Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-27
WASHINGTON.
THE NEXT HOUSE.

TbE NEAA nOOoEs
s.,sa Washington special OF Nov.
a,s,. The committee on elections in
20 next house will have q great deal OF
III ~ TO do. 1t is already known that
Sontasts will be made from nine states.
8, v;ew of the remarkably close vote
- - number of districts, and the in
snrmality of certificates, the clerk of
.be house will have very responsible
Jnty in making up the roll of the next
bonse of representatives.
TREASURY ORDER.
Washington advices of the Goth saws
the secretary of the treasury has is
med an order closing, on designated
laws. the banks of the department, to
transfer the registered stock, whether
hold abroad or in the United States, of
the {; per cent. funded loan of 1881, the
II per cent. funded loan of 1881, and
the / per cent. consols of 1907. If the
bonds forwarded for transfer are not
received prior to the date for closing
the transfer books, interest checks will
be drawn in favor of. the party in whose
name the bonds stood at the closing,
and the assignee must look to the as
signor for the accrued interest for that
quarter.
INTERNATIONAL SILVER CONFERENCE.
Saws a Washington dispatch of Nov.
Goth: Information has been received
here from Mr.. S. Dana Horton, of Ohio,
who was secretary of the United States
delegation to the information 1 silver
conference which met at Iris in
August at which Mr.. Francis A. Walker,
of Yale College, ex-senator Fenton,
and ex-Congressman Groesbeck,
of Cincinnati, represented the
United States, that the report of the
commissioners is about completed, and
will be ready to be submitted to con-
gress at the beginning of the coming
session, through the secretary of state.
The report will embody translation of
a verbatim report of the proceed
ings of the conference, and an
extended review Of them, and
their significance, by the three Ameri-
can commissioners, with such COM
ments rs may suggest themselves to
their minds, representing as they do
three shades of opinion with reference
to the financial question. 1t has not
become known here what recoMmen-
dations, ifany, will be made, but it may
be thought necessary that congress
should take some further action in
view of the fact that the European CON
vention of 1865, known as the Latin
Union. expires by limitation on the
5lst of December, 1879, and renews
itself, unless dissolved, for fifteen years.
It's believed by silver men here and
elsewhere that some arrangement can
be brought about in the meantime,
by which an understanding may exist
between the United States, and
at least few Of the European nations,
in regard to the relative values of the
precious metals. 1t is understood that
switzerland, at least, is ready to COOP
crate with the United States.
MARINE DEPARTMENT REPORTS.
The annual report OF revenue-ma-
rine bureau, treasury department
shows that of the vessels wrecked or in
distress with an aggregate of 726 per-
sons on board, 1872 have been assisted
by revenue cutters. The estimate of
the value Of property saved is about
sl,lOO0OO,and 142 persons were actually
rescued from death ny drowning. The
expenses OF the revenue marine SER
vice for the year ending June 80, 1873,
were sS4, 400. The number of vessels
IN the service, 81.
Supervising Inspector General James
A. Lamont, of the steamer inspection
service, in his annual report, shows the
total number of lives lost from various
causes during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1873, were: From explosions,
90 lire, %; collisions, 81; surge wrecks
and sinking, 1914: accidental drowning,
Il; miscellaneous casualties, 4. Total,
-l-. Whole number of accidents re-
Sultlng in loss of life, AZ. He says the
decrease of fatal casualties in the last
Two years is no doubt due to severer
ulsclpllne,that has been established dur
ing that period, as compared with pre-
ceulng years, although the service is
YET susceptible of improvement. In
mat respect am proud to say that so
thoroughly have its laws been admin
-" 0ila' VI upward OF IOO,OUU,OUO
ol persons carried on American steam
efs during the last year. only one per-
son and one-tenth was lost in each
Iliilll0n. | do not hesitate to say that
Ha'eI 10y steamer, under the existing
avs OF the United States, is safer than
III any other country. He devotes a
tohslderable portion of his report to
Sae question Of testing boiler iron, and
Jays 1t Is evidently necessary that a
p p.i "! and generally accepted rule be
@saollshed for deciding this important
natter. 1t is believed that efforts are
% oS5'lls made by this office, and support