Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-07-07
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

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Senator Malone from 1.-THE committee on
subtle buildings and grounds, has reported
'lvorahly TO the senate n till which among
,her thing, authorizes the erection of pub
ir buildnga. Lynn, Mas, at cost of $780,
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The President has approved the act to le-
yalXc the incorporation Of national trades
lnions; the act granting a frankinG privilege
lO Julia ID, Grant; the act to remove the po-
Htica disabilities of j. G.. Flournoy, of Mis-
,issippi, and ten miscellaneous bills, mclud-
ug the bill to pension tho widow of Commo-
lore A. A. Seumncs.
United States Consul Judson A. Lewis has
ofIicially informed the state department OF
The total loss of the bark Gemsbok of Boston,
Adams master. This bark went ashore at
hdlah on the west coast of Africa on the
evening of April %, loN6 The cou,uls III
formation is to the effect that no lives were
Iost, but that the vessel was total loss.
Jane, W. Porch, consulgeneral TO Mexico,
has sent a long report 20 the state depa' tment
in regard TO the remarkable growth of the
silk Industry in that COun ry. lie says: ut
is believed that in the course of The next five
years more silk will he manuf ctured i'll
Mexico than can lie consumed hy her people,
although at present the industry is in its in
'ancv, comparatively speaking. There are
now three or four well equ pped factories in
The republic, and the raw material Is yet
Insufficient to supply their demands.
Representa- i've Sowdcn, of Pennsylvania,
has presented to the President, as wedding
present a fine steel horseshoe, viii was
,lade bv Mr.. John Schaadt, of Allentown.
l'a., and inttusted to Mr.. Sowden to deliver,
The Postmaster General has established a
~ 10, al nn1 int nl
{, I, Wait postmaster.
The Presi lent has approved the act to re-
luce tho fees on domestic money orders for
mms not exceeding 50; the act making allow
aaces for ERIK hire to poStmasers of the first
md second class post Offices; the mill
.ary Appropriation bill; the post of
Gee appropriation bill; the agricul
mral appropr alton bill; the army
appropriation bill; the act granting leave OF
,lsance to employ in tho go'crnmont
printing Office the act providing for th'
completion If the public bu ding at Frank
Tort, Ky; the act Tor the erection Of public
building at III Paso, Tex. the act providing
Tor competing the public hui ding at Hannt
val, Mo-; the act providing for pull
bu ding at Savannah, Ga, the act re'atins
70 the public building at Peoria, H.. tn ac
Des Moines, la. the act for the re
lief of the Kansas City, Fort Scott q
Gulf Railroad Company; the act authorizin!
the CHEYENNE and Northern Railway Com
pany to build its road across the Fort Rus
sell and Fort Laramie reservations; the acl
providing for additional barracks at TN
southern northwestern and western branche
of the National Home for Disabled Noluntee
Soldiers; the act for the relief OF the oillcef
and crew of the Lighthouse tender Lily
Mr.. Hoar, from the joint library commit
tee, has reported TO the Senate an amend
ment to the sundry civil bill to appropria'
$500 for the purchase of the painting OF IN
ba tie between the Monitor and the Merr
uac by ". F. Halsell of Boston. 1t has bee
referred to the approp iations Commute
which will report favorably.
The President sent these nominations
the senate: John G. Shields of Michigan,
/ . chief justice of the supreme court of Ar
Ia: c. Chase GOdwin, to be United State
n torney for the western district of Mich
ran; postmaster, Augustus C., Golding O
Norwalk, CT.
Il is said at the White House that there
No truth in the report that the President ha
arranged to make n tour of the lakes tn
summer. He has as yet made no plans fC
the summer, but it is more than likely tht
he and Mrs. Gle Gland will pass their vact
ton in the north mountains of New York.
The decrea in the national debt durin
the month of June was E90Gl ,S9S.34.
The President has signed the Fitz job
Porter bill.
Col. George L. Merrill Of the committee {
the Grand Army Of the Republic at Wash
ington to urge Congress not to adopt the lde
of increasing taxes in order to provide fC
thu payment Of pension bills.
Commissioner Sparks has cancelled fc
fraud during the month of June, 1913 entri,
md filings and held for cancellation III en-
tries, embracing in all about 40,00) acres {
land. He has also recommended crimini
proceedings against3l persons for timbt
trespass, and 10 civil suits to recover Sl45
100, the value Of the timber cut by them.