The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-11-09
FROM WASHINGTON.
NEWSY ITEMS PICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
BSayings and Doings of the Official
Heads of the Government.

Judge Cole has dismissed the petit
tlon for habeas corpus in the case OF
Smith, the stamp robber, and remand
ed him to Jail for trial.
All of the inmates of the white house
were vaccinated last Monday by DIR.
O'Reilly, the presidents physician, as
necessary precaution in view of the APP
pearance of smallpox in the city.
The United States supreme court
Monday reversed the decision of the
circuit court in the case of John @.
Emo, formerly president of the Second
National bank, of New York, who WAS
convicted of forgery in the New York
state courts about ten years ago.
The department of state Saturday
evening received the following cable
from Mr.. DENLY, at Picking: "Japa-
nese troops entered into Manchuria."
This is the first authentic information
that has been received by the United
States government that any Japanese
forces had entered Chinese territory.
Another death and an additional
case have have resulted from the small
pox epidemic which began in the law
division of the interior department,
and the marine hospital service is in
vestigating report that still another
death traceable to the same source has
occurred. William Owens, q young
man employed in the census Office as a
messenger, died Tuesday morning from
the disease at the pest house.
The contract for dredging and i'm
proving the Harlem river, New York,
will be awarded to Rittenhouse r.
Moore, of Mobile, Ala, by the war de-
partment. When proposals for doing
the work were opened, the bid of Mr..
Moore was found to be considerably
lower than those of his competitors,
the next lowest being that of a New
York firm. This is probably the first
time that a firm so far south has sue
ceeded in securing such large con-
tract in New York.
Another case of smallpox developed
in Washington Friday morning.
James l. Parker, of Indiana, law
clerk in the division of the interior
department, where the other cases
were reported, was the victim. Sec
rotary Smith issued directions to have
the department closed. This action
was taken before the secretary was
aware of the new case. He said that
the order to close was on account of
the fuPigation of several rooms in the
t~b lildihg which was very disagreeable
Vi persons employed in the building.
Secretary Carlisle will not make any
political speeches during the present
campaign. The secretary had con-
ference with the president Monday
morning in regard to the matter. The
secretary told the president that he
had received very large number of
invitations to speak in different sec
tions of the country, and would very
much like to accept as many of them
as he could fill, but there were num-
Der of important questions pending in
his department that imperatively de-
manded his presence in Washington
for some weeks to come.
Secretary Herbert spent an hour
with the president Saturday morning
Aendeavoring to settle problem which
= has worried the naval authorities for
several months and which must be
disposed of promptly. Four impor-
tant commands are to be filed-the
superintendent of the naval academy
and naval observatory, the commander
\ in chief of the south Atlantic station,
lagd the commandant of the New York
navy yard, the latter becoming vacant
November 10th by the retirement of
Admiral Gherardi. Ordinarily these
details would not cause so much con-
Germ, but at present they involve most
of the higher officers of the navy and
numerous changes are likely to result.