The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-12-18
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Shooting ARRAY that Resulted Fatally
Work in Congress-Fighting the Rail-
roads-The Tariff, &C., &c.
WASHINGTON. D. c., December 18th

WASHINGTON, D. c., December 18th, 1886.
Editors Union John C. Miller, the man re-
ferred to last week as having been shot by George
N. Walker, brother of the ex-Chief of Police
Major Walker, died at the Emergency Hospita
TWO snburIug scrapgy fasI week are now dead. A
good deal of interest is excited in the case o.
Walker and Miller on account of both men being
well known here and of Walkers family connec
ton with the head of the Police Department
The late troubles of the ex-Chief of Police, which
terminated very unsatisfactory to him personally
and has since called out his protest, had not ter
minated before this new trouble of his brother.
shooting ARRAY came upon him. The ex-Chie
went on his brothers bail for $4,000 until aftel
the death of Miller, when he-then accompanied hi
brother to the police headquarters to surrender
himself Both Walker and his victim were resi-
dents of Hyattsville, Nd, and went backward and
forward to this city for business.
The principal matters of interest before Con-
gress the past week have been the District schoo
BILL the forfeiture of railroad grant bills, the ques
ton of the removal of the railroad tracks and de-
pots out of the city, and the bill to repeal the
tenure of office act. A bill to forfeit the Brule
River railroad grant passed the House last Satur-
day. The school management in this city seems
to be an anomoly, or in fact no management at all
About year ago there was great middle in the
School Board, which resulted in taking the whole
management of the schools out of the hands Of
the Commissioners and vesting it in the Board Of
District Commissioners, and now the matter is
again before Congress with view to restoring the
status that formerly existed If the bill before the
House of Representatives that has taken up its
time nearly the whole week past, should be enact
ed it would result in the dsplacing of the present
superintendent of the schools and of other of the
nominal school officials.
Much complaint has existed in this city for
years on the part of property holders and others
on account of the blocking of the public streets
and public reservations by railroad cars, and
especially by those of the Baltimore and Potomac
or Pennsylvania railroad, whose depot is situated
corner of B and Sixth streets northwest. A petit
ton is before Congress to compel this company to
remove its tracks from Virginia and Maryland
and Sixth streets and their depot from the
public reservation which adjoins the Smithsonian
grounds. The depot of the Baltimore and Poto-
mac railroad is splendid building, which has been
erected but few years, and it would seem the
company would be unwilling to give up its loca-
ton and improvements. These improvements,
however, were made with only permit from Con-
gress, and when that body decides they must be
removed, it will have to be so. The Baltimore and
Potomac depot is considered to be very eligibly
and centrally situated for the convenience of the
general public, and many will be sorry to see it
removed. A Union Depot is spoken of for all the
railroads entering the city, including the B. 0.
and the B. & P. roads.
The tariff question in Congress is again begin
ming to loom up. In the Senate the past week
there has been considerable discussion of the SUBJ
ect, and two separate conferences of those in the
House opposed to and in favor of the reduction of
the tariff have been held. Speaker Carlisle, Nor
rson and others of the tariff reformers held con-
ference at Chamberlain's a few evenings ago, and
Mr.. Randall ana his friends one at Representative
McAdoo's house last night, at which they resolved
among other things that there should be no tariff
agitation this session. As rule Saturdays are
considered "wind" days in the House; that is,
day on which "buncombe" speeches, as they are
called are made on subjects for the purpose only of
being inserted in the Record for the perusal of
their constituents but are not intended to effect
any practical purpose in the House. Strange,
Morrison has selected next Satur
day for the House to go into the COMMITTEE of the
whole to consider tariff legislation" which would
look very much as if he wanted to agitate the
question little on the sly and somewhat soothe
his feelings or vindicate himself after his defeat
and yet not discuss it too loudly or publicly.
ANON.