The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-17
A WEEKS NEWS.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Treasury Department has made a
ruling that Canada tugs cannot tow Ameri.
can vessels from Canadian waters into
American waters beyond the first Ameri-
can port in which they make entry.
CAPT. EADs recently received a 500 600
for his work at the mouth of the Mississippi.
The Secretary of the Treasury recently
received a telegram from the collector OF
customs at Tacoma, w. T., stating that bis
officers, with the assistance of the revenue
steamer Wolcott, had captured a sloop
engaged in running Chinese across the line
from British Columbia. Two smugglers
were arrested, but nine Chinese passengers
escaped. The collector also stated that
nearly one hundred Cinnamon had landed
at various points on the Northern frontier
in boats and Indian canoes within a few
days and that he is powerless to prevent
their landing unless his force is largely in.
creased.
any knowledge whatever of sensational
story, recently published, to the effect that
the German Empire had entered into an
offensive and defensive alliance with the
Republic of Mexico.
THE Commissioner of the General Land
Office in the case of the application of a
party in Dakota for the return of supreme
court scrip used in payment of locations or
entries which have been Cancelled on the
ground that the presumption affidavits were
false and fraudulent, has rendered a de.
cision in which he holds that scrip used in
payment for land is money within the
meaning of the law and that if the entry is
fraudulent the consideration is forfeited.
THE Postmaster General has addressed a
letter to the General of Posts of Mexico, in
which he asks his cooperation in securing
to international correspondence now ex-
changed exclusively by sea the advantages
of railroad facilities wherever possible.
THE Commissioner of Pensions is prose-
cutting several cases of violation of the
pension laws. One case is that of c. II.
johnson, of Missouri, who was paid $500
by Mrs. Rachel Tyler for prosecuting her
pension.
PLANS are being prepared at the Treas
ury Department for silver vaults to accom-
modate the excessive accumulation of sill
yer dollars. 1t is proposed to locate one of
these vaults at the New Orleans Mint, and
another in the basement of the Treasury
Department.
THE Public Printer has now in press the
nineteenth volume of the Rebellion Record,
which includes the period between March
and June, 1862. Nearly score of volumes
have been required to cover the first year
of the war, and the probabilities are that
the complete set will embrace upwards of
eighty volumes.
THE August cotton returns to the Depart
ment of Agriculture are less favorable than
those of July. The condition is lower in
every State except two on the northern
border of the belt, Virginia and Tennessee.
The plant is suffering from meteorological
vagaries of the peculiar season; it was too
cold in May, too wet in June, and too dry
in July.
THE Treasury Department having been
informed of the seizure at Richmond of
the schooner E. G. irwin for carrying mu.
nitions of war in violation of the neutrality
law, has ordered the Captain of the vessel
detained until the matter is fully investi
rofad