Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-28
WASHINGTON.


ssilsstsr OF the Trea.mry.
WAsasGEos. Marsh Z7.-4oo. Hsnr,
.. Neal, Solicitor Of tas Treasury. b.
rendered hSs resignation. 20 take eff--,
9n the appointment u his s1ec~szo,
AJAX andsr MeG=e. Of BROOKLYN, Ny
las been tsudsresi il snd vii pro1abl,
D. nominate M0nasy.
MeCne - . lawyer Of high s.suiin,
-Td osen o. considerable means ri,
= - yesrs Of age sni hzz izzs retire
from she bench af the CITY Cont ~
Brooklyn. IL - understood that his
appointment was made ~ the instanc.
OF Assistant Seerstsry Fsirehild.
Probable NssnlnafIsn.,
/ he early adjoarnneut Of the S-n..,
prevented several nominations from
being Submitted. IL il anderst,od
however. that among them were III
aAnss OF General Joseph L johnson. OF
Ieial., 70 be Com missioner Of Rail.
roads, and Norman ] Coleman, Of Ms
so1Es, . b Commissioner Of A9ri~ul.
Iafe. coleman - resident Of st.
Louls, about % years Of sRs. and y A
Ter many years editor OF the Rssr1l
h~.''e, 40 agriculture. payer published
at 81. Louis.
S~arc~iy Probable.
wAsaISGroN. Marca 27.-MeDonald.
who was rendered the st. Pe.ersbarg
mission and refused IL, Is 20 succeed 10
the Post Ofdoe portfolio. II IL said that
Colonel Villas will lsays the Post ON u
Department on January /. ISs6, and re-
s3rns bis lav practice IN Wisconsin.
and thai be accepted the Catinet port
folio viih that understanding.
4 Coed Circular.
Commissioners Back today issued the
following circular;
To advance any one pension claim
oas 1t It's order - to retsre BY - mach
the adjustment of the thousand others
whish precede il IN th= order of filing.
To prevent the practice % fraudulent
imposltIons upon the Pension Offise it
- announced that no claims will be
made sp7ciAl-thsG il, taken out of
their order for expedition, unless such
reasons are shown in writing a. will, in
the iudgmsnt of the Comnissioe
warrant stieh action. The mere state
Dent of the claimants themselves. uu-
c1rrOborated by those If disinterested
persons will not be deemed sufFisient To
warrant sueh spsctai action"
The Cable Cat.
Information has been received at the
Department OF state thal the Central
and South American cable was cut on
Thursday BY one Of BaIFios' sympAthi-
zsrs. II Vas repaired Immediately by
tbs company.
seid AZ Auction.
The horses and carriages belonging
- The Interior ID ,pArtment were sold at
auction today. Fac Sesret4Fy's pair of
bays wers sold for $3ls. ard the large
double carriage for S,s0
In oHiee.
WASHINGTON. March 27.-Assjstant
secret iry of the Interior Muldrow.
Of Indian Affairs Atkins,
and Commissioner of the Land Offise
Sparks Quali6ed today. and entered up
IN the discharge Of their official duties.
The Oklahoma DIsturbets
Tue Critic says Secretary Eadicott
states that no orders have vet been il
saed 10 General Hatch 10 clear ont
OH ihoma. Ine Preside ats procl llama
ton ordered that all occupants Of
Oklahoma, whether settlers or cattle
men, shoald vacate. and = reasonab
time will be allowed them 10 comply.
In the event Of their failure 70 remove
the Interior Department will take steps
to fires the Perritery of all in:rudsrs
and If the assistance Of the army i re
quired it will be given.
offensive aud Defensive Alliance.
WASHINGTON. March 2T.-Informatipn
has been received at this city that on
tae 25ta inst. 8 treaty OF alliance, Of
tensive and defensive, vas formally
signed st san salvador between tie
Governments Of San Salvador. NtcaIa-
eGA and Costa Riea. Au alliance was
entered into by those States imme-
disteiy upon the announcement of
President Bsrrios' projected cOafedsra-
ton. bat the details of the plan of &C
ton for mutual defense we're not agreed
upon until the 25th. when the treaty xAs
signed. by the treaty Costa Risa
pledges herself to contribute 20 the
eomaoR defense for the present klOO
0l0 in money and 1000 sreo,-s. who are
now in Nicaragua "a roafe TO the seat Of
hostilities Nicaragua aQrees To fur
hish 100 troops, ana San Salvador her
entire available military force. Costa
Riea gives her aid to the alliance in
money rather thAn troops, because Of
her distance fron the border line Of San
Salvador, where the Gaaiemalan forces
sill seek 90 enter the territory Of the
allies. There u no railroad and no vay
for the troops 30 reach San Salvador
from Costa kica exo@ps by tedious
march of several hundred miles. By
the terms Of the treaty the President Of
San Salvador vii have direction Of
the operations againss Barrios for the