The National tribune., 1894-10-25
THE WEEK IN WASHINGTON.
Minor Matters of Interest in the Capital
City.

Minor Matters of Interest in the Capital
City.
SUNDAY. Der. 14-The mass-meeting OF the
brotherhood of st. Andrew at convention
Hall was the elimination OF the religious ieel-
ing aroused by the Convention OF the Order
here during the past week. 1t was in some
respects the greatest religions gathering heid
here in wears. The personnel of the audi
ence was unique in that the congregation
consisted mainly of men, and principally oil
Young men. About 1000 men and several
hundred women had assembled in the audi
forum when Bishop T. .. Dudley, OF Ken
lucky, called the meeting to order. The ex-
ercises that followed were enthusiastically
participated in.
NoTDay OCT. I5.-The District Commits
sioners completed their estimates of the
money which will be needed to carry on the
District Government during the hscal year
1895 and 1896 opening July i, 1898 The
estimates are upon n liberal basis. and IN
clude some costly enterprises, the total sum
needed being set down at S6.S0O,OOO Inc
estimates for last year were S67ol,oiS. An
estimate of $4,000 is made for the collection
of garbage: 100000 is asked for cleaning
streets: lighting streets $274, 1856; new har-
Dor boat, $27. 600-The case against the
heirs of the late w. B. Moses of this city, as
surety for Cant II. W. HOwgate, as Disburs-
ing Officer, was advanced by the supreme
Court to be heard on the first Monday IN
December. Moses, and l.. II. Rogers OF New
York. were Joint sureties on HOwgate's bond
In the sum of $4,000. The Government
has already obtained a judgment against
Rogers and the present action is to compel
che Moses estate to pay its proportion OF the
bond
TUESDAY, OCT. 16-Gov. D. Russell Brown, OF
Rhode Island, accompanying as guest a Com
mission appointed by the State Legislature
TO locate the positions Of Rhode Island troops
at the battle of Antietam, came here to-day.
They will proceed to Antietam tomorrow
with representatives of the War Department,
and on their return trip will visit the battle
field of Gettysburg. The Commission is
composed of Gen. Elihu Ii. Rhodes, men,
Der of the Board of assessors of Providence;
Capt. Walter A. Read, member OF the State
Senate; Capt. Benjamin II. Child, ChIei oil
Police Of the City of Providence; Capt. Chas.
c. Gray a member of the State Legislature,
and Messrs. Levi P. Cornell, Capt. Fred M.
Sackett. and Maj. VIM. B. Rhodes.-Treas-
urer Morgan received conscience contribu-
ton of S326.25 il was transmitted by the
Commissioner of Pensions, who received 1t
from an unknown resident of Massillon, o.,
with a note saying it belonged to his Depart
ment 1t is supposed to have come from
some honest old soldier who, by some ex-
tremely rare accident, received more pen
sion money than he thought himself entitled
10.
WEDNESDAY, OCT 17.-Assjstant Secretary
REYNOLDS of the Interior Department In
decision held that section AIS OF the Revised
Statutes, relative to the payment OF accrued
pensions, is applicable to pensioners under
the act Of July %, 1892. granting pensions
to the survivors of certain Indian wars and
authorizes the widow CT such deceased SOL
4. Z a.
that act and receive the accrued pension to
the date of the soldiers death.
THURSDAY, Ger. Is.-Pension warrants, aggre-
eating $I2, 625 600, were sent by the Interior
Department to the Treasury. on account Of
Agencies at the following cities, which are to
make payments on the 4th proXimo: New
York City, sl,775.OO0; Philadelphia, 81 $780,
600; indianapolis, g, 500000; Knoxville,
sI.S00. 600; Louisville. 81, 10000 Topeka,
s. 500, 600. and Washington, $50, 000-Atra
meeting of the Soldiers and Sailors and
Sons of Veterans Protective Association
resolutions were passed to the effect that this
organization is anxious for the data which it
had been promised would be given 10 the
public in regard tie the discharge of veterans
of the late war from positions under the
present Administration, and in this connec-
tion desires TO emphatically assert that the
facts relative to the wholesale discharge of
Union soldiers are now in the possession OF
the eoBntFy-at-srge and will be prominent
factor ia the coming elections as the litera-
turc on that subject is daily being promul-
gated by this association, which was organized
TO protect the veterans OF the late war in their
vested rights"
FRIDAY. Der. I9.-In the Court of Appeals the
Breckenridge Pollard czse was closed for all
time. When the verdict was given in the
Circuit Court against Breckenridge the de-
Tense at once gave notice of a motion for
new trial but they missed by one day get
ting their amended bill 10 the counsel for the
plaintiff inside the 40 days time limit. 1t
was consequently not signed by the Court,
and the case has hung in the Court Of APP
peals ever since. To-day. on motion of Cal
derOn Carlisle, one of Miss Polard's coun-
sci, the ease was taken up, dockcted aud dis
missed. thus closing il forever on the records
of the Court.
6ATURDAY. Der. 20.-A letter received at the
British Embassy from Sir Julian Pauncefote,
now in London, says he will sail for this
country with his family on Nov. Ii. Mr..
Cough, the new First Secretary. is expected
about the same time. Mr.. G0schen, the
present First Secretary. will then return TO
England. There has been no British repre-.
sentative in Washington for several months,
as the Ambassador, Charge and Under Secre-
taries have been abroad or at the seashore.