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ground that The deceased officer was in a
Z tive service.
Secretary Manning has dismissed speei.
/ Agent J0llu Douglass. of II. Paul. He is
[ oToIleT-lD-laW of Senator Window an
when appointed was a minister of the 90;
pei in Montreal.
4 delegation Of Washington LAWYERS call
ed on the President and urged the apu0iDt
, ment of Leigh Robinson to the vacancy 81
the District bench created b. the retire
ment of Judge Wylie.
The President has made known his iuteu
non to send a California minister To China
Both factions of the democracy i'm the Gold
en- state have indorsed eX-Mavor NrCouDir
OF san Francisco Tor the position
About 100 clerks are engaged in countin
the moneys and securities in the Unite,
States Treasury at Washington. and il /
not expected that they Will complete III
work before the 18th inst.
The national debt, according to the oI,
FORM Of statement. decreased during Apri
by the sum OF S5,4d4 80. The coin held ii
the treasury Tor the cert ifcateS aetna In
outstanding IS S125. .334, go in gold an5
81 443. SO ia silver.
Exporters of bonded whisky are irving Il
secure the reversal of he recent Treasur'
/ Department ruling that goods returned q
/ Ihls country were not exported in goo,
faith and therefore are not entitled t,
TO Warehousing privileges nor the leakag,
allowance from the time they We're takel
out of bond.
II is understood that successor to AS
slStant AttOmey-GCneral McCammon. o
the Interior Department. has been selected
and that Mr.. Montgomery a san Francisc,
lawyer of prominence. is the man. Mr.
/ montgomery was ciassmate Of Attorney
| General Garland.
report was published recently that See
! retary Bay1Id is a chronic invalid and b,
ADVICE OF MS physician, never deVotes more
| tha4 three or four hours a day to ofliea
l. vafa frra-H h f4,+ Frr-- u.
! arts health is excellent and he is one OF
! the hardest and fastest workers in the Cab
| met
The President, following Mr. Lincoln's
! example, has chosen the Soldiers Home
| for has permanent summer residence. It is
/ lovely spot and within a half hours quiet
| drive of the Executive Mansion Miss
/ Cleveland VIII remain with her brother un-
I'll midsummer, when she viii make a short
| visit North.
The federal appointments made Eedpes-
! day include Charl L. Scott. of Alabama.
/ as minister resident i'm Venezuela: John r.
| bacon, OF South Carolina, as charge DAT
falTes to Paraguay, and John S. Williams,
| OF Indiana, to pe third auditor of the treas
/ ury department Robert f. WitherS OF
| Virginia, VII be consul at Hong Kong.
| The total issue of postage stamps.
| stamped envelopes, and poStal-cards dur
| ing Anrli aggregated 21L0, $50, as against
! 264. 645 200 during the CORRESPONDING month
/ y
| stamps issued showed an increase of 13-
| G0O,G00. while the issue Of pustaI-cardS fell
| on 00O00O, and stamped envelopes $780,
| 0J0.
| As an impression seems to prevail that
/ any person Is privileged 10 enter the COM
| petitive examination that is tp govern .he
/ appointment OF n0stuflice inspectors Post
| master-General Villas mas issued a circular
| stating that application blanks for this pur-
! pose Will not be furnished indlscriminateIy,
IN
| bly, recommended to the partment
The simu taneOus appearance on our
| coast of war-Ships of Russia and England
| has led to much discussion in diplomatic
| circles as to the responsibility OF neutrals,
| the question being whether the AdminiStra-
| ton should permit the cruisers Of either
| country to retit or procure additional arma-
| ments in American ports pending a settle
| ment of the present difficulty.
| The naval authorities at WASHINGTON are
! still ignorant of the reasons for the with
| drawaI OF the marines from Panama. They
| are more inclined than at FIRST however, 10
/ concede that the action must have been
| taken for good reasons. The fact that no
| further instructions have been asked or
| bulletins sent is accepted as an indication
| that Rear-Admiral JOuett is confident that
| ample provision has been made for the pro-
| lection of American interests.
| The President has appointed f. J. Hale,
| of North Carolina, to be United States
| shaw; John GoOde, of Virginia, to be
| SOlicitor-General. vice Samuel +. Phillips,
/ resigned, and William NJ. Merrick, of
| Maryland. to be an Associate-Justice of the
| Supreme Court of the District of Columbia,
vice Andrew Wylie, resigned.
| The trial of Dickson, the foreman of the
| start-route jury, who was charged with at
| tempted bribery, resulted in a verdict of
| not guilty. Immediately after his acqulttal
| Mr.. Dickson entered a suit against eX-At-
% hal Iaxl
| his damages at $50 000 and baslng his case
| on the alleged statement by the defendant
! that he sold the trial" of the star-route
| people.
Attorney-General Garland Friday sub
1 mitted to the President the papers of the
| fifteen applicants for the Chicago Marshall
! ship. Ii was reported that he had recon-
| mended the appointment of Capt. Marsh,
/ Sheriff OF OgIe County. but this the AttOT-
| ney-General denies. Oberly has requested
| the President not to consider his name, and
regards the contest as between McGarigle
| and dark horse. 0berly also declines the
| Indian Inspeetorship, and latest reports
mention him for the Collee' orship of Inter
nal Revenue for the Peoria district
Gen. Henry J. Hunt, retired, was Satur-
| day appointed Governor of the Soldiers
! Home at Washington, vice Col. Samuel ID.
| Sturgis, Seventh Cavalry, and Capt. Robert
| Catlin, retired, was appointed Deputy-Gov-
| ernOr, vice Capt. w. Lyman, Fifth Infantry.
| the officers relieved will join their respec-
| tive regiments. Army officials express
| themselves as pleased with the action of
1 the President in placing retired officers in
| charge of the home.
The President has appointed the follow
| ing collectors OF Internal revenue: COrne-
Illus Voorhees, for the Fourth district of Mis-
| souri,, vice David a. Stewart. resigned;
| John Whiteaker for the district of Oregon,
| vice John c. Cartwright suspended; ID.
| Frank Bradley for the district of South
Carolina, vice Ellery NJ. Brayton, suspend
ed; HambletOn 5. Shepperd Tor the Sixth
! district of Virginia vice William E. Craig
] suspended. He also appointed John Hob
/ son to be collector of customs for the dis
trict of Oregon, in the State of Oregon.
The Commissioner of Pensions has direct
ed the suspension at the Phlladelp phia
agency of 1O2 pensions, which have beer
drawn although the pensioners are dead,
| In some cases, the commissioner says, the
| persons in whose names the pensions wert
drawn have been dead since ISL He has
| also directed the suspension at the same
agency OF pensions TO seven widows wh(
remarked in 1881, but who have continued
to draw pensions ever since. The commits
sioner has asked the encouragement t
bring suit against the pension agent fol
money so unlawfuily disbursed.
| The force of American marines on duty
at Panama was Withdrawn Saturday night
apparently owing TO an agreement by Gen
Aizpurn TO protect property and lives III
was unable or unwilling to carry out NJ
promises, and the town at the present writ
| ing is reported in the hands of the rebels
Barricades were again erected in the street
and sharp iighting was anticipated. as th
regular Colombian troops were due to ar
rive at Panama during the night. Tn
President of the Central & South American
Telegraph Company has instructed hi
agents at Panama 10 demand protection
from the American contingent as righ
under existing treaties.
THE BRIGHTON RANCH MURDERS.
Senator Van Wyck has called the atten
ton of the President, the Secretary of tn
Interior and the Attorney General to til
| fact that several citizens OF Nebraska hav
recently been murdered in consequence o
their attempts 10 estaoilsh MONIES under N
public land laws within the inclosur
known as the Brighton ranch in Nebraska
| The Senator urges the administration [
take arbitrary measures under the author
tv of the anti-fen ing law to remove tn
fences and open the public lands to settle
| ment He thinks the slow and uncertain
processes of the courts do not meet the II
Quirements OF the case.
STAMP STATISTICS
In his report on the effect of reducing le;
| ter postage from 3 TO cents, Third ASsisi
| ant Postmaster General HaZen says.
L will only add that the results of 2-cen
postage have more than realized the mos
| Sanguine expecta ions of its warmest advo
| cafes. BY the act of March g. ISS5 the uni
Of weight on letters is increased from hal
an ounce to one ounce, TO take effect on tn
lSt of July next. and We shall then have i
this country literally the penny postage Q
! Great Britain: the unit OF welglt being or