The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-04-10
WASHINGTON NOTES.

AMONG the nominations sent in to the
Senate on the 31st We're the following: En-
voys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipo-
Tertiary of the United States-William NJ.
Roberts, of New York, to Chilli; Charles
w. B. Black, of Kentucky, to Peru; Charles
1. Russell, of Connecticut, Consul at Liver
pool, England; Henry G. Pearson, POST
master at New York; Norman j. Colman,
of Missouri, Commissioner of Agriculture.
THE force of the Bureau of Printing and
Engraving has been reduced to ninety two
men, Congress having failed to appro-
pirate the money needed to increase the
quantity of notes furnished for redemp-
tion and exchange.
AT caucus of Republican Senators at
Washington recently decision was reach
ed to resist removals from offices which
have a fixed tenure by law, except for
cause, until the expirai ion of the term.
A. LEO KNOTT, of Maryland, has teen
nominated Second Assistant Postmaster
General.
Office, has made an order that no cases
heretofore made special shall be acted upon
until they have been reached in the regular
order of examination. This order does not
include cases already approved for patent,
and in such cases patents may issue.
SECRETARY MANNING has instructed the
Superintendent of the mint at Carson City,
New, to cease the coinage of money after
July l, and reduce his force accordingly.
THE public debt statement for March was
increased by the Pacific Railroad bonds
and accrued interest about $50 300, GOO.
The statement proper showed a decrease
of $751;
COMMISSIONER BLACK, of the Pension
Office, has issued a circular warning his
subordinates to keep q sharp lookout for
frauds
THE United States steamer Dispatch will
join the flagship Tennessee in the West
Indies, subject to orders to sail for Aspin-
wall. About forty-fiv marines and all the
officers of the Marine Guards at the Wash
ington navy yard are under orders for As
pinwall.
NAVAL officers were volunteering their
services at Washington for the Panama
expedition. The navy yards were in great
activity fitting up munitions of war. At a
cabinet council it was fully resolved to
pEoUeCV american interests at Uue lStQnuS,
and to reopen the transit, which was re-
ported closed.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has de-
cided, on the petition of j. James, a China:
man residing in this country, who had en-
braced the Christian religion, for permits
sion to bring his wife, living in China, to
this country, that under recent ruling of
the United States Circuit Court of Califor-
mia she can not be allowed to land.
HoN. NICHOLAS BELL, Superintendent of
Foreign Mails, said recently that no
changes would be made in clerkships in
his Office. The nature of the work required
every clerk to be well acquainted with
foreign languages and the routine was
such that almost lifetime was required to
become thoroughly acquainted with the
work.
THE total number of nominations sent to
the Senate by President Cleveland was 113.
OF these 159 were confirmed, two rejected
and twelve left Enacted upon by the Senate.
HoN. N. j. CcEMAN qualified at Washing
ton as Commissioner of Agriculture, and
took formal possession of the Office. He
gave bond in s., 900. -