The Portland daily press., 1885-03-21
WASHINGTON.
a Gang of Counterfei,ers Broken

"A sSahg OF C0unterfeiteFs Rr0lken Up.
WASHINGTON, March 20.-The Treasury De-
partmenG is informed of an important arrest
of counterfeiters in Chicago last evening, and
the capture OF an exceptionally good counter
feitlng outfit. The persons arrested were Geo.
Kellogg, Osborne Kelton and Joseph S. Kel-
ton. They are charged with manufacturing
counterfeit silver coin, and particularly with
having put in circulation counterfeit 25 cent
silver piece, which is described as an excellent
Imitation. 1t is, however, defective in ring.
and its bullion value is one-half that of genuine
coin.
Nominations by the President
The President sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate to-day:
John ID. Y. Atkins of Tennessee to be COM
missioner of Indian affairs.
Orrln ID. Myrick of Massachusetts,, to be
second lieutenant of revenue marine.
secretary of State.
The Hazen Comrt Martial.
Judge Mackey, of counsel for Gen. Hazan
concluded his argument to-day on behalf of the
accused. Wv
The judge advocate occupied oply 10 roinntes
IN summing up. He claimed that all the
speclncauons In the chorges had unquestion-
aply oeen sustained by evidence, and it rested
with the court to decide whether the language
ased by the chief signal officer in his commpni
cations to the Secretary of War should be
construed as a breach of military discipline.
AAAO SOOAO kOoA d buDTI recess and then went
INTO secret session to consider the case.
The Treasury Department.
The Secretary of the Treasury has apnointsd
assistant secretaries Fairchild and Coon and
assistant Treasurer Graves commission with
Instructions to make an examination of tba
treasury Department with special reference IN
simphncatlon and improvement of methods of
doing business and to reduction and rearrange-
ment of the official and clerical force.
NOuiua fi0ns Gcu n .,,,aa
The Senate to-day confirmed the foIlovvino
nominations:
Martin v Montgomery of Michigan, to be
commissioner of patents
Milton j. Durham of Kentucky, to be first
comptroller of the treasury.
Malcom Hay of Pennsy lvania, to be first as.
sistant postmaster general
Joseph Il. Ryan of Nevada, to be coiner of
the mint at Carson City, New.
WIN: Garrard OF Nevada, to be superinten-
dent OF the mint at Carson CITY, New.
j. ID. Q. Atkins of Tennessee, to be commis
sioner of Indian affairs.
JAS. ID. Porter of Tennessee to be assistant
secretary of State.
The appropriations.
clerks to the Senate and House committees
on appropriations have prepared in tabrlar
form the history of the regular appronriation
bills passed during the last session of CONGRESS-
showing the amount appropriated by each bill
as reported to and as finally passed nv each
House. The total estimates for the fiscal wear
beginning July l, 1885, were $266 403, ,ISl; the
aggregate of appropriations as reported to the
Honse from its committee on appropriations
was $2l9, ,S43 ,8l5, but the aggregate was re-
Senate committee on APPROXIMATIONS Increased
the amount to 1928, ,403055, and the Senate
reduced il TO $221,l77 ,254. Conference com
mittees further reduced the aggregate to S215-
oil ,595. Miscellaneous appropriations amonnt-
ing TO $2, TT 648 were also made, bringing the
total of appropriations made for the support Of
the government during the next fiscal year D
to $217 $50 .243. Following are tho totals of tn
respective bills as they became laws: