The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-10
WASHINGTON.

IL Is stated by army men that the mem,
berS OF the Swain court martial have about
come to the conclusion that the evidence
against Gen. Swain in the court of inquiry
made by Bateman. The impression is gain
ing ground in the war department that the
court will acquit him, and that he will be
restored to his rank.
Acting postmaster general Hatton has
issued an order that on and after Oct. 1 all
pOStofiiceS OF the first class and their
stations Or branch Offices shall be kept open
to the public for the issue and payment of
money orders and receipt of matter intend
ed for registration and the delivery of regis
tered matter until q clock p. m. every day
except Sundays and legal holidays.
Justice Stanley Matthews, of the United
States Supreme Court, has sent to Clerk
Baxter his decision in the case Of the Louis
vile d. Nashville Railroad Company against
the Tennessee State tax assessory, which
will be read Oct. 20. The assessment on
the main stem and the Decatur Division,
road company applied for an injunction to
enjOin the assessment.
The steamer Bristol, from Montreal for
Bristol, has arrived at st. Johns, N. F.,
with her propeller broken, smashed by col
iislon with WI Ice: There are S13 icebergs be-
erage of fifteen icebergs pass st. Johns
daily, going south in the track of ocean
steamers. Craft arriving at st. Johns re-
port passing large quantities of wreckage
on the coast Of Labrador Tuesday. Fierce
hurricanes were experienced the same date.
Chief Inspector Sharpe, of the postof1ice
department, issued an order to all inspect
orS directing them in cases where def
cheney was found to exist in the accounts
of the postoffice to arrest the postmaster
Immediately and begin legal proceedings
against him through the district attorney.
The practice heretofore has been to allow
the delinquent postmaster to supply the de-
ficiency, IL small amounts, from his per-
sOnal means.
w. Q. Gresham has resigned the post
master generalship and entered upon his
duties as secretary of the treasury. Mr..
Coon, one of the assistant secretaries, was
designated as next in authority. Frank
HattOn becomes acting postmaster general
for ten days. 1t is still asserted that Hugh
McCulloch, or George S. Boutwell, will next
month be appointed to the treasury. porto
lilo, and that Gresham will be appointed to
the circuit bench at Chicago, leaving Hatton
to be postmaster general.
Touching the distinction between trade
marks and labels, Commissioner of Patents
ButterwOrth has decided that the popular
construction Of the statute is that the sub
ject matter of application for o label shall
be that which may be properly claimed as a
label and not be merely subject matter for
trademark. But the statute does not
mean to imply that il a certain subject mat
ter is found incapable of of registration as a
as label, for 1t may not be descriptive of
the quality or nature of the goods, and
therefore fail to constitute label.
Two years ago, following the lead of the
European Government, there was estab-
lished in the Navy Department an 'intelli-
ooe for Tan tine I of collecting
war. Several valuable publications have
been issued by this office. The latest work
completed Is in the form of two maps,
which will be OF value not only to the mar
liner but to the economist. OH. land. One
map gives an outline sketch of all countries
of the globe with the coal deposits indicated
in solid black. On the other map is indi-
Gated the cOaling stations of the world, to-
gether with the amount of coal that can be
found at each.
'By. the united action of the Red Cross
Association, war will be denuded of many
of its horrors" said A. s. Solomon, vice
president of the Geneva conference I'm
der the international treaty for the purpose
of taking care OF the sick and wounded in
times of war, President Arthur appointed
Mr.. Solomon to represent the United States
at the Congress of Nations, which comprised
eighty-five delegates. The meeting contin-
ued from Sept. i to the Sth, and every sub
iect relating to the system Of neutrality in
times OF war was discussed. Mr.. Solomon
Sttlu blhb ctcIy bONeTunlcnU III Europe was
represented in the congress and the best of
feeling prevailed. Mr.. Solomon will submit
TO the president for endorsement his report,
which Is volumiaous.
Frank S. Mason, United States consul at
Marseiles, France, has sent to the depart
ment of state q translation from the Sema-
phore, newspaper in that city, relative to
the European harvest this year. The SEM
aphore in summing up the situation, says
''The harvest of 1884 has been plentiful, not
only in America, but i'm Europe. The stu
alton is nearly the same as in 1882, with the
difference that there then existed no large
available surplus from the preceding crop,
q circumstance which must be taken INTO
serious consideration. We may observe be-
sides that, even if the present crop is by Ii
or 20 per cent. inferior to that of 1882, Eu-
rope viii stand in less need than last year
for foreign produce. There Is 10 probabili-
ty that the price of cereals will rise to the
rates of two years ago."
About 2,50O standard silver dollars have
been deposited In the new silver vaults of
tho Treasury Department. The total ca
| pacfty of these store-rooms Is 5000 bags,
each containing 3 1000, or S45, 600, 600 in all.
The vaults when filed will contain the
coinage of only about twenty months, and
by the expiration of that period more
| yallits will lnVp Ia bp prnyi1p1 If fln cOlu-