The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-02-13
WASHINGTON.


January was SO, 42O,04a. The silver certd-
Gates afioat aggregate Sal, 10 ,10l.
The United States Supreme Court las adj
mitted to practice Mrs. Laura De f. Cor
don, of California. She Is the second wo-
man to receive that honor.
The Court of Claims has decided that up
to the end of 1881 the Union Pacific com.
pany owes the Government $2,7iS,GE, and
that the United States Il hound to pay the
same rates rs private paties for transporta-
ton.
1t has been decided by the House Com
mittee Oh Claims to report q bill providing
for the refunding of tho War tax imposed
by the Government on States and Territor-
les, and releasing tho Q States which yet
owe the tax.
An adverse report will be made by the
Civil-Service Reform Committee OH the bill
prohibiting the removal OF any h0nora0ly
discharged Union soldier, sailor, or marine,
or of the widow or dependent relative OF
such soldier, sailor, OF marine, except Tor
specified causes The bill is regarded by
the committee rs unconstitutional and i'll
eXpedient.
Secretary Chandler has ordered the
United States steamer Wachusett or the
Pacific squadron to proceed at once to Qua
yaQuil, Ecuador, for the protection of j. X.
Santos, naturalized citizen OF the United
States, who Is imprisoned for alleged COM
plicity In the recent rebellion and who Is in
danger Of being executed.
Secretary McCulloch regards the reduc-
ton of the public debt by. SIS, 600: 600 as very
fortunate, and calculated TO allay the APP
prehensiOns OF increased depression. In
his opinion 1t indicates that the greatest
depth was reached in the latter part OF De-
cember, and that the tendency in the public
revenues and in the business OF the country
Ia In an upward direction.
The River and Harbor bill is exciting un-
OnnOSitiOu nSnppinlIV nDrtiOn
1t relating to Eads, which practically Gre
ates him cngneer-in-chief of the entire
Mississippi River improvements. The pro-
posed Appropriation for the Galveston har-
Dor improvement is said to be almost who'll
ly for the benefit OF private corporation,
and it is believed that this feature will do
much toward defeating the bill.
1t is rumored in Washington that Swaim's
dismissal will be recommended by the
court-martial sitting In the case, and that in
the event of such proceeding President
Arthur will appoint Gen. Sharpe. OF New
that John Davis would like to be transfer
red from the Court OF Claims to this place,
and that IL such an appointment Is made
one of these two will receive it,
1t seems that Campbell, the stOckman
who is at present herding 500, 900 cattle on
the Oklahoma lands, is there without per-
mission. Secretary Teller says that Camp
bells cattle being ordered out OF the Chey-
enne and ArapahOe Reservations, he was
given permission to drive them through the
Oklahoma tract. lie was not however, al
lowed to stay there.
Representatives of the Minneapolis news
papers, after years unavalling effort to
induce the department to abandon the fast
mail trains, have succeeded in securing the
insertion of clause in the POSt-Office APP
preparation bill which, IL enacted, will rem
der IL impossible for persons living between
NI.f N1Is
ritory beyond to receive the Chicago morn
Ing papers as they do now.
An appropriation of $50, 253, 200 Is recon-
mended by the POst-Ot1ice bill rs cOmplet-
ed by the House Appropriation Committee.
The estimates prepared by the POst-Oflice
Department amounted to $50, 009, 100. The
chief items are compensation OF Postmas-
tiers, $l2, 800, COO; compensation of clerks in
post-Offices, SIS, 100000; free-delivery sys-
tenn, "a, 100000; railroad transportation,
SIS, :65, 600; star routes, SIS, 700, 900; railway
post-office clerks, "a, 4S2OO0.
An adverse report has been rendered by
the subcommittee of the House Foreign
calling upon the Secretary of State for in
formation relative to the possible connec-
ton of American citizens with the recent
dynamite OutrageS in London. The sub
committee held that the adoption of such
resolutions would amount to an acknOwl-
edgment that citizens of the United States
were parties to conspiracy against Eli
gland.
President Arthur sent to the House
message laying before Congress the offer
made by Mrs. Grant to give 10 the Govern
meRt the swords and other testimonials,
military and civil, which lately belonged to
her husband. These mementOs were given
i'm trust to Mrs. Grant by Mr.. Vanderbilt OH
condition that at the death of Gen. Grant,
or sooner they should become the property
of the United States. In his message the
President pertinently suggests the Obliga-
tcn which rests upon Congress of placing
Gen. Grant OH the army retired list.
The Military Committee has withdrawn
its recommendation to provide for an AS
sistant Signal-Servlce Officer, with the rank
and pay Of Colonel, the place thus created
being intended for Lieut. Greedy. The ac-
ton of the Committee is said to be due to
certain facts which have recently come out
in regard to the Greedy Arctic expedition.
The contents of some of the diaries brought
back from the expedition are said to give
strong ground for the belief that three, II
not four, of the party were shot for food ;
and that Greely's Obstlnacy was response
BILE for the disasters viii III subsequently be-
fell.
President Arthur has ut to the Senate q
letter from Secretary Tel Il which defines
the views Of the Executive in regard TO the
Oklahoma question. The Secretary says
that 1t Is to be expected that the Oklahoma
territory will continue to DO source Of
trouble so long as the present conditions
exist. While all contracts made bv the
Government with the Indians should be
held inviolate, those which are unjust and
unfair to both whites and Indians ought to
be mOdlned by LEGISLATIVE ac.lOl. III Is not
beneficial to the Indians TO have milljn Of
acres of valuable land remain unoccupicd,
and there is q general sentm,'nt that these
lands should not be withheld from settle
ment. Every yeaIehe difficulty of keeping
them vacant will increase. 1t ism the pow
er of the Government to alter the treaties
with the consent of the Indians and to open
In this manner the coveted territory to co..
Onization.
CONGRESSIONAL.