The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-07-15
From HEADQUARTERS.
noiues on Tuesday at the
O'' National Capital.
uesREw CHARITIES MEETING
,,..ts the subsidy-Belgium and AZ
gbsnistan = Editor Jennings
After Hibbs-Cholera.
Capital CHIPS.

v,sH1yG7oN, July H.-Absenee fol
A,r- months on thessurgeon's certificate
Instability, with permission to leave
tbs United States, has been granted
Lieutenant Greedy.
The president has appointed Larnel
II Horrison of Cincinnati, government
director; 4; Of the Union Pacific Railway
Harrison is President of the First Ma
a iona Bank Of Cincinnati.
'S Tho Belgian government has extended
-, ;Uritation to this government to
a ~ delegates to the International Con
y ,Tta Of botany and horticulture. at
intwerp the LIST to the 10th of August.
The invitation has been referred to the
s1-1missioner on agriculture. AA
The annual report on the internal
commerce fo- 1885, prepared by Joseph
Nimms, Jr., late chief OF the bureau OF
statistics, was giYe1 N the press to-day.
Part first relates 10 the commercial, in
dustrial and transportation interests of
the Pacific Coast. The chapters are
devoted TO the grain feet of California,
the railroad problem" of California,
abe cereal and pastoral product and
salmon fisheries Of Oregon and Wash
ington Territory, and the improvement
Of the mouth Of the Columbia river.
Part two relates 10 the cotton and
mart three to the range and cattle bust
ness. The report is accompanied by
five maps.
The Postmsster-General has promul-
rated the following regarding leaves of
absence: Leave may be given any
clerk whose conduct and services have
been satisfactory, for such aportion of
thirty days as may remain after deduct
ing all days Of his absence for any cause,
whether sickness or otherwise, since the
first day of January. The chiefs of
iiyision will recommend granting leaves
N such order as shall interfere as little
IS possible with the performance of the
iuties of the division" Heretofore the
deductions referred to have not been
made. It is understood the same
rule Will be adopted in all
he executive departments. ~ s
William II. Stedman, who has been
Chief OF the NAVY pay division of
Fourth Auditors office, for twenty -one
years, resigned to-day. and James NJ
Wright OF Alabama was appointed il
his stead.
Morris f. Hooiihan of Tennessee has
been appointed chief of a. division il
The Office Of commissioner of customs
70 I'LL a vacancy.
a change has been made in the
manner Of purchasing silver by the
Treasury Department for coinage into
standard dollars. Offers for the sale of
silver for this purpose, hereafter. will
De made TO the Treasurer, instead of
the director OF the mint, and purchases
will be made on Tuesday and Friday. of
each week, instead Of Wednesday. The
change is stated to be for the purpose of
allowing the director to give his I'M
divided attention to the business of the
mint.
Judge Maynard, Second Comptroller
81 the Treasury has rendered a decision
that the naval officers who travel at the
government expense are not entitled to
mileage and that the mileage is allow
able only when they travel at their own
s1penSe. This is reversal of former
decision OF the officers and will result
IN saving the accounting government
several hundred thousand dollars annu-
The colored man, named Green, who
was the cause of the controversy be-
I yT Ex-Secretary Lincoln and Gen.
nazen, year ago, has turned up again.
~ mat time, Hazen declined to enlist
d ~ &c 4, IN the signal corps on the ground
maj tae regiments of cavalry and in
IanItry had been set apart from colored
SOLDIERS Tl put not the signal corps.
W.T. me PRESIDENT, to-day, appointed
, = Imam Joseph Bryant, of Schome,
t Washington Territory, Inspector OF
eulS at Puget Sound. and W. T. vii.
lam d White. of Washington Terri
tS iS To 70 pc enited States Attorney for
Tue IeFllSry of Washington.