The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-09-19
THE WEEK IN WASHINGTON.


erNpAy. SEPT. s.-About 1000 veterans and
others who form the Washington contingent
70 the Louisville EncampmeDt Grand Army
of the Republic left on special trains TINS
morning They represent over score OF
Posts and branches OF the Woman's Relief
Corps in the District of Columbia. The
Mount Pleasant Drum and Bugle Corps 30
pieces accompanied them.
MONDAY. SEPT. 9-The pitiable condition OF
the survivors of the Armenian massacres and
the alleged efforts OF the Turkish authorities
to retard the work of relief are described IN
communication just received here from an
American gentleman now at the scene oil the
Sassoun massacre: THE Missionaries are
now here. but the opposition of the Turkish
Government is SO great that they can make
but little progress The people are COM
pletely Frustrated. Many have only q lie"
bouebs to cover a corner Of their former
homes and furnishings are bare; little nay
TO sleep on, with possibly some hltby rags 10
throw over them, in place OF abundant car
pets. There are already more than 5OOO
people 10 be cared for. The first estimates of
the slain were exaggerated, as no one could
get into the region. aud the survivors were
scattered in different directions. Probably
not more than 900 really fell at the time,
the Others died of want, but the tales OF
beastly lust and fendish outrage that have
come to our ears exceed all we had dreamed
of and can never be allowed TO soil the page
OF the clean historian.
TUESDAY, SEPT. l0.-Comptroller Bowler has
received telegram from Senator Henderson,
counsel for the Oxnard Sugar Company,
giving notice that lie would file an appeal TO
the Secretary on the question OF the Comp
troller's jurisdiction, and holding that the
Comptroller cannot send the sugar bounty
claimants TO the court without their consent
1t is assumed that Senator Manderson's con-
tention will be that the act of March 3, 1857,
known as the Tucker act, which authorizes
the head of a Department to send certain
cases to the Court Of Claims with the con-
sent of the claimant" repealed Section 1868,
Of the Revised Statutes, passed June %, 1863
under which the Comptroller acted. This
section does not make the consent OF the
claimant 4 condition to the reference TO the
Court of Claims. The Comptroller, however,
in his decision commented upon this ques-
ton. and cOntended that the subsequent act
did not repeal tho former.
"WEDNESDAY, SEPr. 1l.-Private advices re-
ceives from Honolulu. and published hero
TODAY, state that cholera has secured a
stronger hold on the Hawaiian Capital than
the authorities there are willing to admit.
The natives are said 10 be much incensed at
the Honolulu health officials and do not
willingly obey their orders. The natives
not only conceal new cases from the authori-
ties but decline TO use the treatment pre-
soribcd, and hide the fatalities resulting from
the public
THURSDAY, SEPT. 12.-The mysteriously-for-
warded will of the late Judge Joseph Holt
has not been offered for probate and one
knows it seems, Just when ii will be. There
was received at the Office Of the Register of
Wills letter addressed in tho care Of the
Irgister to the representatives of Judge
Holt The envelope was postnarked Os-
wego. \. Y. Sept IL. To-day il Was sent to
Dir. A. A. Hoehllng, in the oiice OF Mr.. Jere
NJ Wilson. tie attorney for the Holt heirs.
By whom the letter was ut once forwarded
unopened, 20 Dir. Wilson, who is now at Oak
land. Md. Whether the writer II the letter
knows anything Of the will OF 1913, or of the
alleged subsequent one of 1886. is not, of
course. known, but the opinion was expressed
to-day that the writer may give the Holt
heirs not little information in the matter.
FRIDAY, SEPT I3.-There was ala accident at
the new Congressional Library bsilding.
which resulted IN the instant death of an
1s-year-old boy named Walter Acton, work
man. In the center OF temporary wooden
flooring. aud a; point directly above the
center of the main hail or corridor, is a gang
way or hole cut through. about five feet
square. through which building materials
are hosted. IL was through this trap that
young Acton fell 100 feet. it Was stated At
the Library building that this Was the first
fstsl accident tsIat has occurred there since
the building was begun. IL is = curious CO.
incidence that a workman who was killed
come time ago. by falling stone 1t the new
City Post.fice, met his death 1t the very
center of the main entrance; so that in fu-
ture years the thousands who enter the two
buildings will walk over places where two
men have met Untimely ends.
SATURDAY, SEPT l2.-SenoT de LONE, the
Spanish Minister, at noon TO day delivered
TO Mr.. Adec. Acting Secretary OF State, a
draft for the equivalent of Sl.s49. 900 drawn
on the Spanish financial agent in London
in settlement of the Mora claim. There WAS
no ceremony about the proceedings They
marked the close OF an international ques-
ton that has dragged along for 20 years.
giving rise TO fiery debates ip the Spanish
COrtes and prOtracted committee inquiries
in both branches OF our own Congress.
Having settled the international feature OF
the case the State Department Is now likely
10 encounter some difficulty at home in
disbursinR the money. Much ia igation i.
threatened As was evidenced by the taking
out % an injunction by one OF the assignees
yesterday 10 restrain the state Department
from paying over all Of the money to the
claimant, Mora