The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-30
AMERICAN EVENTS.
Washington News-Decrease In In
ternal Revenue Receipts-Slogger
Sullivan's Divorce Case.
. Bark Sunk in a Collision-The
Salvation Army to the Front
in Canada.

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-Secretary Endi-
colt, president OF the board recently APP
pointed to examine and report upon the
defenses and notifications OF the United
States, has called a meeting OF the board,
to be held at the War Department on June
3D..
The President will leave Washington for
New York tomorrow night, and be accom-
panied by Secretaries Whitney, and Endl-
colt and Postmaster-General Villas, and by
Secretary Lamar, in case his health Will
permit. The party expects to return on
Sunday.
Secretary Lamar is still unable to attend
to his duties.
The President to-day commissioned
Charles Il. kress postmaster at lewiston,
Idaho.
The attorneys for certain postmasters
have complained to Postmaster General
Villas that the construction placed by Post
master General Gresham upon the act OF
March 3, 1888, providing for the %re-adjust-
ment OF the salaries Of postmasters OF the
third and fourth classes, was arbitrary
and extremely unjust to postmasters in
whose behalf the act was passed. Assist
ant Acknowledgement Bryant OF the Post
office Department has carefully examined
the complicated statutes bearing upOn this
VI dIiSi az lIV ICrUl ~ lis ICHoIU liC
POstmaster-General has decided that while,
the matter Of the. construction is not free
from doubt, and he is not absolutely sure
that the construction Of POstmaSter-Gen-
eral Greshem was right in the premises, yet
the rule having been followed for two years
and something over 5000. 900 having been
appropriated by Congress for the payment
of salaries on that basis, he does not deem
it proper on the strength Of his own individ-
ual opinion, even if it were adverse to a
change OF that ruling. The remedy Of the
claimants was through the courts or by an
additional Congressional enactment.
There was IL full attendance ut the
Cabinet meeting to-day, including. Secre-
t;lry Lamar, who has partially recovered
from his recent attack OF sickness. The
question OF authorizing the continuance OF
the WOrld's Exposition at New Orleans was
again considered. The result was shown
in IA telegram sent by the President to
Senator Gibson late ia the day, OF which
the following is a copy: "The question of
re-opening the Exposition has been rom
sidered by the Cabinet and they are unani-
mOusly of the opinion that there is no
warrant OF law for it, and that it would be
ineXpedient on other grounds
-Four additional crypts, making nine in
all, have recently been fitted upbencath the
rotunda OF the Capitol and assigned to
Librarian Spofford Tor the use of the Con-
gression Library. The crowded condition
tie library has not, however, been ma
'nsriitted, for the increase in the
amount OF material requiring shelf-room or
storage has much more than kept pace
with the additional space provided. 1t is
probable that some subterranean apart
ments to be created by the substitution Of
architectural for earth terraces, will be
utilized for the Sf0r1U nj hooks Devices
of the kind, while afforting temporary re-
lief, are mostly make-shifts. The library
has more thar twice outgrown its original
accommodations. 1t contains nearly $780,
600 bound volumes, 300, 200 pieces of
music, nearly 200 900 pamphlets and be-
tween 100000 and 100000 specimens Of
the graphic art.