The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-30
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WARRINGTON NOTES.
The statement comes from Washington
upon the authority Of one who has seen tn,
document, and whose statements are believed
to be trustworthy, that mail contractor james
b. Price has made affidavit, which is in pos
session of the Government, wherein he alleges
that he on one occasion gave Ex-Assistan'
Postmaster General Brady s., 500 In pos
tai drafts, together with $500 in cash
to corruptly influence Brady's official action
He also alleges, it is said, that on another oc
cxsion he gave Ex-senator Kellogg, for . sim
liar purpose, SIS, 600 in postal drafts, drawn
against his (Price's) pay, as mail contractor
on the mail route from San Antonio to Corpus
Christi, and that in addition to the aforemen'
toned SIS, 900 of drafts, he also gave Senator
Kellogga note for 5000, all Of which paper
he deposes was paid at maturity. Price has
iately been before the Grand Jury.
statement has been prepared by the Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue, which shows
the receipts Of the office for the last fiscal year
we're SAG, 400 600. The receipts from July /,
1852, to March 81, 1888, exceed the receipts for
the corresponding period Of last year BY S.,
900, 900. The reduction on account of changes
b the revenue laws will be 5000, 900. The
total estimates of receipts for the current ifs
sal year is $l43. 625,cO0.
In reply to an inquiry from . Louisville
tanker the Acting Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue says that 1t is not yet decided what
construction should be placed on the language
Of that part Of the act Of March g. 1883, which
repeats the tax on the capital and deposits of
r. x-fa # &hA sv,,, nf h.
question involved, it is probable that the
Secretary Of the Treasury will submit the
same to the Attorney General for his opinion
Is soon as an actual case arises for the sde-
cision of the Department. II such taxes are
due return for the same cannot be demanded
before June l, nor can collection of same be
enforced before july l, 1883.
Among the subscriptions recently received
by Treasurer Gilfllan for the Garfield Memoir
al Hospital are the following: King George
Tonga, through DR.. Carisus, United States
Consul, Samoa Islands, $3.50; II. c. Marston,
United States Consul, Malaga, Srain, Sl44;
Hugh II. Hamilton, United States Vice Con-
sui, Teneriffe, $3.50.
1t is thought at the Postoffice Department
that the recent law readjusting the salaries
fact that the bill made no pecuniary provision
for carrying out its requirements. 1t is esti-
mated that the readjustment of salaries, as
directed by the bill, will require the expendi-
ture of at least 100000.
Secretary Chandler issued an order fixing
the hours of labor in the Navy Yards at eight
hours.
The Secretary of the Treasury. hsA called for
Q detailed statement of the condition of the
Treasury with view to acting upon various
propositions which have been submitted to
him in regard to the future financial opera
tons of the Government.
The Secretary of State has transferred to
the Secretary of the Treasury the Japanese
now be settled without delay sFc
The President has ordered the Suspension
of Judge Everton J. Conger, Associate JUS
tice of the Territory Of Montana, against
whom charges of drunkenness and gambling
had been preferred
The report of Rear Admiral Clitz, command
ing the United States naval forces on the
Asiatic station, relative to the loss of the
United States steamer Ashuelot, by which
several lives were lost, has been received BY
the Secretary of the Navy. The report is of
such character that Secretary Chandler has
ordered Court Martial to try Commander
Horace E. Mullen, who was in command of the
Ashuelot when wrecked.
Secretary Teller has requested the Secretary
of War to detail military guard for the pro-
lection of the Yellowstone Park property.
The latter will comply with the request.
The weekly statement of the United States
Treasurer shows gold, silver and United
States notes in the Treasury, March 81, to be:
Gold coin and bullion, $3.50, 1876, 637; silver
dollars and bullion, Sl07, 133, al; fractional
silver coin, S27. ?G6, 239; United States notes,
$a5. 453, 753; total, 1860, 490, $40.
The Commissioner OF Agriculture has re-
quested DR.. Salmon, of New York, to go to
Washington and make investigation into dis
eases of cattle, swine and poultry. DR.. Sal
mon will be supplied with the necessary ami
mails, proper buildings and apparatus for inoc-
culation, autopsies and chemical analysis.
The Investigations will be made especially in
Texas fever pleuro-pneumonia and hog and
chicken cholera.
Instructions have BEEN forwarded. to the
Commander of the DEPARTMENT of Dakota for
Inc removal OF citing pun anu uls ullintuldLc
followers now under military surveillance at
Fort Randall to StandiI IL Rock Agency, where
the others of the Sioux Reservation Indians
are stationed. The saFages will leave Fort
Randall under guard April 16. This is in ac-
cordance with the request OF Sitting Bull to
become Reservation Indian, which he has
heretofore declared he never would be.
The President has decided that under no
circumstances will he renominate Post
ma ster who has been once rejected by the
Senate. This has become necessary from the
fact that at tho last session several Post
masters were adversely reported upon by the
Senate, and after Congress adjourned, their
friends endeavored to secure their renomina-
ton, at least till next December.
Second Assistant Postmaster General Elmer
has ordered the establishment Of q postal
route in the Territory of Alaska, to extend
from Haines to Janeau, q distance OF $50
miles. The service is 70 be monthly. The
mail will probably be carried by canoe. The
contract was awarded to Sheldon jackson, Of
the New York Presbyterian Missionary Society.
This is the first mail route established be-.
tween points within the Territory of Alaska.
Secretary Frelinghuysen is not satisfied with
the recent unanimous decision of the District
Supreme Court in ordering peremptory man
damus to compel him to pay the amount due
On the Well Mexican Award Treaty, and pro-
poses to appeal TO the Supseme Court of the
United States. 81 z. -
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
requested an opinion from the Attorney Gen.
eral on the question of the liability of banks
and bankers, from December l to March l,
under the provisions OF the Internal Revenue
bil.
The Commissioner General Of the Land
once has issued an order opening to settle
tnent and entry under the homestead
4 ava land Withdrawn for but not needed In the