Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-07-26
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Secretary Tracy has uupleasantly sur
prised the friends Of Past Assistant Paymas
tel. Harry r. Smith by returning the record
In his case to the courtmartlal for revision
He gives it as his opinion that the verdict is
not in accordance with the evidence. In
view of all that Mr.. Smith suff red in body
and mind at tho time of his disappearance
in New York the secretary's action is caus-
ing his friends much anxiety.
| Secretary Noble has issued peremptory
order to the agent at the Quappaw Indian
agency, in the northeastern plrt of the In
dian territory to Immediately remove from
the reservation all cattle unlawfully herded
| thereon.
The secretary of the treasury has decided
that so-called sausages, consisting of finely
| chopped pork encased in a skin and enclosed
in air-tight tins are not entitled to free
entry by assimilation to bologna sausages
but are properly classified as prepared
meats" dutiable at the rate of 25 per cent.
ad valorem.
The secretary of the treasury has ap-
pointed E. M. s. Young Of Pennsylvania to
i be chief of division in the sixth auditors
office, and William NJ. Henry of Pennsyl-
vania to be chief Of a division in the second
comptroller's Office vice William J. Neal,
resigned
The secretary of the treasury has decided
| to ask the attorney-general for an opinion as
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through United States territory.
The president has appointed John F. Bing-
ham to be chief engineer in the navy, with
the r lative rank of Lieutenant Commander.
The statement of the United States treas
urer shows gold silver, United States notes
and other funds in the treasury as follows:
Gold coin and bullion 1902 $40, 657 silver
dollars and bullion, $3.50, SOL GA; trade
| dollars redeemed, So 083, 538: fractional silver
| Tnit Gtofoo nh
1852 73S; national bank notes, s71, AT; nation
al bank notes in process Of redemption
So, 474, 6S4; deposits with national bank de-
positories, S43, 130, 492. Total $711 800, 1879.
Certificates outstanding: Gold, 1921, 752, 532;
silver $25S, ,9S5, $50; currency, S16,875,00O.
The secretary Of the treasury has rejected
the appeal of w. L Macomber from de-
cision of the collector of customs in Boston in
assessing duty at the rate of 25 per cent. ad
valorem on twenty-five barrels of grease i'm
ported April "a last.
The secretary Of the treasury has appoint
ed John D. Bowen keeper of the light station
at Windmill Point, Vermont vice H. G.
Phelps removed.
In the cases of Cadet Henry G.. Lyon and
Cadet George D. Moore, second class, Mill
tary academy, sentenced by general court
martial to be dismissed upon charges Of un-
| truthfulness, the president has failed to con-
|
the sufficiency of evidence and the hitherto
excellent character of the accused cadets.
Prof. John P Sousa leader of the Marine
| band has been for several years engaged in
collecting the national airs of the various
countries in both hemispheres and has
about completed the task They will be pub
| lished by authority of the navy department,
and will be the only publication of the kind
| in the world. The collection includes airs
from every country except Corea and Hayti,
AMI if they have any distinctive national
airs Prof. Sousa hopes to be able to include
them in his book
Secretary Window has circular letter to
the collector Of customs at Eel Paso, Laredo
and Eagle Pass, Texas, where all importa-
tions of lead ore from Mexico are made, in
structing them with regard to tho treatment
of such ores under existing rules pending
the settlement of the question now before the
treasury department in regard to the proper
classification of lead ores. 1t is stated at the
department that these instructions do not
affect the main question at is'ue, which will
not be decided until after the return to the
city of Assistant Secretary Tichenor, who
is expected about the end of the month.
The more the alien contract labor law is
examined by the treasury officials the wider
| its scope appears and the greater its posi-
| bilities for mischief 1t has been suggested
that it would prevent the coming into the
| United States of train hands employed on
the railroads entering this country from
| Canada.
Colonel Wright, the commissioner of la
Dor, has received notice of his appointment
on the permanent commission having for its
object the carrying out Of the purposes Of
the international congress for cheap habi-
tations for the poor Among his
associates in the commission are
Sir Sydney Waterlow and representatives
from Spain, Denmark, Norway Switzerland
and other European countries.
The president has made the following ap-
pointments: William Rule of Tennessee to
be pension agent at Knoxville Tenn, Will
liam A. Richards of Wyoming to be sur
veyor-general of Wyoming Boetius H. Sulli-
van of Dakota to be surveyor-general of
Dakota Capt. George Dewey to be
chief of the bureau of equipment and recruit
ing in the department. of the navy with the
relative rank of commodore; Charles G.
| Austin of Alabama to be marshal of the
United States for the northern district of
| Alabama.
Maj Livermore, in charge of improve
| ments OF harbors and rivers in the southern
part of Massachusetts, and in Rhode Island
and onnecticut, makes the following re-
Communications for appropriations: Harbor
of refuge at Hyannis, Mass $40, 900; harbor
of refuge at Nantucket, $4,000; Vineyard
Haven, $35, ,000 Wareham harbor, $12,236;
New Bedford harbor, $50 900; Taunton river
! $4,000; Pawtucket river $50, 900; Providence
river and Narragansett bay, S1O0, 900; Green
Jacket shoal, Providence river, $50, 0,000
| Newport harbor, $50 900; harbor of refuge
at Block island, $50, 000 Pawcatuck river,
R. l., and Connecticut s16,6a7; harbor of
refuge, Stonington, Conn, S35, 000
The secretary of the navy has made the
fourth payment of SIG $50 to the Herreshoff
company at Newport for the construction of
the torpe 10 boat being built for the United
States government There were to be but
five payments on this boat, and the last will
be withheld until her acceptance, so that
this payment is the last that will be made
before her trial, thus indicating that she is
very nearly completed.
Pension list revised as follows: Original
j. e. Hathaway, deceased; N. j. Baker, Jr.;
reissue-P II. Belcher; increase-Samuel
Chestnut, Hartwell Blaisdell, Abram North,
Martin Kerrigan, s. W. Miller, Betsey,
widow of Fl. e Hathaway; Annie, widow
of Nehemiah NJ Baker, Jr.; Arrianna, widow
Of Samuel Chaplin; Prudence, widow of ].
| Il. Stevens.
II is said that the favorite scheme in the
departments for getting around the civil
service law is to appoint man messenger
without examination, at a less salary than
| 5000 the minimum on the classified service
and then promote him to the 5000 grade and
so on. Every day the local papers publish
Inducements like the following, which APP
pears this evening; George jackson, a
messenger in the Office of Secretary Win
dom, has been promoted to 5000 clerkship
in the customs division"
The president today appointed William
+. Darby postmaster at North Adams
Mass, vice G.. l.. Rice, resigned.
President Harrison has sent through the
state department dispatch to Don Pedro,