The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-11-25
WASHINGTON.
The Purchase of Bonds.

The Purchase of Bonds.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-The following telegram
was sent to-day:
WASHINGTON, Nov. "a.
Thomas Acton, assistant Treasurer Neac York
Accept unmatured bonds in all calls. including
the 9th without rebate of interest at the rate OF
$lO,OOo,OUO per week, On any day of the week,
payable at your Office until otherwise ordered.
CHARLES j. FOIGER,
Secretary of Treasury
Death of Engineer Hobby.
The navy department. is informed Of the death Of
Passed Assistant Engineer James M. Hobby of Med
ford, Mass, the 17th inst.
Judge Bancroft Davis.
The friends of Judge G. Bancroft Davis, ex-as
sistant secretary of state, confidently expect that
he viii soon be appointed to the vacancy on
the bench of the court of claim and that
he will also succeed Chief Justice Drake III event
Of the latters retirement, which is expected in
sion next Monday.
Command of the Asiatic Station.
Commodore William N. Jeffers has been ordered
TO hold himself in readiness to command the Asiatc
station.
One Decision Rendered.
In the court of Alabama claims this morning
decision was rendered In the cases Of Swift and
Allen, executors of Edward Mott Robinson OF New
whether ships husband sue in this court for
his co-owners, and whether an agent can sue and
against the plaintiffs was rendered and judgment
temporarily susp; ndsd, the court holding hat
judgment could ly be rendered for the benefit Of
the actual beneficiary.
No other cases being ready for argument the
court adjourned until January 7th.
Dead Letter Matter.
Eight thousa' articles which have accumulated
In the dead letter office will be sold at auction De-
cember 4th They include jewelry, books, toilet
articles and almost everything that could Fsssibly
be sent through the mails.
Another War Probable.
Gen. Thomas Osborne, United States Minister to
the Argentine Rcpubiie. here leave of
expresses the opinion that the troubles between the
Argentine Republic and Brazil will end in war. The
monitors and two torpedo boats, and has recently
built of the finest ironclads afoat. The Arge-
Volunteer force S Of ioc on5 The men s la
with Bennington rifles and the navy with Krupp
guns.
Col. Reed Wants Sc, ,ooo
Col. Charles H. Reed late counsel for Guiteau, is
here and has been for several days, working up IN
fuence which VII secure the passage of his bill by
the next Congress allowing hlm fees for his defence
OF the noted criminal He p aces the value of his
service at $50 0. While it is understood that Col.
Reed was purely volunteer there is some reason to
believe that Congress will reimburse him he ex-
tent of his actual expenses Col Reed y i'll practice
law In ~ ew York hereafter.
Col. Ingersoll Mad.
Col. Robert c. Ingersoll has written to personal
friend ire IN this city sta ing that lis heartily tired
ana dlsgusted with the Star route trials and every
one connected with them. He says Furthermore
that were it butfor his personal friendship for Mr.
oAsSy HS Wouu nave gwen up MS snare IN Jne con-
duct orthe defence long ago Col. Ingerso1l de-
clares that he will not again practice law in the
District of Columbia until cause be tried OH
Its merits and not be degraded into mere contest
OF wac has the most money, the government or the
defendant.
Reading Melville's Testimony.
The Jeannette board of in luiry was engaged from
I0 a. m. till p. IN. to-day with the reading of
Chief E. gineer Melvilles evidence. 1t covers four
hundred pages of legal cap and the reading will
probably occupo the attention of the board until
Monday noon, when Seaman Minderman will be
called to testify.
The Garfield Fair.
The Garfield monument fair will be opened at 2
o'clock tomorrow. The exercises will be confined
to President Arthurs declaration that the fair is
open from the pagoda in the center of the capitol
rotunda The cabinet will be present, also the
justices of the Supreme court, members of dplo-
matte corps, the general of he army and the
admiral of the navy. Prepar ations are complete
and the display will be beautiful and varied.
The Government Revenues.
Until within few days Comm ssioner Raum was
disposed TO made no recommendation in his forth
coming annual report looking to the reduction in
the internal revenue taxes 1t is believed however
that he as reconsider ed the matter AID will adj
wise such reduction as will leave the aggregate
nual inc me of the government from this source at
about 500 100000.