Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. %, 8

W AphlNulONJ D' w ANN'' ~@j wv
To THE SouTH KENTUCKIAN:
The city has plunged from the ex-
element of heated political contests
into deep mourning for the death of
ex-President Arthur. 1t is safe to
say that no President ever left the
Executive chair with more and warm
er admirers at the center of this
political Government that did Ches-
fer A. Arthur, and few had as many.
The receptions at the White House
during his term were more elaborate,
elegant and on a grander scale than
has been known for many years be-
fore, and he received credit for eleva-
ting them to that high standard suit
able to our foremost rank in the roll
of nations, and which has been main
tanned 80 well by his successor in of
flee. President Cleveland immedi-
ately upon receipt of the sad news
gave orders that all the public build
ings, including the White House, be
draped in mourning for 30 days, and
issued a proclamation conveying the
sad intelligence to all the civilized
world, and directing that Government
officials wherever located pay proper
aud customary marks of respect to
the memory of the exalted dead. The
Cabinet officers issued orders sus-
pending all official duties and closing
the department buildings on the Jay
of the funeral.
On last Monday the United States
Supreme Court, in giving its opinion
reversing the judgment of the Court
of Claims and awarding the Choctaw
Nation over $2,S00000, proceeded
upon broad equitable principles, and
condemned the course of the Govern
Inent in resorting TO technicalities to
defeat the just claim of its wards. 1t
said that the strong and powerful
ought to protect and defend the weak
and less civilized, instead of taking
advantage of their lack of learning
and skill to cope with the white man
cncroaching upon their reserved ter
ritory. The opinion was broad and
on the highest plane of moral ethics,
and was delivered by Mr.. Justice
Matthews for the court. The opin-
ion was the most lengthy delivered
by the court for many terms past,
and was listened to with profound
silence by the large number of coun.
sellers and spectators present while
being read by the Associate Justice
One of the fortunate counsel fol
the Choctaws was Ward Lamon who
was Marshal OF the District of CO.
lumbia under President Lincoln and
who by virtue of his Office played &
prominent part in official circles o
those exciting days. The many warn
friends here of the eX-Marshal were
glad at the good fortune of their ge
NAL friend, and overwhelmed hin
with congratulations and best wishes
for long lease of life to enjoy thu
comforts that he knows how to ge
out of a fee of$250000.
Heretofore it has been customary
for the Secretary of the Treasury, tn,
Comptroller, and the Treasurer, eacl
TO select representative to snperin
tend the counting of the Nationa
Bank Notes received at the Treasur,
for certifcation and cancellation
This committee has devoted its Who'll
time to such duty, but Secretar!
Manning has just inaugurated a new
system by which list of employee
of the three offices is made up, an,
at short intervals a committee O
three selected from the list to dis
charge the duty Of the heretofor
standing committee. 1t is though
that the change will not interfer
much with the regular duties of an
of the employees, and will produc
better results in more ways than one
These notes, after being counted, ar
cut in two and afterwards put into
macerator and there treated until re
duced to fine pulp. The pulp is al
forwards sold and used largely in tn
manufacture of paper, but goo
portion of it is nodded into article
of various designs which are pun
chased as ornaments. AT all th
news stands in the Capitol and q
many of the stores throughout tn
city can be bought busts of publ
men-Senators, Representatives an
others-made out of greenback
which have been ground into pulp.
The Agricultural Bureau, unde
its present management, is maxim
very extensive experiments in man
ufacture of sugar from sorghum cant
and also its manufacture from suga
cane by the diffusion" process. TIL
former Commissioner, DR.. Lorine
discouraged all such experiments
but the present Commissioner, Cole
man, believes that the yield of suga
from the cane can be very great.
increased, and to demonstrate TIN
fact is having experiments made il
various places. The report from Prof
Wiley on experiments made at For
Riley, Kansas, with Louisiana cane
shows that by the diffusion" process
the yield was l34 pounds per ton o
"lirst" sugar of a very fine quality
At this rate we can dispense of suga
from Cuba. ii.