The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-07-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsnINeroN, July ID. 1891.

ing unusually hard-he is never dront
since his return from the Pacific coast
with the Presidents party, owing to the
transfer of the weather bureau and other
important departmental business Incl.
dental to the beginning of new fiscal
year, will leave Washington this week
for vacation. He will be accompanied
by Mrs. Rusk and his son Blaine, and t
Chicago the family will be joined by
Miss Rusk, who has been visiting the
daughters of Secretary Foster at Eos.
toria, Ohio. The family are all looking
forward to delightful rest at the old
Wisconsin homestead.
Secretary Foster, like the level. headed
man that he is, declined to make any
specific answer to the fve.c column TRADE
which Mr.. Powderly has launched in
the shape of an open letter addressed to
Mr.. Foster, concerning the trouble about
the discharge of the seven Knights of
Labor from the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, further than to charac-
terize it as being so abusive and un.
truthful as to place it under the sus.
picion of being intended to be used as
Democratic campaign document. The
publication OF this letter shows very bad
judgment on the part of Mr.. Powderly,
and incorporating therein letter which
he knew was taken from the desk of
Secretary Foster without his knowledge
or consent by one of his colleagues on
the Knights of Labor executive com.
mittee-Devlin and Hays-during the
committees conference with Secretary
Foster, was still worse.
No more interesting soldiers reunion
was ever held in Washington than that
of the Twenty.fifth New York cavalry,
which convened here Saturday. On that
day twenty. seven years ago, the gallant
men OF the old Twenty.fifth, although
oaly about 700 in number, by an exhibit
ton of soldierly nerve that was not sur.
passed during the civil war. succeeded in
preventing the capture of Washington
by General EARLY, who had swooped
down upon the town with 10000 men,
expecting to find it entirely unprotected
When the Twenty fifth boldly mounted
the breastworks and marched to meet
Early's advancing line Of battle he sup
posed them to be the skirmish line of the
Sixth corps which he knew was expected
at Washington and he retreated, thus
throwing away an opportunity which
was never to come again. 1t is very
to hear the veterans tell of
how President Lincoln. in long linen
duster and black SLOUGH hat, circulated
among the men ON that memorable day
and spoke words of cheer to them not.
withstanding the gloomy outlook. The
old soldiers met with hearty welcome,
as they deserved to, from the Washing.
tonians, many of whom remember the
Joy with which these same men, and
their comrades now gone to answer the
asst roll call, were received on that other
July day.
The scientific party from the aglcul.
5ural department is now on its way to
,he arid section of western Kansas.
where the attempt is to be made on
grand scale to produce rain by artificial
Methods The party carried sixty
ten feet in diameter when ex.
banded, which are to be filled with a
combination of oxygen and hydrogen
'as and exploded high in the air by
means of an electric wire attached to the
balloons; 100 kites five feet high, to the
ails of which are to be attached dyna.
mite bombs and other explosives, and
OF of wood mortars to be used to throw |
'mbs from. These things are to be
catered along a prairie for mile or
wo, and the intention is to keep up the
EXPLOSIONS continuously for at least two
ntre days. The result will be anxiously |
ooked for here, for while there is no.
'ody who has dared to say that the
hing cannot be done there are many |
Who are more or less sceptical about it.
f it is success it will rank as one of
he greatest discoveries of this age of |
,reat discoveries, and will make many
million acres of land, now almost worth
ess, very valuable for agricultural pur.
roses.
The controversy between Mr.. Nicolay
# Washington, who was Mr.. Lincoln's
private secretary, and other gentlemen
$ to whether MIR. Lincoln favored the |
nomination of Andrew johnson for Vice.
President in 1864 is an entirely useless
ne, and except for the dearth of moie
Important news it would never have
aimed the prominence that has been
,iven it for some days past in the news.
'apers, and even if it were an all impor.
ant subject the exchange of abuse be.
ween Mr.. Nicolay and Col. Mcclure,
ditor of the Philadelphia Times, would
brow no light upon it.
Washington is in dead earnest about
occurring next years encampment of the
!. A. r., and the delegates to Detroit
will carry with them cordial invitation
nd the assurance that 500, 900 has been
ubscribed by the citizens of Washing
on for the entertainment of the veterans
lext year. A committee of prominent
itizens may also 60 to Detroit.
REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.