The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-09-02
VERY LATEST NEWS.
A Record ct Important Events,
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

| The sum 'Ot 30OO has Just been received
I from New York for the benefit of the con
science fund.
. The white house is going to have tile
| floor. imported from Stoke-On-Trent, En-
gland.
THE president has recognized B. G.
Clark as consul from the republic of Hayt
at Boston.
A JUNEAU special says the residence o.
Judge Lewis was struck by lightning anc
entirely consumed loss $4,000, insurance
$4,000.
THE treasury department purchased $40,
600 ounces of fine silver for de.
livery at San Francisco, Philadelphia and
! New Orleans mints.
SECRETARY SHERMAN has left for his
home in Mansfield, Ohio He will devote
his time to campaining from this till cleo
ton and will make his first speech at Co.
lumbus
The chief of the bureau of statistics re-
ports that the total values of exports in
domestic breadstuffs from the United
States, for the seven months ending July
31st, 1880, were $151 All ,463; same period
of 1879, S1O9,331 l53.
President HAYES has decided to ap-
point Mr.. Adds, late of the Southern
Claims Commission. to represent the
United States in the Joint Commission of
the United States and France for the
adjustment of the claims of citizens of both
countries.
THE floor of the vestibule-a large room
in itself-at the white house has been torn
up A foundation is now being laid upon.
which will be put beautiful design of
English tiling. This will take the place
of the wooden floor and carpet. The tiles
will be laid by New York firm, and
are imported from toke-on- Trent, Eng
land
THE war department received the follow
ing telegram, forwarded by Gen. Hatch.
from Fort Bliss, Tex, Aug. is: "Dr.
Samings reports to me at 10 A. NJ. that
Victoria's band is in the Sierra de la
Cardna, about sixty miles from El Paso.
Two Mexicans were killed by Indians on
Puerta de Ventaras mountain. Col. Vale
has gone to chihuahua. Nothing is
known of the whereabouts of the Mexican
troops" BRINKERHoFF.
The quarterly interest on the Il per
cent. loan falls due at the treasury on the
1st of September next. The interest will
amount to $2,SO00OO. Checks for the
amount represented in that sum by regis
tered bonds are being prepared by the
treasurer and will be sent out in. few
days. The interest on these A per cent.
is the only accruing interest to be met by
the government in September.
In view of the presidents departure for
California, next week, and his prolonged
absence from the capital various public
officials are trying, SO far as they can, to
anticipate work requiring his signature. 1t
is possible that the attorney general will
submit large number of pardon cases for
his decision before he leaves the city. There
are quite number of cases where persons
have been detected in defrauding the gov
ernment out of internal revenue duties
and then gone into court and pleaded guilty
in expectation that they would be pardon
ed. In many instances the courts have
not imposed sentence, but suspended it
and Joined in recommendation that a par
don be granted Unless the president acts
on these cases within the next six or eight
weeks sentence will have to be pronounced
and the guilty persons sent to prison.
Gen note
LIBRARY room is now vexing the
authorities at Washington. At the pres
ent rate of increase the library will require
building the size of the national capitol
within period of fifty years. The pro-
posed erection of such gigantic structure
is even now being discussed. At the past
rate of increase of the library, in sixteen
years it would require, in addition to its
present space, all now occupied by the
senate chamber, the hall Of the house, and
the old hall of representatives, and that in
thirty-two years the library would fill the
entire space on the main floor of the capi-
tol. The annual increase of the library is
such that it is now impossible to average
the additions Many thousand volumes
have been piled in rooms, where they sim
ply receive storage and even room for this
purpose is nearly exhausted. The annual
increase from the copyright law has risen
from 5000 volumes the first year to $4,000
for the past year.