Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-16
WASHINGTON TOPICS.

WASHINGTON TOPICS
The New japanese Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister PIenipOtentiary to the United
States has arrived in Washington from San
Francisco.
The Acting Secretary Of the Treasury has
issued a call for the redemption of $4,000,
600 worth of bonds of the three per cent
loan of 1882, the principal and accrued in
terest to be paid by the first of November
next
The appointment of Judge Gresham to
be Secretary Of the Treasury is not temper
airy, but permanent. 1t is asserted that
judge Bradley, of the Supreme Court, viii
retire in a few months, and that his posi-
ion will be rendered to Judge Gresham.
Secretary Lincoln has forwarded to vii
liam Helms, of Chicago. the will of Private
Charles B. Henry, who was shot while in
the Greedy expedition. The document is
written in pencil on a small piece of paper
torn from a tablet, and bequeaths his pay to
his family.
Secretary Teller has appointed Henry J.
W. Thorne, OF Virginia, superintendent
of the Indian Industrial School at CniiOccO,
Kas., and w. 0. Coffin, of Oregon, superin-
tendent of the Indian Industrial School at
Forest Grove, Oregon.
Another phase of the Chinese question
has been presented to the Treasury Depart
ment. A few days ago a party of eighty
six Cinnamon arrived at San Francisco.
Some Of them, who had formerly resided in
the United States, were provided with Ger
tlhCateS as prescribed by the act Of 1882, but
none OF them had certificates as provided
by the supplementary act Of 1884. They
were not permitted TO land, as the Omitted
States Courts in California have recently
decided that Chinese can be allowed to land
only on the production of the evidence re-
quired by law, and that secondary evidence
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Treasury Department was appealed to for
relief. The Secretary has, however, decid-
ed not to interfere in the matter on the
ground that it is a question to be settled by
the courts.
Judge Smell has rendered a decision in
the civil rights case of Emanuel Henlett
(cOlOreG against John Fowler, purser of
the Potomac river steamer, Jane MOseley.
This was a suit brought under the criminal
clause of the civil rights act for alleged re-
fusal to sell complainant a supper ticket on
a passenger steamer plying between Wash
ingtOn and Norfolk, Va. Judge Smell, in
rendering his decision, said: THE burden
Of the proof rests on the Government to
show that Henlett was refused the ticket
on account of his race, color, etc. The law
has been declared unconstitutional so far
as the States are concerned, but as being in
full force IN the District of Columbia. If
the charge was proven that complainant
Columbia, I should have no hesitation in
giving judgment against defendent, but in
this case the Government has not main
tanned the issue, and the defendent is dis
charged"
The following patents have recently been
issued to Western inventors:
Reuben B. Ayres, st. Louis, thilI coup
ling.
Lucius L. Culver, st. Louis, oven shelf.
Robert P. Faris, st. Louis, paddle-Wheel
steamboats,.
Simeon B. Higley, Trenton, No, jointed
display frame.
John f. Laturno, Armstrong, No, power
transmitting pulley.
Ferdinand Maynase, st. Louis, lantern.
+. Snedader, Il. Poe and 0. G. Richey, ST.
Louis, feed water heater.
E. W. Allen and E. A. Kibbe, Seneca,
Kas., washing machine.
Chas. r. Coe, Leesburg, Kas., sorghum
and corn cutter.
Jacob Haege. Garfield, Kas., fire escape.
J. Lee Knight, Topeka, Kas. seeding ma
chine.
Aaron B. Perine, Topeka, Kas., thiI
coupling.
J. Rigby and J. ". Gorsuch, Ottawa, Kas.,
machine for making horse shoes.
Milton B. Smith, HOltOn, Kas., index.