The Portland daily press., 1884-12-30
WASHINGTON.
Prospects Of the spauisb Trea,

NEW YORK, Dec. ga Washington special
to the Evening Post says that perhaps the per-
son most respondent over the prospectslof the
Spanish treaty is Minister Foster. He says
that the people of both America and Spain ig-
norantly oppose a measure calculated to bene-
tit them and promote their welfare, each re-
garding the treaty as beneftting the other
most exclusively. He criticised very severely
what he terms the ignorant opposition to the
treaty IN this country, but advocates revision
and modification II necessary to secure its con !.
hrmation. He deplores what he regal DIS as an
evident determination to yield the preference
to the Nicaraguan treaty.
Sergeant HOltnorth 10 be eCOurt-NEartfaIesSs
The Secretary OF War has returned to the
chief signal officer the charges preferred by
him against Sergeant Otto Hotnorth of ths
elgnal service, OF conduct unbecomlng an CHI
Ger and gentleman in having tampered with
the privats mail of Lieutenant Greedy, with
1nstructions to detail court-martal.
Charges Against General NIcKeever.
The chief signal officer has submitted to tho
Secretary ct War charges against Assistant
AdJutant General MeKeever for having made
deregatory remarks concerning the manage
ment of the recent Arctic expedition. The
charges relate entirely to General McKeever's
alleged comments on the course pursued by
Greely. No reference is made in them :
what General McKeever is alleged to have
said of the chief signal officer.
NC EEebANSAts NcW Hcufs Inception
The following is the Official programme for
the Presidents reception on Now Years Day:
AT IL a. m, the President will receive the
members OF the Cabinet and diplomatic curps;
at lilo, the chief Justice aud associate las
tices of the Supreme Court OF the United
states; at l130, the Senators aud Representa-
tives in Congress, judges Of the supreme court
OF the District of Columbia, judges OF the
Court of Claims and officers of the Dstricsia-
dietary, commissioners OF the District OF Go--
lnmbia, ex-menbers of the Cabinet and ex-
ministers OF the United States; at 10 m, off
GERS of the army q aud navy; at IL so,
secretary of the Smthsousian Institution,
commissioner of agriculture, assistant secre-
taries OF departments, assistant postmasters-
general, solicitor-general, assistant attorneys
general, superintendent of the coast survey,
heads of bureaus of several departments, MS
tional board Of health and civil service COM
mission; at IL 40, the associated soldiers of the
war of 1872, associated veterans of the war OF
1876, Grand Army of the Republic and mem
bers of the Oldest lnhabitaDts' Association OF
the District Of Columbis; at l p. M, reception
OF citizens, which will terminate at p. M.
Hnauguration Day.
The Inauguration committee decided Tonight
to send an Invitation to Gen. Hancock to act
as grand marshal of the inauguration parade.
Col. Bennett, chairman OF the committee, in
formed the committee that he had an inter-
view with Gen. Sheridan to-day, in which the
latter stated that If Gen. Hancock should &C.
cept the invitation, he wonld bs given every
opportunity to attend to the duties of that
office. The fiuance committee reported that
they had received subscriptions amounting to
$4,000 from "a members of the finance and
general committee.