The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-25
WASHINGTON NOTES.

THE Second Comptroller of the Treasury
has disallowed two claims of John Roach
for $50 ia for watching, care, towing and
plotting the monitor Roanoke from March
II, 1877, to September "a, 1888, and extra
work on the monitor Puritan.
SENATOR MORRILL, has introduced a bill
in the Senate to appropriate 100000 for
an extension of the executive mansion
south of the present structure, and of equal
and similar character.
THE resignation of Governor Murray, of
Utah, has been requested by Secretary La
mar.
THE President has sent the following
nominations to the Senate: William l..
Trenholm, Civil Service Commissioner,
South Carolina, to be Comptroller of the
Currency in place of Henry n. Cannon, re-
signed. John H. Oberly, of Illinois, to be
Civil Service Commissioner in the place Of
William L. Trenholm, nominated to be
Comptroller of the Currency. Charles Ly-
man. of Connecticut, now Chief Examiner
of the Civil Service Commission, to be
Civil Service Commissioner in place of
Dorman B. Eaton, resigned.
SECRETARY ENDICOTT has sent letter to
Secretary Manning asking that Second
Comptroller Maynard's action in regard to
General Hazen's signal service accounts be
disregarded for the balance of the present
fiscal year.
THE House Committee on Foreign Affairs
has decided by a vote of Z to to postpone
consideration of the Morrow Chinese bill
and to take up the Presidents message in
regard to indemnity for outrages on Chi
nese subjects in the West.
THE subcommittee of the Ways and
Means Committee has reported in favor of
abrogation of the Hawaiian sugar treaty.
This report, if adopted, would break up the
Spreckels sugar monopoly.
Mr.. TWEED, counsel for the Union Pacific
railroad, declared recently to the House
Committee on Pacific Roads that the COM
pany would turn over all its unsubsidized
lands and other assets if Congress would
extend the time within which their ir-
debtedness to the Government must be
paid.
THE House Committee on Public Lands
has agreed to report favorably upon the
bill to repeal the presumption, timber cul-
ture and desert land law.
THE Senate Committee on Claims, in its
report adverse to a private claim which
had been disallowed by the Southern
Claims Commission, on the ground of in
sufficient proof of loyalty of the claimant,
saws that there are nearly 1900 of these re-
jected claims, involving an amount of
more than S5O,OOO,OOO. The committee do
not deem it just or wise to open the door to
this flood of claims, when no substantial
or equitable reason is shown for so doing.
In the Congressional investigation of the
Western Union telegraph monopoly DR..
Norvin Green was forced to admit that the
company's charges for telegraph service in
Kansas was excessive.
THE House Ways and Means Committee
has acted favorably upon a bill to author
ize the establishment of export tobacco
manufactures, under regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury
THE Banking and Currency Committee
of the House had conference with Treas
urer Jordan at his residence in Washing.
ton. The principal subject of discussion
was as to the means of keeping silver in
circulation as long as possible. He favored
making the banks the circulating agency
instead of the Treasury.
TIE Cabinet at a recent meeting had un
der consideration the proposed abrogation
of the Hawaiian treaty.
TIE Senate recently confirmed Cornelius
VOORHEES,, of Missouri, Collector of Internal
Revenue, Fourth District of Missouri; John
Voessner, of Texas, Consul of the United
States at Saltillo; William c. Jones, Of
Kansas, Marshal of the United States fol
the District of Kansas; n. o. King, OF
Texas, Secretary of the Legation and Con
sui of the United States at Bogota: Briga
der General Alfred II. Terry, Major Gen
eral.
TIE President has approved the bill to in
crease the pensions of widows and depend
ent relatives of deceased soldiers and sail
ors.
THE House Committee on Commerce has
acted favorably upon the bill to establish
n Bureau of Public Health in the interior
Department, thus abolishing the National
Board of Health.
BRIGADIER GENERAL HOWARD has beer
nominated Major General by the President
10 succeed Major General Pope, retired.