Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-22
THE SITUATION In VIRGINIA.
A Belief That Malone Will Be Nom-
mated For Governor.
1T WILL BE A LIVELY BATTLE.
The Old Dominion TO BE Treated to
the Warmcst Campaign Ever
Known in Its History-A New
Mail Box Adopted.
WASHINGTON BUREAU, THE OMAHA Bee,
5l3 FoURTRENru SrREEE

WASHINGTON BUREAU, THE OMAHA Bee, !
5l3 FOURTEENTH SrREEE
WAsuINGroN, ID. c., August 81. J
1t is generally believed from the tone Of
the Norfolk dispatches TO night that General
Malone will be the republican nominee for
governor of the Old Dominion tomorrow.
This nomination, if made, will prove the
first gun in one of the livoliest campaigns
ever known on the soil of Virginia. Malone
is feared more by the democrats of Virginia
than any other man who could be named.
The reason is that he is to day the most
able organizer in the whole country. There
is no state in the union where the political
organization is so thorough and complete as
that maintained by Malone in Virginia. His
plans follow the lines of military preciseness.
He knows absolutely the number of votes
that can be secured in every county, town,
hamlet and precinct Ill the entire state His
corporals report to sergeants, they to lieu
tenants, and so on up General Malone
holds each man personally responsible for
the votes of the men over whom he is ex-
pected to look, There is not voter in the
commonwealth whose political preference is
not known to the little general Conse-
quently, when he says that he has major
ity of the voting population with him ho
knows whereof he speaks. He says this
year the republicans will carry the state,
but so far the opposition have had the ma
chinery in their hands, and they have had
control of the count If General Malone
can get assurance that there will be fair
count Virginia will have "a republican gov
ernor as the result of the next election. Ma
hone thinks he has the necessary assurances.
NEW MAIL BOX.
The equipment division of the postofce
department has for some time contemplated
material change In the form of the street
letter boxes used in the free delivery service,
and recently contracted with an inventor for
box which does away with many of the
serious objections raised against the present
boxes. The new box, of which samples havo
been received by the department, is very
simple in construction ana it ls believed
overcomes all the objections of the affair
now used. Pulling down n knob opens the
slot to receive the letters and at the same
time tray WITHIN the box is raised, which
divides it into two departments. All mail
previously deposited is in the lower depart
ment and the tray fits so tightly that nothing
can be inserted through the slot that will
reach to the bottom. a letter dropped into
the box remains on the tray until the knob is
released by the mailer, when 1T is dropped
into the lower department and is there
secure until the carrier comes around. The
design accepted besides affording greater
safety from thieves, prevents damage from
storms 1t is one of 140 which were pre-
sented to the department by various invent
II is the intention of the department to
have the box manufactured in three sizes in
stead OF two, as is now the custom, the third
being very much larger than either of the
others. The present mail boxes will be
allowed to remain until their usefulness is
gone, or when they are broken or out of re-
pair, when they will be replaced by the new
design.
BOGUS SURVEYORS CHECKS.
Land Office experts have been at work for
some time past on a number Of surveyors
checks paid under the last administration
which are believed to be bogus. The amount
of these checks unearthed so far amounts to
nearly $4,000. The charges are for alleged
surveys of public lands which have never
been made. They were held up by the in
terror department as far back as Comms-
sioncr Netherlands time, but when the
democrats came into power they were resur
rected, passed through the hands of the ac-
counting officers of the treasury department
and cashed. Those VINO have been investi-
eating the matter behave big fraud on the
government has been perpetrated, at any
rate, the official report which has been
written TO Secretary Noble will require an
explanation from all connected with the
affair when 1t is made public.
ARMY NEWS.
BY direction of the acting secretary of
war, the following changes in the stations
and duties of officers in the subsistence de-
partmenu are ordered: Captain Charles Hay,
conmissary of subsistence, on the expiration
of his present leave of absence, will proceed
to Denver Col, and relieve Major William
III. Bell, commissary of subsistence, as pur-
chasing cominssary of subsistence at
Denver.
Major Bell, on being relieved by Captain
Hay, will proceed to Omaha, Ncb., and
report IN person to the commanding general,
Jnnn nj the Dlntta for dutu oh iaf
commissary of subsistence of that depart
ment, relieving Major John w. Barrger,
commissary of subsistence, of that duty.
Major Barriger will proceed from Omaha
to St Louis, and on October l, 1889, relieve
Colonel Amos Beckarth, assistant commits
sary general of subsistence. as purchasing
and depot commissary of subsistence at st.
Louis.
Colonel N. A. M. Dudley, First cavalry.
was yesterday placed on the retired list OF
the army on account of age. This will cause
the following promotions Lieutenant
Colonel j. S. Brisbin, of the Ninth cavalry,
David S. Gordon, OF the Second lieutenant
colonel of the Ninth cavalry; Captain
Charles ID, Vele of the Tenth, major OF the
Second cavalry; First Lieutenant Charles
+. Nordstrom, captain of the Tenth cavalry.
Second Lieutenant Samuel ID. Freeman
becomes "a first lieutenant of the same
regiment
NEBRASKA AND IOWA PosTMAsTERs.
Observation-Disclosures, Keya Paha county,
c. l.. Phelps.
Iowa-Aurora, Buchanan county, M. c..
Parker; Coldwater, Corro Gordo county,
Il. Connaughton Hinton, Plymouth county,
George w. Sheets; Lamont, Buchanan
county, Il, Hickman.
MISCELLANEOUS.
DR.. H. G, Ristine, of Fort Dodge, Ia, is In
the city on a visit.
A Cold Snap.
LEAD CRY, S. OAK, August u l,--iSpecial
to The BEE The people of this section of
the Hills to-day experienced sudden cold
SNAP. The thermometer yesterday registered
In Iho nLnln 4 InA.. 4 L..