The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-09
A WEEKS NEWS.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
The excess in value of exports over i'm
ports of merchandise for the month ended
September 30, 1888. was S3,917,5I2; for the
twelve months ended September 30, 1855,
sir, 326, 9O9; value of imports of merchan-
disc for the year ended September 80, 1883,
1904 ,960, 0S6. decrease Of 50, 1852 COM
pared with the previous year; value OF ex-
ports Of merchandise for the year ended
September 80, 1888, $sl2, 2s6, 945, fan increase
of S74,636, 7S9 over the previous twelve
months.
THE total receipts from the postal SER
vice for the fiscal year ended June 80, were
S45, sos, 692; expenditures, I2,s18, 200; sur
plus, s, 691 1892.
THE appointment Of the New Commits
sioner of Patents it is stated made it neces-
sary to print about sixty new kinds Of
blanks, with the fac smile of the name of
the new Commissioner. The aggregate will
probably reach 1000
On and after the 18th the new system of
time adopted by the railroads of the United
States and Canada will go into effect. Sec
rotary Teller, in response to an inquiry OF
Secretary Chandler, said he was willing to
adopt the new time for Washington, a
change of eight minutes and twelve seconds
in the present system of time. This change
is recommended by the Naval Observatory,
and is in pursuance of plan for uniform
time as correlated by hour meridians
throughout the civilized world.
Hon. BENJAMIN BuTTERwoRTH has en-
tered upon his duties as Commissioner of
Patents.
THE Superintendent of the Railway Mail
Service, in his report, asks an increase of
SSls, 700 in the appropriation for railway
postal clerks and $50, 0O0increase for postal
cars. He also recommends that the Post
master General be authorized to pay the
widow or guardian of the minor children OF
the railway postal clerks killed in service
sum equal to one years salary of the
grade held at the time of death.
THE amount disbursed by army pension
agents for the last fiscal year was $685.
sol. OF this there was disbursed at Wash
ington, D. c., S3,440,610, Indianapolis, So
ID, S95; Chicago, $3.50, 10; Columbus, O.,
S5,es4, 800. The total amount of arrears of
pensions disbursed by agents during the
year was S19,S11.
The War Department has issued special
order appointing Court of Inquiry to in.
vestigate the cause of the failure of the
Greeley relief expedition, and to report
whether the conduct of any officer in the
premises calls for future proceedings be-
fore a General Courtmartial, and the rea-
sons for the conclusions they may reach.
GENERAL SHERIDAN assumed command
of the army November l.
THE Secretary of the Interior has sus.
tanned the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
in his decision to the effect that the Depart
ment does not recognize the courts of the
Indian Territory as courts of record within
the meaning of section 2,103, revised
statutes, which requires that certain agree
ments made with the Indians shall be exc
cuted before Judge of court Of record.
The Secretary stated that it was not the in
tention of the lawmakers that agreements
should be executed before the Judges hav-
ing such limited knowledge of the laws
and treaties affecting the rights of the In
iians, and such limited general informa-
ton as the Judges of Indian Courts within
the Indian Country usually possessed.
The last annual report of General Sher-
man has been put in the hands of the Secre-
'tary of War. The army consists of 2,143
officers and q, 1856 men, the figures being
almost identical with last year. General
Sherman considers Crooks Apache cam
paign as success, and that if Crook is
permitted to manage the Apaches in his
own way all wars will cease in Arizona,
and the complicated Indian question dis
appear.
PUBLIC debt statement for October: Cash
in Treasury, 1894, 347 sol; debt, less cash in
Treasury, S1,311, 5O6, 737; decrease during
October, S1O,304, 79s; decrease since June
30, S39, 5S4,47O.
THE Treasury, on the LIST, purchased 400,-
300 ounces of silver for the Philadelphia,
New Orleans and San Francisco minis.
& The coinage at the minis during October
was S5,2S4, 704, of which 8, $4,000 were
silver dollars.
THE Adiutant General in his annual re-
port, says the state militia has steadily i'm.
proved in discipline, soldierly bearing and
knowledge. He recommends the retire.
ment on full pay of men who have faithful
ly served thirty-five years, and an amend
ment to the statute authorizing the Presi-
dent to drop from the rolls of the army
for desertion any officer absent from duty
three months, without leave, so as to in
clude officers on the retired list within the
meaning of the law. The last recommen.
dation has bearing on the Nickerson case.
The Postmaster General estimates that
for the past year the revenue collected in
he tnd tota ffarr
ceived from foreign countries exceeded the
amount of unpaid matter sent other coun-
tries by S123, 1888, and that the amount of
postage collected in the United States on
foreign mail matter was S2,07S, 913.
THE Commissioner Of the General Land
Office, in his annual report, stated that the
disposal of public lands during the year
embraced 1900, 764 acres, and Indian lands
500, 235 acres, an increase over 1882 of about
10000 acres, and over 1881 of about
100000 acres. The results from all ser.
vices in connection with the disposal of
public land were 81, 0ss, 40, and from the
sales of Indian lands $685., 4O4, or total of
f1,113,SS3.
THE EAST.
TIE town of Homestead, Pa, was nearly
destroyed by recent incendiary fire.
AT Allegheny City, Pa, recently. Chris.
Dickson was overcome by foul air in a
well. Ferdinand Schraeder and Charles
Schultz, who were working near by, went
down TO rescue bim and the three were
suffocated.
AT recent Sunday game of croquet near
Woodbury., n. j., Randolph Hines became
angry because his wife beat him and kicked
her with heavy cowhide boot. She died
soon after.
In Brooklin, n. Y, Mrs. Charlotte Fur.