Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-01
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP


REpucrxe TIE Pu1IIc DKsr.-n IL estimated
that the reduction Of the public debt during
The month Of October amounted 70 q, eoo, 900.
Tn TorAI ConAes executed at the mints
during the month Of October was s,oos, $50
pieces, representing . value Of e5,s7l, $50. OF
these pieces lss.l50 were gold, representing
S20SS, $50; $500. 900 we're silver Of the value OF
yS,zoo;OOoi and $4,000 we're minor coins, Of
SECRETARY ExDIoorT.-n ID probable that
Secretary Endicott will leave for Salem in .
day or two, accompanied by his son, for the
purpose Of voticg.
Coz ELMER 0r1s, Eight Cavalry, was to-day
ordered before the retiring board at San An
tonic for examination.
Coz. woop ORpEREp Wxsr-Iieut Col
Henry @. Wood, assistant Acknowledgement, has
been relieved from duty in the Office Of the ad-
jutant-general, and ordered TO report TO the
commanding general Of the Department Of
Dakota Tor duty a. assistant adjutant-general
Of that department.
TIE RESIGNATION Of Second Lieut.. Richard
W. Young, Fifth Art, has been accepted BY the
President, to take effect April u, 1889.
Expert Engineer Board.
Mr.. Grsss, the third member Of the expert
the tunnel, arrived this afternoon, and shortly
before s O'Clock met Colonel Wilson and
Colonel Flood, the other members of the board.
and Representative Clements. The board or
ganized by selecting Col Wilson chairman.
and then proceeded to the examination of
plans OF the tunnel preparatory to beginning
active work tomorrow.
MIR. Morton and Blocking Running.
HOW THE RECENT STORY Is SAID TO HAVE STARTED.
Some farther inquiry has been made concern
ing certain papers and records which it was al
legged involved Hon. Levi P. Morton in block
ade running enterprises during the war A
STAB reporter was this afternoon in
formed by q gentleman who had looked
into the matter, that Q warehouse at Nassau
used during the war for blockade-running
purposes was owned by man named Morton,
and known as the Morton" warehouse. He
added, however, that there was nothing to
show that the Morton interested was the
present republican candidate. That seems TO
be all there is to the whole affair.
An Alleged Colonization Scheme.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SAID TO HAVE BEEN EN-
Gagged IN SENDING NEGROES TO VIRGINIA.
The air is full Of political rumors, some of
them startling in their nature. A STAR re-
porter was informed to-day that three Govern
ment employees in one department and two in
another had been detected in well-matured
scheme to COLOMBO colored voters from Wash
ington to Virginia and vote them for the re-
publican candidate. THE Stars informant
holds responsible public position,
and while he declined to furnish the
names Of the parties accused or to indicate the
place Of their employment he said: lone of
them has been dismissed and another sus-
pended, and the conduct Of the others is being
Investigated"
Senator-elect Barbour, chairman Of the vir-
ginia state democratic committee, and men,
Der of the national democratic committee, was
here to-day quite busy in some Of the Depart
ments. 1t was said that he was the active in
strument in exposing the scheme.
It is also said that the national democratic
managers have advised the local leaders here
OF plans to take reporters to New York and
have instructed them to keep q vigilant watch
upon the movements Of certain persons.
On the other hand, the republicans charge
that the democrats are connecting the schemes
for repeating.