Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-04-26
THE NEWS.
NORTHUMBERLAND.

NATIONAL CAPITAL.
In the United States court of claims
judgment was rendered In favor OF the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad company for
$17,S75. This was a claim against the United
States for balance due on contract for carry
ing the mails.
X. M. Daggett, United States minis
ter ut Honolulu denies the statement of the al
legged re shipment from there to the United
States of Chinese sugars with view to secur-
ing the advantages OF the reciprocity treaty be-
tween the United States and the Sandwich
Islands
The charges against Supervising
Architect Hill of the treasury department have
been made public, and briefly summed up may
be classed under five different heads. First,
general charge OF corruption, fraud and ex-
travagance against ring in the architects
Office composed OF Assistant Secretary French,
Architect Hill, Assistant Architect Jacobs, A.
j. Thomas, VIM. ii. Powers, b. Il. Little, Gan
non, Church, Jordon, Bartlett, Robins ~ Co
and others; the second charge is that Hill cor
ruptly administers the patronage OF his office
againt the interests Of the United States; the
third charge, that contractors known to be
guilty of fraud are especially favored by the
supervising architect, having been largely
overpaid by many thousands of dollars and
otherwise corruptly benefited; the fourth
charge, that unskilled and incompetent persons
are knowingly employed in the architects office
and paid at rates due those competent Per-
sons are paid who hold sinecures and do other
work for which they are paid; the fifth charge,
that contracts have been let In violation Of law
to persons not the lowest bidders, and that
prices have been paid for labor and materials
known to have been extortionate and excessive !;
that vouchers have been paid for labor and
materials never furnished and that vouchers,
bids and contracts have been unlawfully and
corruptly altered to the advantage and benefit
OF contractors.
The fifth month of that disgusting
farce, the star route trial. begun on the 18th
inst.
The first instalment of the five-cent
nickel piece Of the latest design has been re-
ceived by Treasurer Wyman from the Phila-
delphia mint This issue of the nickel piece
has the word ''cents" inscribed under the Ro-
man number "V."
There is one feature of the new civil
service bill which Is attracting universal atten-
tion and that is the question of the equality or
homeopathy of women with men In the COM
petition for places In the government service.
Under the law as passed by congress the women
have an equal right TO participate In the COM
petitive examination, and IL found competent,
to hold positions in the various government
offices. Government service Is especially at
tractive TO women, not only because the hours
are shorter, but the remuneration Is greater
than they could obtain In other places for the
same labor and time, even though they are
paid less than the men who do the same work.
The passage OF this bill has inspired women TO
enter the ranks of applicants who would not
have had the courage TO attemptit before. This
question is proving rather embarrassing for
| the civil service commission.
The commissioner of internal revenue
has decided to redeem stamps and return TO the
owners with the word "redeemed' imprinted
upon each check all checks and drafts bearing
two cent internal revenue stamps which re-
main unused on July /. These checks and
drafts can then be used up In the regular
| course Of business.
The commissioner of the general land
Office has decided contested case involving
lands within the limits of the originally located
| line of railway in Michigan from Marquette tc
| the Wisconsin state line. The commissioner
| holds that the lands previously certified FOL
| this line, which were relinquished under joint
resolution Of congress, were by the operation
| of this statute and by such REIMBURSEMENT re
stored to the public domaiG, and that the same
are subject TO presumption and homestead
entry as other public lands Of the United States
| In the case decided the lands are also within
| the limits originally fixed for indemnity selec
| tions by the Ontonagon line. The commission
| or says that no indemnity or other Withdrawal
exists covering the land in controversy, and hi
therefore awards the same to the settler first II
| time.
The counting committee found an ex
cess of three cents in the treasury,
Seven hundred recruits are on theil
way to strengthen regiments in til e department
| of Columbia Arizona, and New Mexico with
| view 10 the possible necessities OF the Indian
campaign.
The statute of the late Prof. Henry,
] first secretary and director of the Smithsonian
| institute, was unveiled at Washington recent
ly, with imposing ceremonies, before a distin
guished concourse Of people. President Porter
of Yale College delivered an Grafton.
After July the land office will print
its decisions every GO or 80 days.
X. II. Melroy of the Yakima Indian
agency, Washington territory, writes the COM
missioner of Indian affairs In Washington, that
the recent troubles between Indians OF his
agency and white settlers in the vicinity arose
from a quarrel occasioned by the scattering OF
poisoned meat near a camp OF Indians on the
Columbia river by one Of the white settlers,
the Indians complaining that when grass grew
around the meat their horses might eat OF Ii
and be poisoned. The agent says that the
Indians ought to be brought 10 the reservation
as II Is becoming very difficult for then. to find
long as they remain there troubles OF greater
or less magnitude will be constantly arising.
II is reported to the treasury depart
ment that smuggling is being extensively prac-
tced on the Rio Grande river, and that a differ
ence of opinion exists between the district at
torney for the southern district Of Texas and the
collector of customs at Brownsville as to the
authority Of officers Of the latter to arrest per-
fons detected in the act of smuggling The
question has been referred to the solicitor OF
the treasury for an opinion. The solicitor says
he has no doubt that the officers have the same
legal right TO arrest offenders that they have To
seize Struggled goods, provided the arrest is
not made on Mexican territory.
The appropriation made for the REDEEM
ption of torn and mutilated bank notes for the
years 1923 Is nearly exhausted. Congress
made no appropriation for this work, and
nothing more can be done until congress meets
and provides for this emergency.
Secretary Teller has decided that the
Union Pacific railroad company must pay the
government the amount of its Indebtedness,
and has so instructed the president of that cor
poration.
GENERAL ITEMS.
Memorial services IN the 18th ami