Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-08-07
FROM TIE CAFGTAL

SUPERINTENDENT Thompson, of the
railway mail service, who has been on
an extended trip through the West and
Northwest IN connection with the
service. returned to the city this morn
ing.
THE Congressional Committee appoint
ed to investigate the management of
the Soldiers Home, will begin it's labor
at once. The two stenographers en-
ployed for this work will leave this city
tomorrow for Dayton, Ohio, where
they will meet the members of the
committee of which General Rosecraus
is Chairman, and the inquiry will begin
at once.
TOTAL expen> es of the Greedy relief
expedition are estimated by officials at
the Navy Department at about $500, 000
The original estimate was $500, 900. Of
the amount expended $137, 553 was for
purchase and repair Of the steamer
Bear, Sill, 165 for the III rchase and re-
pair of the Thetis, $3.50 900 for supplies,
$50, 900 for bringing the vessels to New
York, $25 000for instruments to be used
in making observations, $15,165 for re-
pairs made to the Alert, $21, 900 for the
transport Loeb Gray, and $15, 900 for
coal 1t is believed in dispOslng of the
vessels the government will secure an
amount about equal to the sum paid for
them. A large quantity of provisions
is suitable for navy use, and will be
turned over to the service.
IT may be stated positively that thu
president will not issue a commission to
John Jarrett, who was appointed chief
Of the bureau of labor statistics. but
will appoint some one else. The more
the matter is Investigated, the more
contemplate Jarrett appears, for there
is plenty of evidence to show that even
since his appointment he has never re-
ferred to the President except in the
most vulgar and disrespectful way.
The president is receiving a large num-
Der of letters from Pittsburg, written
by people who have heard Jarrett talk,
and quote what he has said. JarreUt's
own conduct at the White House when
he came to see the president is said to
have prejudiced his case very much,
for he assumed an arbitrary and dicta-
torial air. as if the office had been
created for his especial benefit, and the
president was not much OF a man any
how.
ACTING SECRETARY of the Interior
Joslyn has just rendered a decision in
the matter of the appeal of Milo B.
Stevens & Co., of IL is city, pension at
torneys, affirming the action of the
Commissioner of pensions refusing to
permit the company to delegate the
power to sign fee agreements required
under the recent Law to agents in other
cities. This firm has agencies in Chi
cago and Cleveland, and represent that
it is iEpracticable for members of the
firm to sign these agreements. The
Acting Secretary besides thai under the
law the agreements must be made be-
tween the claimant and the attorneys
themselves and that the power to sign
them can not be delegated to Others.
He says that while the department is
always anxious to facilitate and simpli-
fy the transactions of all public bust
ness, it is not at liberty to ignore or neu-
tralize the obvious purpose of Congress
to locate permanent responsibility in
these cases which would manifestly be
defeated by any other course than the
one adopted. ''The power to do an
illegal act," continues the Acting Sec