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appear IRON lower court, where the defendant
had resisted an attachment on his propertv be.
cause the action had been brought by other
than the United States district attorney The
court en- bane held that the government had
right to employ such professional aid as It
deemed necessary.
A decision rendered by the United
States supreme court holds that the directors
OF railroad company cannot adopt any by
law fixing ratee of fare and freight which are In
conflict with the laws Of the state relating to
the same subject.
Lieut.. Col. Ilges, 18th infantry, re-
signs his commission, to take effect next JAN
uary, but Secretary Lincoln decides that II the
resignation is to take effect Immediately 1t viii
be accepted, otherwise Ilges will be tried by
court martial for duplicating pay accounts.
There were $4,000 standard silver
dollars issued for the week ending May 20.
1t has been decided that the readjust-
ment OF the salaries Of postmasters Of the
fourth class under the new law should date
from March instead Of October /. This will
nccessitate an increase Of from eight to forty
cents In the salaries of about 5000 postmas-
tiers, and will cause large deficiency In the ap-
preparations for the current fiscal year.
Charles w. Folger, son of the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, has been appointed clerk
In charge OF supplies and proposals at the Blu
iCau VI anu bLdUcu at
the treasury Department that the appointment
is only Temporary, and was made at the urgent
request Of Mr.. Burrill.
The new civil service rules have all
been approved by the President and tho commits
sion will leave Washington In a few DAYS for
the purpose Of establishing examining boards
In all the larger cities. The provisions OF the
new law relating to appointments takes effect
July 10, and the examinations will all be held
before that date.
The President has issued an order ex-
tending the boundaries of the Zuni Indian
reservation In New Mexico, SO as to embrace
the springs from which they derive their water
supply.
For some time there has been before
the department Of the interior case involv-
ing 100 acres OF valuableland near
Bismarck, Dakota. The contestants were
Plummer Va. Jackman and the
ground Of contest was that Jackman, had not
entered the land In good faith, but had purchas-
cd 1t for the purpose Of specializing, believing
that tho Northern Pacific road would cross the
Missouri river at that point and form the
nucleus Of town. The case was decided in
favor of Jackman, and In rendering his decis-
ion, Secretary Teller said: The statute refer
red to cannot be construed TO mean that per-
sons going to the frontier or along the lines of
projected railways and anticipating centers of
population shall not enjoy the benefits OF their
enterprise and foresight though they believe
their claims would become Of great value on
account of proximity of villages or cities
would even be built upon such claims and
thereby enable them to ultimately realize large
prices for such lands. That is not the specuia-
ton the statute intended to prohibit.
a building has been fitted up in Wash
ton for the purpose of allowing those ambitious
tO compete for positions an opportunity TO
study. A sign has been erected which reads
"Civil Service Institute"
The new tariff law provides that
trademarks which may be adopted by any
American manufacturer may be deposited with
the Secretary OF the Treasury and distributed
70 customs officers, and that when so dis
tributed nogoods bearing such trademark shall
be imported unless the person owning the
trademark is the importer OF the goods. Ap-
prehensions have been expressed that under this
provision American manufacturers might adopt
foreign trademarks, and so prevent the importa-
ton OF foreign goods bearing the same. The
opinion is entertained at the Treasury Depart
ment that before any action is taken with re
gard TO the enforcement of this provision the
person applying must prove his ownership to
the trademark used by him by proper registra-
ton in the patent Office, No definite action
has vet been taken by the department.
Notwithstanding the great exertion
the Post Office Department makes TO find the
owners OF letters and deliver the letters TO
them, the number OF letters which reach the
Dead Letter Office now runs above ten thous-
and day. Tina number received at the De
partment during the past year is over four mil
lions. OF these three millions were uncalled
FOR at the Offices to which they were addressed.
Nearly hundred thousand came from hotels,
addressed to persons who had failed to leave
instructions TO have their mail forwarded.
quarter Of a million were sent there because
they were insuiliciently prepaid, thousand be-
cause they contained articles forbidden TO be
transported In the mails. Over ten thousand
had no supserscription whatever. The number
OF dead letters mailed abroad was 10000, all
OF which were returned to the country of their
origin unopened. OF those received and open
ed In the past year, forty thousand con tained
money, drafts, money orders, etc, amounting
TO two million dollars, and forty-four thousand
contained paid notes, receipts and Cancelled OBJ
legations.
During the session of the supreme
court just ended, 3S7 cases have been disposed
OF, decrease OF II In the number disposed OF
asst term.
The President has accepted another
80 mile section of the Northern Pacific railroad
In Montana. This section, recently completed,
extends from the 550th to the GO0th mile OF the
road west Of the Missouri river
Paymasters who served in the Union
army are to hold q reunion In Washington on
the 10th and 18th inst, in connection with the
reunion Of Me army Of the Potomac.
Nebraska cattle herders have been
fencing in public lands in that state, and the
land Office will investigate.
A vessel is about to sail from New
port-News port OF Virginia, for Bermuda
with a cargo OF 5000 barrels of whiskey, and
1t Is expected that many hundred thousand
barrels more will be shipped during the sea-
for tIot vNla o d atal tlx.t ~
pers will re-import the spirits at Newpert-News
and ask the Government to put 1t in the ware
house for three years. Judge French, Assist
ant Secretary Of the Treasury, says that this
question will be considered and decided by the
Department when 1t arises.
Owners of whisky who are exporting
1t with view of bringing 1t back and putting
II into custom warehouses will have no diff
Guilty in getting 1t out of the country, but It is
said their way will be seriously hedged when
they try TO get 1t back.
Secretary Teller advises the institution
OF judicial proceedings against the Union Pacific
railway company to determine what that cor
poration means by ''net earnings"
The treasury balance is increasing
constantly, owing largely to the large receipts
from internal revenue since the 1st inst.
The bureau of statistics of the treasury
oepaIt Hieht reports that uuring the montn Oh
April there arrived in the customs districts of
Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Huron, Minnesota,
New Orleans, New York, Passamaquoddy
Philadelphia and San Francisco 7S,475 immi-
grants. The arrival of immigrants In
the same districts during the correspond
ing month last year numbered 104, 274, a de-
crease of $500. The arrivals In these dis
tricts for the ten months ending April 30 were
417,6S9; for the same period last year, 544 ,60l,
decrease Of 196,9l2.
Lieut.. Col. Iges, whom Secretary
Chandler asked toresign or be court-martialed,
has rendered his rcsignation.