The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-29
WashingtoE.

SENATOR SHERMAN, Chairman of the Finance
Committee. expresses the opinion that all
schemes OF initiation coming up from the
House will be stopped III the Senate. The
prominent champions of imitation are Butler,
Kelly and Parson Brownlow. Most of the old
and prominent members of the House of Rep
resentatives discountenance initiation.
THE Navy Department has ordered recruit
ing offices opened throughout the country,
and the navy be recruited to the utmost
pacty allowed by law.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says: & Converse
ton with gentleman IN the inner circle OF
the Supreme Court shows that the probabllI-
ties, since the New York election and the Re
publican complexion of the Legislature, are
largely in favor of Roscoe Conkling's nOmina-
ton for Chief Justice. His friends have as
certained, without embarrassing the President
that if nominated he will take the position
One of the Cornells, of New York, is already
being pushed for the succession"
PARTIES just arrived III Washington, who
are largely intel ested III the Northern Pacific
bonds, state that the company will not be able
to pay its interest on the LIST of January, or
probably for two years thereafter propo-
sition will doubtless be made by the company
| to fund the first four maturing coupons.
The colored citizens of the District OF Col
| umbia Will hold a mass meeting on Thanks
giving day and sympathize with Cuba. Fred.
| Douglass will be one OF the speakers
HE Washington Chronicle of Tuesday con
tains the following: g The time has come for
our Government to deal directly with Cuba.
We can no longer permit Cuba to wear the
| semblance Of subOrdiuation to Spain as a
| cloak for her bloc ~ and cruel wrongs. AS
| she refuses longer to obey the commands of
| the parent Government, we are justified in
holding her directly responsible for her own
conduct" As ex-senator Harlan, principal
proprietor of the Chronicle, was a member of
| the Committee on Foreign Relations, aud has
| the confidence of the Administration, the edi-
| torial above quoted is regarded in Washington
| as excathedra.
GEORGE ROBINSON has received the gold
medal award him by Congress i'll 1871 for
| saving the life of Secretary Seward, when at
| tackled by the assassin Payne, April IA, 1860
The medal cost 81 400. Robinson previously
received 5000 cash, also awarded by Con-
gress tor the same heroic service.
| The Spanish legation here is endeavoring
| through its peculiar diplomacy, to stop and
| control our governments action in Cuban at
fairs to prevent the necessity of changing
| the present Spanish policy.
| INTERNAL REVENUE receipts for the month
of October, s467, 092 for fiscal year, s36, $50
81.
| II is reported that orders have been issued
by the Navy Department for putting every
vessel in the navy III readiness Tor sea with the
utmost dispatch and the greatest activity
now prevails in all tue navy yards in the coun-
| try. 1t is further said that the Secretary OF
| War was heard to observe, the other day
| that if he people of the United States were
not suited with what the Government is now
| doing, in anticipation of war with Spain.
then the people of the United States are very
hard to suit.
| DURING the past month there were issued
to postmasters OF ordinary stamps. 81, 529, 500,
valued at s2,25O, 200; stamped envelopes,
lain, 1854, 80, valued at 1927 96i 20 stamped
envelopes, request, 1 ,26i $50, value SIP, 1885,
25; newspaper wrappers, $50 900, vaiue.
S24 ,364.S0; postal cards, 1868, 800 yalua,
$40 ,635 official postage stamps, .020. 500.
value, S47 1880; official stamped envelopes
and wrappers, Sl3,950, value, SIG, 634.76, max
| ing total number of articles issued 105. sos
7S5, aggregate value of which is g, $50, 453 81.
| Since the abolition of the ranking privilege
| the demand for postage stamps has increased
more rapidly than ever before. the number
issued during October exceeding the issue of
any previous month by about two million.
Foreign.
GHE steamer NrgiuuS arrived at Havana
on the 18th, and was received with great en-
thusiasm on the part of the people who lined
the shore as she passed up the river Or the
members of the crew not shot al Santiago de
Cuba four were condemned to the chain
gang for life, three to eight years imprison-
ment, eight to four years Imprisonment, and
three were set at liberty.
THE latest dispafebps rpreiyp1 by he wa