The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-05-31
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Representative john II. Russell has re-
ceiyed already requests for 1900 copies OF
his tariff Speeches He has ordered one edi-
ton of 10000, and viii probably have to or
der another His speeches are being sent out
by al preciative members all over the coun-
try.
Representative Collins will get the friends
of the International copyright bill together
in day or two, and formulate plan for
hurrying the bill through the house.
Boston will probably get Castle island for
park purposes, after all. The bill will prob
ably DO passed, notwithstanding the veto,
upon additional information.
About 20 clerks In the national treasury
department have been notified that their
services will not DO required after June 30,
as no provision for them will be made in the
legislative appropriation bill for the next IFS
cal year.
In the United States circuit court Judge
Wallace rendered decision In tho suit of
the American Bell Telephone Company
against the Universal Dynamophone Com
pauy, for infringement on the telephone
patents. An injunction in favor of the Bell
company was granted, and an accounting
ordered.
A building permit was issued recently to
Grover Cleveland to build frame barn, 20
a cost of 5 so.
The department of state Is advised that
the French government has taken possession
of the islands of Huayhine, Raiatia and
Borabora in the Pacific. The lives of sew
eral natives and French ensign were lost at
Borabora.
Representative Morse will have an oppor-
tunity to deliver his tariff speech when the
wool clauses come up for discussion under
the flve-minute rule. There is so much in
terest in this particular question that more
time is to he al lowed to Chairman Mills, and
he has promised Mr. Morse that he shall have
the opportunity he desires.
The international copyright bill viii prob,
ably have to wait until after the national
conventions. Gen. Collins tried to get its
friends together to agree upon programme.
But he could not get enough of them to-
gether ut one time to decide upon the matter.
The house committee on appropriations
has put the appropriation for the Lowell
public building, $4,000, into the sunday
civil bill, as requested by representative
Allen
In the United States court Judgment for
$4,000 was given by the jury against tn
bondsmen of Charles e. Bartlett cashier Of
c., who absconded after stealing the entire
| capital of the bank. There is no knowledge
of Bartlett S whereabouts.
| Prof E. B. Elliott, who for many years
has held the office of government actury in
the treasury department, died very suddenly
at the age of GA.
| Mr.. Corbin has arranged with a strou.
| London banking syndic tie for an issue of A
per cent. blanket mortgage bon Is for the
| Reading Railway company to the amount
of $50 600. 1t is repol ted that bids have
been made for these bonds at % per cent.
/ The United States treasurer HIS paid out
| Sl2 900 during the present month on &C
count of pensions alone, Iu-, notwithstand
| ing this, the receipts Of the month exceed
the expenditures by neariy S5,000,O00 The
treasury surplus, which fell to sos, 000, coo al
one time during the month, has again risen
| to SOL 100000.
The house committee on invalid pensions
has authorized II favorable report on the
senate bill repeating the law making invalid
claims of a state militiaman for pensions Oh
account OF disability from wounds or inju
ries while temporarily rendering service, ex
cept such claims as were prosecuted success
| fully before July 4. S14