The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-22
WASHINGTON.
ReeiRued.

WASHINGTON, April 21.-In consequence OF
the Inadequate salary, Commissioner Drum.
mond of the General Land Office has resigned
and will retire from the Office the first of May
Hurlburt's Humbug. 5f
The report submitted to House to-day by
Hurlburt on the bill to charter double track
railroad reeites the feature of the existing
railroad system and says the company propos-
ing to bull, this great freight railroad will &C.
cept the low rates of freight agreed upon by the
committee, fifteen cents bushel from Chicago
and eighteen cents from st. Louis, sc. The
Company asks the government to guarantee its
five per cent. bonds at the rate of $4,000 a
mile; and while the committee are not in favor
of railroad subsidies it thinks the matter should
be fairly submitted to the consideration of the
the American people. 1t, therefore, reports the
bill without any recommendations.
The sanborn eporf.
The Ways and Means Committee spent the
session to-day in condensing the report and the
report of a sub committee on the revision of the
custom laws. The committee did not finish
the consideration of either subject. In relation
to the subject of notifies. the committee are
unanimously in favor of their abolition.
National Academy of Science.
The annual meeting of the National Acad-
envy of Science commenced to-day at the
Smithsonian Institute. At II o'clock the
Academy was called to order by Prof Henry,
President. The following papers were read
this afternoon: On the classification of the
Rhynehophorous series of Cal@ptera," by DR..
Leconse of Philadelphia; on "Results of expe-
riments on setter residual DETECTION by trans
verse STRESS" by Prof. Morton of Yale College;
on Experiments showing that flames and
heated gasses can reflect sonorous vibrations, -
by Prof. Mayer of the Stevens Institute of
Technology; on Combinations of mechanism
initiating mental processes" by Prof. Falrman
Bogers of Philadelphia; on s'The tide of Ia
hiti, by William Fenal of the United States
Coast Survey.
The District Investigation.
VIM. Forsyth, assistant engineer of the
board of public works was examined with re-
gard to alleged over measurements. He was
closely questioned by Mr.. Wilson as to the esti-
mate submitted to Congress by the board of
public works upon which an appropriations of
upwards of million of dollars was voted the
board in January, 1868, to reimburse them for
work done around the government property
The object of the examination was to show
that there was included in the estimate work
which was never done.
w. W. Domaine, an engineer. submitted a
diagram to show that space charged against
the government. AS reservation there were
5S5 square feet for which was paid $4,000 by
the United States. -
Col. Magruder, treasurer of the board of pub
lie works, submitted list of cash payments
made by him in his official capacity made nm
from the stubs of his bank check books. He
denied that any of the banks in this CITY had
purchased certificates of the board outright
but said they had in many instances loaned
money on them as colaterals at to 10 pei
cent. interest," to contractors.
The counsel for the memoralsts indicated
that they will be able to close their side Of the
case tomorrow.
Representative Poland reported from the
Judiciary Committee to-day, a bill relative to
the U tab Courts. Itprovides that the United
States judges, Marsbas and Attorneys, shall
discharge the duties pertaining to all courts,
thus dispensing with the duplication of such
officers by the Utah Legislature, and as a con-
sequence depriving the Probate Court of the
civil and criminal jurisdiction which it has ex
elcised under Mormon authority, and in con.
fct with that of the United States The bill
also makes change in the mode of the selec
ton of jurors. The United States Judge, the
Clerk of the Court and the Marshal are re-
quired to draw jurors from the list prepared in
the manner specified free from Mormon influ-
ence. Mr.. Poland of VT. will call up this bill
in few days.
Cabinet Meeting.
There was another long session of the Cabi
net to-day on the Senate finance bill. All the
members were present, but aft n the meeting
they declined to converse on the question they
had been discussing nor would they intimate
whether or not the President will oppose the
bill. 1t is confidently said, however, by severa
gentlemen of official prominence that the Pres.
ident was at first inclined to veto the bill. his
objection being mostly confined to the first Sec
ton of it, but the probability now is that be
will approve it as all members of the Cabinet
except Secretarys Fish and Richardson favored
such course on his part.
Various Matters.
The Powhattan at Key West has been or
dered to Hampton Roads, The Wachuse tt.
sailed from Key West April 10Th on a crnise.
The House Committee on Post Offices an6
Post Roads had a meeting to-day relative to
the charges of alleged Irregularities in connec-
ton with mail lettings and adjourned till Fri
day.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue give.
notice that unless parties liable to the payment
of special tax license under the internal revenue
laws make their return ON form ele yen'' be.
fore the 31st of May, they will be liable to a
penalty of fifty per cent.
Internal Revenue receipts to-day, 1926, $3.50.
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury balances to-
day:-Currency, 3d. 1877; special deposit Of
legal tenders for redemption of certificates Of
deposit, $50, 43O 000 CON- $S8, $50 504 including
coin certificates $35, 023, 500; outstanding legal
tenders, $685., 100000.