The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-09-18
THE NEWS SUNNI RIzED,
WaShinGtO

"pP1".t ~ scrs filed in Washington tC
amount TO $4,000
ho nl0@"' .dcr II, Gambrill of Illinois has
y appointed chief Of a division in the
>and auditors office.
It appears that the order closing the in,
! terror department at 2 p. IN. eachday orig,
| mated with Secretary Kirkwood in 1891.
Coal for the use OF the national house o
representatives has been contracted Tor nj
S427 q tom. About 500 tons are needed.
The Chinese minister in Washington will
wait for an official report OF the ROCK
Springs massacre before demanding Tepard-
ton.
1t is understood at the state department
that the successor of John W. Foster, min
lister to Spain, will be appointed within the
next few days
The issue of standard silver dollars from
the mints during the week ended Sept. . was
$457, 291; during the corresponding period
last year, &34S, 497.
representative Sloan of Missouri was
the first congressman to appear at the
White House after the presidents return.
He has many constituents to supply in the
places.
The postofice department is now sending
to special delivery pOstotiCcst the messenger
books, record books and the forms reQuir-
cd for the employees, so that the system
may 60 into operation on October l.
Land Commissioner Sparks issues an
order modifying the former circular pre-
scribing the right OF railroad companies in
cutting timber from public land. The or
der is made with special reference 10 the
Northern Pacific.
The acting postmaster general has APP
pointed the following named fourth-class
postmasters: Oregon-Dayton, T. NJ.
Perry. Iowa-Le Grande, W. J. Flint; Ok
ford, Henry Nanderlip; Springville, Byron
H. Hopper; Adela, Samuel f. Carroll.
The Peruvian minister has an advertise,
ment in the paper" for a tin case containing
valuable papers from his government. II
wassent to this country by Lieut.. Dye, who
died on the way, and the case wa intrusted
to themails, and reached Washington to be
lost from a mail wagon while on the way to
the postOtice.
Indian Commissioner Atkins has received
a telegram from Capt. Lee, agent at the
Cheyenne and ArapahOe Indian reservation,
in which he states that 60, 600 cattle have
been driven off the reservation. About
10000 yet remain, but they are ali knowing
out with a single exception, where the own
er has not yet been able to secure another
ranch.
John Hoey. president OF the Adams Ex-
press company, had a conference with Sec
rotary Manning and Treasurer Jordan, in
regard to the transportation OF gold and
silver coin, which resulted in an agreement
that hereafter all such shipments shall be
made by the express company in accord
ance with the contract entered into by Sec
rotary Sherman. "
The accounting officers of the treasury
department, having notified Admiral Jouett
that $500 was deducted from his pay for
the dinner he gave to distinguished people
at the New Orleans exposition, are some
what surprised at receiving q note from the
admiral that under the law his pay can be
stopped only by the sentence of q court
martial. This is Il point which the fresh
controller overlooked.
United States Consul General Williams,
at Havana, was directed so see that Circilo
Pouble OF New York, who is at present in
Havana, has a fair and speedy trial. Pouble
rs a Cuban, but some years since became a
naturalized American. He recently return
ed to Cuba, as he says, on private business.
Immediately on his arrival he was seized
and imprisoned, on the charge of melting a
rebellion against Spain.
First Controller Durham stopped q
requisition to pay the salary for August OF
j. A. j.. Creswell, government counsel be-
fore the court of commissioners OF Ala
bama claims, until it is settled that there
is a balance due him. The first controller
takes the ground that Mr.. Creswell is not
entitled to a fixed salary Of $S, 900 per an
mum, but that sum is named as the limit
OF fees to be allowed him for the trial Of
cases. He says: The law organizing the
court says that the government counsel
would receive a reasonable compensation
for each case tried, and subsequent laws
limited such compensation to So, 900 per
annum. The court, however, neglected to
fix the amount of Il reasonable compen-
sation, " and has Illegally treated that item
as a fixed salary.