The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-12-09

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that all tdicers be retired at 90 wears al ac,,
Whatever their rank, and that a supsrnu
merary list be formed, to which shall b,
delegated all officers who for any reason Ar,
Ieemed unnt to hold active positions. A
BOARD OF nine officers shall scrutinixe tbs
entire present list OF officers and seleo
,nereirom those capable OF active worb
Inc sopernumeraiies shall be entitie,
10 leave Of absence and
pay, and shall be liable IA,
service In time Of war. The secretary re
iers In terms Of shar? condemnation 10 IN,
haolt oil CONGRESS In referring 10 the rank O
omeers who have been broken for any
The general reorganization ofnsy, y.r,,
is urged. The views OF the navy ward con,.
mission, which advocated the Enlargement
OF the present yArdv, and the location ol
other ones, are not likely toau to BE- re'
aiiEsd, Secretary Chandler Aolds thal
as long as the united States 4
not maritime nation and posses.
ne marine expense, extensive yards are not
needed. The frat thing necessary Il "A
close the shops not needed and a check a
ertravagance In others. He advises that
more work be done By private contract
and urges the elusion Of political oonlider.
s,. alton IN the organization Of 4 naval estAb.
The Jeannette expedition Ia spoken OF a.
an unavoided disaster and the opinion Il
eipresSed that no one is TO blame for tho Ia.
The academy Is said to be in a satIsiae.
tory ooadition.
The total expenditures OF the vAvy d.pAr,
men, Tor they year we're el8 DIS, ,S3s out ol
tlb,4Ot2, leaving balance nnexpended ol
&iio,pi3. Tue estimates for The aaoAl
year ending June 30,h, 1888, are. ordinary
expenditures, SIC, S07, aud flr the in.
crease OF the nagy, 81 40 5Si. The report
concludes with a references 20 the merchant
marine. The inferiorily OF the Uniied
states In this respects referred 10 and its
evils depiored Congress is asked 10 subsl.
uiEo inc American mail steamers as a
means otbuildlng up merchant navy.
congressman Lowry, OF tlndiann), one ol
Oarlisle's enthusiastic supporters, ex,
pressed the opinion that the ways and
means committee would certainly reflect
on Oaflisle's views upon the tariff and ths
houses, would, without doubt take strp,
this session, to lessen the taiiH on th,
necessaries of lie aud reduce tho surplul
revenue,
The senate caucus committees OF both
parties were In session to-day, aud finished
me work OF recasling the membership ofth,
senate committees. After adjournment
the chairman OF the committees held
q conference and decided 10 lay the result
OF the labor OF the committees before th,
oauouses on Monday, and 1.-THE work wa
approved by the cauousas, the senate com.
mltl wonld be named Monday.
Ine French. American claims commission
made the following awards against the
unitei states Remalre Dnpuee, OF Indian
Village, Louisiana, 81 100; Jean II. Erman,
o. NAtchltochec, Louisiana, ~, 800. Utblns
LAmuane, OF Vermillionville, Louisiana
tlOoi Colin Juberty, OF 81. Martinsville
Louisiana, $500; Jean Janneand, OF Rant
des, Louisiana, $6,093; Case u, Oos
tia, OF 81, Martins, Sl,is0; An.
Ter Lacoures, Of Naichitochss, Louisiana
800. The following cases against the Uni
ted States were disallowed: Jean d. ReAvall
OF New Orleans; estate OF Emile Veal, o.
New Orleans, Andre Smaills, OF Iberyille
Clara LOUake, of Sc. Martiusville; Jeaa Al
Cases, OF New Iberia, and Charles FSrques
OF New Orleans.
John Bailey, many years the CHIEF olerI
oi the house OF representative, will be sue
oeeded by Major Thomas o. Towles, III,
present printing and bill clerk of the house
Oharles Il. Lackner, Of New York, will b,
appointed newspaper clerk of the house
and Peter ii. PeTrot, OF Indiana, superiu
iendent OF the house folding room.
Representative Anderson, Of X ansas
revised tho postal telegraph bill intro
duoed by him last session, and will soon ia.
troduee II la the houte. NY lie provisioni
the postmaster general Is authorised t,
construct, maintain and operate
the mA.u lines OF telegraph 'rhe northern
line TO extend from Bangor, Maine, 10 81
raul the central line nom New York !,
Topeka aud the southern from Baltimore /,
San Antonio. The northern maih line tr
be 40 aud the branches ,62l miles; tota
SA7i central, i37; branches
VS. total, 24l5, southern
1876 branches, ils, total, 3Sll. arand,e
tai, 0,llO miles, at n maximum estimate OF
500 per mile, will cost 50 8ii,OOO. all III,
telegraph lines, which since 1896 have been
or vii be oonsl ucted Tor the use OF the ar
my, shall be, when no longer needed
Tor military purposes, transferred
TO tue postmaster general; also whore n
Junction can Le made with the wires OF any
railway. or telegraph company, which
received grant OF public
lands, or bonds, or credit
under the ataies, the postmaster.eenera
may cause connection themwlth, aud
messages may be transmitted over the
wires at government rates The bill
gives lis. of all such grants, and
requires the transmission OF all the mes.
sages over the lines where the condition
contained IN the acts, said telo
graph line may be used for GOV
enment business The postmaster stntral
is also authorized 10 conneut the wires o
the postal telegraph With those Of any
telegraph c0nipany, which accept
cd ,hs pp1Aions Of the acl
6li provides iot the Issuance pi S60O,00O 81
lhiee pwnent, bonds Of Sle0 each, op
tionaly redeemAble IN ten .ytare, bat moi
| qileIed tor sale iD the mafk6t, proceeds OF
iho sale To be applied TO thel constructor
aud equipment OF the postal Telegraph by
The postmaster renethl, who shaI
hold a sufficient reserve o
said bonds as surplus oyei
the cost Of ofeonstruo,ion, necessary 70 NEE
the inlhrest for Eve Yeas, local uflleers tc
be under the control OF the postnaster
general, and stations 10 be established
only In government post-oflices. Proglsloni
are made ior the compensatiue OF post.
masters In proportion 10 the number O
telegraph stamps which may be procured
and sold, the same rs postag,
ramrs The postmaster gen, raj Il
hAVo ful power 70 REGULATE
rates and Il authorized 10 establish tele
graph or telephones between the main an,
aub.post-otice OF the same or I'd dIacsnt cities
or between any station, and tiiose patron
sho will pay Tor the cost tuch lines, o
iurnlsh their aSn variona lines ans
branches arc p.uvlded mr. 10 the bill
rhty are " strike vvery capt u city east o
The Roxy mountains. sud every olt'
!slerin ihe Ireo delivery system . estab
Ia The c,iminal court the se Of ex.sen
Atof Spencer, chafged viii contempt o
court, 10 hiling 20 nppear es witness "a
The star route case, cfme NJ for bearing
The gnveihmenta iutcrf. gatofies anc
Spencsr's Answcrs We're read l
Merr ck sad that the government We,
pfeparog n present aiiid-vi,u agalnsl
* Postmaster. Genera jane, Van Wsr
ren, the laIv chief olerk vt ,bs po-t.offlc'
department, aud othert, 10 the effect tha
Spencer lold them that ne bad seen Dorse,
when be paid money 20 Braay.
The secretsry OF the treasury auihorize,
the payment, without rebate, ~ the bond
embraced IN the 1854 call, maturing on III,
i5th inst. Payment to be made 70 orher Of
presentation.
Fonr hundred parsopa sal down In IN,