The Forrest City times., 1889-12-28
WASHINGTON.

Washington is now nearly deserted by Congressman, owing to tho holidays Senator Allison's chances of re election are subject of much interest Gen. Wm. Ryder has been discharged by the Interior Department as chief butcher at Muscalero Indian Agency A big game of foot ball is to be played in Washington.
 The American squadron of evolution has arrived safely at Lisbon, minus tho York town, which was separated from the fleet in storm,
 A Galveston harbor bill is to be pushed in both houses of Congress It is believed that the indictments against Secretary Coke will be quashed.
 Tho Senate debated Mir. Morgan's reso- lution formally rccogniaing Brazirs new government
 Speaker Reed has announced all of the House standing committees,
 The Silcott theft and the reimbursement of members Is the subject of much discus. sion at Washington.
 The Director of the Mint says the de mand for pennies and 5-cent pieces for the holiday trade has been unprecedented
 Senator Stanforl of California remem- bered the pages of the Senate Christmas by presenting each of them with s5 bill.
 George H. Phoebe, who came so near de. feating Speaker Carlisle in lss6, has been appointed to si,6o clerkship by Clerk Mcpherson of the House
 The Medical Division of the Pension Of, flee is so overcrowded with work that Con gress will be asked to authorize the ap. pointment of thirty additional examiners Noble and Raum both think tho increase greatly needed.
 Circulars containing an offer of s5, ,O0o re ward for Siloott have been mailed to over one thousand points in Canada. The circu. lars are accompanied by photographs of him and of his French companion.
 The pay of census supervisors will prob. ably be increased to q 600 instead of ssoo, which is the maximum IS the law stands.
 The Senate has grown indignant over a proposition to secure higher pay for naval officers.
 The order of hearing of the contested election cases in Congress has been ar. ranged
 The Siicott committee win report a bill to reimburse the Congressmcn who lost money by the embexxlement
 Congress did little of general interest at its session Wednesday.
 An inquiry into the circumsi stances of the opening of Oklahoma Is to be made
 The Pan American delegates visited a number of schools in New York
 The Texas deep water commission of en. gineers has reported in favor of Galveston.
 The United States Supreme Court has in terfered in the cases of two Colorado mur- derers, pending decision us to conflicting State laws
 An unlawful state of affairs has been dis covered in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, criminals having been unlawfuily pun ished and court expenses unlawfully in. cured.
 Attorney General Miller appoin,ed wm C. Howell to ba Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, vice Donovan, resigned.
 Among the bills reported favorably to the Senate wcre the following, Increasing the minimum of compensation for supervisors of census from k5u to sl,ou The bin au thoriking the Attorney General ta bring suAs atashss sehlashih Neti, ms represen- tatives or assigns, to determine whether the celebrated We'll award made by the United States and Mexican mixed commis. sion was obtained by fraud with amend ments.l
 Secretary and Mrs. Elaine returned to Washington from New York. ofice here. and has been admitted to prae- fiea as q rnarsafpx- of tha bnr If st.x, S....,- Court of the District of Volumhla,