Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-03-30
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Monthly Statement OF the Chief of the
Bureau of Statistics.

WASHINGTON. March 90.
The chief of the bureau of statistics in his
eighth monthly statement for the current fs-
cal year of the exports and imports of the
I United States report that the total value of
exports OF merchandise during II month end.
ing FEBRUARY 2Sth, 1856, were S663, 723, ,594, g.,
and during the proceeding II months. S74S,-
603,2 ,2Ol, a decrease of SS4,S79,627. The
total value of imports for u months ending
February 2gth, 1886 were S609, Ill 7Ol, and
for the preceding II months S604, ,4S9, ,440,
an increase of So, 222. 26l He reports that
the total number of immigrants arrived at
the ports of the United States from the prin.
clpal foreign countries during the month end
ing February 2Sth, 1885, and eight months
ended the same as compared with the same
periods of the preceding year was as follows :
For the month of February, 1886, 9,263: do
1885, 9,3oS; for eight months ending Febru-
ary, 1889, l56.963; do, 1885. III, PIG. This
Is only about 95 per cent of the arrivals of
immigrants in this country
Judgment Affirmed.
| The supreme court of the United States
today affirmed the judgment of the court of
| claims in the suits between the Union Pacific
| Railroad Co, and the United States growing
out of the charges made by the railroad for
transporting mails end government employees
| accompanying them and on the part of the
government in reference to its claim for five
per cent of the amount of the earnings of the
road under the act of 1862 The court of
claims decided that the railroad company was
entitled to $3.50, 134 0S for services rem
| dered the government, and that the United
States, on the counter claim, was entitled to
recover S4,4S1, ,SO7, and gave judgment in
81 .577 .6S3. From this ;udoment ,ha ITn;ted
States appealed
open Executive sessions.
| Indirectly the ouestion of omen executive
| sessions received a slight forward imnulsion
| At the secret session of the Senate this after
noon a considerable number of internal rev.
enue collectors were nominated to places
| created by suspension were confirmed and
among the number a collector of internal
revenue for the district of Vermont.
Senator Morrill,. who reported this case.
proved that the Injunction of secrecy be re-
moved from the report of the finance COM
mittee in this case so as to act lust to ex-
Collector Stearns, the late collector. and the
motion was carried
Following the example of MIR, Morrill, Mr.
Sherman asked that the same act Of Justice
| should not be extended to collectors in Ohio.
Then some one asked why not extend it to
the entire list of suspended collectors.
Another asked 'and WHY not to all other
suspended officials?" Their 'whv nuts'
were not answered, but some of the more
conservative senators, without stating any
objections to the proposition thought the
revolution was moving too rapidly. and to
check it motion was entered to reconsider
| 81 vo,o by ub;pb NJ MorriIl1s motion ,s
carried. This put the question over for the
day
The report in the Vermont case which, in
| its general features is understood to be sub.
stantialv like those made in a majority OF
cases. The internal revenue collectors are
said to declare IN terms that the committee