Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-07-20
WASHINGTON.
RECENT DOINGS AT THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL.
4 Siamese Ambassador Coming-The
Railroads Will Not Put Fast Trains
On at Reasonable Rates-Quick Work
In Supplying Duplicate Records
Sergeant Mason Illegally Confined.

WASHINGTON, July Is. ~ The
Speaker will to-day appoint Page,
Reagan and Townsend conference
committee on the River and Harbor
bill. It is expected that they will
cut the Hennepin Canal, Baltimore
Canal, and an extra million for the
Mississippi river, out of the BILL
A prominent Republican here from
Texas says that the Republicans and
Liberals are likely to carry three dis
tricts by proper management, and
may elect Jones Governor.
The Siamese Government is send
ing representative to this country
for the first time. The action will be
taken on the recommendation of
General Grant when he visited there,
and on receipt of the information
that this Government had appointed
a representative to that country.
The Postmaster-Ge is much
discouraged regarding the proposed
fast mails to the west and south, hav-
ing found the railroad companies un-
willing to put on fast trains at reason.
able rates.
An incident illustrating the slow
progress of legislation on private
claims occurred Saturday. Philip
Reich, aged 81, came here on visit
and found Congress wrestling with
the same bill that it was considering
when he was here 60 years ago, being
a Spanish war claim of r. X. Meade.
Commissioners Mcfarland, of the
General Land Office, is in receipt of
dispatch from j. NJ. Armstrong, at
Colfax, Washington Territory, that
the business portion of the town was
burned down Friday night, including
the building occupied by the Land
Office, and that the records of the
Office were destroyed. An hour and
a half after the telegram was received,
stationary and official blanks were
shipped to the office, and topo-
graphical office was set to work max
ing maps from the records to supply
those destroyed. These will be COM
pleted in two weeks and the Colfax
office will then be as well equipped,
in point of completeness Of maps, re-
cords, ETC., as before the fire.
Representative Page received a
letter from the lighthouse board,
to-day, informing him that an appro-
priation was needed to place a buoy
over the wreck Of the Escambia, sunk
on the bar at the mouth of San Fran
cisco harbor. The place for this APP
preparation is in the Sundry Civil bill
which passed the House before Page
received the letter. He reported it
to-day to Senator Farley, who will
obtain an estimate from the light
house board as to the cost of placing
a buoy on the place of the wreck,
and endeavor to have the Sundry
Civil bill amended to contain the ap-
preparation.
WASHINGTON, July l8.-The Judge
Advocate General has submitted to
the Secretary of War his report on a
petition for the release of Sergean,
Mason, on the ground that he is lille.
gally confined. General Swain merely
reviews from a military law stand.
point, the legal points raised in the
petition and makes no recommends.
ton. He adheres strictly to the views
expressed in his original report on the
case, that the proceedings of the
court-martial were irregular and lille.
gal. The case will not be reported
to the President until after the return
of Secretary Lincoln. Secretary
Chandler is Acting Secretary of War
The Star says: The Ohio Repub
lican Association last evening ap
pointed committee to consider the
ACCESSIBILITY of purchasing from the
, Garfield estate, the residence of thu
late President to be used as a Stat,
headquarters. 1t is understood thai
Mrs. Garfield wants to sell it.
The Executive Committee of the
|, National Tobacco Association, now
assembled in this city, to-day tele
graphed the members of the trade