The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-16
WASHINGTON.

Washington, Is. The Senate
committee on appropriations will act
on the post0fice appropriation bill
some time during the day. The
subcommittee which had charge of
the bill retained the clause provid-
ing for a reduction of letter postage
to &c. per half ounce.
The metal schedule as reported by
the Senate financial committee in
their tariff bill, provoked so much
criticism from various interests,
that to-day, by order of the commit
tee, a telegram was sent to Oliver,
the member of the tariff commits.
sion who prepared this schedule to
come to Washington at once, and
explain it.
Representative Shaekelford, of
the third North Carolina district, is
dangerously ill.
The court of claims rendered a
decision in favor Of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company for $685. .3S
in the suit against the United States
under the contract for carrying the
mail on the China line number of
years ago.
The bill to increase the efficiency
of the army, introduced by Logan
and approved by the military COM
mittee of the Senate, meets with
general favor among army officers
who contend that its passage would
put, in a great degree, an end to
assertions. The bill embedies all
the principal recommendations con.
tanned in the last annual report OF
the secretary of war,
The subcommittee Of the House
elections committee will daily hear
arguments in the Iowa contested
case of Cook oS. Cults, until the case
is disposed of.
The Supreme Court decided that
bottles in which ale and beer are
imported are subject to duty of 81
per cent. adj 0GloTenl, besides thirty.
five cents a gallon on the ale and
beer in them.
The secretary of the interior in.
forms congress that no lands have
been patented to land grant roads
for any uncompleted roads since
last March, except to the Wisconsin
Central.
1t the star route case, Merrick, on
the suggestion of the court, read the
particulars of each case and the in
dictment charged against it.
Dickson is before the grand jury
A warrant is out for John K Ohm
stead, whose name is just with
drawn as district commissioner, anG
others, charging them with doing
real estate business without licenses
Those who should know say there
is no truth in the report that the
FitZ John Porter bill has been the
subject of discussions in the cabinet
and the President has decided tt
veto it. Indeed one cabinet Officer
is authority for the statement tina
the subject had never once beer
mentioned.
There is some talk of remoYins
the head dress now adjoining thu
Goddess of Liberty in the caplto
dome and placing in its stead thu
cap Of liberty. Jefferson Davis wa
on the committee that considered
the work. He opposed, however
the liberty cap, because it repres
ented freedom to all mankind ant
at that time slavery existed. H
suggested the Indian head dress
His suggestion was favorably con
sidered.
| Washington, 15.-As a part of tn,
retrenchment policy of Secretar,
Chandler, necessitated by the Law
of the last session of Congress, tn,
tug PifatG, which has been recently
repaired at Norfolk, is to be sent t,
| Alaska. She will replace the Adams
which has been there for seveIa
months. There was to be no reason
| for employing man-of-war to d.
merely police duty on the Alaskan
tCoast. The PintG will go arount
the Horn and will arrive at Alaski
in time for duty next summer. He
tonnage is only 500 tons. The com
handing officer, Commander II. {