The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-04-13
WASHINGTON NOTES.

1t Is said that First Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury John e.. New will be Acting
Secretary OF the Treasury during Secretary
Folgers absence.
The President has. appointed Capt T. NJ.
Burrill, of New York, as chief OF the Blu
reau OF Engraving and Printing. Capt Bur
rill has been purchasing agent for the bu-
reau for the past four years.
The British under secretary for foreign
affairs said, in reply to inquiries In parlia-
ment, that the Geneva award was OF his
torical Importance only, and that the gov
eminent had no interest in the manner In
which the United States disposed of the
award.
The indictment of ex-senator kellogg ON
the testimony of MailContractorPrice hangs
fire, the grand jury of the District of Column
bia refusing 10 sign the presentment drawn
up by Attorney Ker because its statements
did not correspond entirely with the evil
dence.
The question as to who will be appointed
Postmaster General is not yet decided. A
dispatch to Hon. Walter j. Gresham, judge
from political friend in Washington says
that President Arthur had decided to APP
point him to the Office. Another dispatch
says the president has rendered the Office to
Gov. Charles Foster, Of Ohio.
The attorney general decides that, while
an ad interim appointment to the p0stmas-
ter generalship can not be renewed, the
first assistant postmaster general may act as
chief of the department for ten days with
out an appointment, which gives the presi-
dent twenty days in which to fill the va
eancy. A Wisconsin delegation has reached
Washington to urge upon the president the
Xenosha, a nephew Of the late postmaster
general, to the vacant cabinet office. 1t Is
thought the president will make no APP
pOintment until after his return from Flor
ida.
Attorney General Brewster has directed
the United States district attorney at Mad
in the case of Colonel Thomas Reynolds,
late pension agent at that place, provided
he returns to the government the. amount
(S5,2 08) of which he is alleged to have de-
frauded the United States by the collection
Of pensions Of widows who had been sever
al years dead. This recommendation Is
made at the solicitation of large number
Of prominent gentlemen, including the gen.
eral of the army, In view of his services in
the war of the rebellion.
A report of H. Matson, consul general of
the United States at Calcutta, on the wheat
production of India, places the amount of
wheat grown in that country available for
the European market at 40, 900, 00J bushels.
While the advantages possessed by the
United States in the matter of transporta-
ton preclude present danger of close COM
petition, Mr.. MatsOn says the Indian sup
ply Is large enough to act as check upon
the enhancement of prices by speculation;
and American farmers will soon find the
need Of reducing the cost OF production,
while freight charges must be regulated in
q degree by the concessions OF Indian rail-
roads In that direction.
FRAUDS.
The postoffice department has placed the
following names OH the lbt of frauds: w.
M. Clinton Il Co., and the Comet Publish
ing company, Bloomington. H.; Western
ty company, Mount Pulaski, ILL.,; Star Pub
fishing company, Atlanta, ILL.,, and Agents
Guide and Guide Publishing company, Lin
coin, Ill.
POstmasters at the places mentioned have
these addresses money orders and register
ed packages. These addresses are aliases
of the same persons who operated under the
name of G. G. Williams ~ Co., Springfield,
ILL.,, heretofore black-listed. The fraud
consisted in advertising to send the new
ed being small sun-dial, costingabout five
cents.
AN EXPERIMENTAL FARM
The department of agriculture will short
ly establish near this city, an experimental
farm and hospital for the treatment of do
nestle animals, with view to ascertaining
by series of scientific experiments what
are the causes of such diseases as Texas fe-
yer, pleuro-pneumonia, ETC., and what are
the best methods of preventing or curing
them. The experiments will be under the
direction of DIR. DE. Salmon, of Asheville,
N. C.. q specialist, who has been for some
time engaged in such investigations.
BOGUS NEWS.
The sensational dispatch about the queens
accident, which was sent all over the coun-
try at column length by press association,
was spun out of whole cloth for the pur-
pose of appearing to have beaten" another
association on an important piece of news.
1t is not the first time that this association,
or the one that il has taken the place of,
has been guilty of the same dishonesty. OF
course it is very silly to play such trick on
the public, because the lie can live but q
few hours, i'm these days of telegraphs. 1t
is neither good journalism nor good business
policy to humbng the public, because a
reputation for veracity is part of the capt.
tai which press association or a newspa-
per needs to succeed There is strong i'm
preston that the dispatch referred to was
written in New York. In fact, report says
it has been the custom in times past in one
concoct very elaborate dispatches from the
most meager materials, and to send them
all over the country as the cablegrams of
news association.
UNEARTHING LAND FRAUDS.
Judge PaySon of Illinois in his investiga-
lions has made the startling discovery that
the railroads of the country possess 10000,
900 acres of land to which they are not en-
titled, and intends to introduce bill early
in the next session to forfeit to the general
government all lands.except those to which
the companies are clearly entitled. lie
claims tina. this question is now the most
important that the country has to grapple
with, and says the supineness of congress
should be corrected by public opinion di-
rected by the press. The following roads
are among those which will be compelled
to disgorge the lands that they have acquir-
ed and not earned: Gulf * Ship Island,
Coosa a. Chattanooga, Elyton 81 Boards
Bluff, Savannah d ALBANIA, Vicksburg,
Shreveport & Texas, Iron Mountain, Onto
nag0n Il Brule River, Northern Pacific, Or
egon IL California, Atlantic IL Pacific, and
Texas & Pacific. The amount of land which
some of these roads are wrongfully possess
ing Is stupendous. Thus the California &
Oregon railroad holds 4, $50, 900 acres, which
must be recovered. The Texas q Pacific
and Atlantic IL Pacific are wrongfully In
possession of Il, 00O, 900 and 100000 acres
respectively.