Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-23


v'sing Architect OF the Treasury. IN the
basement and worked up TO the Office
or the Secretary OF the Treasury, above.
In the former they learned that as a
result OF the letters and petitions already
received. orders had been issued yester-
day, and plans sent down to have specl-
hcations made. and bids for the work in
Wted, at once Supervising Architect
Taylor said that advertisements would
be published by the 9Th of October, at
the latest, and that ground would be
broken by the 18th OF November. II not
sooner. He said emphatically that no
thing but special act of Congress could
now stop the work. Actng-Secretary
Spalding. who was next called upon. con-
hrmed the statement OF the Supervising
Architect, and added that any extra ex-
| penditure that might be found necessary
| in the future, but which was not now
anticipated. could be obtained in the gene
raj appropriation bill hereafter.
The committee. composed as IL was of
active business men, not politicians. and
| fitted to judge. expressed themselves as
| especially impressed with the courteous
and business-like methods Of the Archi-
tects Department, and the total absence
| OF red tape In the Offices Of both Mr. Tay-
! lor and Judge Spalding.
| ifiDOIn1NpIS IT NUN tlE ANN
! Among the visitors at the State, War,
and Navy building this morning were
! Republican Chairman Park Agnew and
! Judge Waddill. The latter came on a
| friendly errand. but If he had not mot
| Mr.. Agnew he would have made a signal
| failure. The Judges mission was TO Sc
cure the discharge from the army Of
stephen A. Ellison. OF Richmond. who
left the University of West Virginia and
| joined a West Virginia regiment He is
now seriously iii at Knoxville. Tenn. and
| his mother and sister. who reside on
I Grove avenue. Richmond, as well as
! his uncles-Messrs. J. n. and William
| Cullingworth-are exceedingly anxious
about him.
| In accordance with the army red tape
! the application for this young soldiers
| discharge would have had to come
| through his company and regmental Off
GERS, and Judge Waddill would have been
! put off with an answer to that effect.
| Mr.. Agnew. however. knew a trick worth
two of that. and he went straight to
| Acting Secretary Meiklejohn, made n
| strong plea, would not be turned down,
| and got an immediate telegraphic order
| for the young mans discharge. So his
| Richmond relatives may look for him
home, as soon as he Is able to travel.
Personal.
Mr.. Otis II. Russell. one Of the Repub-
lican candidates for Congress in the Rich
J mond District Is here He called at the
| office of the Civil Service Commission
yesterday, but did not. as has been in
timated he might do prefer any charges
against the Federal officials who took
an active part in the Hanover convention
| I'm not i'm that sort of business ne
said Something Of the kind may be
| done later by others. but l am not making
any complaints just now. My visit here
is to get an office for our business When
| that is done. / will go home"
United States Marshal Morgan Treat Is
here. and. as usual, is doing missionary
| work in the POST -Ofhce Department
Colonel r. T. Hubbard, the Republican
| candidate for Congress in the Tenth Dis
trict. left this afternoon for WaynesborO =.
where he has an appointment to speak
tonight.
Mr.. Irwin Weisiger, of Richmond, Is in
the city on business. and will remain Tor
| a day or two.
Mr.. Preston Belvin after tour through
the Shenandoah Valley, returned here last
night and left for home by an early morn
ing train.
Miss Margery Knowles. of Richmond,
who has been visiting relatives at Belle
fonte Penn, arrived here yesterday, and
is stopping for a day or two with her
uncle Colonel w. r. Teller at the Metro
politan
S. V. Southall, Jr., and II. w. Eaton,
Jr.. of Virginia, and Conrad Carter, of
Oatlands, Va, are at the Metropolitan.
A. II. McCue and wife, Virginia-Metro-
poltan.
ARMY ORDERS.
Private Avon O. Ray, Company f. First
| North Carolina Volunteers, is discharged
Hospital-Steward Walter Mcdonald,
| Fourth United States Volunteer Infantry,
is discharged.
First-Sergeant Leak p. Lands. Com
pany NJ, Second North Carolina Volunteer
Infantry, is discharged.
Private Arthur J. Nails, Company c,
Fourth United States Volunteer Infantry,
| is discharged.
Private Leonard S. Coleman, Company
| NJ, Second Virginia Volunteers. is dis
charged.
| Among the assignments of second lieu
| tenants recently appointed from civil life
| 10 rank from September g. 1899 is that
of Fitzhugh Lee, Jr, to the Twenty-nrst
| Infantry.
CASE OF JOHN ANDERSEN.
Attorney Hugh G Miller, of Norfolk,
| Va. arrived in the city TINS morning ana
| is stopping at the Shoreham. Mr. Miller
| is here looking after the legal status OF
| the habeas corpus proceedings sued out
| by himself and Mr. +. j. Morris, his as
| sOciate in the case, which saved Temporal
| rily the life of John Andersen, the Swede,
| who was convicted of the murder OF the
| captain and mate of the schooner Olive
| Pecker and was to have been executed
| at Norfolk several weeks ago.
| The Andersen case has awakened ma
| tional interest. 1t is unusual in that the
| man charged with the deliberate murder
| Of two persons on the high seas has the
sympathy of every one In Norfolk, where
| he was tried and has been confined since
| being brought to this country on United
States man-of-war Every person III the
| Virginia city is anxious TO prevent his
| execution. believing that be does not de-
| serve death sentence. This Is due large
| lv 10 what has been learned by the pub
| lie since his trial Of the terrible brutali-
| ~ of the captain of the ship-the man
! killed-the general belief now being that
| driven to frenzy through fear ana excite
ment. amounting 10 temporary INSANITY,
| Andersen killed the mate. who had told
| hin, that he would be killed anyhow Wheh
| he appealed to him for protection Irom
! the captain, and also TO the strong belet
| mat the other five members of the crew
| have been making Andersen scapegoat
! in order 10 clear then, selves, Nearly all
| tho ministers and influential citizens OF
Norfolk have interested themselves in the
case and are earnest in their EFFORTS 10
nrevent the hanging.