Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-11-22
W ashin 8Con Notes

In his testimony before the Court of In
quiry investigating the causes of the failure
Of the Greely relief expedition, Gen. Hazen
testified that the sergeant deputed to accom-
pany the Alhambra from New York to st.
Johns in charge of the stores for the Proteus,
returned to the United States without leave,
claiming to have injured himself by falling
down hatchway. He had been examined
by physician, Gen. Hazen said, and his in
juries were believed TO be feigned The man
had acted rs supercargo for the Greely e1pe-
dition, and his experience would have been
valuable to the commander of the Proteus
To-day Gen. HaZen was asked if he did not
think it would have been better if Lieut.. Gar
lington had superentended the loading of
the stores himself, so as to know where they
were placed. Gen. Hazen said there would
have been no difficulty about the matter had
the sergeant done his duty. The sergeant,
however, had just been married before he
started for ST. Johns, and Gen. Hazen be-
Geved this was what acted upon his mind
and caused all the trouble about the stores.
The signals begin at 11h. 56m. AIS, and
cease at 12h. 18th meridian, mean time.
The following is the time signals (75th
meridian, mean time) to be sent out by the
United States Naval Observatory on and
after November Is, 1888:
The signals to be sent out by the observa-
tory are wholly automatic, and consist of
series of short makes, produced in an open
telegraphic circuit by the beats of a mean
time clock, the pendulum closing the circuit
at each beat.
When these signals are received at posts
where the time of the 9Oth meridian is used,
they will give the time from 10h. 56m. 45s.
to 1lh., or just one hour earlier than when
representing 10th meridian time. Other
wise the signals will be read in the manner
above described.
The annual report of the Treasurer of the
United States shows a decrease during the
past fiscal year in the receipts from customs
Of $5,704, ,233, from internal revenue of
1,777,226, and from miscellaneous sources
Of S95S,932. The total net revenue for the
year was $685. 2S7, ISL, or So, 237, ,66S less than
the preceding year. The net expenditures
were SZOOjfOos1oi, al IucTSdSe OFeI 1904 VI
S7.426,697 The gross assets increased
S1O9, ,566, ,S27 during the year, the excess of
the governments cash assets over its liabili-
ties on the first of November, 1888, being
S1CO 622,545.
The Attorney General has given an opln-
ION that the city time of Washington cannot
ne changed on November Is, as recon-
mended, without authority of Congress.
Chief Brooks, of the United States secret
service, has been notified that William Red
mond and Albert Givens have been arrested
for counterfeiting-the former near Rock
port, and the latter at Malta, Ill.
The November report of the Department
of Agriculture shows that the corn crop will
be about fifteen hundred and seventy-seven
million bushels, or about forty million bush
els short of the previous crop In the South
ern States Maryland averages 23.5 bushels
per acre, Virginia IA, North Carolina II,
South Carolina 8, Georgia 8, Florida 6.5,
Alabama 11.5, Mississippi 1876, Louisiana
I4.2, Texas 17.5, Tennessee 20. New York
averages %. New Jersey %, and Pennsyl-
yania 2S.5.