The examiner., 1882-02-25
From Washington.

THE coroner's jury of inquest on the body of A. NJ. Soteldo found that the bullet which Xxi led him had come from pistol hell by his brother, Augustus c. Soteldo.
 THE House committee on agriculture has re- bol ted bill to make the department of az riculture an executive department under a ca abinet officer, to be known the secretary of agriculture. The bill provi es for an assistant secretary, who shall be practical agriculturist and also chief of the following divisions to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate First-A bureau of agricultural products, including divi- sions of botany, entomology and chem stry. Second-A bureau of animal industry, to be in charge of a competent veterinary sur- ,eon, who shall report on the number, value and condition of the domestic animals of the -s.4.2 cost, the causes, prevention and cure of con tagious and other diseases, the kinds, races anl breeds best adapted to the gen ral sections for profitable raising. Third \ bureau of lands, whose chief shall inyes- tigate and report the resources and capabilities of the public or other lands for farming, stock | raising, timber manufacturing, mining and
 
 II the commission known as the geological survey are to be transferred to the department of agriculture and will come lnder this bureau. Fourth-A bureau of statistics, for the collec- ton and publication of information relating to agricultural interests.
 THE President nominated John c. New, of Indiana, to be assistant secretary of the treasury.
 THE Fitz John Porter case was under con- sideration at recent cabinet meeting, and it is believed that action will be taken toward having it re-opened.
 JOHN P. GOULD, of New York, has brought to Washington memorial more than 5, 900 feet long and signed by merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, farmers, taxpayers and others re- siding in nearly every State in the Union. It asks that the tax on bank deposits and the two- cent stamp on checks and drafts may be abol- ished.
 NOMINATIONS for United States consuls were made by the President as folloNs Bruno Tzschuk, of Neb-aska, at Vera Cruz Thomas
 Wilson, of District of Columbia, at Nantes j; George Clifford of Maine, at La Rochelle. INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSIONER RAUM has written letter to the House committee on WHY'S duu moduS, recommending bQaG, as oleomargarine, cider-champagne and glu- cose are seldom sold to consumers under their proper names, but are used chiefly as adulterants, tax be placed on them high enough to make them more ex- pensive than the articles which they are used to adulterate, so that their use may be ren- dered unproftable.
 THE bill for the admission of Southern Da- kota State has been favoraby reported to the House.
 THE chief of the bureau of statistics reports that the total values of the exports of domestic breadstuffs for January, 1882, were s11, ,928, 992 and for January, 1881, s14, ,929, ,406; for the seven months ended January 31, 1882, s124, O72, ,9O7, and for the same period in 1881, $1G8,- 509 508.
 PRESIDENT ARTHUR gave his first state din- ner the other night at the White House. The members of the diplomatic corps, with their wives and daughters, were present in full force; and the flowers and other decorations, with the handsome dresses of the ladies, made the scene brilliant in the extreme
 AN anti-polygamy mass meeting, under the auspices or the pastors of the various Protestant churches of Washington, has been held at the Lutheran Memorial church. A number of addresses by clergymen and others were made and resolutions denouncing the polygamous practices of the Mormons were adopted.