Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-08-28
WASHINGTON.

THE Navy Department is advised of a
case of yellow fever at Key West.
THE Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue has postponed until Dc. d, at
which time his order for immediate dis
traint for taxes on spirits at the eXplra'
/ ton If the warehOusihg bond, shall take
effect
JUDGE JACOB A Ella, auditor OF the
treasury for the postotiice department,
1 died Thursday Of crysipelas. Ella served
/ two terms in congress from New Hamp-
shire
THE United States commissioner Of
agriculture has issued a circular request
ing suspension of the shipment Of
Jersey cattle until October /. owing to
the fact that what is believed TO be
pleuro.p neum91ia has broken out among
jersey cattle in several localities IN thus
state.
AN interesting question in regard to
the construction OF public bull Imgs vas
decided at the treasury department
Thursday, in effect, that the supervising
architect in preparing plans and speeiti-
cations for such buildings shall be gov
erned entirely 10y the amount OF money
appropriated by congress for the pur-
pose without regari to future expecta
tions.
THE postmaster general Thursday aE-
nullrd the contract with z. p. Kellogg,
of Springfield Mass, for furnishing
official dead letter and registered pack
ages, envelopes and tags. Tbs action Is
based upon the recent investigation
made by the postmaster general himself,
VINO says he found the envelopes OF in
feri0r quality and not up to the stand
ard contracted fnr The contract amount
ed to $50. 0O0 Further examination OF
the stationery of the postof1ice is to be
made.
INSTRUCTIONS have been Forwarded to
Commander S.hey, OF the Greedy relief
expedition, to discharge all the enlisted
men under his command wao are will
ing TO leave the service. The vessel
conpo ing tn. fleet will remain in COM
mission at New York until further
orders IL is understood that Lieut.
Emory. commanding the Bear, will be
ordered to duty on the new dispatch
boat Dolphin as executive officer.
THE naval court Of inquiry appointed
to investigate the navy department
frauds, which ad iOururd recently upon
! the recommendation Of the district at
torney, will probably not reassemble
until some time in October. 1t will then
be necessary to appoint another presi-
dent of the court, as Commodore Jouett
will assume command of the North
Atlantic squadron sefore that time. The
Investigations thus far have revealed
the fact lhat there were frauds in the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery before
Medical Director Wells became Surgeon
General.
UNITED STATES INDIAN INSPECTOR
BENEpICT's report on the troubles be-
tween whites and Indians on the South
ern Ute reservation says the reservation
is only about fifteen miles wide, and in
order to 20 20 portions of it from the
agency Indians are compelled to leave
the limits because streams are not bldg
ed. and at times not forbade. Many
whites in that portion hold that Indians
have no rights which white men ought
to respect, and as soon as one Of the In
dams goes off the reservation, no matter
on what errand, hue and cry is raised
and he is often maltreated. The dis
ON the war-path wyre Intentionally
raise and intended 80 prejudice the
people The whites want 60 get POSSES
sion Of the reservation. He says the
whites craze their cattle on the reserva-
tion without paying the Indians.
A CABLE dispatch from Paris says;
There were lively times last night at
the Chinese embassy IN the Place
d by lau. The tmtass dor, ii Fong Pao,
was busy experimenting the packing
up Of his baggage, sealing the archives
etc. and he would receive mob, DIV. Col.
Tebeu Hi Tong is the only n ember Of
the embassy who sp axis a European
language. ID zcns of the reporters
were disappointed, and could only eX-
change conversation with che concierge,
who rs stout. mijdlc-aged French
women. Every ten or fifteen minutes
someone OF the numerous Chino Sc at
taChes would aPpearsin the corridor and
he wg7 az once assaulted with "FarieZ-
vous lr.ucais.' "Do YOU speak Eng
lisht' aud "Sprechen Sic Dcutsch:' The
attache would invariably smile most
ailahiy but with "a polite nod of the
head indicate that he understood moth
ing The noise of hammers, packing
and general confusion continued till
/ O'Clock this morning Daring the even
Ing your core UOudent received from "a
member of the embassy the following
note:
Chinese embassy no go rIorrow
morning, Win 90 Berlin evening
train
a GRAND NIECE of Count Pulaski, Of