Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-06
WAsH1NGTO

Sergeant Brainard, Of the Greedy party,
was strongly Endorsed for one of the vacant
second Mathematics, but will be disap-
pointed. The places were filled Wednesday
by others, one being the stepson of Attof-
Secretary LINCOLN reports that during the
an Indian. BE states that constant hand.
ling of the rolls in the office of the adiu-
tant general has made their %recOpying nec-
essary, task which will require the SER
vices OF one hundred clerks for three
years. ~ -. ~.
Attorney General Brewster, in his annual
dents Of the District of Columbia to the
plundering Of the treasury prevents the con-
viction OF thieves at the hands of local juT-
ies. and ne Recommending that the tnIisdiee
extended over the District.
for the celebration ct the completion OF the
washington Monument except to invite
Robert G. Winthrop of, Massachusetts, to be
the orator. The Grafton will be delivered
IN Il, the hall OF the Houseof Representatives.
There are nine stones yet to be put in
place, when the work will be finished. This
will be done some time next week.
The requisition' Of the commissioner of
pensions Tor ST., 900, 900 this month can not
be met. without making an apparent In
crease in the public debt for this mouth.
The treasury officials are not willing to have
this happen, and. the commissioner will
have to wait till next month for part Of his
vember are smaller than In any other month
OF the year. ...-sn.
THE LETTER-CARRIER SYSTEM.
The report of the First Assistant Post
master-General urging the extension ofthe
letter.carrier system will meet with STRONG
opposition from the Representatiyes Of the
at the last session that an appropriation
could be secured for q further small increase
In the letter-carrier service, and notice was
then served by the Representatives, partic.
ularly from the Southern districts, that any
70 cities and towns would be resisted unless
the staar-route system, should also be en-
tended. !
THE SPANISH TREATY.
The movement which will be started here
In opposition to the ratification of the pro-
posed Spanish treaty will, It Is expected, be
also objected towards the %abrogation of the
Hawaiian treaty. The parties who desire
that the Hawaiian treaty shall end and that
same. The, opponents Of the Hawaiian
treaty include the sugar-planters of Jamai-
ca and Louisiana, some Of the sugar-rein-
ers OF tn asst, and a large proportion Of
the population Of the Pacific Slope. When
that the result would be- an annual subsidy aiSddy
Of several hundred Thousand dollars to the
planters Of the Sandwich Islands, without
reducing the cost Of sugar to the consumer
Of California. As the Hawaiian product
when first imported is unfit for use, It pass
besides being the largest owner Of sugar.
growing territory within the islands, has 4
monopoly of the refining business on the
Pacific Slope. California people maintain
that, owing to combinations as to railroad
cheaper than they did before the treaty;
that, In fact, some OF the inferior grades Of
sugar have cost more In California than In.
the Eastern States. They also say that very
few Of the products Of the Pacific States are
exported to Hawaii, as the plantations are
on Chinese rice and have no use for Amerf-
can products.
49," DUB FINANCES. Isli - -
The annual report Of United States
Treasurer Wyman shows that the revenues
Of the Government were less than in 1855
by S49,T67,n2. The decrease in receipts
from from s customs y was $le's ss IN IL receipts
receipts from miscellaneous sources 50, $40.
348. From the, aggregate of these items
should be deducted an increase of 81, S54, $40
In receipts from the sales Of public lands,
leaving the net reduction as stated above.
The net expenditures aggregated $a44, l9a:
$21, 2s1,S9a The surplus applicable to the
reduction of the public debt amounted 70
So, S9S, 625-a decrease OF $2S, 4S5, S18 from
that Of the previous year. The items Of ex.
R=endituFes showing decrease are Is fol
$9,481, T!9; Interior Department, $11, 469,'
0S6; interest on public debt, "a, So, 75a
There was an increase OF $A.24a4I1 In the