The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-10-17
WASHINGTON.
ARreeze I'm tbe,Patent Omce

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16-A lady clerk en-
ployed in the Patent Office, in an interview
with Assistan. Secretary Cowan to-day, as
sumed the entire responsibility of catering SUBJ
scriptons from clerks and other employees Of
that office, to purchase tea-set for presenta-
ton to retiring Commissioner Leggett, but she
was informed her admission could concern on
ly herself, and not exempt other contributors
the law requiring a summary discharge of
those in the government service who contrib
ute for such purposes Definite action will not
be taken until the return of Secretary Delano,
who is daily expected. There is no way oil
evading the law except by discharging the con.
tributors and Ieappointing them.
Treasury Balances. q
The following are the Treasury balances to-
day:-Currency, $l4, sos; special deposit OF
legal tenders for redemption of certificates OF
deposit $58, ,000 coin, $7S s77 848, including
coin certificates, $23,660,0 600; outstanding legal
tenders, $685.. 100000.
The Union Pacific Railroad.
The Commission appointed to see if the I'm
recommendations of former commission ap.
pointed by Secretary Cox have reported. They
say the road has expended So, 215, 976 more fol-
construction than the 81 $780, which the
former condition reported. The road has more
than complied with all the recommendations
except in locating its machine shops at Evans
town instead of at the Junction, where they
failed to obtain suitable property. The reports
concludes that the company has complied with
the recommendations at cost of $115, GA, :
1919. The commissioners think the road is
first class.
Removal of Clerks.
The notice heretofore given by Secretary
Bristow that it was his intention to remove all
but one in a family in the employ of the Treas
ury Yves in a partial measure put into execution
to-day by notification sent to twenty-five clerks
that their services would be no longer required
after the FIRST proximo. The blow fell particu
larry heavy in Treasurer Spinner's bureau.
Arresl of Ku Klux.
The Attorney General is in receipt of tele.
gram from the United States marshal of Ala.
bama stating that forty-two additional arrests
have been made in Sumter county Of persons
charged with committing Ku Klux outrages
and stopping U. S. mails
Supreme Court r..
The Supreme Court to-day advanced the
Union Pacific Railroad cases on the docket and
set them for argument on the second Monday
of December.
No motions to advance were made in other
important cases pending, but it is probable that
such motions will be made next Friday in the
Wisconsin cases, known as the Grange cases
involving the question of the right of states to
regulate railroad tariff.
The writ of error in the case of the Chinese
women in California, presenting the question
of the power of a state to return improper
characters, brought here for vile purposes, has
not as yet reached this court, but upon being
filed will doubtless be advanced together with
the cases above mentioned.
The Grant Parish cases, and the cases involv.
ing the status of Alexandria city, will be set
for an early hearing
Fees in Smuggling Cases.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-It is reported that the
Secretary of the Treasury has declared his in
tention to allow custom officers who furnish in
formation or seize struggled goods thirty pei
cent. of the value of the seizure. and fifty pei
cent. where great violence is shown. Inform
ers outside are to receive twenty per cent.