The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-10
WASHINGTON.
Prospective Retirement OF Army Gener-


Prospective Retirement OF Army Gener-
erals.
WASHINGTON ,Julv S-Maior General Irwin
Mcdowell, commanding the military division
of tho Pacific will be placed on the retired list
in October. 1t is generally understood that
Major General Schofeld will succeed Gen.
Mcdowell Gen. w. T. Sherman will be re-
in G March eS.fs isss daGo eu. zen sheridan
1883. M Major @ General t Schofeld in 1895,
Brigadier General John Pope, July, 1866, Briga-
dier General Oliver 0. Howard in 1884. Brlga-
der General Alfred II. Terry in 1891, Brigadier
General Christopher @. Augur in August,
1885, Brigadier General Geo. Crook, in 1892
The Counterfeit Bonds.
Secretary Folger states in reference to the
DOYLE bond plates that they are counterfsits OF
the six per cent bonds OF 1881, and only OF the
$1,000 denomination of that issue. All genuine
bonds, except $278,000, have been redeemed
and cancelled and interest ceased in 1881.
Two hundred and seven of the spurious bonds
were taken from Doyle. The Secretary says
that the reported circulation OF seven millions
of them is not worthy of credence. as means
taken at the treasury to record all bonds Wonld
preclude their acceptance. Reports of officials
who have investigated prove that no more sot
these spurious bonds exist. The allegations
that the plate was genuine, or that 1t was re-
produced from genuine work, or that means OF
SO doing were furnished from within the Treas
Public Building Contracts.
The contract for stone work on public build
ings at Toledo, Ohio, has been awarded to the
Collins Granite Co. of Maine; for bricks, to E.
D. Hall; and for lime. cemont and sand to j.
r. Boice.
Call for Bonds.
The Secretary of the Treasury will on Mon
day next issue a call for $16,000,000 of per
cent. bonds continued at 81 per cent. from July
LIST, 1881. Principal and accrued interest will
be paid at the Treasury Department on the
18th of september next. Interest will cease on
that day.
Adjournment of Congress.
The action of the Republican senatorial eau
Gus on tax bill and leisurely methods displayed
by the Senate during the last week in its con-
sideration of the river and harbor bill, have
rendered it necessary to revise former estl-
mates of probable duration of the session, and
adjournment sine die is not now generally ex-
in the opinion of many we'll informed obsery'
ers, before the first of August.
The Republican Caucus.
| Immediately after the adjournment OF the
! House to-day, a caucus of Republican members
was held for the purpose of discussing the ad-
| visibility of attempting to dispose of the re
naming contested election cases, during the
present session, and to decide, if possible, upoI
| day for adjournment sine die. There vert
only about fifty members present This mum
| ber was deemed insufficient to bind the actor
| of the much larger number OF absentees, ant
consequently no action was taken. Various
| opinions were expressed respecting the elec
tion cases, during which the point was mad'
| that it would be difficult to obtain quorum o
| Republican members within several days
whereupon il was decided to ascertain hov
long it would take to secure quorum If /
should be required. The question of adjourn
ment sine die was then discussed to some ex
tent but the expressions of opinion were
varied that it was impossible to give any indi
cation of the prevalent sentiment of the major
| ity of the House by the utterances OF the fes
| members in attendance at the cancus. After
session of less than an hour, with the genera
understanding that another caucus should b
held next week to determine the course OF pro
cedure, the caucus adjourned.
Nominations.
The President sent the following nomins
tions to the Senate to-day: j. A. Zabriskie, 9
zona; Zan L. Tidball of New York, to be Unit
cd States Marshal for Arizona; William T
Chandler of Illinois, to be United States Sur
veyor General for Idaho George s. Andrews
to be professor of modern languages at tn
United States Military Academy.
Suspensionof sthe Board Of Health.
The National Board of Health instructed a
their inspectors along the line of emigran
travel between the Atlantic seaboard and ives
and northwest; also along the southern Altar
tic and Gulf coast, and in the Mississippi va
ley, to be prepared to close stations and la
pend work on the 18th. This action is rendel
ed necessary by the failure of sufficient apprt
priation to cover the expense of keeping u
that service. 1t will involve the suspension @
the inland inspection of foreign immigrant
for the discovery and prevention of the tram
mission of small pox at the stations distribute
on the trunk lines of railways in the north, an
of inspection of infected vessels arriving at on
ports from yellow fever
New England Fisheries.
The census bureau has issued special Blu
letin showing the extent and value of fshin
industries in New Hampshire. Four hundre
and fourteen persons and a capital OF S209, ,46
are employed, and the value OF products
$176.6S4
Rhode Island fisheries employ 231 person
and $596,67S; capital and value OF products
$S80,915.
The fisherses of Connecticut employ 81;
persons and 81, ,421 ,620; capital and value
products amount to 81 ,456,866.