Connecticut western news., 1889-08-07
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Secretary Windom of Minnesota kept his promise to Senator Washburn of Minnesota, president of the Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic railroad, by promptly pigeon-hol- ing Assistant Secretary Tichenor's proposed circular levying duties on empty Canadian cars, and deciding that Canadian cars are non-dutiable. This settles the matter.
 Robert J. Elliott of Kansas, Thomas G.. Stoddard of Massachusetts and John C.; Choats of New York have been appointed postotfice inspectors on mail depredations by transfer from the railway mail service. Postmaster-General Wannamaker has left Washington on a vacation of a week or long CT. He will spend Sunday at Cape May, on Monday will go to Saratoga Springs. Secretary Tracy has referred the report of the board that supervised the recent trials of the Petrel to a board composed of the chief of the five bureaus of the navy department. The contractors ask for new trial, but the board does not recommend that it be had. Maj. S. Willard Larton, who was removed from office by the last administration, has been restored to duty in the first comptroller's office under the operation of the extension of
 rule 10 of the civilservice rules, which per mits of the restoration of all eX-sOlders who have been removed from office.
 WarnerP P. Sutton of Michigan, for several years consul-general at Matamoras, Mex, and later transferred to Nuevo Laredo, and k. c. Prescott, son of w. H. Prescott, one of 
 clerks of the congress of American nations, | which meets in this city next October. MT. Sutton is detailed for the duty by the state department.
 encampment, G. A. R., to be held in Mill | waukee next month, have asked the secre- | tary of the navy to order the Michigan, the | government war vessel on the lakes, to take | part in the military and naval display that will mark the occasion. Secretary Tracy will probably grant the request.
 It is explained at the state department that | the letter to Lord Mayor Sexton of Dublin, | which the latter asserts was broken in tram | sit, was purely routine communication, acknowledging the receipt of a copy of the l resolutions of sympathy with the Johnstown l flood sufferers adopted by the Dublin coun- | ci. The letter was signed by Acting Secre- | tary of State Wharton, and not by President | Harrison.
 | A statement prepared at the treasury de- | partment shows that there was net decrease
 of $459, ,113 in the circulation during the month of July, and net decrease of $69.S14
 in money and bullion in the treasury during l the same time. The decrease in circulation
 was principally in national bank notes and gold coin, and the decrease in money and
 bullion in the treasury principally in gold
 bullion and national bank notes. The total
 circulation Aug. 1 is stated at $1 379 .6S6 ,937, :,
 aid the total money and bullion in the treas
 ury at the same data at $652 ,O12 ,O29.
 The secretary of war has awarded the con
 tract for furnishing castings and forgings
 for 10-inch rifle to the Standard Steel Com
 pany of Thurlow, Pa., at 27 cents per pound.
 The bidders for furnishing the army with
 forgings for three hoops and parts of breeeh
 mechanism for 10-inch steel wire gun were
 the N idvale steel works, Philadelphia, 9S
 cents per pound, delivered in 15O days, and
 the Bethlehem Iron Company of South
 Bethlehem, Pa., 40 cents per pound for cer- l tain fOrgingS and $1 per pound for the
 breech mechanism forgings. The latter bid 1 WaS acCentel.