The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-06-25
From Washington.

Edward Camphausen consul at Naples,
Is q leading lawyer of Erie, Pa.
w. w. Carter, collector ofinternal revenue
for the South Indiana district, has resign
ed.
Postmaster General Villas says the presi-
dent wants to let the postmasters down
easy.
George w. Savage of New Jersey, consul
to Belfast, is a resident and prominent law
yer of Rahwayn.
It is said that the naval board will not
recommend either the acceptance or rejee-
ton Of the Dolphin.
The president will not go to the Soldiers
home at all, but will try to stand the
weather in the White House.
The ordnance bureau OF the navy depart
ment has received nearly all the forgipgs
necessary for the completion of the eight.
inch guns for the new cruisers.
The controller Of the currency has ap-
pointed Benjamin 9: w, Clark and Samuel
H. Taylor to be national bank examiners,
and has assigned the former to duty in New
York and the latter to duty in Indiana.
Judge Durham, first controller OF the
treasury, has approved the action OF First
Auditor Chenowith in refusing to pass GER
tain accounts of Mr.. Loring, late commits
sioper OF agriculture, for the purchase oil
seed amounting to $40, 800:
The Washington monument has cost in
materials and labor 81 SOC, 600, and there
are not wanting engineers who say that
there is imminent danger that the foun
datioas will. within a half-century, beground
to powder under tho tremendous weight Of
80 900 tons OF stone they bear:
Commissioner Coiman summoned to his
Office the entire force of the statistical
bureau Of the agricultural department.
aumbering twenty-one persons, of both
sexes, and announced that there would re-
main no 1uerey to pay their salaries after
the goth inst. they were all furloughed
without pay, from the goth inst. until the
lst OF July.
The following is an extract from g. dis
patch received at the ate department. from
United States Consul Haughw0ut, at Ma.
pies, in regard to the importation OF old
rags: feel that such importations are moi
free from danger and especially so when
that merchandise can be traced coming
from Naples, even indirectly. In this city
rags are stored iq those quarters where thu
cholera was most severe last year.
The president has appointed the follow
ing Collector Of customs A. Rich,
ardson, district OF Pamlico, N. c.; William
F!eHowland, district of Beaufort, N. c.;
William l.. Bancroft, district OF Port Huron,
Mich. A. l.. King, receiver of public moneys
at Harrison, Ark; Israel L:awton, superin.
tendent Of the San Francisco mint, succeed.
ing E. +. Burton. Lawton is a native Of
Albany, N. Y, and formerly surrogate oil
Albany county. He went to California
fourteen years ago. He was not u caqdi.
date.
The president has appointed the following.
named presidential postmasters: VIII. H.
H. McHgar, a. Cambridge, Ohio, vice D. D.
Taylor, suspended; William j. Whipple, Wi.
mona, Mimi, vice Daniel SINCLAIR, suspended;
Charles 0. McCreedy, at Ba1lston, N. Y,
vice E. I. Crosse, suspended; Daniel w. Krut.
shsr, at North Manchester, Ind, vice Shelby
Sexton. suspended; Ker Beyce, at Augusta,
Ga, vice w. F. Holden, suspended; Robert
p. Menefee, at Bozeman, Mont, vice E. c.
Anderson, suspended; Barren 8. Wassen, at
Laporte, Iowa, vice j. r. Stebbins, suspend.
ed. The postmasters at Winona, Mimi,
Osceola, Iowa, and Laporte City, Iowa,
North Manchester, Ind, Cambridge, Ohio
Augusta, Ca, and Ballstown, N. Y, were
suspended upon proofs OF acts of partisan.
ship while in Office. Their acts were of va
riOus kinds. Some were editors AZ we'll az
postmasters, and their newspapers, in some
cases since as well as before the election
had contained scurrilous and indecent at.
tacks upon the officers of the government
as we'll as malign44cy of political feelins
toward their adversaties generally.