Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-12

OF the last piece OF evidence. Widow
and invsltds, and soldiers of tbs rocr
lar army and navy, whose rights az
erued since June Goth, 1880, should b
allowed a reasonable time to fiIe thej
applications, and pensions date fror
the commencement Of right, instead a
now, from the date Of fling the applj
cation. A yearly salary of 5000 ia Re
commended Pension Agents. Speakin
OF pensions and the population, th
Commissioner expressed q regret tina
no provision was made in the tenth cen
sus Tor an enumeration. The best an
proximation that can be made, shows o
2,O6S,3 ,39l soldiers who enlisted durin,
the war. pensions have been applies
for, by, or on account, of only rs De
cent. The report concludes with thi
statement: 1T appears that there ia
surviving soldier population Of Q littl,
over q million"
MoFmanism In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Dec. lit is not generally
known that there is in Chicago branch
nf the self-styled orthodox reorganized
church of latter day saints, which VIC.
lently opposes what it calls the Hetero-
dox Church. This body is presided
over by Jos. Smith, Jr., son of him unto
whom was revealed many things"
The Chicago saints assemble twice each
Sunday III u small room, 213 Madison
street, which on week days il devoted
TO the ritual of various sects Of society.
These saints stand by the works of Jos.
Smith, and find in them what they con-
slider convincing arguments for the con-
demnatlon of polygamy. The services
are much the same as those of the Meth
odists and are conducted at present by
w. II. Kelley.
Going Home.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-Mrs. Labou-
chere arrived hero today. She sails for
England on Wednesday.
The Bankruptcy Bill.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1I.-Tbe Bank
ruptcy Act in the Senate is practically
and it is expected that a
vote will be taken oe it tomorrow. Pre-
diotiOns are made that no bankrupt act
will be passed from the fact that each
Of the pending bills is vigorously Op-
posed by considerable number of Sem
ators, but it is evident majority is in
favor of some measure.
Senator Saunders is going to call up
The bill to admit Dakota as a State on
Senator Sewall will, on Thursday, coll
up the bill for the relief of Fitz John
Porter.
BY the end Of the week, it is anticipa-
ted, the Finance Committee will have
agreed up0d what course they will pur-
sue in financial matters, and if tho
party can be held together definite ao-
may be expected, as tho Democratic
cannot talk all winter to pre-
vent action, as they did last summer.
The House is even more industrious.
OF thirteen regular appropriation bills
two, the Indian and Diplomatic and
Consular bills, have been passed duriug
the first week, an unusual occurrences.
The Appropriation Committee is push
ing work as rapidly as possible, and
prospects are good for reports on two
more bills this week in order to give
time for tariff and internal revenue leg
islation.
Civil Service Measures.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA substitute
for the kasson civil service bill is re-
ported to the House which contains two
or three sections not heretofore touched.
Its provisions don't extend to subordi-
nate officers of the executive depart
ment. nor to any OF the postal and Gus
toms service, but only clerks. Tho ac-
tion. however, extends to the consular
service, the term of the same being
fixed at six years, and the general pro-
relating to appointments, re-
and promotions, the same as in
The case of clerks. One new section
provides the term of office for internal
revenue collectors to be four years.
Section 100 prohibits political assess
ments in the following terms:
"No Senator, or Representative in
Congress, or officer of tho Government,
Dr. member of any political committee,
shall, in writing or by print, address
Dr. cause to be addressed any person
holding An appointment described in
The first section of this act, or to any
laborer employed by the Government,
Any request, demand, OF innovation for
cal party; nor shall any person demand
party from such appOintee, the payment
Of his compensation"
kh0y w OOb0A vO0p sAAA0loASA0Aiys
that this section allows the political as
sessment of subordinate officers Of all
executive departments and bureaus at
ors, postmasters, land officers, and 9TH
ployed at Washington except those in
where the number Of clerks cduals or
exceeds ten.
Section l6 provides that no Senator
or member of the House of Representa-
tives shall solicit, request, or recon-
mend the appointment Of any person to
any place designated in the first section
by appointment of the President, unless
pointing officer. II will be noticed that
pointed by the head of the post Office
the provisions Of the act.
Section IL provides that any person
the provisions Of sections Is
or i6 shall BE- guilty of misdsmeanor,
and. on conviction thereof, be punished
BY fine not to exceed 500, for each Of
Tense.
Dry G0o0s B0r0e0.
NEv YoRx, Dec. 1.-THE dry goods
store of Terrence McManus Was burned
this morning. The loss will reach $685.
coo; fully insured.
The sagAr 0aestlen.
BOSTON. Dec. 1.-THE Journal will
publish tomorrow series of interviews
with leading sugar refiners in this city,
in which they expressed their. dissatis-
faction with the report Of the Tariff
Commission SO far as sugar il con-
cerned. They say the proposition of
the planters association is about equal
with the duties proposed by the Com.
In its report it is claimed by
the Commission that the change in the
tariff rates on sugar amount TO ten per
cent. This Boston rcfiners deny, and,
on the contrary, are Of the unanimous
opinion that the average duty on the
grades Of sugar nov most used for re-
filming is higher by the schedule Of the
than the average duty paid
under the present Law, which il twenty
five per cent. above the general var
tariff rates. In order 10 make the re-
duction commensurate with that recon-
mended for other dutiable merchandise
such as ootton-ten per cent. should
have been taken Of, but Louisiana
planters, who produce but 8 per can't. Of
the l.00, 600 toms consumed annually
in the United States, demand this ex