River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-02
VERY LATEST NEWS.
4 Record OF Important Events,
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

THE following internal revenue appoint
ments have been made: q. Martin, store
keeper, Fifth district of Illinois; Garret
u. Smock, storekeeper. Fifth district Of
Illinois.
AN agent Of the secret service division
telegraphed from Guthrie, KY the ar
rest of John III. Oberly for passing numer-
GUS counterfeit $40 United States treasury
notes in Christian county, Ky.
GREAT interest has been felt here IN the
result of the commission sent to China TO
negotiate new treaty with this govern
ment. The main and almost sole object
of the commission was to have the trouble
some question of Chinese emigration set
tied in some way satisfactory to the peo-
pie of the west and Pacific coast 1t has
been stated that the text Of the treaty has
already arrived at Washington. This is
not true. The state department has re
ceiyed enough by telegraph TO indicate
the nature of the treaty. The text of the
-eaty itself can not reach this city under
four or FIVE weeks.
THE secretary of state received a tele-
gram on the 9th of November, from the
commission at Pekin, informing
him that on that day two treaties
were signed one of commerce
{ anu Lnb OtltT concerning immigration.
Mr.. Prescott was to leave Pekin
at once and bring home the treaties
by the first steamer. Bv previous te,e-
gram Mr. Evarts had been informed that
the immigration treaty secured to this
( country control ard regulation of the in
PRODUCTION of the Chinese laborers by our
own legislation. The details of the com
.rercial treaty are not yet known.
THE annual report of the postmaster
general is made public. 1t begins with
the remark by Mr.. Maynard that as he
| took charge of the department only or
the 18th Of August last he speaks Of il
historically and as he finds it, with little
reference to his own administration, which
did not commence until after the expira-
ton of the fiscal year with the transac-
tons Of which the present report is chiefly
concerned. The report presents large
amount of statistical information concern
ing the operations of the depart ment
which has already been published in the
ATTRACTS of reports of his sub ordinate off
GERS.
THE annual report of the commissioner
Of pensions shows that on the 30th of June
last there were 250, 1902 persons receiving
pensions from the government. The an
nual pensions average Sl03. an aggregate
for all OF go, 9l1 ,9O6. Exclusive OF arrears
| payments for the year amounted to S37 :
GAG, lS5, of which $I2, 46S 19l was accrued
| pension in new cases. The total amount
paid out for pensions during the year was
| $57 ,026, 994 Comm issiOner Bentley esti-
mates that it will require upward of $50,
000,0 600 to pay pensions for the current
year. The number of cases in which ar
rears of pensions have been allowed up to
Nov. 1.-The date of the reports S53,-
OH, The average in each case is $3.50. A
table is given showing the number of
pensioners borne upon the rolls at the
end of each fiscal year from 1851 to 1880,
and the amount of money paid out for
pensions each year. The total amount
for twenty wears is 1856, 71S,505.