Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-09-06


that several OF them Will take short
vacations during this mouth.
Secretary Tracy has several in.
tricate problems to solve, and is
compelled to deny himself 70 the
official callers tor several days to
come. He will first give hearings
TO both sides in the controversy
over the battle ship "Texas" now
on the stocks at the Norfolk Navy
Yard. One side contends that If
built on the present plans she Will
not float, and the other that the
plans are all right. Both cannot
be right, and the amount of money
involved-wore than 2,000,0OO-
make the question a very import
ant one. In addition to this the
Secretary will try to arrive at some
conclusion regarding the cOmplet-
ed, but unaccepted, vessels Nesu-
yius, Petrol and Charleston.
The National museum here has
Just been prevented with two inter
esting war relics. One is the gun
light double. barreled fOwling
piece-with which Col. Ellsworth
of the Now York Zouaves was kill.
ed on the steps of the "Marshall
House in Alexandria, Virginia, as
be was returning from roof whittier
be had gone to remove Confeder-
ate flag; and the other is the old
fashioned army mnsket, W I b
sword bayonet, with which the
slayer Of Ellsworth was shot and
afterwards pinned to the floor by
private Brownell. The weapons
we're presented to the museum by
Mr.. Brownell in whose possession
they have been siuce the unfOrtu.
nate tragedy, which at the time OF
its occurrence-May "a, 1861
created a profound sensation
throughout the United States,
The Navy department has been
notified By the CramD Brothers Of
Philadelphia, the contractors, that
the new cruiser philadelphia"
will be launched on the 9TH, inst.
Representative Caldwell, of Ohio,
who succeeds General Brown, is in
town. He says the Ohio delegation
will vote as a unit for Mckinley
for Speaker, and that all the talk
by friends of the other candidates
of support from Ohio is without
the slightest foundation.
Hon. Edward Wolcott, the new
Senator from Colorado, is in Wash
ington to secure a house. He re-
fuses to discuss politics saying
that be wants to familiarize him.
self with things before, as they say
inthe mines. "shOOtlng his mouth
off,
Sixth Auditor Coulter is one of
the new officials courag eOus
enough to say that he believes the
officer should be gwen to the men
who helped elect the President.
He also believes 10 keeping up the
work OF bis Office, and he has just
given a practical illustration of
how to do it, by putting bis whole
force to working until 9 o'clock at
night in order to catch up on the
examination of the money order
accounts from $500 postoffices,
which he found much behind. Mr..
Coulter is what the mugwumps
call "spOllsman", but to "a man
up a tree7 it looks as If il would be
a good thing to have more like
him in Office.
Washington knows that the Gov
eminent which owns enough ground
here to place the necessary build
ings upon for the Worlds ExpOsl
ton of 1892 will never consent to
IFS going elsewhere, hence she IS
not losing any sleep on account Of
| feeble efforts OfNew York and Chi.
cago to capture the show.
In view of the frequency of mail
robberies the Postmaster General
has issued an order offering 81 900
reward for the arrest and convic-
ton of any person making an arm
ed attack upon a stage or railway
mail car. Here's an opportunity
for detectives.