New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-01
PITH OF The NEWS.
News from Washington.

Mr.. and Mrs. Grassie Buckley, the Wash
1ngton clippers, have separated. The bride
is with her parents.
The president approved the postal con.
vention recently concluded between the
Un tied States and Canada.
The senate confirmed the nominate ons
OF f. ID. Hill OF Minnesota as consul at As
cencion and G.. T. Proper as postmaster
at Wahpeton, Oak.
Postmasters commissioned: Wisconsin
orion. W. T. Howell. Fourth class
Shaskatan, S. S. Mack. Iowa-Church-
vile, j. E. Churchman.
The president has directed Capt. A. II.
Merrill, First artillery, to report in person
to Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, president OF
the army retiring board at San Francisco,
Cal, for examination by the board.
Areception was given by the presidentand
Mrs. Cleveland at the executive mansion
to embers OF congress and the justices Of
the district and United States courts. Mrs.
Cleveland was assisted in receiving by Mrs.
Fairchild, Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. Don M.
Dickinson, and the presentations were made
by Col. Wilson.
Two things the Dem ocratic members OF
the ways and means committee are be-
lieved to have decided upon, and those are
duce the duty on steel rails to $13 ton.
These reductions are, OF course, in addi-
ton to the promised repeal OF part OF
the tobacco tax and a reduction OF that
on fruit brandies to 10 cents a gallon
The following pensions have been grant
ed: Wisconsin-F Cross, Eau Claire; J.
P. Darisch, Mazomanie E. Larriviere,
Prairie du Chen; W. Noble, SPARTA; H.
Eckardt, Embarrass; P. Neil, Milwaukee;
S. B. j Johns on, Prairie du Sac; S. D. Tut
tie, Plover; W. Ogden, Sylvan; J. P. Erff-
son, Clarkfeld; j. Upton, Elk River; j.
Steffes, Delano' G. S. Nichols. Fairmont.
The interstate commerce commission is.
sued a circular inquiring as to the manner
in which the fourth section had been
applied upon the lines of the various roads
and systems. Answers had been received
on Dec. l from all the carriers except fiji
teen. OF those companies which answered,
27S carriers or lines distinctly assert that
they do not make interstate rates where a
greater sum IS charged for T. shorter than
for longer distance in the same direction
over the same line, to Or from any point
on their respective roads; IT carriers ad-
nit making lower rates for longer dis
tances, naming the points. and giving a
statement OF the circumstances claimed to
justify them in doing SO. The existence
OF water competition is the most frequent
exceptional circumstance named.
A communication was transmitted to
the senate from the compissioner of in
ternal revenue showing the amount OF rev.
enue collected on liquors since the present
system Of internal revenue taxation went
into effect, Sept. l, 1862, down to June 3,
1887. During this period there was col
lected from special taxes on distilers, $685.
l2S, $40; brewers, 81, 932, 1888; rectifers,
S7,27O,O79; capacity tax on distillers, I'M
der a law laying tax OF 50 per barrel on
distillery capacity exceeding a certain fixed
amount, 81, S32, 4S7. The production OF
distilled spirits during this time was
l,606 $50, 1874 gallons, and OF fermented
liquors 269,719,7S2 barrels. The amount
of tax collected on the spirits was 81, O99,-
379,9S0, and on the fermented liquors
's24O, 249, 119.