Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-06
News Of Interest from
ashington,
Washington. May ~, 1889.

from a trip to salt water. He
left here Saturday afternoon on
Postmaster General Wanamaker's
steam yacht, Restless" with
party composed of the following
gentlemen: Private Secretary Hal
ford, Attorney General Miller,
Representative Anderson, of Kan
sas, and General George Williams.
The Postmaster General placed
the yacht at the Presidents dispos-
al but asked to be excused from
accompanying him because he did
not wish to be absent on Sunday
from his Philadelphia Sunday
School. The party expressed
themselves as having had a
delightful trip.
The season of the year is fast
approaching when the newspaper
fake reigns in all its glory. To
give an idea of the small founda-
ton required to build fake of the
greatest magnitude it is only
necessary to mention a little
circumstance that occurred last
week. United States Treasurer
Houston left for indianapolis for
the purpose of making arrange
ments for bringing his family to
Washington. A very simple and
natural occurrence, and yet the
"fake" correspondence built upon
it story of two columns, detailing
the row between Mr.. Houston and
the President and stating positive
ly that Mr.. Houston had rendered
his resignation and would not
return to Washington.
The President made fewer
appointments last week than in
any week since his Inauguration
and the lions share, as far as
Importance goes was captured by
Senator Quay for Pennsylvania,
B. F. Gilkerson, being made
second Comptroller of the Treas
ury and S. B. Holiday Com
missioner of Customs, to say
nothing of David Martin appointed
Collector of Internal Revenue for
the Philadelphia district. There
were few more appointments
made such as u. S. Attorneys,
Marshals, ETC., and one United
States Consul at Prague, which
was captured by Robert c.
Spooner of Wisconsin, a brother
of Senator Spooner.
The department of the Potomac,
G. A. R., held a memorial service
in the Metropolitan Church last
night There was a large attend
ance of veterans, including the
President, who occupied General
Grants old pew.
1t is estimated at the Pension
office that there will be a deficien-
cy of about SIS 100000 in the
appropriation for the coming
fiscal year, which begins July Ist.
This is largely the fault of the late
Commissioners of Pensions who
knowingly made his estimates too
small.
1t seems a little queer to see
men on the streets of Washington
openly wearing badges consisting
of the Confederate flag and the
Virginia state flag, but | saw them
last week, they were members of
a Virginia camp of Confederate
veterans, that had been to Alexan-
dria, Va, to take part in the
ceremonies consequent upon the
unwilling of a monument erected
to the memory of the Alexandria
soldiers in the late war.
Commissioner of Pensions Tan
ner has decided that pensioners
that have lost both an arm and
leg are entitled to So a month
instead of $50 and $50, as they
have been heretofore. There are
only d cases affected by the
decision. They will receive about
SIoo, 600 in arrears.
The President has approved a
recommendation of the Civil
Service Commission which pro-
vides that hereafter the standing
of all parties eligible for appoint
ment shall be made public. This