Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-05

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Carolina. for the Indians of the Pueblo agency,
New Mexico; Elmer A. Howard, OF Iowa, for
a1s the rns ia
ney Tor the territory of New Mexico; Auguste
Alers. to be special examiner OF drugs, medi-
be receivers OF public moneys-Bradley N.
Thompson, at East Saginaw, Mich: Thomas B.
Davis: Davis: At : Lincoln, Ne6: 3. 9. bradford 70 be-
Guiding James NJ. Matthews. Ellicott City, Md.
tions; also, Cornelius " c. = Watts T to be attorney
Tor the district OF West Virginia; Edward Young.
Of the District Of Columbia, consul at Windsor.
d. Alene, Idaho; Allen Wood, receiver at Susan
Vile, Cal; r. j. Mott to be register at Denver,
Col Col. = A. Parsons, Of MARYLAND to be principal
tory: Joseph Holman, OF Nebraska, to be agent
Anderson, OF Kentucky, agent at Craw Creek
and Lower Brule
THR NOMINATION OF COLLECTOR BEECHER
WITHDRAWN.
The President has withdrawn the nomination
of Captain II. A. Beecher for collector of Gus
toms at Port Townsend, Washington territory,
and OF w. A. Selkirk for register of lands at
Sacramento, Cal. In spite of an adverse report
from the commerce committee the friends Of
Capt. Beecher made a fight for him in the
vote after the arguments had been permitted.
1t would seem that they concluded that q vote
WOulO result IN reJcCIlOn ana OeclQe0 10 pre-.
vent That by having the name Withdrawn.
THE SURPLUS RESOLUTION PASSED.
The conference report on the Treasury surplus
resolution was yesterday adopted by both
houses OF Congress. 1t fixes the limit of the
surplus at 500. .OOO, ,OOO but allows a working
surplus In addition OF $50 900, 600, and author.
emergency by the President and Secretary of
the Treasury. The provision relating to the
redemption OF trade dollars was stricken out.
The Cutting resolution reported from the
foreign affairs committee was discussed in the
House yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Hit, who
signed the report of the committee, announced
that since then he had changed his mind, and
, he vigorously opposed the adoption Of the reso-
tary Bayard's demand was not defiant, but was
very humble, and he intimated that it looked
there Was Greater Vn noWer ianorina % our rights
with impunity. Messrs. Blount, Grain and King
defended the resolution, and Mr.. Belmont ex-
pressed surprise at Mr.. Hits change of front.
The House adjourned before action was taken.
A NOMINATION GOES OVER WITHOUT ACTION.
TIE Senate decided to let the nomination OF
G. Van Hoorebeke to succeed James A. Con-
molly as U. 8. attorney for the southern district
of illinois, go over without action. The major
ity OF the Judiciary committee reported that
Connolly agreed to remain in office-tO with.
hold his resgnation--at the request of an Illi-
nois candidate for the U. =. Senate who feared
test might cause party discussion; that In the
face OF that agreement Connolly was suspended
under charges.
NOMINATIONS.
The President sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate yesterday: Thomas B.
Yancy, to be United States marshal for the
western district Of Tennessee; Seldeu Hetzel, to
be register of the land Office at Sacramento,
CAL; VIM. g. Bowman, of Illinois, to be sur
veyOr general OF Utah. PostmaSters-LeOnard
w. Chambers, at Jacksonville. ILL.,; VIM. Car
ter, at De Kalb, ILL.,. Naval cadets TO be en-
s'gn. IN the navy from Jrly !, 1855, were al.o
Hilary p. Jones, of Virginia. and Cnas. P. Plum
kett, of the District Of Columbia.
LONG LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS
by the Senate was yesterday given out of1cl-
ally, but most of them had been published. At
this session the majority adopted a rule that
combinations should not be made public until
after the expiration OF the time prescribed for
reconsideration. Some OF the Senators opposed
the rule as unnecessary and annoying, and
maintained that they were not bound by it,
They took the position that when the Senate
had acted upon nomination it was due to the
parties directly interested and to the public
that the fact should be given out Some Of the
Senators have not hesitated to make public
combinations, and in this way the most inn
portant cases invariably became public before
being ''Officially" given out. Among those in
the list yesterday announced were the follow
ing: Wendell A. Anderson, OF Wisconsin, consul
general at Montreal; David n. Burke, OF New
York, consul at Puerto Cabello Christian NJ.
Siebert, of New York. secretary OF legation to
general @ S at MeiSouine y TO % be consusMW sa aiiaee
s. Jones, OF Florida, at Messina, and Jacob
Schoenhof. of New York, at TunstalL. Joseph
B. johnson, Of Virginia, a commissioner for the
diEtrict OF Alaska, to reside at Ounaashka;
John 7. McGraw, collector Of internal revenue
for West Virginia; Charles NJ. Thomas, of Ken
lucky, associate justice supreme court Of Da-
kOta; Henry 2. Henderson, Of Michigan, asso-
ciate justice supreme court of Utah; Lafayette
Dawson, of Missouri, United states Judge for
a 6fSfri i0f nf A r. nj Wic-
consin, chief justice supreme court OF Idaho;
John c. Gibson, United States attorney east
United States attorneys, United States marshais. al
officials of the land office army and navy pro.
notions and sixty-six pOstmasters.
ExTRADITIoN WITH JAPAN.
The President has submitted to the Senate
the text of an extradition treaty with Japan.
The ofenses. according TO this convention, for
which extradiuon may be asked, are murder,
countsrfeitlng, forgery, embezzlement. larceny,
burglary, entering public buildings with intent
manslaughter on board ship, malicious destrnc,
ton of or attempts 10 destroy railways, vessels,
bui!dings when the act endangers (human
life), and fraud by banker, trustee or director
OF q bank or trust company.
THE REPUBLICAN TESTIMONIAL TO SPEAKER
CARLISLE.
The republican members of the House have
presented Speaker Carlisle with u handsome
and ornamental solid silver service, costing
press to the home of the Speaker, at Covington,
KY. Mr.. Carlisle was yesterday handed q let
ter on parchment to accom- pany the testimonial
signed by all those who took part in it, and ex-
pressing their regard for him q man and as
an official. He expressed his appreciation of
and said that while it had been his rule never
to accept presents, considering the occasion and
the circumstances, the act was kind 6nd
graceful as to exact the warmest response from
him.
MR.. KING, OF TIE HOUSE,
says: s'There was no scene at the Capitol be-
tween myself and the bailiff. He was rude and
reproved him for it He asked pardon, and
that was the end OF 1t. The summons was on q
note on which went as surety y year or so
ago. had no knowledge of its being protested
ter of public interest, and the wide publicity
given it through the press could only have been
Inspired by unworthy motives on the part Of
some one"
This SESSIONS APPROPRIATIONS.
The following table shows the appropriations
made during the present session of Congress
and those of the last fiscal year:
Bills. For 1887. For 1885.
Agricuiturai............... 1864, ,715 1856, 100
Army. Zo,I0oO07I Z4,O14,O52
Consli0rship............-.1 1,364 ,O66 1.242,025
District of Columbia. 3,721 ,O5l 3,622,6S3
FOrtincattons..........-... S25,OOO
Indian go. O,O4o,ZoZi b.I02,512
Legislative, ta:... 2O,654 ,346 2l,376,7 7OS
Military Acadeny.... 207 .SO5 31O,O21
Navy 1x,0S0,0O1I 15,O1O.SS1
fenHlOn Io,OtO.ZOV oO,OOO,OOO
IOStOmce ...-:.........'. O4so0O,ooo oo, SOO,00O
River and harb0r. Ia, 4,473 9OO
Sundfy civil............- ~, ,65T ,5lU 26,O79,257