The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-04-04
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Grand Trunk Railway Company
has been cited to appear before the Inter
State Commerce Commission to an
swer charges of violating the Inter-
State Commerce law in several ways.
SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN and his family
expect to make long trip in Europe as
soon as the Senate adjourns.
THE State Department has received a
report from the United States Consul at
Colon stating that work on the Panama
canal has ceased entirely, and that work.
men are quietly leaving for their homes.
IT has been decided that the Govern
ment will send an expedition to the West
Coast Of Africa on December 81 and % TO
observe the solar eclipse. The deficiency
bill provides an appropriation of 5000 to
defray the expense Of such an expedition.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN PETER PAUL Ma
HONEY. of Brooklyn, died at the Arlington
Hotel, Washington, on the 9th.
JOHN HICKS, who has been nominated
for Minister to Peru, is the proprietor of
the Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper and
president Of the Wisconsin Editors and
Publishers Association. He is a bright
man, about forty five years of age, and
has been in poor health. 1t is believed
that a trip to Peru and residence there
will be beneficial to him.
THE President entertained Whitelaw
Reid and Mrs. Reid at dinner tie other
evening at the White House. Secretary
Blaine and John F. Plummer, of New
York, were also present
QUITE a commotion was created recently
at the Riggs House, Washington, by Ma
jor George A. Armes, retired officor OF
the army, who tweaked the nose of Gem
eral Beaver, the present Governor of Penn
sylvania. The tweaking grow out of a
snub over the Inauguration ceremonies.
HENRY w. RAYMOND, editor and pro-
prietor of the Georgetown Telegraph, has
received the appointmentof OF private secre-
tary to Secretary of the Navy Tracy.
BUFFALO BILL has presented to Prof.
Hernandez of the National Museum,
Washington, three large elks from his COL
lection TO form the nucleus for a new
geological garden.
THE Commission recently appointed to
select sites for new navy yards on the
Southern coast have been inspecting vari-
Gus places in the vicinity of New Orleans.
SECRETARY TRACY has finally mega
lively acted upon the application of the
Columbia iron works, of Baltimore, for an
extension of time for completing their
contract for the construction of the gum
boat Petrol. He refers the contractors to
Congress for relief.
The State Department is advised that
Legitime's Government has instructed
foreign Governments, through their rep
resentatiyes at Hayti, to protest against
the issue of money by the Hippolyte fac
tion, and will not in any way recognize
the issue
The Internal Revenue Bureau reports
that for the half year ended December 81
last the production Of oleomargarine ag
gregated 6J2 AIS packages, weighing 49,
49I,697 pounds. This is an extraordinarily
large increase over the previous six
months and If the rate Of increase holds
out the production for the year will be
about 45 600 900 pounds
ALDAcE +. WALKER, Inter- State Com
merce Commissioner, sent his resignation
to the President on the Z9. h. He will leave
Washington to assume his new duties as
chairman Of the executive board Of the
Interstate Commerce Railway Associa-
tiOn.
THE widow Of Stonewall jackson has
been offered tho appointment Of post
mistress Of Lexington, Va, which she was
impelled to decline because Of the feeble
ness Of her father in his great age(ninety-
one years. which required her constant
attention.