The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-28
SUMMARY or NEWS OF TnE WEEK.
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MAJ .Newseh's chances for the Calcutta
/ sss g are said q be good. Is
Fred Douglass thinks II necessary % teny
mat he has rented pew ID Cleveland E church
The secretary Of the treasury has received /
conscience contribution Of 400 from Chicago
Tho census Of Washington is about comhplet-
Cd and shows = population of 2o4, 500.
f: A Switzler Of st. Louis, has been Appoint
cd chief Of tho bureau Of statistics Of the treas
ury department. vice Joseph Nimmo, Jr., re-
signed, by rsquest ''~'.~ ''''
the ordnance board has recommended The
construction by the government of huge war
balloon, to eest $4,000 1t will be1S5 feet
long and Sixty in diameter, in shape like =
eyer and propelled by compressed air.
Tho secretary Of tho navy is considering the
advisability Of appointing board 10 inSesti-
gate the expenditures for the repair, Of the
United Steamer Mohican, at the Wards Island
navy yad The cost Of these repairs AnhodA.-
ed % about 100000
The commissioner 1t psnsions has recon-
mended for Dismissal the special examiner of
bis once, for falsifying his daily reports and
one OF his accounts which the examineft are
required to render monthly fet ttu reimburse
ment Of Official expenditures.
Proposalt eor postoftice department envel-
opes chow that on official envelopes the lowest
bid was about one third the price paid last
yearfor the same envelope, while the lowest
bid on registered envelopes is Abcwt thirty per
cent. less than last years fiiices The total
number Of pcateAce envelopes used last year
was over thirty millions.
The grand jury of the criminal court re-
turned five new indictments againstG A. Whit
taker and six against John W. Drew ard Daniel
COrrlgan for presenting false vouchaYH On the
navy department. The indictments are based
upon bills presented 10 the bureau Of medicine
s an surgery, navy department, from MaS, 1882,
% October, 1883, and amounting u 10000
Tho treasury department has purchased Cog, :
goo ounces ef Silver bullion for delivery At thu
New Orleans and Philadelphia mihts, for the
coinage of silver dollars. The price was one
and one-fourth CENTS per ounce lower than the
loves tratio feed by bidders recently. The
weekly Purchase lie in the hands of . commits
sien, consisting Of Assistant Secretary Fair
child, Mr.: Burchard, director of the mint and
Treasurer Jordan
The president made The following appoint
ments: 10 be Collectors of Internal Revenue
William Z. Simpson, Second district of Iowa ;
~ lou W. "eDster, 1nlfu ulSCrlCC or Iowa
Collectors of Customs-Robert C. Hunter, dis
trict Of Tappahannock, Va: Surveyor of Gus
toms-Daniel o. Barr, district of Plttsburs,
Pa. Attorneys of the United Statos-- Henry g.
Allen, West district Of Virginia; C. p Black
East district of Michigan
The president appointed D. v. Cleary to 10
postmaster at Albany, N. Y, vice W. H. Craig,
commission expired; also the following presi-
dental noAtNAaafe "a. r. W Ea1dwall ws~
renton, Pa, vice William A. Pattie, suspended;
William H. Ritenour. Harrisburg, vice James
Sullivan, .suspended; John A. Warner, Lex
ington, Va, vice c. E.. Devar, sus-
pended;. A >, P: Bibb, University Of Viz
gina, vice r. H. Fife, suspended; Bruce
Gibson, Winchester, vice J. H: Dean, suspend
ed; John F. Dean, atTerre Haute, Ind, vice
J. F. Jones, commission expired. The follow
ing explanation is offered for the removals and
suspensions: The suspensions were made in
the exercise Of the presidential power of re-
moval and those removed were partisans of
such kind that satisfied the president that
they ought not to continue in Office under this
administration.