St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-19
CAPITAL NOTES.

WASHINGTON, June 9.-lHe opeCiaA
train with the President and Mrs. Cleve-
land and Colonel and Mrs. Lamont, the
only occupants of the rear car, arrived
here at :25 D. m. The run from Har-
per's Ferry to Washington was without
special incident. When the train reached
X street crossing, out towards the
suburbs, some distance from the main
depot, large crowd of people, many OF
them in carriages had congregated in the
hopes of catching glimpse of the Presi-
dent and his bride. But they were
doomed to disappointment, as the train
merely slackcned speed at the crossing,
and then continued slowly in to
the Central Baltimore & Ohio depot.
Here perhaps four or five hum
dred people, more fortunate than
those at the X street crossing, awaited
outside the depot the arrival of the Pres
ident. When the train came to a stop the
President was the first of the quartette in
the rear car to alght. Mrs. Cleveland
followed, and assisted by the President
stepped nimbly from the car. Colonel
Lamont and his wife came tripping along
q few seconds later, and the party walked
brisklv out through the depot to the front
of the building where the Presidents
seal browns and his carriage with Albert
Hawkins, whip in hand, were waiting.
1t occupied only a few seconds time for
the four to enter the carriage and they
were off for the White House home after
an absence of six days.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-Consul Warner
sends TO the State Department from Co.
logne an interesting document, giving
the rates of wages and general condition
of the laboring classes in Germany.
He says he has worked the report up
with great care, and that it contains
many points that have not before been
made public. He says that the laborer,
whether he works in iron or steel
manufactures, coal mines, stone quar-
ries, on buildings or railways,
ranges from forty-seven cents
to seventy cents per day,
and if he is skilled laborer from
eighty to ninety-tWo cents per day.
Female labor is only allowed in certain
limited degree, and is only paid from
twenty-four to thirty cents per day.
Working hours are from six to six
in summer and from seven to seven
in winter. One hour is given for dinner,
half an hour for breakfast and half an
hour for coffee in the afternoon. The
government has no power to
regulate or interfere with work
ing hours, blu t it takes care
that certain restrictions with regard to
the employment Of women and children
are observed. Rent is $2.85 per month
on the average, or one full weeks wages.
Meals cost tWenty-four cents per day.
They consist principally OF potatoes.
They have also peas, beans, vegetables,
common pork and black bread. Once in
a while they live dried fish and beef, but
more often horsetlesh. The laboring
classes are poorly clothed as rule.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-Mr. Bell, the
Superintendent of Foreign Mails, has,
after consultation with Minister Romero,
opened correspondence with Mexico
looking to the establishment of the
rotary lock registered mail pouch
| exchange between the two countries.
| This system has been in successful OPP
| Grafton between the United States and
! Canada two years. 1t does away with the
old and laborious system of checking up
and receipting for various packages en-
| route. SO long as the rotary number on
| the pouch corresponds with the way bill
the pouch goes from hand to hand
without delay, reaching It's desti-
|
Bile transit of mail matter. The
turn of the KEY changes the number SO
that the presence of the way-bill number
Is the evidence that the pouch has not
been opened. Inside of the pouch is con-
veyed duplicate bill, having the num-
| Der shown by the lock when the pouch
! was closed at the forwarding office. A
more simple and effective system it would
/ be hard to construct.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-The report of
| Special Examiner Chalmers, of the De-
| partment7 of Justice, who was sent to
| St. Louis to investigate the office of Dis
| trict Attorney Bliss and incidentally to
look up the charges against Mr.. Bliss
preferred by Mr.. Lindsey, has been re-
ceived, and copy has been sent to the
Comptroller of the Treasury. This re-
port practically exonerates Bliss in ev-
cry particular of the charges made by
Lindsey. In the words of high official
at the Department of Justice:
at makes the impression upon US that
Lindsey is a sort of crank. We found
nothing sustained that he had charged
except that Bliss went into the State
courts to try cases of land frauds, and
that he knew, as it was matter of record
In fact, there was no other way to get at
the business. It Revealed the fact thai
Lindsey had been sent to the penitentiary
by Bliss efforts, and, of course, does not
feel very well toward the latter. Oh
course Lindsey now claims that the in
vestigation was not fairly conducted"
WASHINGTON, June g. Representa-
tives of various elements in the Cherokee
Nation, aside from the blood Cherokees,
have entered into combination to work
together for two or three measures. The
principal objected they have in view is tt
get the Federal Government to take III
and settle the question OF doubtful clti