The Dickinson press., 1884-01-19
.PITH OF q NEWS,
WASHINGTON News Notes.

Washington Special: Senator sabin ar
rived here on the morning of the 10th from
Minnesota, and has been fully informed "a
to the extent of the Expectations upon his
business by the fire at saltwater. He says
the worst feature of it is the delay to his
business, because he was amply insured
from direct loss. 1t is unfortunate that the
new portion of the works and much of the
new machinery, as we'll IS the buildings re.
Gently erected, were destroyed, rather than
those which were in poorer repairs and
older. He received telegram stating that
things q rein shape so that contracts nov
under way can be filled. He seemed to take
the misfortune very philosophically, and
is as good na,ured over it as it he had re.
ceived a windfall instead ola visitation
from disaster.
Mr.. Toilet, who will have charge of the
pension bill when it reaches the house, is
strongly in favor of abolishing entirely the
pension agency business. There are eigh.
cen pension agencies. costing $3.50, 600 pei
year. Pension agents receive yearly salar.
les Of IA, 900 and q fee of Is cents for every
voucher above 4,eOo issued from their of.
fees. Toilet thinss a saving of $500. 600 per
year could be made by having HI work
done by a force of clerks in Washington,
without any delsy in the payment of pen.
adopted, by the subcommittee, and the bill,
Wien reported to the full committee. wi
contain a provision abolishing eli pension
agencies.
The entire Minnesota delegation, except
Senator sabin, visited the secretary of the
interior and commissioner OF Indian affairs
Wednesday the 9th with reference to send
ing a NUMBER of children to the school OF
St. Joseph, instead Of Milwaukee. II was
decided bv the department that they will by
fifty Indian children, mostly girls, aid
more, PROBABLY by the and of tke fiscal year,
when the appropriation will justify it.
Mrs. Marion A. Dudley, writing from
Washington to the Milwaukee Sentinel
says: "Nothing will ever make the regula-
ton cost and bifurc ated continua,i3ns ses
thetic, A senator ought to wear the toga
and for dress occasions. the costume of the
days of Sir Walter Raleigh has Aev,r been
improved upon"
G. D. Gilmore, a lawyer of Washington,
has begun suit against Carl schurz, ex.secre.
tary OF the interior, for the recovery of $780,.
600 damages, for disbarring him from prac-
tice. The offence, which resulted IN his dis.
barment was the alleged payment of money
to a clerk in the general land Office In q
case in which Gilmore was interested.
Senator Van Wyck advances the PROPOSE
ton that the hostile action of the German
and French governments relative to Ameri-
can meats was only retaliatorv, and desires
that Anthony's resolution giving thu presi-
dent power to adopt similar measures
against Germany and France, 20 over until
he could amend it.
AT a meeting OF the house committee on
postofices and post-roads. Mr.. Money was
authorized to report to the house for favor
able action a bill making public roads high
ways n post. routes, giving to the p%ost,uas-
ter general power to establish postal service
whenever IN his judgment The public well
fare requires it.
Upon reports of special agents showing
fraud, the commissioner of the general land
Office has held for cancellation the past
IN Colorado, nine in Dakota, t~hlrty-two in
Mexico, and one in Minnesota.
The secretary of the treasury has given no.
zee that the principal and accrued interest
on &c. O0. 600 8 per cents, issued under the
act approved July IL, 1882, will be paid the
18th of March, 1884, the interest to cease
that day.
Robert Bliss Lynch, clerk in the war de-
partment, Washington. died there on the
12th inst. He was a Milwaukeean and his
life an %eventful one.
The special senate committee will rec
ommend Mississippi river appropriations
of over 81, O0O, QUO.