The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-09-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


spond generously to calls for aid
for Charleston. Thousands of
dollars have already been contrib
uted and forwarded, and more are
in prospect The Government
employees, many of them drawing
small salaries, nobly step up and
give their mites in the good cause.
In all the Government Depart
ments there is n standing order
that no canyassing for subscrip-
tons shall be permitted, but the
order was temporarily suspended
and III a short time the contribu-
tons of the employees had run up
into the thousands.
The scientific bureaus of the
Government have been much ex-
ercised by the suddenly developed
earthquake belt, and the Geologi-
cal Bureau, specially charged with
the investigation of the subject,
sent its best agents to examine in
to the changes in the natural for
nations of the land, and to insh-
tute diligent inquiry into unusual
appearances in nature for some
time before the earthquake. Sew
eral of the agents have already re-
turned with considerable data, and
it is confdentially expected by the
officers of the bureau that the sub
iect of earthquakes will be much
better understood hereafter.
The National Banks have been
rather independent of late, but
they will find to their cost that the
National Government will have its
laws respected. The law requires
the banks to submit reports of
their financial condition to the
Treasury Department annually,
but the failure for some years past
to enforce the law has caused
banks in different parts of the
county to almost wholly ignore it.
The state Of affairs have delayed
the work of the Comptroller's Of
fee and caused the Comptroller
to make close scrutiny of those
banks that have been most persist
ent and fragrant in violating the
law. As the result he decided to
fine such banks at the rate Of 500,
as provided by law, for every
days delay in making the report.
The banks will soon find them
selves in trouble, and mulcted in
heavy fines If they longer delay in
performing their duty.
large space i'll handsome manner
in the National Museum for the
permanent exhibition of the Grant
relics, now temporarily provided
for in an obscure corner of the
large building. The exhibit case
is being made, and will consist of
heavy French plate glass hand
somely set i'll walnut and cherry
The watehmen have been instruct
ed to keep a careful watch ovel
the relics, to see that visitors OF
relic hunters do no damage to the
collection.
The Railway Postal Clerks As
ISOLATION met in their annual CON
vention in this city the past week
The members of this association
have of late believed that the off
Gals of the Post Office Depart
ment viewed their organization
with suspicion, and so they were
completely surprised when Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster Steven.
son visited the convention and de.
livered spirited address, COM
mending the association for its
Mandatory objects, and promising
to extend the protection OF tn c
Government to the association il
case it was needed. Other ad.
dresses were delivered by promi.
nent men, and the convention adj
Ijourned Wednesday night the
members departing happy and
satisfied with their treatment by
the Government.
The Corcoran Art Gallery which
has been closed to the public dur.
ing the summer has been reopen.
ed, and is more attractive than ey-
er. A marked improvement has
been made in the hall Of sculpture
by the removal of the drapery
which formally shrouded the walls