Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-05-03
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Second Lieutenant T. G. Prince, marine
corps has been detached from the Kearsarge
and granted two months leave, when he will
report for duty at the marine barracks,
Portsmouth, N H.
1t is said that Attorney General Miller
will be promoted to the supreme court and
that Secretary of the Interior Noble will be
transferred to the department Of justice
Mr.. Clarkson will hen accept the interior
department portfolio.
Attorney General Miller has made a very
favorable impression on everyone with whom
| he has come in CO ltact since he came here
| When his name was first mentioned in con-
nection with cabinet 1t was the general
impression that he was rather light weight
and it was commonly said that Q would not
last. He was a comparatively unknown AMI
untried man, and as the Office has been held
by such as Taney Butler, Black, Evarts and
| Others of the same calibre it seemed like "A
| good deal Of risk to put a second-class man in
the place. But Mr., Miller has pleasantly
disappointed most people, and it is generally
believed that the senate will confirm him.
| Mr.. Pendleton, the United States minister
to Germany, will take no part In the con-
| ference on Samoan affairs. He has presented
his letters Of recall to Emperor William and
| will Immediately retire from Berlin. Tho
affairs of the legation will be conducted by
Mr.. Chapman Coleman, first sec. etary Of
the legation.
The question whether the census bureau
shall be brought under civil service rules
will not be practical one for about year,
so far as the appointment of the great body
of the clerks is concerned. The clerks will,
| for the most part, not be appointed until
that time. Meanwhile, only the heads of
divisions will be designated, and they, if the
| civil service rules should be extended to the
census bureau, would probably be of the
class that would be exempt.
Commissioner Stockslager Of the general
land Office says that from present indications
the contests over land claims in Oklahoma
would ultimately involve nearly every quar-
ter section of land in that territ ry This
being the case, he thought it probable that
the department would make the Oklahoma
contest cases separate class and dispose of
them at once.
Ex-Representative E. st. John Ellis of
Louisiana died last week at his residence in
this city. He was born in Covington, La
Oct Is, 1S4l. He served in the confederate
army until the close Of the war, W as elected
to the 44th congress from tho I'd Louisiana
district, and served through the four sue
ceeding congresses retiring at the end of the
49th congress. Since then Mr.. Ellis has prac-
tised law.
Commissioner of Pensions Tanner has rem
dered decision by which the pension of
Henry Dembitz Will be incre sed from $50 to
S72 per month. The penSioner in this case
has been receiving a pension of $50 per
month, for what is known as Perigoff's am
putation Of bo'h feet This amputation is
the removal of the entire foot with the ex-
ception of portion of the heel bone and the
integuments of the heel, which are brought
forward to cover the ankle joint.
Massachusetts, pensons r. V. Carey,
| Sanual .TOhnCon q (Iravac T
Brown, Milton Frazer George Portland,
VIM. Bradley, F. O. Kendall; increase, R.
F. Childs, Joanna, widow Of James Walsh
Amanda, widow of Solomon Squires;
Bridget, widow of Peter Cahill New Bed
ford; Elizabeth, mother of S. A. Dolbeer.
Ex-Governor William NJ Stone of Iowa
has been appointed assistant commissioner
OF the general land office.
W. B. Cooley of Pennsylvania for a num-
ber of years chief clerk Of the money order
ureau, postoffico department., has bsen ap-
pointed chief clerk Of the postofllce depart
ment, vice Joseph Roy, resigned.
Surgeon General Hamilton is of the opin-
ion that yellow fever may spread this sum
mer in portions of Florida that were exempt
from the the plague last summer.
It is officially announced that Sir Edward
Malet, the British ambassador at Berlin, Mr..
Scott the British minister at Berne, and Mr..
Grove have been appointed delegates to the
Samoan conference.
George w. Gitt, chief of division in the
pension office at Washington, has been dis
missed.
The president has appointed superin-
tendent of Indian schools This position has
been vacant for some time In view of the
new legislation it is a position of much i'm
portance AT the time Mr.. Ober Y was APP
pointed to the sUperintendency it was at his
suggestion, in great measure, that afterward
congress materially chane ed the character of
the office, and has given the superintendent
considerable independence. The new super
intendent of Indian schools is Rev. DR..
Daniel Dorchester of Boston.
7. Metcalfe of Iowa has been appointed
chief clerk of the money order office post
pointed chief clerk, postoffice department..
A. G. Sharp of Tennessee, formerly chief post
office inspector of postoffice department, has
been appointed division inSpe tor Of the At
lanta division, vice w. w. Simpson, re-
signed.
Assistant Secretary Bussey has rendered a
number of pension decisions Of which four
are Of general Importance. In the case of
William Evans late Of Co. H, 54th Ohio
Volunteers the former action of the COM
missioner of pensions Is reversed and the
claimant allowed pension. 1t appears from
the testimony in the case that one Of Evans
comrades while playing threw piece of
iron which struck him on the leg, causing q
compound fracture which has remained q
running sore ever since. The former action
was taken on the ground that the injury was
not received while in the line Of duty.
In the case Of William Jones, late OF
Co. G., Doth Ohio Volunteers similar
action was taken. Jones, while in Camp
Chase, Ohio, in 1865, was precipitated over a
balustrade by some comrades who were
scuffling, receiving injury which resulted in
scrotal hernia. Alexander Mank late OF
Co. K. 9th Pennsylvania volunteers, was
similarly injured by a comrade jumping
upon his back. Mank is granted pension
In the case of John w. Jones, late Of Co. A.
Fifth West Virginia volunteers, the
evidence shows that claimant had his
leg broken above the ankle by soldier
coming up behind him and throwing his
whole weight upon his leg, crushing the bone
About six months later he accidentally fell
while carrying pail Of water from stream
ard broke his leg again. The claim was re-
jected by the pension office on the ground
that the first injury was not received in line
of duty and that the second injury was at.
tributable to the first. Assistant Secretary
Bussey reverses this decision and directs hat
the soldier be given pension.
The following army and navy orders have
been issued Cadet Henry M. Palmer, fourth
class, military academy, has been granted
leave on account of sickness until Aug. 2S,
when he will be authorized to go on with hi
class provided he Is found qualified. Lieu
tenant George w. Goode, first cavalry, has
been ordered to duty at the recruiting depot
in W York City. Fifty recruits have been
assigned to the sixth cavalry and thirty to
the sixteenth infantry.
The president has made the following ap.
pointments: b. p Shuler, b inn, agent for
the Indians of the White Earth agency in
Minnesota; B. J. Horton Lawrence, Kan,