Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-28
WASHINGTON.


wAsHrsorox, March 8.-Secretary
Frelinghuysep sent the foIloTlng teie-
gram to Minister Sargent this evening
Sargent. Minister, Berlin: Tse
President approves entirely OF your
cour-e IL the Lasker matter. You have
don. nothing but obeyed the Instruc-
lions of this government therein The
President, thinking it may be agree
BILE 10 YOU, today nominated you for
Minister to St. Petersburg. and yosr
nomination, without reference TO any
committee. was Immediately and unan-
imously confirmed by the American
Senate. The action mauifests appre-
CITATION Of vo1r worth end does you an
honor Of which any citizen may well be
proud.
Signed. FaELIS6HUYsgS.
Fire In the War Department Building
A IRE vas discovered in the elevator
shaft Of the new War De oartmeni build
ing this evening. The entire IRE 1e-
partment vas called out. and the greet
est excitement prevailed. As there WAS
danger of the flames sprea to Other
parts Of the building. occupied by the
State. War and Navy Departments. The
fire, however, was soon extlngulshed,
Win OILY u6tldEr. hGC
outside Of the elevator shaft, causing a
trifiing damage. The loss Is about
1900. The fire caught from a gas ret.
Vacations for Letter Carriers.
WASHINGTON. March 27.-The House
Committee on Postoftces and Post
Roads decided, by a vote of seven
against four, torecOmmend the passage
of the bill providing that all letter car
riers At free delivery offices be entitled
to leave of absence of fourteen days
each year without loss of pay upou the
same conditions as are now granted Elm
ployees of the Postoffice Department.
McK usick Resigns.
The removal of Mckusick, late ST.
perlntendent of the railway mail service
for the Pacific Coast, was, after a hear
ing of Nckusick by the Postmaster
General, revoked. McKusick there.
upon rendered his Resignation and re-
quested its a~csptance. 1t Was there
upon accepted. with An official endorse
ment by the Postmaster General that
the acceptance was At McKusick's re-
quest.
The River and Harber Bill.
The River and Harbor Conmittes
have nearly completed consideration OF
the proposed river and harbor bill. II
Is understood that the aggregate bill
will / exceed Sll 10000. The priuci-
pal Items will be appropriations for the
Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio Rivers,
| and the great harbors Oh the Atlantic
Pacific, Lake and Gulf coasts. 10 the
Mississippi ana tributaries about five
million dollars will probably be appro-
prIated. The comrIttee has not vet de.
| cided what part of that amount shall be-
expended apOa the Mississippi itself
The bill will be reported to ths HOUSE
notflater than April 10Th.
The House Committee on Public
Lands has agreed to report the bill au-
| thorizing the patenting Of lands to con
testing settlers within the limits of Mo
queamo'I rancho, on the Western Pa
cItic railroad. The land is ia Cniifor
MA, and embraces 5000 acres.
Confirmation.
The Senate today confirmed the fol
lowing: Medical Director Francis NJ
Gunnell as Surgeon General of tn.
army, and Robert +. Clayton Of Geor
gia, as Consul ut Para.
| The Taria ON SILK.
A committee consisting of Senator.
| Plat and Seweli and Representative,
Phelps, Richardson, Cheney and Lyle
representing the interests of manufac
| turers of silk, waited on the Secretary
of the treasury, and protested gainsl
| any reduction In the duty on silk trim
ming for hats, which under the recent
opinion of the Attorney General ar.
only dutiable at 10 per cent.
Decrease or Revenue Receipts.
During the eight months of the pres
ent fiscal year internal levenue Receipt.
| have been SIS, UOO. 800, decrease of Sl4,
iol 80 compared with the correspond
ing period Of 1883. The aggregate re
ceipts of February We're S2u3S6l les,
thah February, 1888.
Parchase Of silver
The Ireasury Department today pur
cha ed 34.OO ounces of silver, to he de-
livered at the New Orleans, PHILADELPHIA.
| aud San Francisco MINIS.