The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-06
Washington GOSSIP

President Cleveland is able to repeat from
memory the entire Shorter Presbyterian
catechism.
The superintendent OF Yellowstone Park
asks for an appropriation OF $3.50, 900 for
next year.
William E. Smith, lawyer Of New York
has been appointed assistant secretary OF
the treasury.
The gold and silver coinage last wear was
$94, ,S3O,97G, against $97,965, ,i54 the
previous year.
Secretary Manning has ordered the door.
keepers in the treasury to admit no women
into his presence.
!. B. Cartwell, a grandson Of Patrick
Henry, was sentenced to the workhouse in
Washington for drunkenness.
Mr.. Smith 10 a lawyer, about forty years
of age, and lives at Plattsburg, with an Of
flee in New York city. He has l,cen leader
OF what is known as the Young Democracy.
DR.. Hecnan Of Morris has been appointed
consul at Odessa to succeed George Scott
OF Nebraska, who was appointed year
ngo last July. The place is worth $4,000
IL year and there is a vice consul to do all
the work.
The administration will take very pos
tive ground upon the financial question.
Mr.. Jordan and Mr.. Manning will recom-
mend in their reports the suspension of the
silver coinage. The president will endorse
their views.
John G. Chandler, receiver at the Yank.
ton land Office, sent his resignation to
Lamar. Mr.. Chandler has started a daily
paper in Yankton, and finds journalism
incompatible with his duties as a govern.
mcnt official.
Lost t,u<~ a.
1000 have been deposited in the treasury
department as the result Of fines paid by
the MOrmOns under sentence Of the courts
in Utah. They have varied from $3.50 to
$500 in each case, and are officially de.
scribed as fines for unlawful cohubitation.
The chief Of the bureau of statistics re.
port 27,OS1 emigrants arrived in this
country, exclusive OF Canada and Mexico,
during September, against 33,395 in Sep
tember, 1854, and 26S, 1876 for the first
nine months OF this year, against 1896, ,449
Tor the corresponding period last year; q
decrease OF 65, ,631.
Gen. Hazen reviews ut great length the
report Of Lieut.. Greedy and comments up
~, his officers and men, for the skill and
bravery with which they discharged their
duties and bore their sufferings and pro-
nOunces the results OF the expiditiOn high.
ly valuable to the service.
The annual report Of Gen. Bcnet, chief OF
ordinance, U, S. A., is made public. Itsays:
The total expenditures OF the bureau dur
ing the fiscal year ended June 3O 1885,
were 81 1871 ,G74. During the year 40. .657
rifles, carbines and shotguns have been
manufactured at the national armory.
The increased interest IN the regular army
in target firing and its results are referred
to.
Senator Mcmillan has interfered in be-
NJ. Campbell's notification disappointment,
which is already made out, still lies in Mr..
Garland's pigeon hole. Senator Mcmillan
saysi in his telegram to the president: 81
know Marshal Denny to he a faithful,
capable official, and only asked that he be
retained until his commission expires"
Denney's term is out Feb. 20, 1886.
The circumstances which led to the rfsig-
nation ofDeputy Commissioner OF Pensions
Louis c. Bartlett Of Bingampton, n. Y. are
peculiarly pitiable. Mr.. Bartlett is
New York Avenue church, and OF Gen.
Bartlett OF New York, who was recently a
candidate for United States marshal for
the Southern district Of the state.
The second controller OF the treasury, in
considering the accOunts OF Pay Director
Gilman, U. 8. n, has decided that the pay.
ment Of 81 ,744 to Austin p. Brown, on
May 27, 1884. for eighty barrels OF pork
delivered to the bureau Of provisions and
clothing Of the navy department, under IL
contract. is illegal. and he adds that Mr.
Gilman is responsible for this sum. He
holds that the additional sum OF 81, III,
being the go per cent reservation paid on
the contract. was also illegal.
Bartlett was an old and near friend OF
President Cleveland's. He was an old
soldier and was badly wounded, being
shot through the left lung. His wound
troubles him, and q few months ago he was
told that he could not expect to live long,
and to prolong his life he should take
moderate amount OF stimulnnts three
times day. He began to drink intemper.
ately. For two months past lie has been
more or less under the influence OF liquor
and incapacitated from performing the du
ties OF his office.
The president is determined that the
White House shall not be a lounging place
where politicians may gather to exchange
gossip and anecdote to the interruption Of
the public business. 1t is the practice Of
certain class Of public men to sauntcr in
with group Of friends whom they expect
the president to entertain. Some politi.
clans do this by design. They show by this
means their intimacy and influence ut the