Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-28
CAPITAL BUDGET.


WARRINGTON, March 2o.-The Presiden,
Will soon issue proclamation relative to
the Behring Sea which can not fail to at
tract international attention. The proc
| lamation will be the first information
which most people will have that in the
closing hours of the last Congress an
amendment was incorporated in the In
ter-Ierrltor1ai Salmon Fishing act which
IN effect, declares that the Behring Sea is
closed sea. By this legislative enactment
congress has attempted to settle grave
point over which the nations have con-
tended. The amendment in its terms ex-
| tends the provisions of the Salmon Fish
ing act to seal fishing in Bahring Sea.
That is to say, the act forbids the taking
OF seal by any one not authorized by the
act within he waters of Behring Sea, and
does not exclude them merely from SSH
ing on certain islands,
The amendment is, of course. of the
greatest Importance to theAlaska Fur-Seal
Company, as it will preserve the seal fish
cries for them. 1t is also of great i'm
poftance to the American and Canadian
hshermen who may have been planning
to engage in seal fishing in the open
waters OF the Behring Sea this season, as
SO many Of the Canadian vessels did last
season. The act authorizes the seizure of
such vessels by United States revenue
cutters. The proclamation of the Presi-
dent will call attention to this fact. The
act may give rise to important interna-
tional complications.
WHITE HOUSE VISITORS AND MAILS.
WASHINGTON, March 22-There were no
delegations at the White House yester-
day. This was somewhat unusual, not
having been the case before, except on
Sundays, since the 4th of March. There
We're plenty of callers, however. The
only difference was that they came alone,
with very few exceptions. This latter
class included Senators Plumb, Teller
aud Gray, who came in company, and
Senators Coke and Reagan, of Texas, who
were accompanied by Colonel Ochiltree.
Among the other callers were Senators
Spooner, Blair, Cullom. Platt and His
cock; Representatives Caswell, Conger,
Dalzell, Peters, Milliken, Russell, Hit,
Evans and Cneadle. Another exception to
the rule of single callers was Senator
Hoar, accompanied by Mr.. Washburne, the
newly-appointed Minister to Switzerland.
While the stormy weather of the day
had the effect of diminishing the number
of callers upon the President, the mail
which arrived at the White House showed
no siga of decreasing. Since the 4th of
March the Presidents mail has been very
heavy, averaging from six to seven hun
dred letters, and on some days running as
high as one thousand. President Cleve-
lands letters rarely exceeded three hun
bred day. Many of the communications
sent to President Harrison are for other
persons, several of whom are utterly I'M
known to him, the correspondents proba-
bly, thinking that letters addressed to the
care Of the President will undoubtedly
reach their destination.
CHANGES AND PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY
WASHINGTON, March D. - Secretary
Tracy has ordered Commodore A. E. X.
Benham to take command of the navy
yard at Mare Island, CAL, which position
was made vacant by the departure Of
Rear Admiral Belknap to take command
Of the Asiatic squadron. Commodore
Benham is at present on waiting orders.
Rear Admiral Stephen 3. Luce has been
informed by the Navy Department that
he will be placed on the retired list on the
25th inst. HIS retirement will cause the
promotion of the following officers:
Commodore David B. Harmony to be
Rear-Admiral; Captain F. NJ. Ramsey to
be Commodore; Commander VIM. T.
Casey to be Captain; Lieutenant-Com-
mander Royal Bradford to be Command
er, and Lieutenant A. Fl. G. Leutze to be
Lieutenant Commander. Commodore
Harmony is at present Chief of the Bu-
reau of Yards and Docks, and his four
year commission for that place expires
on the 9th inst. 1t is the general belief
that he will be re-appointed, in which
case he will be the only Rear-Admiral on
duty in the Department.
'BU SINESS" IN THE POST-oFFICE DEPART
MENT.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-Postmaster-
General Wanamaker has issued an order
directing all clerks in the Office of the
First Assistant Postmaster General and
such as may be required from the other
bureaus of the Department, until other
wise directed, to begin work at $3.50 a. M,
instead of niue O'Clock as heretofore, and
remain at their work until p. M, instead
of four O'Clock. This increase of hours is
made for the purpose of facilitating the
dispatch Of applications and preparation
of papers for action in the Office of the
First Assistant Postmaster General. The
clerks in the Dead-Letter Office are also
required to work from $50 a. m. until p.
H., until the work now in arrears in that
division is brought up.
THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC PRINTER RESERVED
FOR WESTERN MAN.
w ASH1NGION, @.-OcCiS
Tracy. Franklin Woodruff, Colonel A. D.
Baird and Theodore Willis, accompanied
by Nathan Newman, of Brooklyn Typo
graphical Union, yesterday went to see
the President in behalf of Lewis Payne.
OF New York. who wants to be Public
Printer. Mr.. Newman spoke very ear
nestIv in Payne's behalf, and when he had
concluded, the President is quoted as say
ing that under no circumstances would he
appoint New York man to the coveted
office. The favored individual would
come from the West.
Mr.. Newman said he hoped the APP
pointee would be good union man, and
to this the President responded with the
assurance that he would be a good,
honest, competent man. The Office was
next in importance to a Cabinet posi-
ton, and only fit man would be appoint
ed to run it.
The same committee then waited upon
Secretary Window, and presented the
claims of Michael j. Dady, who would
like to be superintendent of construction
and repairs of Federal buildings in the
Southern district of New York.
The New Gunboat Yorktown.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-.The Secretary
Of the Navy has received from the Naval
Inspection Board, of which Commodore
is president, favorable re-
port on the gun boat Yorktown, now
lying at Cramps ship-yard, Philadel-
Ihia. The report states that the vessel