The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-06
WASHINGTON.
News and Notes from the Federal Capitol

WASHINGTON. -. C.. November GUAR.
has submitted his annual report TO the sec.
retary Of War.
lie recommends the enlistment Of fien for
the Quartermaster-Gener Department ;
the establishment Of drill-halls for winter
exercise Of troops, and states that repairs
are needed 10 the roads leading 90 the NJ
tiOnal cemeteries at Chalmetie. Ill; Port
Scott, kas,; Natchez, Miss. Springfield.
No; Knoxville, Tenn; Mound CITY. His;
Richmond. Va; and Nicksburg. Miss. lie
also recommends that permanent means %
approach be established to the national
cemeteries a. Alexandria, Va. Arlington.
Va. Culpcper. Va: Fredericksburg, Va;
FayetyiIle, Ark; Fort Gibson. Indian
Territory; keokuk, Iowa: Poplar Grove,
Va; Port Huron. Iowa; stauntOn, Va;
Seven Pines. Va: and Yorktown. Vas
The report j. composed mainly IL ac-
counts OF foutine operations performed dur
idg the year.
1nL SOUTHERN EXPOSITION ~ FULL
BLAST.
BY touching his finger on a telegraph key
AT the White House to-day the President
set the machinery Of the Southern EXPOSE
ton AT Montgomery, Ala. In me'iOn'
'
House. ahd few minutes before | O'Clock
4 recess was taken. and the President and
his official family went 10 the telegraph Ope-
ratOr's room and stood around The insiru-
ment. which had through connection with
the Exposition grounds at Montgomery.
At PISS, Washington time. when il was
noon AT Montgomery. the President touched
the key and then dictated the following
message 10 the operator.
hlcd around the telegraph instrument eX-
tend their best wishes for the success. Of
yOur EXPOSITION"
The following answer was read from the
president Of the Exposition, VI. &. Burke:
"Ihe southern Exposition managers eX-
tend 10 the President and the members of
his Cabinet their most grateful thanks"
CARRYING THE NEWS TO HARRISON. n
The only busy people at the Executive
Mansion tonight were the two operators in
the telegraph-r0om. who took from the wires
the bulletins of the United Press and the
Western Union Telegraph Company. 4
through wire connected the Executive Man
sion with New Ork. and local wires brought
the news from Virginia and the West. Attor-
ney-General Miller was the ONLY member u
the Cabinet who dropped in o., the President
during the evening. The President sat IN
his library receiving the returns from pri-
vale secretary IIalford sitting at his desk
with a great pile Of tcleTaphic matter be-
fore him. Mr.. lIalford looked rs if he had
turned editor again. From the bulletins
received he selected those that seemed of
importance. and from time 10 time took
patches 10 the Pre- sident.
shortly after 10 o'clock the President !
decided 10 retire. concluding that no
definite results could De learned tonight. |
he manifested u great deal Of interest in |
the contest. particularly that in Virginia. |
but believed that the returns were not fun !
enough 20 allow any correct judgment Of !
he inal result.
COLORED FRACAS.
This evening a colored man named Os-
lOrne Nasey. and another. name unknown. |
we're quarreIing, when Nasey shot the UNI
Known man. who died in few minutes. |
asey, though wounded. endeayored 10 c--
ape, but was pursued by officer Crickon.
asey fired on the officer, shooting him
through the breast, killing him instantly. |
asey was wounded in Two places and Will
probably die.