The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-11-18
Capital Chips.

p0AO VI OndpII1 Mullins, IN charge
Of educatlon in the army, has
reached the secretary of war II is
stated that 105 military posts and
camps are supplied with teachers.
The schools We're attended during
the year by 1900 enlisted men and
] 200 children; at thirty-two posts
there were no teachers; 247 posts
and camps have libraries. with a
total OF 4,579 volumes, being two
and half volumes to each enlisted
man. The report recommends the
passage by Congress OF a bill
authorizing the employment of $50
teachers with rank and pay of com
missary sergeants, SIS per month.
with allowances for rations, room.
etc. Mullins joins in the recon-
mendation of several officers that
compulsory education be enforced
among certain class of men.
Inspector Pollock writes his
friends that he will be in the city
shortly to have an interview with
Teller about his suspension.
In the police court, to-day, Thos.
r. Foote, the alleged star route Jury
briber, gave bail IN $4,000 for his ap-
pearance when his case is called.
The cabinet meeting to-day was
quite brief and unimportant. The
contents of several annual reports
Of the executive officers were dis
cussed, each officer giving his idea
of what his reports showed and the
feasibility of including certain re-
Communications in the Presidents
message. One member said; We
discussed neither politics nor re-
movals to-day.
The bureau of revenue marine,
to-day, received a telegram an.
nouncing the arrival of the Cora0rl
at San Francisco on Wednesday
night.
Henry Brooks, an aged colored
man, who claims to have been &
body servant Of General Geo. Wash.
ington, and who says he has voted
for thirty-seven presidents anC
never took a drink OF uttered al
oath in his life, went to the work
house to-day for three months fol
vagrancy.
Secretary Teller has limited the
expenditure for surveying the Grow
Indian agency to $3.50.
The evening papers say that the
democrats, it is understood, vii
make bitter fight against the con
frmation of General Pope to bt
major-general. The friends of Fltz
John Porter accuse Pope of instig
ating the overthrow of Porter an(
this, together with Pope's vel
known anti-democratic principles
will, it is thought, combine ali tn
democrats against him. He has to,
few enemies in the republican party
and it is said that three republican
senators will vote against him.
| 1t is understood that Folger vii
lay before Congress the matter Q
buying in open market the Unite,
States 4 and AZ per cent. bonds o
1907, and ask for directions so to dc
Washington, 17.-At a meeting o
the executive committee of the GaI
field fair association, held this even
ing, committee of finance was ap
pointed to solicit contributions Of
money and exhibits to the ap
preaching exhibition.
At a meeting of the arbitration
league, tonight, a resolution wa
adopted appointing commission t
suggest TO President Arthu
the propriety of his cal
ing the attention Of Congress
to the resolutions adopted by til
national arbitration convention
held in this city last May. The resi-
, luton referred to is to ask for Cor
gress to endeavor to provide for th
settlement by arbitration of a
difficulties arising between tt
: United States and foreign lands.
NV. Trescott, recently appointe
one of the commission to negotiat
commercial treaty between til
United States and Mexico, called Z
the state department to-day and ha
a conversation with the secreta1
relative to the details of the con
missioners' work. No date has "
been assigned for the departure
the commission, which is compose
of Grant and Prescott.