The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01

Senator Sabin saysh he has written no let.
ter ofAdvice to the president.
There is rumor in Washington that
the president will revoke Hayes Executive
Order No. l.
\ steam gun, to discharge glass grcnades
and extinguish fires, was successfully tested
in Washington.
The president appointcdJamcs F. Griffin
to be assistant appraiser OF merchandise
for the district oi New Orleans,
The report ia renewed that 4. NJ. Kelley,
the rejected diplomat, will be appointed
third assistant secretary OF state, in the
place OF Mr.. Adee.
Commissioner Eaton says Prof. Gregory
and Judge Thoman have also rendered
their designations. All three rendered them
last March to be accepted whenever tho
president saw fit.
.fi... Dostoliice department has been in
formed THAI Inspector Murphy has started
with lIibbs, the l~t:;,ulting postmaster of
I.cwist on, Idaho, and the stolen papers and
money recovered, for the United States.
The treasury department received $780,
900 in greenbacks which had been buried
BY il tRyu)er in Ohio who Would not trust
the banks or investments. They are mol
dv and halfrottsn, but can be redeemed.
Secretary Lamar, Who has been confined
to his house for the last few days with Il
severe attack OF infinenza, is REPORTED as
being somewhat better. His physicians,
while entertaining no apprehension Of seri-
o,s results, have urged the secretary not
to we the house for several days.
Vice President Hendricks being unable
to secure the appuiLt ment OF his candidate
for the position OF surgeoT of the marine
hospital service, has given upthe fight, and,
in order to prevent ex-senator Mcdonald
from securing the PLACE for his man, is ar
ranging that Dr.. Hamilton be- retained:
The secretary OF the treasury has cal|ed
for the resignation OF MARTINI l.: Nocrr as
chief OF the division OF captured and aban-
appointed from the District OF Columbia,
and is one OF the oldest employees in the
. servilc There arc no charges against him.
The secrct:+v; Of the treasury has direct
ed the suspension ~ George II. Sterling,
recently appointed weigher 81 tt;c New York
Gust ON house in place of Capt. Geofge =
Bacon, pending .N Investigation to be made
t,y the collector OF cus,.,;s OF all the cir
cl,mstagscs attending the chahsc in the Of
, flee. The aetioR OF the secretary is u.4Scd
on the information TINT the app ointment
is an improper one.
An appiieationl,a has been made 10 tho Get
ing second controller for the references to
the court OF GLAZING OF the claim OF JamesF.
Sanford which has been bciore the treasury
accounting officers in one shape or another
for about twenty years. The claim is Tor
adGitionSi compensation for the use OF
three OF han>i:;rl's vessels. the Boston,
Cosmopolitan anq Delaware, by the gov
eminent during the civil war:
Tie president has appointed Assistant
Inspector General IAbyu!,,m Baird to be in
spector general, to succeed uep. Nelson h:
Davis, retired on the goth inst, aId Capt:
Henry J. F;lrnsworth, Eighth cavalry to be
OF ma jor to fill the vacancy in the Inspector
generals department, caused by the retire
,nent OF Gen. Davis. The promotion ofGen.
Baird gives general satisfaction,
Congress has decided that Deputy Omaha,
who shot the American, Uardie, cannot
plead immunity from the ordinary judicial
proceedings on account OF his being mem
Der OF congress. He will therefore be tried
for murder before the judge OF the sectional
court. United States Minister ackson has
been active in procuring the establishment
OF legal proceedings. The American resi-
dents arc deslruua. OF the reappOint-
ment OF Consul General strothers.
1t is said that Mr.. Cleveland proposes to
remove soon +. j. Downe OF Oregon, vic
Was appointed United States district Judge
for Alaska. Downe is one OF the federal
judges appointed by this administration
and it was his appointment that led to the
publication OF the "Cincinnatj letters, I"
which Indignantly resented tbs s4dorse
ments made for Downe by leading Demo
Gratis, who knowing tho mans upfitness
never supposed he could get the place.