Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandra Gazette.l

Correspondence OF tne dleAauuflh uhzotlo.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.
There was a picturesque scene in the
Office of assistant Indian Commissioner
Smith to day when about rs Ogalallah
and Brule Sioux of Buffalo Bills Wild
West show called to have pow wow
in regard to affairs affecting their in.
terests. The Indians were fine speci-
mems of physical manhood and wera
bedecked with feathered head dress
and their features were decorated with
variegated colors of paint. There were
three squaws and one pappoose among
them, the latter occupying the atten-
ton of the lady clerks who fed it sugar
and treated the little red skin to a ride
on the elevator, much to its delight.
Several chiefs addressed Commissioner
Smith through an interpreter, review
ing their affairs, and one old warrior
who spoke at length stated that if he
told of the unfulflled promises of the
government to the Indians, the show
would have to be postponed. as it would
take him two days to do it. One OF
the principal complaints of the Indians
was the reduction in the prics paid
them for hauling freight. Commission.
err Smith replied to the speakers and
explained the action of the govern
ment in regard to their affairs. Col.
Cody and Major Burke accompanied
the Indians.
General Sickles is here to-day, among
other things to urge Secretaries Lamont
and Olney and the Attorney General to
take the steps necessary to prosecute
through the higher courts the case
against the trolley railroad company on
the Gettysburg battlefield park.
The condition of General Malone
this morning remains practically un-
changed. His physicians say there is
nothing on which to base any hope of
recovery. His friends are resigned to
the belief that it is only a question of
time before the end will come. His
wife is in constant attendance at his
bedside, and the physicians call at fire.
quent intervals, though there is very
little to be done for the patient.
The Eucharistic Congress this morn
ing listened to the reading of pa
pers on the subject of the Eucharist by
Rev. ]. f. Foley, of st. Louis; Rev. H..
Heuser, editor of the american Eccle-
siasticaL ReuieW, and the Rev. FL.
Brinkmeyer, of Cincinnati. The con-
gress will conclude its session this af-
ternoon.
The War Department has formulated
and presented the charges against Maj.
Armes. They consist of two charges
and specifications. The first charge is
that of conduct prejudicial to good order
and discipline. Speci6cation-writing
and delivering his letter to General
Schofeld. The second charge is that
of conduct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman. Specifcation-delivery of
q letter to General Schofeld charging
him with using his official position to
persecute Armes, which the writer
knew to be untrue.
A democratic ex. Congressman from
Michigan, here to-day, says the demo
Gratis of his State want no third term in
theirs, that they would prefer West
elm man, but would be content with
Mr.. Whitney. He also says that they
want the government to interfere in
the case of Cuba.
1t is said here by republicans familiar
with the machinery of their party that
if New England shall give her solid yote
to Mr.. Reed in the next national re-
publican convention, Mr.. PIatt will give
him the vote of New York and Mr..
Quay, that of Pennsylvania, and that
that influence will secure his nomina-
ton.
Milliken, the federal officer discover
ed in the house of ex-Solicitor General
Phillips at night with his shoes tied
around his neck, has not returned to
stand his trial, and few think he will
ever 10 80.
The owners of the Anacostia horse
car railroad say their receipts will not
allow them to pay their drivers more
than SIPS day, and that if the latter
will not accept that sum the operation
of the road will be suspended.
Baltimore democrats here to-day say
they are now confident of the election
of the democratic ticket in their State
next month, and are estimating what
their majority will be. Senator Black
burn of Kentucky, who is still here,
says there is now no possible way by
which the democrats can lose his State.
Virginia republicans here, and some
of them very friendly to General Ma
hone, are still talking about the tissue
of erroneous gable recently published
in a newspaper of this city about him.
They say his republicanism made him
what he was, and that he would have
been nothing without it; THAT he him
self did not believe Gen. Lee ever de-
signed him for his successor that he
never pretended to be of blue blood,
and that so far is he from living on the
charity of John Chamberlin, that at
the time he was taken sick he was nego-
tiating for mortgage of 100000 on
lot in this city.
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