Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21
P.TTH OF HE NEWS.
WASHINGTON. News N otes.

number OF claims now pending which IN.
cluded arrearages is 49, 1913. If one half o
these be allowed, the total amount re-
quired to pay them will be $12,137, 1886.
This is, of course, in addition to all sums
heretofore paid under the arrearages act.
There are also 95,692 claims now pending
which do not involve arrearages. If 80
per cent. OF these be allowed. the annual de-
mand upon the treasury to meet them VIII
be S5,023, 1886. The present pension list
calls tor $SZ,06o,000 a year. Considering
all the claims now unadjusted to be settled !,
and one half of them allowed, the sum re-
Quired for the entire pension list would be
$44 1886, 565. Should no furs ner claims be
filed and allowed, the amount required
woulA of course, diminish annually.
The evil of absenteism in the departments
continues to grow under the liberal con-
struction by Secretary Folger of the law
regulating annual vacations and sick leave
for government employees. Acting on this
advice of suyord;nates, who assured the sec
rotary that it had always been the pra ,tjce
to allow pay in case efsickness, besides Civ
ing thirty days annual leave, Mr.. Folger di.
rected accordingly. The result of this is
seen in the large number of Employees who
report themselves sick Or the slightest in
disposition or fancy. 1t has been suggested
that in view OF the ease with which it is
possible to obtain physicians certificate
to prove sickness, department doctor
would have to be employed to protect the
service.
The action Of Secretary Teller in denying
the application of the St. Paul, Minneapo-
lis & Manitoba road relative to certain pro-
ceedings in connection with pending home.
stead applications is not matter of great
Importance, as it refers merely to the sub
ject of practice III contested land cases, and
has no bearing whatever upon the land
titles. Ia these contested eases it is required
that each casa shall be heard separately at
the local land Office and theu taken to
Washington for final hearing and adjudica-
ton. The officers Of the road desired, in
order TO save time and trouble, that the
practice should he 80 modified as to admit
Of the sending Of number Of cases to
Washington, and having the hearing there
90 at the same time. Secretary Telier's de-
NAL merely leaves matters in the same pc.
sition as they have been.
1t is understood that Corean embassy
bears credentials of such character that q
legation may be Established at Washington,
the members Of the party remaining as
minister, secretary and attaches. So far as
made public, the programme OF the ambas-
sadors is nos decided up N further than
the visit to New York and Boston, after
which, it is understood, they will return to
Washington and remain soae months, il
not permanently. The only other foreigu
country to which an ea1bassey was ever
sent from Corea was Japan, and the mis-
sion resulted in the establishment of leg
alton there.
Secretary Teller has denied an application
of the st. Panl, Minneapolis & Manitoba
railroad to have Ger titled for his action GER
tain proceedings relative to pending home
stead applications for lands within the in
demn1ty limits OF the grant to the road. The
company objected to the action of the COM
missioner OF the general land office order
ing hearing in certain cases, and clai ed
that the lands in question, being within its
grant and selected by it, are not subject to
entry. The secretary holds that the matter
of ordering hearing to ascertain the par
the commissioner, and should not be inter-
fered with.
The following postofhea changes have
been announced Special service established
Wisconsin: West Magnolia, Rock county,
from Evansville, six miles. Special service
scontinued--Dakota: Blackstone, from
Sept. 80; Millsburg, from Sept. 80; Newark,
from dept. 30; Sienna, from Sept. 80; Vivian,
tr NJ Sept. 80. Star service established
Dakota: Rosebud to Valentine, thirty five
miles and back, three times a week. Post
masters nsmissioned-A. C. Clifford, Com
ba, Oak; K. P. Poulson. Washburn, Oak;
Clarence L. Mo1gon, Forest Home, Iowa;
Henry W. Shirk, Yarmouth, Iowa.
The fact became known for the first tinae
few days go that 8 deficiency existed in
the appropA alton TOR tue compensation of
United States comm issiorers, and quite a
number of claims which cannot be acted
upon by the treasury accounting officers
will be presented by this class of judicial of
icers. How many commissioners will pre-
Sent claims cannot be stated, but it is esti-
mated from previous years that the number
is from 100 to 200.
Postmasters commissioned: Dakota:
Christopher J. Wolff, Wamduska. Post
offices acknowledgements: Upland,
Yell " Medicine county. Special Service
Observation-Disclosures: Candy, from Sept.
80, 1888: South Lebeau. from Sept. 80.
Star Service Changes-Dakota: Planking-
ton to White Swan, from October embrac-
ing Candy. without change of distance;
Bismarck to Pierre, from October, embrac-
ing South Lebeau, without change of dis.
lance.
z Mr.. Burchard, director of the mint, has
just returned from trip to the far West.
While absent he collected information as to
the production of precious metals during
the year. for his forthcoming report. From
his observations and information he re
ceived, he thinks there will be slight de-
cline in the yield Of gold, and an III crease
in that of silver over last years production
There have been distributed to postmas-
tiers throughout the country 80, 1893, 900 new
2-cent postage stamps, 1891 $50 2. cent en-.
velopes, 594, 900 new Accent stamps. a. 500
4 cent envelopes and 1898, 800 registered en-
velopes.
Standard dollars issued for the week end
ing Sept. Is, $3.50, 1898, against $4,000 the
same week last year.
Railroad and River News.
A rumor is afloat in Milwaukee to 1i,e eff
feet that the Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way company is quietly working to get a
foothold on the west side of the city, near
the old La Crosse depot and the present
freight depot of the Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway. The movement is made to secure
portion Of the freights now given to the
St. Paul folks, who enjoy to q certain ex-
tent a practical monopoly Of beer and fl ,ur
freights, owing to the nearness of the freight
depot TO the breweries and mills.
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