Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-28
AFRAID THAT IT WILL "PIl
Fears That the Government Prin
Shop Will Fall.
IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION.
An Architect Says IL May TumbIS
Down without warning-The -
Haytien Expedition Thought
To Be Certainty.
WASHINGTON BUREAU, The OMAHA Brn, 4
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WASHINGTON BUREAU, THE OMAHA Brn. 4
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET,
WASHINGTON. ID. c., May a. "
A condition OF trepdations exists at the
government printing office, 1t need create
no surprise IL that immense old buildfpa
should fall down some day. Some time agb
an architect warned the public printer that
the building he occupied was in dangerou&
condition and that any sudden jar was llabld
to make the floors give way and precipitatd
the whole structure. The building is aboNS
three hundred feet long, probably two hunds
red feet in width and four stories high, and
is very old and of ancient architecture.
1t is packed full of heavy machine
cry, type, paper and ink. Public
Printer Palmer upon taking hia
Office declined to assume the responsibility Of
occupying the building without first receiv-
ing advice from a practical architect, and he
called Mr. Clark, the architect of the capitol
TO make thorough examination of tba
structure. When the report was rendered,
MIR. Palmer issued an order prohibiting the
moving of packages weighing more than two
hundred pounds from place to place on the
various floors. There are over twenty-twd
hundred persons employed in the building
ana many OF them are women. The scene
which would follow the falling of even q
small section of floor in this building would
be indescribable. 1t is not probable that
congress will heed the oft repeated and long
calls which have been made during the past
ten years for new structure, until some
office.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Samuel j. Ruby, of Iowa, has been ap-
pointed consul at Belfast, Ireland.
George w. Adams was appointed post
Nebraska, vice, G. S. Brockway, resigned.
THE HAYTIEN EXPEDITION.
A conference was held at the navy depart
ment today by all the chiefs of division.
They went into session early in the morning
and We're at work late this afternoon. 1t 10
stated in official circles that the subject under
discussion was the outtitting of an expedition
to Hayti. 1t ls proposed TO fit up one of the
new war ships, place it under the direction
of the three commissioners who are
to be appointed to go to Hayti, and settle the
question Of coaling stations and othor terri
torial rights for American interests, and that
the whole subject is to be made public within
a week or two, but that the expedition may
not leave under six or eight weeks Those
in the conference to-day are mysteriously
mum, and refuse to talk on the subject.
Your correspondent asked General Lew
Wallace, this afternoon, if it were true that
he and General Beverly Tucker had been se-
lected to act as the commissioners to Haytit
and that the commission would be composed
of three men as reported but the general
evaded the question by saying:
You newspaper men are very precocious.
You learn the news before those who are TO-
be affected by it,"
There can be no doubt now that Generals
Wallace and Tucker are to be members Of
the commission, and that arrangements have
already been begun for fitting out the expe-
dition. General Tucker spent almost the en-
tire afternoon at the state department.
LATER-Late this evening Generals Lew
Wallace and Beverly Tucker were appointed
special ENJOYS extraordinary to Hayti and
almost Immediately the appointments were
withdrawn. 1t is believed the withdrawal
will eventually only affect the name Of Gem
eral Tucker.
Dorus Nj. Fox, of Des Moines, Ia., was ap-
pointed by the president this evening to bs
register of the land Office at Dos Moines.
PERRY s. HEATH