The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-23
A WEEKS NEWS.
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WARRINGTON NOTES.

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WARRINGTON NOTES.
The Secretary of the Treasury having di-
rected that the word scents" be added to the
new fve-cent piece the Superintendent OF the
Philadelphia Mint Is engaged in preparing q
device for the back Of the proposed coin. No
order, however, has been made suspending
the coinage of the new fve-cent pieces. and
the Mint Bureau reports they are being issued
from the Philadelphia Mint at the rate Of $500
aday. ii. tAsv }sfs-t-t
The Chief Of the Secret Service Division OF
the Treasury Department has been advised
that . most dangerous counterfeit Of tie
standard silver dollar has made its appearance
In Ohio and Indiana The base coin has the
exact weight. ring and appearance OF the
genuine, and resists acid test unless the outer
coating o! silver is eneuated.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has disbarred
T. c. Martin, lawyer of Waukegee, Wis,
from practice before the Department.
The individual expense account Of the Tar
III Commission was more than S225 per week
while preparing their report. The largest bill
was that of the hotel at Long Branch.
Justice Bradley, Of the United States SUI
preme Court. viii shortly become seventy
years Of age when he will retire from the
bench. Many believe the President will ap-
point Secretary Folger to fill the vacancy.
Under the Three-per-cent Funding Act there
have been funded into Three per cents sl3,-
221, $50 Of continued Skies, and 1854 364, 00J OF
continued Elves, making the total amount of
Three per cents outstanding under the act
$297, 500. 100.
The Philharmonic Society, Of Washington
City, will take charge OF the musical portion
of the exercises on the occasion Of the renter
ment OF John Howard Payne's body, and
render, with large chorus, "Home Sweet
Homen
The Citizens Committee of Washington,
whose efforts to break up the alliance between
thieves and detectives in that city have re-
Gently met with so much success, that they
adopted q resolution recommending an entire
reorganization OF the police force of the Dis
trict- Aneeting ofthe Federation Of the Trade
and Labor Unions passed resolutions thanking
the Citizens Committee for its efforts to ex-
pose and break up this combination of thieves
and faithless officials. And recommending an
organization of General Vigilance Commit
tee, composed exclusively of perssns engaged
in an honest and useful occupation, for the
purpose purifying the character and repu-
tation Of the metro oils"
The report is that Secretary Folger has ten
dered the pos ton of Chief of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing to John NJ. Corning,
of Geneva, N. T., and that he has accepted
the position.
The returns to the Department of Agricul-
ture of cotton sent to market from planta-
tions, made an aggregate of 5,001, 001 bales
gone forward up to March /. This is some
thing over Sc per cent o. the crop as indicated
by the last returns of the product. The pro-
portions by States are: North Carolina and
Texas, So per cent; South Carolina, So; Geor-
gia and Tennessee, Sc; Arkansas, 81; Louisi-
ana, IS; Mississippi, SO; Alabama, 90; Florida.
g.
Additional charges against Supervising
Architect Hill have been filed at the Treasury
Department and are in the hands Of Secretary
Fo ger. This matter is said to be assuming
a serious shape, and the charges recently fled
are not in the shape of a repetition of old
stories.
Senator FAR, of Nevada, pronounces the re-
port that he intended to resign as mere idle
talk of politicians.
Assistant Secretary French, who is now
acting as Secretary of the Treasury, said late
~ in response to inquiries that he did not
think the present state of the public treasury
would justify tine anticipation of the interest
on the called bonds which will mature on the
LIST of May next. He said also that he would
not issue another bond call unless specially
directed to do SO by Secretary Folger. The
latter is known to be opposed to making an
other call at present, and also to anticipating
the interest on the bonds embraced in the last
call if it can be avoided.
The President has appointed A. NJ. Wyman,
Assistant Treasurer OF the United States. to
be Treasurer, vice Jas Gillian, whose resig-
nation has been accepted, to take effect on the
LIST. MIR. Nyman will secure his bond and
qualify BY that date. TIE bond of the Treas
urer is S150,OOO, and must be approved by the
Secretaryo. the Treasury before he can qualify.
1t will also be necessary for the Secretary to
appoint q committee to verify the Treasury
balance of the 3lst of March, so that the funds
may be transferred TO the new incumbent for
opening business. on the LIST proximo when he
will assume the duties of his Office.
The President has suspended Judge Wilson
11OOftE, AesOcldIt VI Tue
Court of Arizona, pending an investigation
by the Department of Justice OF charges of
corrupt practices in accepting brides.
The Chief Signal Officer has been compelled,
through lack of appropriations Tor the current
fiscal year, 10 discontinue number of eau
tionary display stations.
An investigation of the consumption and
distr button OF corn and wheat to March has
been completed by the Department of Agri-
culture. 1t makes the stock of corn on hand
at that date, about 5S0,O00,0 600 bushels or Sc
per cent of last years crop. OF this, $50, 0O0,-
900 bushels are in the States Of the central
basin north of Tennessee, and 166,0J0, 900
bushels in the Southern States.
THE EAST.
Patrick Levy, passenger on the steamer
Samaria, was arrested on the arrival OF tie
steamer recently at New York on the charge
of killing Patrick Hurley, q farmer, in Mullin-
gar. ireland.
Ex-Cap:sin and Brevet-Maior John Hartley,
formerly of the Twenty-second Infantry who