Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-03-02
T HE REPORTER.
Official County Paper.
Grand Rapids, Meh. 2, 49,
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9th .

IIULl W 4oNOLSiAs VIA
Hon. H. L. H Humphrey the petitions
of the citizens.of la Crosse and Green
Bay for the repeal of the tax on bank
deposits and the two-cent stamp on
bank checks and drafts.
Hon. L. G. Pound bill extending
the operations of the light house board
over the St. Croix river within tie
states of Wisconsin and Minnesota,
and the Chippewa river within the
state of Wisconsin. and making an
appropriation therefore.
Hon. P. V. Deuster bill for the
protection of inmates of national sol
diers homes.
Hon. Chas. G. Williams chairman
of the committee on Foreign affairs.
That the President be, and he is
hereby authorized and directed to pay
to the Government of Japan the sum
of 81, SIC, 1854 in bonds now under
control of the department Of State,
and known and designated in the
accounts and report of said department
as the japanese indemnity fund.
That the President be, and he is
hereby authorized and directed to cause
the sum of S254,000 to be paid out
of the fund now under control of the
department of State known as the
japanese indemnity fund, to the officers
and crew of the United States ship
Wyoming. or to their legal representa-
tivcs for extraordinary, valuable and
special meritorious and perilous services
in the destruction of hostile vessels in
the straits of Shimonoseki on the 10th
day of July, 1868 and to the officers
and crew of the steamer Ia Kiang,
who were detached from the United
States ship jamestown, or to their
legal personalities, for similar seryi-
ces on the 4th, 9Th, 9th, 7th and Sth
days of September 1864; said sum to
be distributed to the said officers and
crews according to the laws of the
United States governing the distribu-
ton of prize-money: Provided, That
for the purpose of such distribution
the officers and crew detached as afore-
said who manned the Ta-Kiang shall
be regarded as a part of the forces of
the Wyoming on the 10th day of July
1868, and according to their rank and
position on the Sth day of September,
1864 ;. And provided, further, That in
made to the assignee of any mariner,
but to the mariner himself only, or to
his duly authorized attorney, or in
case of decease to his legal representa-
tives or their duly authorized attorney.
Mr.. Williams gave brief statement
OF the facts In 1864 the u. S.
received from Japan 1875, 900 in gold.
Mr.. Seward then Secretary of State,
declared his belief that we had given
no substantial equivalent for the money
was invested in u. S. registered bonds
and has been under the control of the
/ State department ever since until it
now amounts, with accumulated inter
est, to $1.770,36. Mr., Williams
showed that Presidents Grant, Hayes
and Arthur had recommended the
refundlng of this money and that bills
had been introduced in nearly every
session of Congress, since the receipt
OF the money, but had failed for the
want of time in reaching it in the
regular order of business. At the
conclusion of Mr.. Williams remarks
the rules were suspended and the bill
passed.
On Tuesday. Congress gave the
Postmaster General authority to desig-
nate the Third Assistant Postmaster
General to sign all warrants registered
and countersigned by the Auditor of
the Treasury for the Post-Ofice de-
partment a duty heretofore obligatory
upon the Postmaster General.
Yesterday, joint resolution passed
the House authorizing the Secretary
of War to issue rations for the relief
of destitute persons in the district
overlooked by the Mississippi river to
the amount of 100000.
The Senate, yesterday, passed the
bill placing Gen. Grant On the retired
list of the United States Army
Giving him what he Justly deserves
the position he would have occupied
had he not resigned from the Army to
take the Presidency.
Ernst Funke was nominated yester-
day by President Arthur Postmaster
at Oconto. Wisconsin.
! take the following from the Ma
tional Republican of the 23d inst:
Senator Sawyer is one Of the most
practicle of rich men. He called his
young daughters to him one day and
asked them. as a testimony of their
affection for him, to learn to make
their own clothes and cook a good
dinner. The young girls cheerfully
promised. and not long after invited
their parents and few friends to dine
with them. They cooked the perfect
dinner themselves, and each wore a
dainty gown made by her own hands
So pleased was the Senator that he