The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
izing the aborigines is making encouraging
progress and Is full of PROMISE

izlng the aborigines is making encouraging
| progress and Is full of promise.
| CHINESE STUDENTS.
IL has already been announced that the
Chinese government would ask that some
| youths Of its selection be admitted to the
| military and naval academy. That request
has not yet been made formally, but 1t will
be made soon and when made will be grant
next September to West Point and five to
Annapolis. All of them are of the rank Of
princes.
| THE TREASURY.
Assistant SecretaryNew is working quiet
| ly but industriously for the secretaryship of
the treasury. Among other agencies he Is
employing Is petition to the president for
his appointment, which is being passed
around among republican congressman and
senator's. With good many of the gentle
| men Assistant Secretary French and Direc-
tor of the Mint Burchard are quite unpopu-
lar, and some of the signatures to News
petition are conditioned on his pledge to
| get rid of the two obnoxious officials II he
secures his appointment.
QUARANTINE CATTLE SHEDS.
j. II. Sanders, of Chicago, president Of
| the cattle commission, Is in the city for the
| purpose Of consulting with Assistant Secre-
| tary OF the Treasury French with reference
to the proposed quarantine sheds along the
Atlantic seaboard. He says they have ex-
| perienced difficulty in procuring proper
sites within the limits of the appropriation
made for the purpose. The commission
proposed to erect sheds at Portland, Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore
Baltimore and the farms around it are pro-
nounced by the commission to be hot-bed
of pleuro-pneumOnia. Western breeders are
warned to shun all cattle passing through
that section, and, above all, calves from
farms In that section.
MRS. MLLER's DISCHARGE.
The announcement of the discharge from
the agricultural bureau of Mrs. Miller,
whose name lately figured unpleasantly in
connection with those of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
ID. O'Connell, was at first supposed to be on
account of Mrs. O'Connell's accusations
against her and a confederation of them
The fact Is that Mrs. Miller was only en-
ployed in putting up seeds,-work that lasts
pleted she and twenty-one others were dis
charged. Mr.. O'COnnell, who is we'll known
to all the Chicago Irish nationaliSts, is high
ly spoken OF in the bureau of statistics and
the explanation that his wife is monoman-
lac on the subject of her husbands attrac-
tiveness is believed here to be the correct
one.
THE JEANETTE INQUIRY.
Before the Jeanette board Wednesday
Lieut.. Danenhower continued his narrative
of the operations of the officers and men of
the vessel after she was frozen in. Capt.
De Long told witness his purpose was to
explore Wrangell land and the Siberian sea |;
that the possibility OF reaching high lati-
tude depended upon the continuity of the
coast line to the northward, as having land
for a base was one of the first principles of
Arctic exploration. Capt. De Long never
consulted with witness nor told him why he
changed his plans in entering the pack
WifnnSQ evidence original or
from Capt. DE Long, addressed to himself
previous to the sailing of the Jeanette
from England to San Francisco, in which
the writer states: ut Is our intention to
attack the Polar regions by way Of Behr-
ing straits" Court adjourned until Thurs
day.
THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING.
Some months ago a plate was found at
the bureau of engraving and printing out
locked up. This caused the discharge of
the then custodian of plates and dies, Geo.
s. Bell. The place was filled temporarily
by the appointment of Capt. Burrill, who
was already connected. with the bureau
Secretory Folger has filled the place per-
manently by appointing w. S. Petersen,
who edits paper in Warren, o. If Gen.
Garfield were president 1t Is doubtful IL Mr..
Petersen would have secured this response
BILE place with salary Of $3.50 day. Mr..
tor, and hunted Lawnfield day and night
He was furnishing Mentor letters for vari-
GUS newspapers, and his intrusion upon the
Garfield privacy at all hours, and his pur.
suit of knowledge not wisely but too we'll
finally evoked very spirited protest from
the president-elect.
THE DIsCovERER OF FEMALE CLERKS.
Ex-United States Treasurer Spinner has
written a letter to the Woman's Labor
league. In 1t he says: "You will, perhaps,
recollect that when l went into congress l
voted for woman for chaplain to the
house of representatives. For this was.
most bitterly denounced; but the intelligent
in congress again and again. When went
into the treasury of the United States in
1861 1t became evident that the clerical force
of the Office would have to be largely in
opportunity to do something in the interest
of dOwn-tr0dden women. l had a hard
time of it to get them appointed as clerks,
but, after long discussion, got the consent
of Gov. Chase, the then secretary of the
treasury, to try it. commenced with six
ladies, one of whom lis now fOurth-class
clerk at 81, 800. When left the Office there
were nearly two hundred female clerks in
1t, and they now number thousands In the
various departments of the government
For this act l now have the satisfaction of
feeling that L have not lived entirely in
vain"
THE CENSUS BUREAU FINANCES.
The report that Mr.. Wattles, of Phila-
delphia, who had been engaged to collect
educational statistics for the census, de-
clines to surrender to the government the
material which he has prepared, in view of
the fact that the census bureau owes him
$1,000 is another illustration of the great
magnitude of the census work, and Of the
great miscalculation as to the cost Of it.
Mr.. Wattle's story is substantially true. He
was engaged by the proper officers, who
agreed to pay him. He was not been paid,
but has been informed that the appropria-
ton is exhausted. Meanwhile he seems to
have expended some $1,000 for the govern
ment, and now the census officers are en-
deavOring to take from him the results of
his investments without compensation. 1t
is very well known that the large deficiency
appropriations which were before congress
this summer for the census will be made,
and that large sums still will have to be APP
propriated before the twenty volumes which
1t Is proposed shall constitute the census
cyclopedia are completed.
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