The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-05-09
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= WASHINGTON, May Tx Presi-
dent Cleveland's celebrated seal brown
carriage horses together with his car
riages, harness, etc, were sold to-day
at auction. When Mr.. Cleveland
left here he had not decided whether
he would sell them or carry them tn
New York. The prices realized were
satisfactory.
The Pacific coast has captured the
biggest thing yet given out by the
present administration. 1t is the con
tract to build the mammoth arniored
coast defense vessel that was provided
for by the last Congress, which has
been awarded by the Navy Depart
ment to the Union iron works Of San
Francisco. Elk Secretary Whitney is
entitled to the credit of having h1ade
it possible to build such vessel on
the Pacific coast by the recognition
he gave to the enterprise of the Cali
fornia capitalists that established this
plant for the building of iron and steel
vessels The price Of the new vessel is
to be 81 ,62S,OOO.
went into the land grabbing business
in Oklahoma have been called upon
to explain their actions to the Interior
Department.
Ex-senator Malone is still here. He
made another piteous appeal to Har-
rison last week and as result he. was
allowed to name the United States
District Attorney for the eastern dis
trict of Virginia. There was quite a
howl from the anti Malone Virginia
Republicans. Let em howl.
Among the few appointments that
Harrison has found time to make
since his return from the New York
celebration was that of his brother,
Carter B. Harrison, to be United
States Marshal for the middle district
of Tennessee If Mr.. Cleveland. had
appointed his brother to a position
every republican editor in the country
would have roared for months, but
they will discreetly overlook this little
bit of nepotism. Verify it does make
difference whose OK is gored,
Army courts seem to have rather
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punishment fit the crime 800
Maj. Lydecker, who was the en-
gineer in charge of the Washington
| aaueduct tunnel has been found by a
court martial on several counts of hav.
ing neglected his duty IS an official
etc. And the said neglect has cost q
million dollars that have been spent
on the tunnel which has now been
abandoned. Pretty serious crime one
would think and deserving of severe
punishment. What does the Court
Martial say? That Major Lydecke,
shall be fined 800, per month fol
nine months and be reprimanGed IL
general orders. Could anything be
more ludicrous. An officer by neglec,
and carelessness sacrifices 100000
and deprives city of much needed
increase of water supply, and is fined
5000 therefor. Reader, perhaps, you
may wonder why this sentence was
made SO light. 1t can be answered in
two words, social influence, which is
the strongest of all powers in Wash
ington.
Senator German it is generally
thought will succeed the late w. FL
Barnum as chairman of the democrat
ic national committee
According to Senator Ingalls,, Pres
ident Harrison will call an extra ses-
sion of Congress to meet early in
October in order to get the House
| organized and in working order before
the Christmas recess. Ingalls, speaks
as though the matter had been def
nitely settled by the President.