The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-09-25
THE NEWS SUMMARIZED.
Washington Gossip.

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William A. Roberts OF Wisconsin has
been appointed special agent Of the land
office. aa.r ..'aA. @.rr
There are five vacancies Of chiefs Of divi-
sions in the registers Office at Washington
to be filed. il H. -.N. .."
Mrs. Mary. G. Kali is dismissed from a
treasury clerkship because she wrote an OF
~fensive partisan Republican campaign song
ut isesiimated that out oI the seven or
eight thousand voting clerksi in Washington
hardly one hundred viii go home to vote
this fall.
The presidents private secretary, Co..
Lamont, has been called to M~echanicsvliLe,
nay, by the severe illness Of one OF his
children.
The president appointed his brother-in'
law. NJ. r. Bacon of Toledo, to be the SUI
perintendent OF the new public building III
course OF erection in that city.
Ex-Speaker Randall says he will not be a
candidate Tor speaker OF thchOuse. "Ihad
q very pleasant time last winter on TIE
floor OF the house, he said.
President Cleveland declined to appoint
as postmaster at Augusta, Ca, the editor
of Il paper who published s~candalous artl-
cles regarding Mr.. Blaines marriage.
Commanders OF military posts in the de-
partmeut of the Platte are directed to see
that the presidents order regarding the re-
moyal of illegal fences is carried out.
The new granite building for the state,
war and navy departments at Washington
will be completed in about two years. 1t
has cost thus far 50, 600, 600, and it is the
largest structure in Washington.
I ~. L.. II -, p, IrSDT thp
factions on the silver question to a com
promise. Representative Warner, of Ohio,
proposes to make war IN the civil service
commission, and will divide his time be-
tween that duty and the silver question.
Ex-Congressman kasson Of Iowa, recent
Iy minister to Germany, is looking very
badly indeed, and his friends seriously fear
that ais condition is worse than he realizes.
He hopes TO get away from the ,!tv and
out upon the prairies in a few days, where
he will have new life put into him.
Considerable vexation is felt among Mil
waukee vinegar manufacturers on account
Of an order received from the commission
ers OF internal revenue at Washington. In
forming them that the presence OF Il cod IN
their vinegar mash tubs is contrary to
law, and that the coils will have to be. re-
moved.
In order that no ~pcecautiOn shall be neg,
lected to guard against the Introduction Of
smallpox into the United States from Cana
dian ports, the treasury department has
issued special instructions to the command
ing officers OF revenue cutters to speak al
vessels coming from infected ports and to
prevent the landing in the United States, Of
allthat do not show clean bills OF health
Sergeant-at-Arms OF the House Leedon
who was in charge Of the Holman IHdiaT
committee, says he believes Red Cloud tc
be a loafer and constitutional dead beat
who is the only one OF all the chiefs the
committee has visited that steadily refuses
to allow his children to attend school and
take on the ways OF civilization. Rec
Cloud tells his people that as long as the
Great Father knows that they are unable
to support themselves they viii be provided
with r~ations.
Secretary Lamar has directed tue com
missioner OF railroads, Gen. Joseph John
son, to send a letter to Charles Francis
Adams, president OF the Union Pacific, anC
to @ z. Huntington, president OF the Cen
trail Pacific, stating that the department
had been informed that their companies
had been for years paying a subsidy of 81,
100000 per annum to the Pacific Mai
Steamship company, and 'instructing then
to forward to the commissioner a copy o
the contract between their companies anC
the Pacific Mail; also to cease payment o
any money to the Pacific company unit
the matter could b. thoroughly investi
gated by the department.