Cleveland's hair is brown and thin. He wears it
short and combs it up from his forehead, though
he wished to increase the size of his face. His
head is bald at the crown, and the badness is
daily increasing, though he plasters his hair over
in a vain attempt to hide it."
"A crank has written letter to President
Cleveland, calling upon him to resign by October
Sd. He addresses him as "Grover Cleveland,
Acting President" and signs himself "Henry N.
Kerp, President-elect of the U. S., Phil. DR.. M. d.
professor of military and civil jurisprudence, Ma
tional Military Home, Virginia"
Col. John R. Follows, of New York, who took
for Mr. Cleveland, and who did most of the talk
ing for him, was in Washington on Monday and
al he
the White House at the time and the Col. was
obliged to wait his turn like the rest.
The new charges filed this week by Baltimore
Democrats against Morris A. Thomas are very
lengthy and relate to his connection with Balti-
more banking house which failed under a cloud
some years ago. Secretary Lamar has turned the
whole case over to Mr.. jerks, his assistant, and
the latter is off on his vacation just now.
The Statistician of the Agricultural Depart
ment, in conversation a few days ago, remarked
that few people could realize the yield of corn for
the present year. He said "The aggregate ex-
portation of corn and corn meal from the United
States since its history is exceeded in quantity by
the corn crop of the single year of 1885,"
The President has issued an order withdraw
ing the guard of U. S. soldiers from Garfeld's
tomb, at Cleveland, Ohio. 1t is perhaps not gen.
orally known that this guard has been kept up
steadily since Garfield was buried, and it is
serted that several soldiers who were engaged in
that duty lost their minds while YEARLY tramping
at the tomb.
The Democrats of the District of Columbia
getting very uneasy because the President
has yet made no move towards filling the Offices
in the District with men of their party. They
are growing and finding many faults with Mr..
Cleveland, but this fact does not appear to dis
turb him in the least and he has so far declined
to move in the matter.
The Washington Capital says appointment
Clerk Higgins has determined to reorganize his
division on October LIST. The reorganization will
principally consist of transferring all of the lady
clerks out of that division and detailing men to
fill their places. 1t is claimed that some of the
papers which pass through the Appointment
Division relating to appointments or applicants
for appointments unfit to be handled by ladies'"
-Four days before her death Mrs. Helen Hunt
Jackson, the well-known authoress and advocate
of Indian rights, wrote letter to President Cleve-
land, conveying her heartfelt thanks to him for
what he has already done for the Indians. In
conclusion she said: "I am dying happier for the
belief have that it is your hand that is destined
to strike the first steady blow towards lifting the
burden of infany from our country and righting
the wrongs of the Indian race"
"A short time ago Gen. Rosecrans, Register of
the Treasury notified all the heads of divisions in
his Office that their designations were wanted
This action was brought to the Presidents atten-
ton when he sent for the Register and informed
him that such act violated the spirit of reform
and was not in harmony with the present admin
istration. This is the second time that the Regis
ter has been "sat on" by the President within
week or two, the other instance being when he
wanted to go to Ohio and make speeches for Gov.
Hoady.
rs The Prohibitionists of Georgia claim with
reason that they have acted more wisely than their
associates in some of the Northern States, who