The National tribune., 1892-09-15

trying to steal one of these notes, as the check
has been made so rigid that the thief would be
detected in less than week. The banks are
very careless in shipping money, as more money
comes to the Department than they claim they
have sent. There is always more overs " than
| Shorts" strange TO say.
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| Gen. L. A. Grant Acting Secretary of War,
received last week a request from Secretary of
| the Treasury Charles Foster. who is now in
| New York, for tie War Department to permit
| the use OF Sandy Hook as place of retreat OF
quarantined cabin passengers from the Atlantic
liners detained because of cholera. Gen. Grant
took the request Immediately under considers
| ton, but he did lot think it could be granted.
owing for one reason, TO the fact that the Gov
eminent had important gun ranges on Sandy
Hook, which would be greatly interfered with
by the presence ashore of the quarantined pas
sengers, SO that unless the situation becomes so
critical that it is regarded as absolutely neces-
sary to land the detained passengers for better
protection from the plague, it is hardly likely
that the Hook will be turned over to the
health authorities Of New York, and vessels
will be used Instead to receive passengers from
such ships as come into the port of New York
with cholera aboard.
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Patrick Moore member of John F. Reynolds
Post, 6, died at his residence in Washington on
Wednesday, Sept. Z. The funeral took place
from st. Patrick's Catholic Church on Friday,
Sept. g. under the auspices of Reynolds Post.
Comrade Moore was a native of County Louth.
ireland, and had resided in Washington for the
past 81 years.
The United States Charged Affaires at Con.
stantinople, Turkey, has notified tho State
Department that the Turkish Government has
acquiesced in the claim of the United States
for protection to the American missionaries at
Bourdour, in the Province Of Konia, Asia Mi
nor, and reparation for the injuries to the per-
| son and property of DR.. Bartlett. Indemnity
to the full value of the unfinished house which
was burned, besides personal indemnity to
DR.. Bartlett, has been rendered and accepted.
The Turkish Minister had a conference with
Secretary of State Foster last week, and confirm
ed the assurances of the friendly desire of his
Government to meet all just demands and to
perform all its International duties il the pro-
lection of American citizens and their interests
in the Turkish Empire. The Bourdour incident
is regarded as practically settled, removing the
occasion for the dispatch of war vessels to
Smyrna to investigate the affair.
Notwithstanding the fact that the man
ayers of the opolitan-better known
as the F street.-The of street railway
cars have been working assiduously to
have their Line equipped with electric cars
in tine for the National Encampment
they find that this will be imp possible, and that
the veterans will have to be content with rid
ing upon the slower, and therefore safer, horse
cars. This is not due to a lack of money or
enterprise, but the Company have found it i'm
possible to get the storage batteries in time to
have their ears running by electricity during
the Encampment. 1t win take at least 5000
batteries to fully equip the line They had
contracts with one of the largest manufacturers
to deliver 1850 batteries on the LIST of May
last, and 1000 month after that. The manu-
factGrers found that they could not furnish
the batteries, the factory being entirely in
adequate to carry cut the contract. There
fore the horse-cars viii have to be used on the
line for sometime yet.
So
Because Of the numerous accidents happen
ing upon the railroads passing through the city
limits an Anti-Grade Crossings Association has
been formed by the citizens of northeast Wash
ington, and last week they won their first vic
tory. They had an engineer and conductor
arrested for running their train at a greater
speed than II miles an hour. All of the Gov
ernment witnesses before the Police Court swore
positively that over a measured space the train
ran at the rate Of 80 miles an hour through the
city. The defendants claimed that it would
be impossible for anyone to time train, but
Police Judge Kimball thought the trainmeu
were guilty and imposed fine of S. upon both
the conductor and the engineer. The Assoeia-
tion are hoping that this conviction will have
tendency TO stop the practice Of fast running
through the city.
The Washington Branch of the Woman'a
Christian Temperance Union has been asked
TO follow the lead taken last week by the Bos-
ton Mass Branch of the association in behalf
Of Lizzie Borden, the Fall River young lady
who is in Jail accused Of numbering her father
and stepmother. The appeal is made to the
Washington Branch by Mrs. Susan Fessenden,
who says Miss Borden, in times gone By, was q
jealous worker in church matters, being par
ticularly energetic in behalf of the Christian
| Endeavor Society. Besides, she was an ardent
Temperance worker, and her deeds of charity
were numerous. 1t lie probable the Washington
Branch may take action in the premises.
The unearthiDg Of rusty old pistol Of an
cient pattern on Saturday, September 3. by
some workmen engaged in digging trench in
tho alley between S and T, Eleventh and
| Twelfth Streets recalled to the memory of Mr..
| Theodore Hillary, one of Washington's old
| est citizens, the fact that over 90 years
ago there was situated in the center of
| the big space bounded BY and T, Tenth
and Twelfth streets, rakish-looking frame
| building which was said to be the haunt
of highwaymen and other crooked characters
OF the Jack Shepherd variety. The old struc-
ture was situated on slight eminence and sur
rounded by g thick growth Of trees and shrub
berry. Just beyond, from so to 100 yards north
of the robbers headquarters, were the city
dumping grounds, where slops, rubbish, and
dead animals were deposited. The locality
was therefore decidedly unfragrant In more