Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-31
WASHINGTON.


An o0eer RehakeA-
wAszuoroa, Jan. 0.-Adtu.sn. Cen
efA Drum has written q LESTER TO Chief
signal Oncer Hsxsn In regard 20 the
hsc<nf court martial at Port Never. ia
seien ne says tie Secretary Of War N
s:rocted him to express bis grave dis
Eieasare as the eoadacs Of Lieutenant
oneeus 81 toe siznal Corps. Who, be
sAys' has msuife.tly failed 90 far In his
career 70 couprehetd the duties and
fe~ponslotii OF q commissioned cfs-
Ger and 10 realize that tbs use Of harsh,
insoiiinR and abusive language towards
meo, Who from their position could not
reply 70 u, strikes as the very root of
military discipline and evidences in the
omcer depiorasie want Of self control.
wnico. n persisted in. would Demon
straie bis utter nnGtness for coon pand.
ne Secretary of War also deems IL his
ooty 10 reprJve toe rude and coarse ma =
ner 10 which tbs effsets composing the
court treated the econsel for tbs ae
eosed- soca conduci u terry upjassi
naole IN an officer sitting in = military
coart 10 the capacity Of judge
me bemsersfie se.atsrs VIII sap
port the Admistssratiea.
Ios Deoscrasie Senators ust In eau.
60. today at ii CLOCK and ssisorued at
I'Ao O'Clock. lhsy discussed the pend
Ing issue between che Executive and
senate fuiiy. and unanimausiy adopted
Tue foiiostn2 resolution. vhicn the See
fstsfy OF Toe caucus vas authorized TO
make public:
hessired, Tnat We approve the vie ss
and actio. of the President, communal
GATED to the SeRats through Attorney
General Garland 10 his letter of ysnu-
airy y. lso6, and thst ve cordiaIly SOP
port toe Executive therein.
The letter OF the Attorney General
vas received by the President Of thu
Senate yesterday and was seen ~ the
Senators, bat as there vas no executive
session II Vas net formally laid before
toe body.
reiegraUhie Cemmunieaiisn VIII
Gsrea-
Ensign Foulk. Cnited States charge
d'a6 airs nd interim of the United STATE Q
to Csfea, IN dispatch 10 the Secretary
OF State of November 18th, 1885, an
poonces the completion Of q telegraph
line from Seoul to Pekin, China, and
thss with the outer world. He also re.
ports that negotiations are in progress
looking TO the early estabiis mens of q
similar line from Seoul to Fasan, % a.
to connect Corea and Japan.
Their Pssisisa % the Chinese Ques.
sisn.
X. 3. Dealers, clerk OF General Rose.
Grams, and prominent member Of the
knights of Labor, has received from
John PAYNE. of the Order of Knights
OF Labor in San Francisco, q circular
setting forth the position of the Pacific
Coast Knights on the Chinese question.
Mr.. Deakers will present she circular
10 Chairman ONeiIl. of the House La
Dor Committee, and will invite his co.
operation in doing what may be neces
sary IN calling the attention Of the
people 10 the East to the gravity Of the
Chiaese problem.
The Pre.empaiss and Timber Culture
Laws.
The Senate COMMITTEES on Public
Lands today completed bill for the re-
peal OF the pre- en- ption and timber ouI :.
tufe laws and the measure will be re
ported to the Senate on Monday. IL re-
pesls the two laws mentioned outright :,
amends the desert land act 90 as to
give the claimant $50 acres on condition
that he shall make IL bis permanent
residence and shall irriRste ons-h half of
IL, patent to issue I've years from the
date OF hling claimants notice Of inten
ton. IL also repeats the Communication
feature Of the homestead Law aud limits
the time within whish the Government
can attach patents to I've years.
The Hot sprisgs.
The Senate Committee on Pablo
Lands today amended Senator Berry's
resolution 90 as to make IL declare that
in the opinion Of Congress the leases OF
the bath house and bot water privileges
at Hot springs should not be renewed
by the Secretary Of the Interior uotil
the Forty ninth Congress shall have
leaislated With references thereto. The
resolution will be favorably reported to
the Senate.
Liberiaa A6sirs.
Rev. Moses A. Hopkins. Minister Resi-
dent and Consul General of the United
States TO Liberia, arrived at Morsvia on
December 9Th aud on the l4th vas re
oeived 10 his Official capacity by Presi-
dent johnson. The fort ign representa-
tives, Justices Of the Supreme Court and
luUkr1 VI tuc iOuht Cuotte VI AiOofla
and the Mayor OF Monrevia we're pres
ent by invitation. Minister Hopkins
family are With him and have been vel
coined by the leading people at the Ii
berian capital.
The annual message OF President
Jshnson vas communicated TO the Leg
islaiure on December 18Th. Il pertains
mostly TO domestic affairs. IL stated
that the proposal to the United States
Government 20 form treaty upou rs
ciprocal terms for introducing into Ii.
IBERIA by American vessels and Amer
can traders cotton and wooden goods
from the United States, the latter 30
admit sugar, nolassee, coffee and Rin-
ger, the products Of Liberia, free of
duty, failed, as 10 vas found that such
Was ,he temper OF the ms'kets a. veil
40 the present policy of sugar prodoo
ing oos ntries, that the moment was not
opoortune for ito negotiation.
President Johnssu remarks, 10 regard
to immiaraiien, mo one will ignore the
fact that our greatest need 10 men. 10
quote the language employed ey myself
on my introduction into ofioe. while
Ws have In oar aborigines population
sofii ,isnt 10 point Of numbers for all
wants Of this nation, still there vill be
needed to some extent. and for some
time to come, that civilization and
Christianity possessed by our brothers
In other lands, to give TO this native
element proper direction, consistency
and fsrse.'"
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