The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-09-08

provision made by the League is that all the
money it collects shall be used exclusively for
the womans branch of the University. and
with the distinct understanding that men and
women shall be recognized in it on precisely
| the same footing, either as Professors or
students, where women shall be found COM
| petent to fill the same places"
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| Both the Fire Department and the Police
| force of the District of Columbia have what is
called relief fund, from which persons who
have been disabled in the performance OF their
duties are paid small installments. sad con-
| diton of affairs was found to exist in connec-
| ton with the Police relief fund one day last
week when requisition was made upon United
States Treasurer Nebeker for ST AIS with which
to pay disabled policemen and other beneficial
ries of the fund their respective alotments for
the month of August. The Treasurer OF the
United States is the custodian of this fund, and
he discovered, upon receipt of this requisition.
that there was not enough cash on hand to meet
even this small demand, and as result it will
be necessary for Treasurer Nebeker to soil some
of the bonds or securities which are held as tho
fund principal, which action will result in
diminishing the already small Police fund
The Treasuser reports that the payments are
largely in excess of the receipts and the securi-
ties held on account of this fund have depre-
ciated during the past few years. On the other
hand the Firemen's fund is reported to be in a
healthy condition, the receipts being in excess
of the expenditures.
NJ. B. Brady the photographer who, it will
be remembered by old soldiers, accompanied
the Army of the Potomac from the first Bull
Run to Appomattox, and who had representa-
tives with the Armies of the Tennessee and
Cumberland taking views of all the important
events of those stirring times, both in camp
and in action, besides taking groups Of soldiers
and officers, has a gallery now in Washington
where he will, during the coming National
Encampment of the Grand Army, make an ex-
hibit of these scenes and the portraits of most
of the general officers of the war, as he has the
original plates of most of them still in his pos.
session. He proposes to throw this gallery
open to all the veterans during Encampment
week, and invites all the boys to visit it, He
also hopes to make groups Of many Posts dur
ing the week.
Since the 9th day of August the cars on the
Washington and Georgetown Street Railway
have been run half by cable and half by horses.
This, the managers of the company claimed,
was rendered necessary because the gripmen
were new to the business and could not man
age the grip without practice and instructions.
Because of this the cable has only been run at
half speed, and even at this rate there were
two or three breaks in the cable On Wednes-
day, Aug. 81, tie horses disappeared entirely
from the line, and the full complement of
cable cars are now running. Besides this, the
speed of the cars has been increased from six
miles an hour to nine miles, and it now takes
but little more than half the time to make the
journey from Georgetown to the Navy-yard
gate. By the time the advance guard to the
National Encampment reaches Washington,
rapid transit will be under full Roadway along
Pennsylvania avenue and Fourteenth street.
30 that the crowd will be ba1dled compare
lively easy as to what would have been tho
case under the old system
#&x
Green Clay Smith. jr., son of Gen. Green
Clay Smith, Department Commander. of the
Union Veterans Union, died in Washington
recently. and at the last regular meeting Of
Custer Command, 5, ". u. resolutions of
sympathy were adopted which give ex preston
of the sorrow felt in the Command for the
bereavement of Gen. Smith and his family.
Young Smith at the time of his death was a
clerk at the Navy-yard in Washington, where
he had been employed for over year. 1t was
his purpose to enter college this Fall and finish
his education. with q view Of adopting the
law as his profession. He was young man
esteemed and beloved for his maniness and
Christian virtues, and gave great promise of
bright and useful future. He was Frustrated
in June last with malarisl fever, which termi-
mated in typhoid fever, resulting in death.
The body was placed in the vault In Congress.
sional Cemetery till October when it will be
removed to the family burial-place in Ken
lucky.
Secretary Foster, of the Treasury Depart
ment, has warm personal interest in the
cholera quarantine which was established last
week by his order. and approved by President
Harrison, and he left Washington for New
York City on Saturday to look into matters.
The cause of this anxiety on the part of the
Secretary is that his wife and daughter and
Miss Rusk, daughter of Secretary Rusl, of the
Department of Agriculture, left Liverpool,
England, on Wednesday, Aug. 81, on the vessel
City of New York, Of the Inman line Of steam
ers for home after q prolonged visit to Europe.
1t is not known whether the City of New York
carries immigrants or not, but if she does, and
there is any sign of cholera on board the vessel,
she is likely to be subjected to the usual 20
days delay at quarantine. The new quaran-
tine regulations do not apply to vessels now
ahoat. but quarantine of any length may be
declared against any vessel which has pesti-
lence aboard. The Secretary will make no at
tempt to remove Mrs. and Miss Foster and Miss
Rusk from the ship until all the Treasury
regulations and the regulations of the Health
Officer of the Port Of New York have been
fully complied with nor will he attempt to
board the vessel until an inspection has been
made. In other words, the Foster family will
have TO take their chances with the other pas
sengers of the City of New York.
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shooting ARRAY, which is likely to be at
tended with serious results, took place on Fri
day, Sept. 2, a short distance from Georgetown,
on tho Tenallytown Electric Railroad VIM