Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-07

Customs at San Francisco decide % to
what sugar may be imported free OF duty,
under the treaty with the Hawaiian Gov
eminent. In reply have to state that Q
report on the subject has been requested
from the Collector OF Customs at San Fran
cisco, but he 10 no wise authorized BY lar
or instructions from this Department 70
decide whethertte suger 10 which you re-
fer, imported at New York. shall be treated
as covered by the provisions of the treaty.
A decision viii be made by this Depart
ment after the facts in regard to the matter
have been ascertained.
, Postmaster General Hewe.
The rumor of Postmaster General Howe's
intention to resign is again revived. Per.
sons claiming to know say the resignation
of his son, Frank, as chief clerk OF the De
partment, is evidence that the old gentle
man contemplates following.
Decision ~ 90 . Vacancy.
The Attorney General has decided in re-
gard to the office OF Assistant Surgeon Gem
eral of the army, made vacant by the ap.
pointment ofCol. Craneas Surgeon General,
that no officer in the rank below have in
choate right TO il, but that the senior Sur
geon, who holds the rank OF Lieutenant
Colonel, is entitled to the rank Of Colonel,
and any OF the Surgeons Of the rank OF Col
onel may be designated to act as Assistant
Surgeon General.
Going to Vote.
The President leaves for New York at
4:S0 this afternoon, accompanied by his
private Secretary. He will probably be abb
sent three or four days.
sgsS-ss- Appointed.
The President has designated tEHs Com
II esAn
to examine the completed section Of the
Northern Pacific railroad.
The Fever.
From official reports received by the
Marine Hospital service to day, it is learned
that there has been twenty>three cases OF
yellow fever and no deaths at Brownsville
during the week ended, November 4th,
making total OF two thousand cases and
one hundred and fourteen deaths since
its first appearance in that city:
A dispatch from Brownsville, dated
the 4th, says: THE mail starts to-
day; all valuable mail has found an exit
via. Monterey. Mex" and q dispatch OF
the same date from laredo, Tex, says:
Owing to the extreme heat prevailing the
authorities here refuse to permit the Pena
mail from Brownsville to be forwarded
even after fumigated. The Thermometer
TdDktS do ulkh a. % <AoSSSh
as a change of weather occurs the delayed
mails will be fumigated and forwarded"
The total number Of cases of yellow fever
at Pensacola during the epidemic to date
have been 2,236, while the deaths have
been about $780,
The Garfield Fair.
The Garfield fair directors met to night
and reported eyerythingin reference, to the
coming exhibition as promising in the ex'
treme. Thus far the greatest interest in
the enterprise is manifested in the Southern
States.
Money I'm Petroleum.
A special bulletin was issued from the
census Office to-day relating to the statistics
of the manufacture of petroleum. Ii shows
that on May 3lst, 1880, eighty six firms
were engaged in this industry. The amount
of capital invested was s27. 500, 900, and near.
ly 10000 persons were employed, to whom
nearly $4,5O0,OO0 were paid in wages.
Nearly 75O,OO0,OO0 gallons OF crude oil
were used and the total value Of which
was $35, 100000. The total value Of the
manufactured products approached ~, ,ooo-
nD0