Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-03
WASHINGTON,

Although the excess Of the assets.o o. the
United States Treasury Over demand lie
bilities exceeds Sl37, 000, 900, no bond call is
to be made at Present.
A compilation completed by the Bureau
o. %o Sfat ISL es sl' o|% , that the United States
the Spanish treaty were ratified.
1t IS suggested that tile m:nner. in which
the. Swain court-maltlal Is b.ing prolonged
IS due 10 tile attractions which Washington
society possesses for the officers who COM
pose the court.
that there Is Q, disposition on the part Of
banks and Individuals throughout the coun-
try to hoard legal-tender notes In prefer
ence to silver certificates.
some excitement has been caused in DO
nee circles at Washington by an attempt to
break up 9 d~isreputable establishment. in
which q United States Senator was report
Ell to be a regular lodger.
Frank llurd, of Tol do, o., intends to
contest the election, to Congress of Jacob
Komeis from t,lat district OH the ground, as
1t Is saia, that R i'm is has never been nat
uralIzed and Is Ineligible.
Friends OF the late Secretary, Folger say
That they will oppose Mr.. Evarts' candidacy
TOR the New York Srnatorship b cause
Evarts declined %tosupport Folger in his
contest for the Governorsliip of New York.
Sergeant Hol north, of the signal service,
WIN was FccenC!y SEM 10 NeDraSka Dv Sec
retary LinGdln insearch, Of Captain How
gat,', is to be coart-martialed on charge Of
Greedy.
1t is said that the House Appropriations
Committee will disregard the Naval bill
Just passed by the Senate, and will frame a
regular pill for the next fisral year. If the
Senate does pot accept this an extra SEES
sion OF C2nyre s will be unavoidable.
In a.! probability Mr.. Vests inquiry con-
cernlllg, the Nicaragua surveying Varty will
pc voted Iown II the Senate. It is thought
permitted the expedition to start had lie not
would fail.
One of the earliest subjects to be consld-
ered upon the reasserhbling OF the Senate
Viii be the question Of discussing the Span
A lsi6 sihsa So;m IN HRee s %SitS has rb bse R9 ss/|6.
pretty evenly divided concerning it.
An extra session of Congress is thought
not unlikely, in view OF the fact that the
business before II can hardly be finished
as seems likely, tile two Houses disagreo
irreconcilably on the Naval Appropriation
bill an extra session will be unavoidable.
Colonel Chester, the oc%togenarlan who
served Tennessee In the aracity of mes
senger to deliver the electora! vote, is de-
uAiiO Va t'iAo Why Wy buc hcClutllLdl luClOSs
ure OF ms commission In the official enve-
lope containing the returns. No one will
consent to the breaking of the seal.
Secretary Chandler IS said to have in
formed Congressman Randall that the ap.
1ropriations contemplated by the Senate
embarrass the service. 1t Is reported that
the House will regard the Secretary's OBJ
1ectlons as a good excuse for refusing to
pass the bill.
In its supplementary report transmitted
to the Senate by the G~ull-Foundry Board
the opinion is expressed that two gum
foundries should be established-one forthe
army and one for the navy-ata cost of ST.
OOO, UO each. The report also recommends
an appropriation OF $15, 000, 900 for the pur-
chase of >teel.s
ln reply to an inquiry from a resident of
Indian Territory, the secretary Of the in
terror has written as follows: "There is no
land within the boundaries of Indian Ter
ritory subject to settlement. Settlers who
time and money"
While the Senate was In executive ses-
! sion Wednesday Mr.. Edmunds announced
! that t e El ct0ral vote of several States had
not been received, and requested that the
Governors of the delinquent States be notl-
fied that the period for receiving the official
returns of the late Presidential election ex-
pireS next Wednesday,.
Having come to the conclusion that Con-
gress is no: likely to increase the insufi-
Client appropriations already made for the
erection Of some forty public buildings in
Arch. tect Boil has given notice that lie will
at once proceed with the erection Of such
cheap and u unsatisfactory buildings as the
money at his command will allow.
Secretary MeCulloch has obtained from
the Encouragement and the solicltor-gen-
1 atsCI NnjninilS fNOf Nn f1,n E1;,,- 70 -. .-
tation bond there is no reason why distilled
spirits may not be permitted to remain in
government warehouses for Il reasonable
period after the expiration Of three years.
This will affect, for pertains nine months,
the taxes on 2,,OOO,O 90 gallons OF whisky.
John r. Mclean. of the Cincinnati In.
Quirer, says that Mr.. Cleveland is in line
with his party and proposes to act with 1t.
Mr.. Cleveland told him that he had not
prom sell any man a place In his Cabinet.
MI. Mclean thought t ,al Garland, Bayard,
Villas, OF Wisconsin. and Whitney, o. New
YORK, would all b, among the new Prest-
dents advisers.
The r,ver and harbor committee OF the
House OF Representatives has decided to
recommend all appropriation Of $35O, 900 to
complete the improvement ut the Tennes-
see river and 1t is expected that a year
hence Navigation will b. opened fr,m
KnoXv:lle 10 the mouth. A, revolution in
the iron trade is predicted when. the depus-
its Of Or. and coal along tie river can be
reached by boats.
Secretary Frelinghuysen has sent to the
Senate Committee OH Foreign Relations q
letter stating that the neyo iation of the
aice with a pol Icy which had received con-
gressional sanction. He declares that there
is no thought Of the annexation of Cuba,
but that the treaty will give us all the ben.
ehts OF such absorption. He then argues
i aV1tnat fhn OhippfinnS nf fIA ontor anvil ~
ba"co interests.
o hundred claims have already been
fav0rably considered by the Treasury De-
partlnent at Washington under the recent
Court OF Claims decision allowing naval Of
breTs tIsy %iInsSs IN Europe Pc s on ,G; 9v IT n 1'alt
travelling expenses. Some of the claims
date back forty years, and Congress will be
called nilon, to appropriate $500, 700 to pay
those already allowed.
An appropriation Of 81, 900, 900 for sea-
coast defensrs will be recommended to the
House this year by tn. Committee ON Forti-
hcations. The committee does not concur
In The recommendations of the Naval Ord
nance Foundry Board, which suggested the
establishment OF gun-foundries BY the Gov
to investigate the manufacture Of steel can-
non Is engaged III the preparation of an
i'elabOrate report.
George y. Rose, a MINOR official of the
treasury, Department, was originally given
a clerkshiu by General Garfield. For thir-
sr'ssman as private secretary, devotlng Ills
evenings to ~stenographic work, receiving
no compensation, and being dismissed from
ms extra !aoors ten days before Garfield's
Inauguration. In attempting. recently to
TOR his services, lie discovered that General
Swain claimed to have taken from him q
receipt In full, the. consideration being $3.50,