Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
Cover nor Beavers Testimony
Against Armes.
A FEW MORE APPOINTMENTS,
A French PrOhibitive Tariff On Cot
tonseed Lard-Grand Trunk
Road Censured.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

Associated Press DISPATCHES to the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The Presiden
to-day appointed Edward S. Lacey, O
Michigan, Comptroller of Currency; ant
Timothy Guy Phelps, Collector of Gus
toms at San Francisco.
THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
At the session of the National Academy
of Sciences to-day reports were heard
miscellaneous business transacted and q
number of papers read.
THE ARMIES coURT-MARTIAL.
In the Armes court-martial to-day,
Beaver testified that personally he had
nothing to do with Armes' removal from
the parade on Inauguration Day. Some
one had suggested that General Ames
be appointed on the staff, and, not re.
membering at the time, in the hurry, that
General Ames was dead, he (Beaver)
had said to appoint him. When the mis-
take was discovered he had told Armes
how it occurred and dropped the
name from the list. In letter
from Armes to the witness dated April
I'd, Armes requested the Governor to
stop the court martial proceedings, as
they would result in his dismissal, and
he preferred death to losing his COM
mission. He added that the Governor
stood in danger of becoming his MUIR
derer. In another letter dated the day
before yesterday, he apologized for the
Riggs House episode. When the
witness told of this episode, he
said that he had laughingly replied
to Armes that he could not apologize
for his removal and that he had then felt
Armes' hand brush his face in q rude
way. He had in moment struck with
his crutch at Armes. Armes' action was
something in the nature of both assault
and insult. Witness took 1t to be an at
tempt to get hold of his nose and was
pretty indignant.
TARIFF ON CoTToNSEED LARD.
The United States Consul at Havre in
forms the State Department that from
and after May 1st, next. a duty of sixty
cents per 100 pounds net will be levied
on all importations into France Of lard
mixed with cottonseed oil, irrespective
OF the percentage of such mixture, and
that all lard imported from the United
States will be subject to government ex-
animation.
THE PUBLIC PREMIERSHIP.
Parties watching the Public Printer
fight are of the opinion that it will be
settled in day or two. Indications still
point to Osborne, Of California, for the
position.
DINED WITH THE PRESIDENT.
Whitelaw Reid and D. O. Mills, of New
York, were entertained at dinner this
evening by the President and Mrs. Har-
rison.
THE GRAND TRUNK IN FAULT.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
to-day promulgated decision in the
matter of the investigation into the acts
and doings OF the Grand Trunk Railway
of Canada. The decision was prepared
by Commissioner Schoonmaker. 1t de-
clares that common carriers engaged in
the transpoi tation of passengers or prop
erty for continuous carriage or ship.
ment from a place In the United
States to place in an ada
cent foreign country are subject
to the provisions of the Interstate Com
merce Act in respect to the printing of
the schedule of rates and the strict OBJ
servance of the same. In the investiga-
ton it was shown that the Grand Trunk
Railway Company has allowed rebate
on coal shipments in favor of certain
oonsignees in Canada, from points in the
United States, and the decision declares
that the reduced charges accepted, or the
rebate so allowed, is in violation OF the
Interstate Commerce Act.