The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-03-01
TIE. NEW IN BRIEF,

]. &YEV1S IN WA8H1NGGONa Z
. The proposition made to pay years sal
:a.y to the families Of two Representatives
elect ofthe forty eighth congress, who have
died since their election, was.. defeated, prin-
cipally through the efforts Of Representative
Miller of Pennsylvania. twas successfully
shown by him that In reality they were not
entitled to recogniti on by the present con-
gress. In committee ofthe whole he sue:
ceeded in obtaining consent for = yen and
nay vote in the house OF, tho Hefsoh case,
and a. this was was decided against the
clainl,l the, committee having charge Of the
question obtained consent to withdraw the
name OF Updegraff. Thus $4,000 were
saved to the country, for, although con.
tested hitherto, congress has on several &C.
casions made AWARDS a. requested in similar
cases.
Counselor lpsersell subjected Rerdell to a
cross.examinatibn Wednesday in the star
Route cine and made the most of the afhda-
Wit that Dorsey bulldozed him into SHINING
by threatening to give away some tel!-tale
letters he had written to some woman. It
is quite clear that Rerdell was q worthy Sec
rotary for Dorsey, but se!Einterest forced
them into antagonistic relations with each
other. and now we may learn rpm efth
the evil there Is Ia thu Life Fecom Of the
other.
A good deal Of comment has been caused
among naval officers at the proposition 70
the promotion Of Lieut.. Berry. They de-
clare that Berry simply went to the entrance
of the Arctic ocean and got his ship burned
and that he did not make proper exertions
for the rescue of Master Putnam. It Is ON
this account they are opposing the promo
ton. If the change ID without foundation
some means should be taken to make an
authotitive! record of its contradiction.
Comment on the Oh andler-G orringe cor
respondence has been, In the main, very So
we're upon the secretary OF thenavy. His
right to question the views ofan officer up
on the question of free ships is denied on all
sides, and the matter receives the more u .
favorable comment from the fact that Mr..
Chandler, previous to entering the navy de.
partnent made no secret of the fkct that he
was ono of the Representatives of John
Reach.
Senator bon Cameron is suffering great
pain from hemorrhofds. He refuses 10 pef-
NIT IAN operation to Re performed until
congress adjQurna, because, he says, he
wants to watch the tariff bill; in the senate.
After congress adjourns the operation will
be performed. Some changes in Penhsyl-
vania offices are to occur when he gets we'll
Friends Of Belford of Colorado are very
indignant at the idea ofcoupling him In any
criminal way with the star route gang. Rer
dell swore that check for $1,000 had been
charged to Belford, The latter has already
given sharp denial to the story and de-
to be put on the stand, where he
could do 80 under oath.
Paine, Foote, Shaw and Dickson, under
indictment for attempting to influence the
Jury in the first star route trial were ar
raigned Saturday and entered a plea of not
guilty. Judge Wylie ordered warrant to
be issued for the arrest of Henry A. Bowen,
alleged to have improperly approached
Foreman Dickson.
The house committee on appropriation
discussed the proposition of the secretary
of the treasury to consolidate customs col
lection districts and decided, q view of the
lack of time Tor satisfactory Investigation
of the subject to make the regular provision
in appropriation for customs districts as now
The runor is revived that the p esfdent
will soon remove Collector Robertson, of
the port of New York.
British Ambassador West and daughter,
Of Washington, are in Ottawa. the guests Of
the governor general.
German publishers and printers petition
congress not to admit foreign books free.