The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-11-16

ton is now in a forward condition. The new
building is located in the northern part of the
Judiciary Square. Just to the southwest site of
the old District Jail. It will occupy the square
bounded by and G. and Fourth and Fifth
streets. The south front, 400 feet long, will be
on the building line Of T street, running east
and west The depth of the building will be
200 feet, the height of the main cornice will be
20 feet. The material prescribed by law is
| brick and metal, conseq uently fre-prOof roof
and all. There will be a large central hall,
surrounded by three stories of lofty rooms.
Gen. NJ. c. Meigs, supervising architect, esti-
mates the time for completing the building at
two years.
Minister Hunt has informed the Navy De-
partment that the burial cases intended for the
bodies of Lieutenant De Long and his comrades
have been received by him at st. Petersburg
and forwarded to Oranburg, where they will be
retained until the arrival of Lieutenant HARDER
with the bodies Minister Hunt further says
he has received no news whatever Of Lieuten-
ant Harber and his associates and fears that
the advancing season may intefere with the
execution of the orders sent them by the
| Department.
The Commissioner of Pensions has issued q
circular calling the attention of employees of
his bureau to the fact that the rules of the De-
partment require six and half hours service
per day from them. He comments severely
upon the frequent breaches Of this regulation
and has instructed the chiefs of divisions to
report to him every case of lack of diligence
and of hardness among the employees.
The old armory on the Mall, near the Smith
sonian Institution, is used for the artificial
Matching Of fish, which are now sent all over
the country in fish cars belonging to the Penn
sylvania and Baltimore & Ohio Railroads.
Recently shad were distributed and now carp
are being sent out, and white fish, too, will be
supplied to stock inland waters.
On Monday the Chief Justice announced q
new rule providing that the clerk of the Su-
preme Court shall receive one-half the regular
fee for printed copy of record, instead of the
usual charge as if the copy were in manuscript.
Engineer Melville still continues his graphic
description of the suferings endured by the
crew of the Jeanette in the Arctic regions
both before and after the enforced abandon
ment of the vessel.
OF the 325 newly-elected members of the
House of Representatives in the Forty-eighth
Congress, IFS, or more than one-half, are not
members of the present Congress.
The Naval Advisory Board on the construc-
ton of steam vessels, Commodore Schufeldt,
chairman, organized and began their labors at
the Navy Department last Monday.
The first Cabinet meeting held in Washington
for long time took place Tuesday afternoon.
The Attorney General and Secretary of the
Interior were absent.
Judge A. T. Gray has resigned his position as
pardon clerk of the Department of Justice,
which he has held for a long time.
1t is rumored that Secretary FoIger is to sue
coed Judge Bradley on the bench of the United
States Supreme Court.
District Auditor J. T. Vinson has been
elected judge in the Sixth Maryland district
A new electric light company has been or
gained in this city, with capital of 100000.