Nevada County picayune., 1888-05-30
WASHINCTONTOPIC
Weekly Budget of News From the
 National Capital.
From our Special Correspondent.

WASHINGTON. May. 25th 1888,
 The President and Mrs. Cleveland went to Philadelphia on Wednesday, to attend the 25Oth anniversary of the Presbyterian church held at Ger mantown. Mir. Cleveland returned to Washington Thursday. but Mrs. Cleveland will remain in Philadel- a few days. Next Tuesday night MT. Cleveland will go to New York to take part in the Memorial day eX- ercises in that city. and Brooklyn on Wednesday,. He will review the New York parade in the morning, and the one in Brooklyn in the af- ternoon, returning to this city at night.
 The Senate has passed the House bill 10 establish a Department of La bor. There was several unimport- ant amendments made which will neccssitate returning the bill to the House for its concurrence. The Senate committee on agricult- urc has made favorable report on the House bill to enlarge the duties of the department of Az l ..:. I. i department The bill as it passed l the House. provided for the transfer of the weather bureau frem the War 1 Departments to the department of 1 Agriculture. This nas been struck out of the bill by the Senate commit i tee.
 The republicans of the House have backed down in most inglorlous manner by dec lining to accept the proposition made them by Represent ative Mills to take vote on the substitute which the republicans propose offering, and then on the Mills tariff bill. without further dis cussion or amendment. This action on the part of the republicans shows plainly that they were afraid the bill would pass if they allowed it to come to a vote without further delay. The bill will, when taken up again, be considered under the five minute rule by sections. At this stage, amend ments will be in order. It is not likely that final vote will be reach ed before July.
 Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have received many let ters urging the confirmation of MT. Fuller as Chief Justice. The major itv of these letters have come from the Northwest. and quite number of them were written by prominent republicans. He would have proba- blv been confirmed this week. had not Senator Ingalls, asked for luther delay. It is now believed that he will be confirmed next week.
 The Baltimore. one of the new cruisers for the navy. will be launch ed in Philadelphia July 4th. It is expected that Mrs. Cleveland will christcn the new boat.
 A resolution providing for an in- vestigation of the fur seal Fisheries, of Alaska hy the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, has been passed by the House. For many wears there have been charges made against the Alaska fur compa- nv. corporation which has con tract with the Government that gives it monopoly of catching seals on the coast of Alaska. Up to the pres ent times this wealthy corporation hae always been able to prevent any legislation looking toward q Con- gressional investigation. but now 1t is to be hoped that the committee will make an exhaustive inquiry into the whole business and methods of the company.
 Mr. Springer. of Illinois, has intro duced bill in the House, placing on the free list all articles of merchan- disc the production of which may be controlled hy trusts and corpora tonS.
 Thursday the corner stone of the Catholic University in this city was laid. Gen. Rosecrans, Register of the Treasury. was the Chief Marshal of the procession which was an cx- ! tremely large one. The ceremonies were very impressive, being partici- patcd in by Ca~djnal Gibbons, about thirty hi~hog, and nearly four hum dred priests
 Some excitement was created here Wednesday by q report that Gen. eral Sheridan were dangerously ill. He was and is sick, but not danger ously so.
 There will not probably be any pa per fractional currency issued just | 'I'I, S,,,t. ,..r,,,,;tt,.