Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-02-22
THE | PlITH or THE NEWS.
Washington Gossip.

food sufferers
R Blakeley Of ST Paul, 5, and @. N. Smith 81
~ minneapolis 2 are registered ct the Ebbitt,
Washington "a 8 ID 38ss.. !: 4 d ss%$
+ 3. G. Waite Of ST Cloud, Mimi, is at the
Ebbit house, Washington, on his way to Flori-
da and New Orleans. 4 "; " n n.
The president has Withdrawn the nomina
ton Of William H. Hobbs as receiver of public
moneys at Taylor's Falls, MINI.
:, = n McLaren,, chairman, and Mark ?,
Flower secretary of the Minnesota Republican
State committee, are in Washington. 95s.sS :
Gen. James s. Negley, president of the Ma
tional Union league, has called a national coun-
Gil to meet at Washington on March 6. j.
Chief Engineer Melville, of the Jeanette, is
in Washington, having been sent for by the Soc
rotary of war to assist in the preparations for
the new Greedy relief expedition. ,
The president has directed the promotion Of
Lieut. Rhodes, of the revenue cutter Dexter,
for gallant conduct on the occasion of the
wreck of the City Of Columbus.
Authority has been granted by the secretary
of war for the purchase of one hundred caval-
~ and six artillery horses for use in the de-
partment of Dakota at not to exceed an average
price of $140 for cavalry and $170 for artillery
horses.
Two more army officers have been dismissed
The service for dupiSatnig the PIX accounts
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infantry, and J. +. Cummings, of the Third
cavalry. This makes seven officers who have
met with similar disgrace for the same offense
Confrmatio.s; Allen Francis, consul, Port
Stanly and St. Thomas, Ontario; Phillip Carroll,
consul, Palermo; WILDER Goodspecd, United
States marshal, northern district Ohio; Peter
French, New York, collector customs, district
Alaska; postmaster, W. C. McNee, Montezuma,
Iowa. IT, q
A gentleman claims to have stood at the
Western Union office at the capitol for one hour
the other day, and during that time thirty three
congressman sent messages using thirty 1.-TWO
dead head franks and one paying the
usual tariff. That looks encouraging for G
political telegraph bill.
dent in the District of Columbia, in not inviting
Prof. Gfeener, colored professor of their
alma mater, to their banquet the other even
ing, has stirred up good deal of talk. Secre-
tary Lincoln, himself Hazard alunlnlus, con-
sidered it an ineXcusable insult and refused to
attend.
The attorney general has decided that sugars
which remained in bonded warehouses ct the
time the new tariff went into effect, But which
had been in bonded warehouses beyond three
years from the date of importation, are not en-
titled under the 5.ew tariff act to reduction of
duty, nor are they entitled to the privileges OF
expectation.
The text of the new commercial convention
between Spain and the United States is identical
Ii :, to - ah"ogaton of tonnage duties on
vessels sailing from America Cute and Por-
to Rico, and the abolition of the special dut y
on live fish imported into Cuba are 10 be sub
mitted to the cortes.
The house committee Oh postoffices and post
roads agreed to report favorably the bill amend
ing tho section of the revised statutes author
izing the postmaster general to stop the deliv-
e'y of registered mail OF money orders to fraud
II ent lottery companies, by striking out the
word s'frautlulcnt,'' thus Including ali lottery
companies in its provisions,
A bill has passed the senate committee on
postotfices and post roads to make all public
highways post routes. It will, if it becomes a
law. remove the necessity of passing the spec
ial acts creating post routes, and will simplify
the establishment of postoffices. New mail
servj"o can then be granted by the application
to the second assistant postmaster general with
out the aid of congress.
Chairman Cobb, of the house public lands
committee, says that. though there may be
of the forfeiture Of all the Northern Pacific
land grant, except the 146,390 acres already
patented. In the case of the Atlantic and Pa
citic, having the largest land grant the forfeit
ure OF the entire grant, with tho exception of
969,2O6 acres, patented before June 81, 1883,
will be recommended.
John c. New, who has been trying for so long
to resign the assistant secretaryship of the
treasury department, is finally gratifed, the
president having on Friday, the 18th, accepted
the resignation that was rendered nearly a
month ago. Mr. New had hard time trying
to convince the president that he is in earnest
In wanting to get out of an ardnons and per-
he went a couple Of weeks ago.
1ettar haa haan u-ri+tay 10 So,ro4o,,, Ic,1u..
by Congressman Washburn stating that the
public building at ST. Paul is SO badly over
crowded and public business so greatly embar-
raised that relief must be obtained by transfer-
ring some Offices from the st. Paul building to
the proposed structure in Minneapolis, and re-
in the plans for the Minneapolis building as
will accommodate these transfers of depart
ments.
The Proteus court of inquiry has made it's
report, and finds that while Lieut.. darlington
made an error of Judgment in not waiting long
81 at Pandora harbor, the surrounding circum-
stances rendered the error an excusable one,
It also awards him just praise for his zeal and
energy, both before the loss of the ship and
also during tho retreat Gen. Hazen, however,
does not get off SO easily, as the court goes on
10 specify numerous grave errors and om1ais
sions in his action. .,
Inspector Gordon, of the interior department..
has been sent to Minnesota to investigate the
condition of the Mile Laos Indians. The depart
ment has been considering the propriety of re-
moving the Indians to White Earth, but they
protest against this, and their representative
MI: Robinson, was before tho commissioner of
Indian affairs in their interests. Gov.
Hubbard, Senator Mcmillan and, Capt. Blake
~ also called at the department on the 18th in
behalf of the Indiana 1t is proposed 10 tlistri-
butte part of this annuity among them in
money, and part in provisions and other nee
essaries of life; but the Mile Laos. as other
Indians, prefer all in money, and plenty of it.
The president some time ago sent to the SEN
ate the name of William A. Hobbs as receiver
Of public moneys at Taylor's Falls, MINI. Gen.
Washburn shortly after requested the presi-
that Peter II. Stolberg be nominated in his
place. The change does not reflect any discre-
dit upon Mr. Hobbs, bnt it is understood il
vas made owing to the near relationship of Mr..
Hobbs to the register at that place. day or
Two "ns ago an inquiry vas made regarding the
discovered that two nominations for the place
were pending, the name of Mr.. Hobbs not
having been withdrawn Mr. Washbnrn in,
mediately directed the attention of. the
president to the fact, and the name of M.
Stoiburg will undoubtedly soon be confirmed.
The secretary Of the interior has decided to
recommend that the nomination OF Mitchell to
be- register at Duluth be withdrawn, and has
ealled upon, Hon Knute Nelson to name some
one for appointment in his place. Mr.. Nelson
has recommended the appointments of p II
sWanstrom of Duluth. It was very doubtful
whether the nomination of Mitchell coniJ -
confirmed, 1t is said that the charges of fraud
in connection with the prescription law were
not got seriously regarded as an bjjection as they
did not appear to be sustained; but the secre,
tary Of the interior says thai his attention
had been called to q series Of articles prIlished
by Mitchell some yearstago, attacking Chris.
taanlty and using the most violent and indecen,
Language. These articles were shown ia soma
tors, and they declared Mitchell's nomination
ought not to be confirmed. @ -. :" = =
There died at Washington, on the 14th acol.
ofed woman which had obtained national rep
er with the late Thaddeus Stevens of Pen1,s i
vania Lydia Smith was the name Of the .1 Wo;a-
an. EhQ in her " ~.