The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-02
PITH OF 4 NEWS.
Mews from Washington.

Mr.. and Mrs. Grassie Buckley, the Wash.
ington clippers, have separated. The bride
is with her parents. -"
The president approved the postal con.
v%ention recently concluded between the
Un tied States and Canada. A..
The senate confirmed the nominations
OF F.. d. 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
postmasters appointed: Minnesota
Shaskatan, s. s. Mack. I~owa-Church-
Vile, j. e. Churchman.
The president has directed Capt. A. H.
Merrill, First artillery, to report In person
to Maj. Gen. O. o. Howard, president OF
CAL, for examination by the board.
Areception was given by the president,'and
.,irs. Cleveland at the executive mansion
to members 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 Democratic members oil
the ways and means committee are be.
lieved to have decided upon. and those are
to place wool on the free list and to re.
duce the duty or steel rails to $13 q ton.
ton to the promised repeal OF a part OF
the tobacco a 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; II.
Eckardt, Embarrass; p. Neil, Milwaukee,;
s. B. Johnson, Prairie du Sac; s. D. Tut
tie, Plover; W. Ogden, Sylvan; J.. p. Erff-
meyer, Baraboo. Minnesota-H. Mon.
son, Clarkfeld; J. Upton, Elk River; J..
Stefies, 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. 1 from all the carriers except fif-
teen. OF those companies which answered,
27S carriers or lines distinctly assert that
they do not make interstate rates where q
greater sum Is charged for u shorter than
for a longer distance in the same direction
over the same line, to or from any point
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 commissioner 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. /. 1862, down to June 3,
1887. During this period there was col
lected from special taxes on distillers, $685.
1913, S19; brewers, 81. 932, 3S3; rectifers,
$7,27O, O79; capacity tax on distillers, I'M.
der q law laying tax OF 50 per barrel on
amount, $7,s32.4s7. The production OF
distilled spirits during this time was
l, 6O6, 852, 194 gallons, and OF iermented
liquors ,269. 719, 1872 barrels. The amount
Of tax collected on the spirits was 81, O99,-
379, $50, and on the fer mented liquors
S24O 249 .119. p