The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-03-13
WASHINGTON.

Inc lnOicatlOnS are tudt Mcheau Is erected
Governor.
WASHINGTON.
The Silver Certificates.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE first silver
certificates will be $40, adorned with an en-
graved head of Robert Morris. The 500, $50,
800 $500 and $1,000 certificates will have diff
ferent portraits on the face Of each denomina.
ton.
PosfaI~Savinxs Bill.
The Ways and Means Committee today
agreed to report favorably on Burchards bill to
promote the refunding of the national debt and
loan of savings to the United States for that
purpose. The bill provides that for the pur-
pose of refundng outstanding six per cent.
bonds for bonds bearing lower rate of inter-
est and until such six per cent. bonds shall
have been redeemed or refunded, any person
may deposit at any postal money order Office
lawful money of the United States, and in
sums Of not less than one dollar, and for the
purposes of this act shall be entitled to receive
therefor free of charge postal money order on
the U. s. Treasurer, and money received for
such orders 10 be accounted for by postmasters,
and the sum due upon such postal orders when
presented to the Treasurer at Washington shall
be entered to the credit of such 1epos tor on
the books of the Treasury in a deposit account,
OF when presented in sums of $40 or any null
tipe thereof, shall at the option OF the deposit
tor be convertible into per cent. bonds or into
certificates of deposit of the Uulted States.
Certificates shall be of the denominations of
$40, 500, $50 and 500, and shall bear interest
at the rate OF 800 per Cent. per annum, or one
cent on one hundred dollars for each day after
its issue for thu term of one year.
Executive Nominations.
The President nominated today Robert M.
Reynolds of Alabama first auditor of the
Treasury; John W Easily, naval constructor.
to be chief of the bureau of construction aud
repairs, and chief constructor with the rela-
tive rank of commodore; Pay Director Geo. F.
Cutter to be chief of the bureau of provisions
and clothing and paymaster general with the
relative rank of com .aOdore.
The Bill for the Repeal of the Resu mp.
tion Act.
The Senate Finance Committee agreed to
consider the House bill for the repeal of the
resumption act on the 18th inst. Today's meet
ing was wholly devoted to private relief bill
and executive business.
Nominations Confrmed.
The Senate today confirmed the following:
W%. A. Howard of Michigan, governor Of
U. s. marshal for Utah; Charles Bartlett of
Maine, now consul at Turks Island, to be
consul at Guadaloupe; postmaster, John r.
Andrews at Saco, Me U. 8 Attorney, Wilbur
T. Luot for the district Of Maine; o. s. consul,
or IF customs, Edward S. ]. Neatly at Bath.
All the Suits Against Gen. Howard De-
cidea in His Favor.
The three suits against Gen. Howard, go
long pending, came up for trial before the Dis
trict Court of the District of Columbia, Judge
Wylie presiding, yesterday and today. All
were decided in Gen. Towards favor.
Southern Pacific Railroad.
The Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads
gave hearing today to s. Spoford upon
bill looking to the completion Of a Southern
Pacific Railroad by the extension to Ell Paso of
the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio
Railway, there to connect with the Southern
Pacific road of California. The San Antonio
company do not ask for a land grant or for an
endorsement of the bonds, but that contract
may be authorized whereby the War Depart
meDt shall make advances as the road is built
not to exceed $4,000 per mile, these advan-
ces to be reimbursed to the government in
military transportation and postal service.
The PropOsed Inrernatioaal Monetary
CommisslOa.
s Secretary Evarts at the Cabinet meeting to-
day read letter be had prepared in accord
auce with requirement. of the silver bill,
which provides that the President shall invite
the governments of the countries composing
the Latin Union and such other European
nations as he may deem advisable to join the
United States in conference to adopt COM
mon ratio between gold and silver for the pur-
pose OF establishing internationally the use of
bi-metallic money and securing q fxity of rela-
tive value between these metals. The letter
was approved by the Cabinet and will be sent
contents will be made known to the respective
European governments.
Secretary Schurz's Defence.
The communication sent BY the Secretary of
the Interior to the Senate today covers the re-
port OF the special agent OF the department who
was sent to Montana last August to investigate
the alleged frauds in the timber lands, winch
shows that the seizures and prosecutions insti-
tuted were not directed against settlers and
poor men going upon public lands to gather
fre-wood for their stoves, but against speculat.
ors (the "wood ring" as the government agent
calls them) VINO depredate upon public lands on
a large scale in the way of an extensively or
ganized enterprise for their own private profit,
and against the mill owners who manufacture
| arge quantities of timber taken from the pub
lie lands into lumber for sale, and that the
amount charged by the government in settling
with the depredatOrs contributes but small
portion of the profits Of the latter. The parties
who havv hitherto carelessly and reck iessly
cut timber upon pubic lands now purchase and
enter the same in accordance with the law, or
else refrain entirely from that kind of bust
ness. That this result will be obtained every.
where if the law be enforced the Secretary feels
we'll assured. A complete remedy can only be
furnished by legislation.
irregularities on the Part of Importers.
The Secretary of the Treasury has received
several com plants from various Western cities
of under valuations and frauds in the city of
New \ YORK, which it i. alleged had the effect of
dlscrlm mating against direct lmportatiops by
Interior cities, and like complaints have come
from New York and Atlantic cities that the
law tor the immediate transportation of i'm
ported goods to ports of delivery have been
svaded and made the medium of frauds With
m haun L..
FULLY examined, and the difficulties corrected
either by change of the existing laws or bv
such orders as Will remedy the errors and pre-
vent frauds, Secretary Sherman has appointed
committee composed of General Appraiser
Meredith and special agents Brush and Hurd
% carefully Investigate the subject. All the
.llegatious will be referred to these gentlemen
md they will visit the principal cities from
Vhich the cOmplai ntS come and mako full in.
JURY and report
Various Matters.
The Senate Military Affairs Committee IN.
lay took up the nomination Of Thomas 81.
'mith (now by appointment clerk of the
,reasury) to be paymaster of the army, but at |
be request of several members who wished to
make further inquiry on the subject, 1t was |
aid over. |
The House Judiciary Committee today ap-
'roved laws passed by the legislative as |
ably of Arizona with the exception of the
ct granting special privileges to the Southern |
'aciic Railroad of California, BY a vote of SIX |
galnst three, Ssenger aud Butler being alb |
ent.
Inc Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs to- |
ay heard arguments from Polleso1 of New |
ORE and Myers of Philadelphia in advocacy of |
f = 10 no % oil providing for the payment out
l .ne Ohlnese lndemDity fund of the claims of /
ersa'n insurance companies for losses sustain
oy the destruction of the bark Caldera by
'rates in the China seas In 1854. y
Workingmen's Victory,
SAN FRANCISCO, March 12-At tho o;tv
lection in Oak aud yesterd4 AZ large Voc 01sy
oiled. The Work' gmen elect all tbsir can'
idates except superintendent of schools and
y marshal by small maturity. Tn. tioht
'as between thu Working men and Rennnii