The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-26
WASHINGTON.

Under the civilseryice rules, Otis PIG.
| clarke mas been promoted 70 the commits
slonership OF pensions and Calvin B.Waller
advanced to first deputy.
Admiral Porter recommends that the IN
finished monitors be completed as rams,
and that four heavy monitors Of great
speed, twenty torpedo boats, and one cruis- |
Ing iron-clad be built
Miss Nancy Gould, Of Portland Maine |
Who recently died, willed 10 the govern |
ment house and lot worth $4,000, to be |
used In paying the national debt The So /
ucltor or the treasury viii sell the property. /
| The supreme court Of the United States |
decides that It has no jurisdiction in cases /
insurance company 70 recover losses sus- |
tanned by fire on the evacuation of Rich /
mond by the confederate armies.
On the assembling of the court-martfal to /
| try Judge Advocate General Swain, he /
/ claimed want of jurisdiction, on the ground /
/ that the charges were not preferred by his /
commander, the lieutenant general. The /
/ plea was not sustained.
| Secretary McCulloch declines to permit /
/ the court of claims 70 act on the case of /
/ General Adam Badeau, who is charged with /
| Illegally retaining Sl2, 900 in consular fees,
| and the solicitor of the treasury has orders /
I to bring suit for the amount
| Sir Alexander Campbell, representing
Dominion Of Canada, has been conteTring
with the premier of Ontario in regard to
appropriation of territory at Niagara falls i
for the proposed international park, and Ii
Is understood that the plans will soon be
carried out
Undismayed By past failures, the friends
OF the Hennepin Canal project will make a
vigorous effort in the Forty-ninth Congress
to secure the neees Sary aid for this import
ant work. As preliminary to this end, the
commission was recognized Tuesday and
new officers elected for the ensuing year.
An army officer stationed at Washington |
predicts that either George B. Mcclellan or
General William b. Franklin will be the
next secretary of war. A correspondent
heeholders has discovered that James II.
Mari has remained in the poStoffiee depart
ment since 1881, and William Hunter has
survived all changes in the state depart
ment since 1929.
The November returns to the Department
OF Agriculture of the rate of yield of corn
indicate product somewhat in excess of
], 500. 0O0, 600 bushels, on an average rate a
small fraction above twenty-siX bushels per
acre. The best yields are, as in 1888 in
what has been designated the great Ameri-
can desert. The 'Aarid regions in the VI
entity of the Tooth meridian have produced
heavy crops of maize OF high quality. That
line of longitude has ceased to be an abso-
lutte barrier to corn production or general
farming. The quality of corn is better than
In 1888 nearly everywhere, and in the North
ern belt it is worth 25 to % per cent more. |
The potato crop is nearly an,average yield, I
600 bushels. ]
NATIONAL BANKS.
The annual report of the Controller of
the Currency has not yet been completed,
and MIR. Cannon says that at the request of
the Secretary of the Treasury he shall with
hold it from the press until day or two | .
before Congress meets. Mr.. Cannon SAYS
that during the year 191 new National banks |
have been chartered, and that the net ag-
gregate added to the National banking cap
dnriOp that iG al |
During the year eleven National banks have
failed. Since the passage of the National | ]
Bank act in 1868 just 100 National banks
have failed to date. Considering the num-
that time, and the financial panics which
have occurred, Mr.. Cannon thinks that this
is an excellent showing for the system.
HITTING THE SHAREHOLDERS.
Postmaster General Hatton has issued an !
order which strikes heavy blow at the
method of eXped ting star routes. Instead I
of giving the contractor additional compen- /
satiOn calculated by the rule of three, new
bids will be invited unless the contractor is .
willing to do the expedited work without
increase of pay. The order is as follows:
whenever it shall become necessary to in =
crease the speed upon which the mail is
carried on any post-route, the service shall
be advertised for the reduced running time :
required, provided that the contractor, with :
the consent of his sureties, shall have the 4
option of continuing service upon the eX- b
pedited running time without additional
compensation
COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
Chief Brooks, of the Secret Service Di- =
vision of the Treasury Department. in his
annual report says: "The events of the last
year give evidence of revival of the man.
ufacture of counterfeit paper money, which
was practically suspended during the years y
1852 and 1883" He also says that. although
he reports for the last year the smallest
percentage of circulation of counterfeit pa n
per money since the first issue of such mon
ey, he is of the opinion that there is to-day p
in the hands of counterfeiters nearly 300 c
600 new spurious notes of the denomina-
tons of $40 and $50, which have been pro
duced since Jan. l, 1884. Mr. Brooks notes r,
with pleasure that bankers are recognizing c
lore fully the importance of branding as
spurious all counterfeit money presented In
the course of business.
THE PATENT OFFICE.
The commissioner of patents, Benjamin
Butterworth, submits the following annual
report: Number of applications for patents :
received, 5000; applications for design y
patents received, 1,3!2; apulicat ons for re- h
registration trademarks, LOTT; applications =,
for registration labels, 975; total, So, S22. 3
Caveats filed, 2,672; patents granted in b
Guiding reissues and designs, q, So; trade .;
marks registered, 903; labels registered, S33;
total, "a, $50. Patents withheld for non-pay- Ia
ment of final tees, "a, 613; patents expired,
10 23O; receipts from all sources 81, 145, 433, p
an increase of $40, 948 over the preceding II
year; expenditures, excluding printing, Y
1901, 413; surplus, 1914, 019. There was an
increase during 1884 over the number of APP
plications for patents, designs, ETC., receiv-
ed during the preceding year of 3sO6S. The 8,
the office June so, 1884, was 9,1s6, an in
or .aSe OF 5,0S7 over the accumulated appli-
cations at the end of the preceding year.
THE RAILwAY-MAIL SERVICE.
Superintendent Thompson of the railway
mail service, in his annual report: says of
the Western faSt-mail trains: 1T seems
probable that the Postmaster-(ieneral will
soon be able to have the fast mail arrive at
Omaha much earlier than it now does, and
have special carrier delivery in that city A
and at Council Bluffs Immediately on ar
rival and before the close of the business
day. 1t is also held that the mails can be 4
expedited so as to arrive at San Francisco
about a. M, which will be equal to saving
one day between New York and San Fran 6
cisco. In all of the fast service there was =
no increase in cost to the department. The p
Northern Paciic's through mail train now Z
leaves St Paul on the arrival of the fast fl
ern mail one day earlier by reason OF this d
fast service Intermediate points are SINH 81
Iarly benefited. The Postmaster-General q q
also made arrangements with the Illinois
through train connects both north and south .
at Mendoza. This serves Illinois from six {
to eight hours earlier than formerly" I
IAGGARD CONGRESSMAN.
Congress meets in two weeks. Very few
Congressman have arrived. Few are ex- b
pected before Thanksgiving. No member
of the Appropriations Committee, which u
usually meets two weeks before the session,
has appeared. Several special committees
appointed Mt the last session were to have q
met here last week. They have not met r
The excitement about the election has par
alyzed every effort to transact any business t
in advance of the meeting OF Congress. II
This Is the short session, yet it Is known '
that Congress will be asked to adjourn !
from Dec. u to Jan. 4 to permit members
to visit the New Orleans Exposition, which I
opens Dec. 16. The calendars OF the two [
Houses are full of measures some OF them $
important, scarcely any of which were act y
ed uDon at the last session. Probably most b
of them will fall with this session. The s
most important business before the two
Houses is the determination of some plan
for the counting OF the Electoral vote.
There are no joint rules. The rule under
which the count proceeded four years ago
has not been revived.
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE.
In the annual report of the lighthouse
board $225, 600 is asked for lighting and the
buovage of rivers; $50, O00 is necessary to
continue work on the Ilght-noIse az Lne
Cal. 1t is recommended that the light
house district which embraces all the upper
lakes be divided, the portion embracing
Lake Michigan and Green Bay to be set on
and called the Seventh district, and the re-
mainder to be included in the present Flew
enth district and be known by that name.
1t is also suggested that another light
house district be made by dividing the FIT
teenth district at Cairo, ILL.,, leaving that
portion of the Mississippi between the
mouth of the Ohio river and New Orleans.
Included Red river, as a separate districtto
be called the Sixteenth, with headquarters
al Memphis. Estimates for general appro-
priations for the next fiscal year. including
supplies, repairs, salaries expenses OF light
50 ZOO Estimates for special apprOpri-
atoms amount to 81 90, $50, made up In