Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-02
FROM WASHINGTON.
Interesting Items from the Nation
al Capital.

Pierson, of New York, has requested
permission of the postmaster-general
to employ forty additional substitute
letter-carriers. Nc boys have been Sc
lected by him as special delivery mes
sengers, it being the intention to en-
ploy the substitute carriers for that
service. He believes that this plan
will benefit the service, as The
substitute carriers will acquire
experience in the service and
may make better salaries, while
additional safety will be guaranteed in
the delivery of valuable registered let
ters by employing men instead of boys
as messengers.
Postmaster Hendrikooper, of Phila-
delphia, has sought to attain the same
end, although to do so he was, in
cases, compelled to class as boys men
between thirty and sixty years Of age.
Gen. bsalom Baird arrived here last
night from Chicago and to-day took
charge of the office of inspector gen.
eral of the army, to which position the
president appointed him a few days
ago.
Postmaster. General Villas has been
making a personal investigation of the
charge against Supt. Donovan, of the
free delivery division of the Chicago
~postofice, which Vas in effect that he
had accepted the presidency of a local
political organization. A letter had
been received from Mr.. Donovan,
in which he says that he
had no attention of violating the civil
service law, and would not have &C.
cepted the appointment if he had
known Of any objection on the part Of
the department. The postmaster-general
has about satisfied himself that MI.
Donovan has not been guilty Of any
offense against the law.
The president to-day appointed the
following United States attorneys !:
David 0. Finch, of Iowa, for the south
ern district of Iowa Fabius H. Bris-
bee, of North Carolina. for the eastern
district of North Carolina.
The president has, through the Sec
rotary of the treasury, asked Prof. A.
Agasiz to take the office of superin-
tendent of the coast and geodetic sur,
vey, vice Prof. Hilgard, resigned.
Secretary Manning to-day settled
the contract for repairing the revenue
steamer Crawford, at Baltimore,
by awarding it to the Columbia
Iron Works and Dry Dock
Company of that city, represented by
Mr.. Malster, at his bid of $4,000. An
interesting labor question is involved
in this action. Their bids were
maze for the work, that of
Mr.. Master being the lowest by
$4,000. A vigorous protest against
his receiving the contract was
made by the shipwrights and
calkers of Baltimore, on the ground
that he proposed to employ imported
cheap labor in executing the work.
In a memorial to Secretary Manning
on the subject they say the
award to Mr.. Master will be
a direct insult to honest Ameri-
can labor. and will be regarded as
an alliance on the part of the admins
tration with capital against the labor
ing classes. 1t was also argued
that by rejecting Masters bid the
government would secure better work
in quality more than sufficient to com
pensate for the difference in the bids
Archbishop Washes Advice to the
Priests Regarding the PARLIAMENT
tary Elections.
DUBLIN, Sept. 26.-ArchbishoI
Walsh bias sent circulars to the priests
in the various parishes throughout
Ireland, advising them in regard tC
the parliamentary elections campaign
He cautions them to beware Of sur
prises at coming conventions for nom
, mating candidates, to resist any at
tempts to stampede the conventions
Of any outside candidate. He especi.
ally advises them respecting the Wick
low convention to be held Monday
} October 5th., and warns them against
supporting other than tried men, and
/, directs them to oppose the overthrow
Of known for unknown candidates
The Archbishop also statss, if it il
necessary to cur this object, the
priests should endeavor to secure an
7 adjournment, and If this is not posi-
BILE, to withdraw from the convention
DR.. Walsh admits that he incurs
serious responsibility in taking rhic
step.
The Trouble at Rock Springs to be
Settled Without a Strike.
RAwLINs, Wy, Sept. 26-It i!
learned, from what is believed to be ar
official source, that there will be M
strike on the Union Pacific railroad
The reason given is that the knights
of Labor by organizing a strike would
practically endorse the killing of the
! Chinese at Rock Springs, so they have
+ determined to settle the trouble there
by more suitable means. The Chinese
, are all at work at Rock Springs mine
and considerable coal is being turned
out. A few white miners have &C.
cepted passes to other points. Those
remaining refuse to 60 to work. The
railroad company has, it is said, made
arrangements to import two hundred
Mormons from Utah tn tako thoiy