Daily globe., 1879-01-28
GENERAL CAPITAL NEWS.

Cd FOUR PER CENTS.
WASHINGTON: Jan. 27.-Su descriptions to the
four PEI cent. loan since Saturdays report.
IS, 12&, 500.
ASSISTANT TREASURER.
The President has nominated Albert G. Ed
wards assistant treasurer at st. Louis.
NO TARIFF LEGISLATION.
It is now generally admitted in we'll Informed
circles here that all tariff legislation has been
abandoned Tor this session. One of the largest
importers of New York who is now in Wash
lngton was informed by a member of the COM
tnIttee on ways and means that no tariff act
could by any chance go through. The mem.
Der also declared that in his opiuion the sugar
bill was dead. In this belief he is Joined bv
o number OF the best informed menbers OF
the House.
INVALID PENSIONS.
General Price Of Ohio has introduced q bill
amending the revised statutes so as to provide
that when the rate of invalid pension shall
be increased Tor the reason that the degree of
disability has become greater than when it
was rated, the increased rates shall commence
at the date Of the fling Of the application for
an increase. 1t also provides that whenever it
snail be made to appear to the commissioner
OF pensions that q pension has been errcne-
olisly rated he shall correct the rate as Justice
ulety IetiuliS
FREE SHIPS.
The prospect is that the question of free
ships is not to be settled ut this session of
Congress. The House committee on commerce
makes the plea of want of time to consider the
subject, and it will doubtless go over.
POSTAL DEFICIENCIES.
"A communication from the postmaster GEN
eral asking appropriations to supply defcien-
cles IN his department was laid before the Sen
ate to-day. The following are the princinai
Items: For compensation of postmasters for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1878, $24I 1921. to
be paid out Of the postal revenues for that wear.
For printing and binding for the fiscal wear
ending June 30, 1879, 100000 70 pay balances
due Tor transportation Of mails by raiiroads
during the fiscal year ending June SO, 1879, and
the previous year, $3l9,799. The postmaster
general accompanies the request with an OK
plauatlon, saying that in his last annual reDo7t
| attention was called to the insutficicncy of an
prOpriations for compensation to post.nastcrs
aud for transportation OF mails hy railroads to
enable him to meet the positive requirements
Of the law n regard to them.
MILITIA
The bill introduced by Senator Ferrv to-day
provides that all able-bodicd citizens between
the ages of Is and 45 years of age residing
within the respective States and Territories,
! except such as may be exempt by law, shall
constitute the militia. The militia are to be
| divided into two classes, actives, to be known
as national or State guard as the legislature of
each State may prescribe, and inactives, to be
known as reserve militia. The bill proposes to
appropriate $l,000,OOO for the purpose of pro
vldlng arms, ammunition and other ordinary
| and qnartermaster stores for the militia
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
| At a joint Democratic caucus held last even.
| ing, the Chinese question was discussed at some
length, and resolutions adopted for the restric.
ton of Chinese immigration, modification Of
the Burlingame treaty and the passage OF
Willis educational blu prohibiting the landing
OF more than fifteen Mongolians by any one
vessel The question Of coinage was
| brought up bat deferred. The repeal Of the
iron clad oath now administered to jurors was
also considered, but final action was deferred
awaiting q fuller attendance.
DIR. LINDERolAN DEAD.
Dr. Linderman, director of the mint, ,dic6
| this afternoon,