The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-13
rHE NArIoNAL CAPITAL
....,a.rtt.l Appointments 1mpor'""'
Decision for Aliens.

...,. Time 1.-THE Presidentto TO-
WASnn~;ntaI William StapletOn OF
day appo ho melter of the United States
m1 M ouest;on having arisen whether an
-. coming into this country ana PaSaMe
a an sshead money shall in the future DC OK
I'M from ali further tax OF the klnd, oet-
.a4arv Manning referred the ma'.el ~
orney.Genera Garland. Ihe.e ~
General holds that the capl'a' yet no
ley;ed under the Immigration acU massen.
col'e eornss INTO the United States, under Ihe
g.. GER - Anc,st 8. 1882. The tax has hereto
sa "ro heen levied only on the first coming III
Of alien passengers.
A CABINET MEETiNG.
MI 70 h;ret meeting to-day was devoGeu
conaral discussion of the business De
&c fha several departments. lOne OF .ne e
n'ost;ons considered WAS in regard 10 tno
dd;.s+r;hmtion of the 100000 appropria!eu
snr Tho benefit of the American steamsrnP1
no ed in the foreign mail service. flna'
oaf;9n in this matter will be deferred until
alter the return OF Secretary Bayard;
The President to-day appointed ueorse
Wilson of Peoria, Ills, to ne CoiIec!oi VI
| Internal Revenue or the nun ulsCiioS
/ illinois. vice Howard Knowles suspeIoe ~
Fifty-three memorial STONES III e.,
Washington monument, which haVe iol
manv wears stored away nave
been selected to be placed on
the interior walls of the structure: Inc
| selected stones are those presented by !or
| eipn countries, the States and territories
| and Masonic, I. o. .. F. and temperate
| societies. They are to be placed on the
| walls between the heights OF ana Z4u
| feet. and are to be cut down to mn siaos
| four to six inches in thickness, and inserted
in cuts made in the wall so they Will ho'
| project.
TRYING TO MAKE THEM HONEST.
l. Among the number OF suggestions maot
| to the Secretary of the Treasury designed
| to prevent any repetition OF the recent de
| falcation at the New Orleans sub-treasury
| ia one which proposes to reduce the amount
| Of Government money at that point to
from about $1,000, 900 to $500 900, and
| to distribute it among the various Natlonal
| and State banks OF New Orleans, as depos
| it's upon their giving appropriate security
in Government bonds to be deposited IN
| the United States Treasury at Washington
| The plan as submitted to the Secretary re-
| fers only to New Orleans, although evidently
| the purpose of it's origiHators seem to con
| TEMPLATE it's extension to the other sub.
| treasures, if it should be adopted and
prove satisfactory at New Orleans. No &C
! ton has as yet been taken on this propsl
| ton or upon any other suggestions above
| referred to, out they are all under cOnsid'
GRAFTON.
MORE CONTRACTS.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs to
| day awarded contracts for furnishing bee
to the following named persons: For the
j Crow Creek agency, O $1,000 pounds at
$3.46 per 100 pounds, to Charles A. Weare
| of Chicago; for the Yankton School AND
| agency, 300, 900 pounds to A. Reyes Of
Yankton at 1857 and 800, 900 pounds to
| Charles A. Weare at 1857; forthe Rosebud
| agency, $500, 900 pounds at $3.50, to
| A. H. Swan Of Cheyenne; for the Pine Ridge
| agency, $4,000 pounds at $3.45S to
| Strang Brothers of Sioux City.
The Secretary of the Treasury formally
| announced to-day the adoption OF the
| distinctive features OF the paper to be used
for United States bank notes and certlfl-
Gates, recently recommended by the com
| mittee appointed to consider that subject,
The Secretary also calls attention to the
| law on the subject, which provides that any
| person who has unlawful possession OF any
| such distinctive paper shall be subject to a
| fine OF not more than S., 900, or imprison'
| ment at hard labor for not more than five
! years, or both. -.
The Secretary OF the Treasury to-day di
| rected that the purchase OF silver Dulho1
for coinage into standard silver dollars by
the Superintendent of the mints at Sal
Francisco and Carson City be discontinued
| after this date. The coinage OF standard
| silver dollars is to be confined to the Other
! mints.
HOW TO GET THERE
Since the incoming of the new Admins
tration the heads Of the various depart
ments nave received numerous applications
for office, without any specification as te
what particular office was desired, and to
day a letter was sent from the White House
in reply to a letter from a gentleman II
Philadelphia, who inquired as to the proper
method OF filing an application for office
The reply is OF interest to all seeking places
under the Government and is given to thu
press for publication. It says: "To secure
attention to an application for appoint
ment, the particular position should b.
! named. When this is done the papers art
filed in their proper department, and wher
| the matter OF appointment is to be deter
mined the name and brief of their endorse
ments are laid before the President by thu
| head OF the department."