Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-17
Secretary Of War Gives
Gentle Hint to Employees.
Commissioner of Agriculture
Lays out Plans of OPP
erati0ls.
More Details of the st. Louis
Horrible Deed.
AnOther Blaze in Chicago.
Washington.
APPOINTMENT

WARRINGTON, April IA = Joseph
W. Nichols of Indianapolis was ap-
pointed law clerk of postoffiee depart-
ment.
President Cleveland appoints the
following postmasters:
T. NJ Householder, Nobleville Ind
J. S. Catherwood, Hooperstown, Ills.
Alex. Mckennon. CrooSSton, Mimi.
+. Il. Derbray, Clyde, kaS.
George II. Tracy, Wilbur, Neb.
TRANSIT OPEN.
Col. McCauley. commandant of the
Marine corps, received the following
telegram from Col. Haywood, dated
Panama, April 18th: Transit was
opened by the marine battalion in
camp at Panama station. All well. .
ORDER OF SECRETARY OF WAR.
WASHINGTON, April 14-Secretary
Endicott, issued the following eircu-
lar: In view of many complaints re
ceived on the subject it is hereby an
nounced TO the employees of the de
partment that they are expected to
pay their just debts, while the depart
ment will not permit itself to be used
as collection agency and declines to
take action in eases where Illegal iuS
terest is charged, or where the
Indebtedness was incurred before
the employe entered the service of the
department, neither will ii harbor any
one who contracts debts on the
strength of his official position, and
then without sufficient excuse neglects
to make payment, and generally it
may be saii that where n case
has been tried and judgment
rendered, il Eis too late to deny the
business or correctness OF the amount
Of Judgment Hereafter complaints
will be sent 20 the proper chiefs of
bureaus, who will be expected 10 take
such action as may be ut cessarv, and
if il should appear that the employe
is using his official position as shield
to avoid the pa a,yment of his debts, and
in violation of this circular, he will
be recommended for discharge.
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTUTE.
WASHINGTON, April IA Commits
sioner Colman practically began 10
discharge his official duties as com
missioner Of agriculture to-day. Ho
has already become familiar with the
general workings but will
give himself some time to study the
details of its machinery before formu-
lating any general plan of operations.
He will go to Boston the latter part of
next week to hear the opinions of
cattle importers and others interested
i'll the removal of tao cattle quaran~
tine froln Waltham to Littleton,
Mass.
An associated press reporter asked
the commissioner of agriculture to-
day for information respecting the
out break of plcura pneumonia in
Missouri. He said i'll reply that the
disease had thus far been confined
to single county and that
people of the state were acting ener-
getically and lnteiligently for its
eradication. Their great difficulty
was lack of funds, and he thought
that the legislature of Missouri ought
to be called together to make more
liberal provisions to meet this emer-
gency; but there was doubt whether
It's members had been educated up TO
The point of taking the only efficient
means possible for suppresslng this
scourge it was, he said, a fact that no
outbreak of this disease either in the
United States or abroad had ever been
suppressed without governmental ai5.
The bureau of the animal industry of
the department while tending invalu-
able services still lacked the power
under the former Interpretation of the
law to take steps which experlenc
proved to be most effective in cases of
This kind