Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-11
WASHINGTON News summary.

The wife OF senator Hawley dies at Wash.
ington.
Secretary Lamar orders suits to be
brought against timber t~respassers in
! Washington Territory.
The gossips OF Washington scenta match
between Miss Van Vechten OF Albany and
Justice Grey OF the supreme court.
The senate win call for papers concern
ing the suspension OF James Armstrong,
as register Of the Spokane Falls and OF.
Gco.
Aparty OF swell swindlers have been do
ing Wa hington society with great success,
which was only interrupted by the descent
OF the police.
The senate rejected the nominations OF
Chase aud Pillsbury. Messers Beck, Voor-
hees and Mcpherson defended Pillsbury
and Chase.
The house committee on invalid pensions
has agreed to report to the house the bill
extending the time within which claims
may be filed for arrears of pensions.
Postmasters commissioned; Dakota
Robey, n. Buster. Minnesota-Champlin,
III. q. Hostly; Glenwood, T. Schwieger;
Kimberly, NJ. i. Shovel; Merriam, II.
Dolls; Nicoilet, A. Frabe.
Charges have been lodged with the senate
COulttitttt On nililldTJ ultiEb tkdiIiob
Lieut.. j. +. McBlain. which, II substanti-
ated, will not only defeat the pending nomS
nation OF that officer TO be first lieutenant,
but may result in a court martial and
dismissal from the army.
The pension office is to be investigated
on both sides OF the capitol. The senate
committee. of which Mr.. Cullom is chair
man will look into the report OF Gen. Black,
and ask him to prove charges mad there
in; while the house committee will endeavor
to show that the charge Elack has made,
to the effect hat under Dudley the Office
was used for political purposes, was true.
Commissioner Black has introduced a
new rdie in the pension Office which is meet
ing with a loud and vigorous protest. he
has decided that each clerk is entitled to "a
vacation OF two and one-half days each
month, but that no one eau anticipate this
vacation. This is, il a clerk wants to take
his usual leave in July, he cannot be away
more than fifteen days;in August seventeen
and one-half days, and so on. while on the
LIST OF December he will be entitled to thirty
days leave, provided he has not been
absent from his desk during the eleven
months previous.
E~ighty-six homestead, timber culture and
other entries, and 145 presumption filings
were cancled for fraud by Commissioner
ZlSiFhS NuTink fcDfudIg anu Ht Dtiu loT
cancellation on the same ground eighty-one
entries ms twenty-five presumption filings.
He also recommended during that tine
criminal proceedings against hfty-seven
persons Tor timber trespass on government
lands, and civil suits in twenty-five cases
to recover 50, 931, 165, the value OF the
timber cut. The largest OF the cases in
which be has recommended suit to be
brought is against the Sierra Lumber Com
pany OF San Francisco, for the cutting of
1000, 900 feet OF lumber. This is the
largest lumber fraud that the land ofite
has ever had TO interfere with.
The presidents reception in honor OF the
army aud nav was even more brilliant
han either OF its predecessors OF this sea
SON as to the elegance OF the ladies' cos
TUNES, the floral decorations OF the parlors
and the number and the prominence of the
g"ests. The president was assisted by Miss
G. >yelaud. Mrs. Manning, Miss Endicott,
Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. Villas. Secretaries
Manning, Endicott and Lamar, and Post
master General Villas were present, and the
number oisenators and representatives in
attendance WAS much larger than at the
reception OF the diplomatic corps. The
army and many officers were present in
large numbers and in full uniform. The
diplomatic corps was largely represented,
and appeared in court dress. Thu judici.
airy and the legislative and the executive
branches OF the government were represent
ed by the chief justice Of the supreme court
many OF the more prominent member of
congress aud department officials.