Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
FROM THE CAPITAL.

pc.t,naster Harmony's Sinecure An
EouaIizinc Dividend = One for Sparks
Bayard and the Greasers = National
Banks Fined.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1l.--It seems to
be an accepted fact that the President
has about made up his mind to appoint
some person to the Austrian mission.
Colonel A. II. Belo, editor of the Gal
weston Ne,cs, is being strongly urged,
and it is said by his friends that Mr..
Cleveland is kindly disposed towards him.
Colonel Belo is now in the Adirondacks,
and has spent two or three days with the
President. 1t is not believed by those
hest informed that Secretary Bayard will
consent to send any one to Austria, but
others are confident that the President is
ahont TO take the matter in his own
hands and appoint some one who will be
unobiectionable. 1t is urged that the Pres
ideut has lost confidence In Secretary
Rayard's Judgment since the Austrian
Government refused to accept Mr.. Kelly
as Minister. which as well has resulted
in the recalling of Baron Shaffer, then the
Austrian Minister to this country.
Friendly diplomatic relations have not
prevailed. and Baron Shaffer has not been
succeeded by any representative OF that
government. Secretary Bayard Will up.
pose appointing any one, upon Tie
grounds that it will be construed into
concession upon the part of this Govern
ment to send minister after Mr.. Keily's
rejection. The Austrian Government. 1t
is undeIs tood, has no objection to re-
ceiving any one the President may name.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE army OF
claimants who annually march into
Washington while Congress Is in session
will have at least one new recruit next
winter. A. N. Wilson, who was recently
removed from the postmastership OF
Savannah, Ca, because he was an offen-
sfve partisan, denies the authority of the
President to remove him, and announces
his intention 10 take his case into the
Court of Claims He bases his claim on
the Constitution of the United States, ana
intends to sue the government for salary
which will not be due until the latter
part of January, 1889. the date OF the ex-
piration of his commission had he be IN
permitted to remain undisturbed in OF
fee He states that he is now making
arrangements to contest the question In
the Court of Claims, but fears that the
Judges NAV decide against him because 1t
has been the custom so long to remove
officials at the discretion of the Presi-.
dent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-Abouta month
ago Secretary Whitney issued an order
abolishIng the Bureau of Construction
and Repair, and the Department. OF Yards
and docks. y he construction bureau
have already made preparations to COM
ply with this order, but the acting Secre-
tary of the Navy is Commodore Har-
monv. He is Chief of the Bureau of
Yards and Docks. Taking advantage OF
his present authority and to prevent the
possibility of being removed from this
"sinecurs," he issued yesterday an order
to prevent any movements respecting The
removal of his bureau. He forwarded
letter TO Secretary Whitney, stating that
the bureau was absolutely necessary Tor
the sole purpose of keeping himself In
Office. 1t is expected that Secretary
Whitney will require strict compliance
with his order.
WASHINGTON, Sept. I1.-Comptroller of
the Currency Trenholm has declared
dividend in favor of the creditors of the
City National Bank Of Lawrenceburg,
Ind This bank went into voluntary
liquidation August Is, 1888, and on
March IL, 1884, was declared insolyent and
placed in the hands of a receiver. BY
decree of the Circuit Court of the United
States for the district of Indiana the
date of insolvency was fixed at August
10, 1883. The bank, while in process OF
liquidation by it's officers. paid num-
Der of it's creditors from twenty five to
one hundred per cent on their claims.
The present dividend, amounting to $2l,-
600, is to equalze and level up the pay
ments to Seventv-five per cent of the
claims as they existed at the tlate of in.
fixed by the court.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-A pretty little
row was disposed of yesterday morning
by Acting Attorney General jerks.
Durham several days ago
ordered Land Commissioner Sparks to
audit certain accounts. Sparks replied
in effect that he would do it when he got
ready. Durham then intimated that he
would make him do it. Both Sparks and
Durham are stubborn and pugnacious,
and it looked for time as though the
record of the Kilkenny calls would be
wiped from the pages of history. Judge
jerks, however, was called upon to set
tie the difficulty, and he decides that the
Secretar; of the Interior alone can COM
pei the Land Commissioner to audit his
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE Secre-
tary of State, Notwithstanding the release
of Cutting, will, it is said, insist upon the
abroyation of article 1856 of the Mexican
penal code, which confers upon Mexican
courts Jurisdiction under certain circum-
stances over foreigners for offenses COM
mitted outside OF Mexican territory; or
at least Mr.. Bayard will insist upon the
by Mexico of the right to
subject American citizens TO that code on
the ground that American courts have
exclusive criminal jurisdiction over of.
lenses committed within the territory of
the United States by American citizens.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE Comp
troller OF the Currency Yesterday fined
five National banks $500 for delinquency
in responding to his calls for monthly re.
ports. These banks, the Comptroller
says, will be fined 500 each for every
day that they are delinquent in respond
ing 10 this and future calls. The banks
fined have been in Default on three differ
ent calls, and the Comptroller has deter
mined to make an example OF them by en-
forcing the law. He made the order i'm
posing the fine at this time because it is
of special importance that the National
bank reports shall be sent in promptly In
response to the next call, as the Septem
Der reports are the ones that he will us
in making up his annual report to Con-
gress.
or for the North Pole.