The Mineral argus., 1883-12-27
EPITOME OF THE NEWS.
Washington Gossip.

Senator Sabin. chairman of the Kepubli-
can National clmm ttee. Secretary Martin
ard John G. New are the committee OF ar
rangements for the Chicago convention.
They have already decided that the next
convention shall not be hsmpered by such
a crowd as filled the immense galleries on
the last occasion. Then Accommodations
were provided Tor about 10, 0OO. II has been
decided to limit the seats in the ga cries TO
about 3 COO. The body of the hall must
give room FOR 826 delegates and the same
number of a~lternates. It is the purpose OF
the committee to partition off such q part
oil the exposition hall in such a way as to
afford room for the pl3tform, the space
required in front oft for the press, the
delegates and alternates and the gallery
room included. This will allow a teal at
tendance of about 5000. The obj sct is to
prevent such Interruptions and Wild scenes
as resulted from SO mmens q mass OF Ylsl-
tors in the galleries at the last convention
The president has appointed a board OF
officers OF the army aud navy to CONSIDER
the question Of sending an expedition Tor
the relief of Lieut.. Greedy and party, and
recommend to the secretaries OF war and
navy, Jointly, what steps the board deem
advisable to be taken for the
and transportation of the relief exp edition,
and suggest such plans of control and con-
duct, and the organization OF its personnel,
as seem best adapted to accomplish the pur-
pose. The board is composed OF the follow
ing: Brig. Gen. Hazen, chief signal officer,
u. S. A.; Capt. James. A. dreer, u. y. NJ;
and Capt. George w. Davis, Fourteenth
infantry, U. g.. A.
Mr.. Springer will, on Monday, introduce
a joint r~csolati IN, which he hopes to have
passed Immediate y, ~instructing the score
tary Of the interior and the commissions OF
the general land Office not to issue any more
patents to railway companies of lands in
cluded in previous congressional grants,
and to take no steps whatever in confirming
the titles of the roads to these lands until
congress shall have passed upon the whole
subjects.
Secretary Chandler has received the fol-
lowing rom Minister Hunt at Peters
burg: Harper telegraphs from Irkutsk
that he has Just arrived from Jakutsk in
nineteen days. Military honors were paid
the bodies o De- Long aud party n their
departure from Jakutsk. The bodies have
been received by The East Siberia, and are
now lying in a catafalque in the pabllc
square, will leave the 14th for st. Petersburg
The postmaster general has called on the
attorney general for IN INTERPRETATION OF
the act of March 8, 1883, providing a read
instment of salaries of postmss'ers in &C
cordaDce with the act of June IL, 1865. A
very large number of claims have been
made by postmasters for back pay under
this act, and the amount involved is vsri-
ously estimated ct $4,000, 900 to $4,0OO,0O0
A suit was entered the 18th in the name { f
Llias o Buodinot and the Cherokee nation
against William A, Phillips an OK con-
gresham, to whom was committed the dis
triDuiion of the Indian award Of$300,00
made by the last congress and about which
there has been so much talk in connectiJ IN
with a n alleged misappropriation.
Postofices established: Montana-Plains,
Missoula county. Postoiiices discontinued:
Minnesots champion M lis, Blue Earth
county, mailed to Amboy. Postmasters
comm ssioned-Lellan A. King, Carl mona,
MINI; Francis Cores, New Trier, MINI.
Senators Mcmillan and sslsm, and Rep
resentative Washburr, have rec commended
the appointment Of Oscar MSlmros as con
sui general at Cslcutts.