Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-04
WASHINGTON VIKINGS.
A Third Ship to be Sent
to Hayti.
AFFAIRS OF STATE AND NATION
Legislative and Executive DOings
Many Things of Public
Interest.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WAsHINGToN, January st is ex-
pected that the United States steamship
Ossippee, now at Norfolk, will sail for
Port-au-P Prince in few days. This is
in accordance with orders issued to her
commanding officer by Rear Admiral
Luce, commanding the North Atlantic
squadron, prior to his departure for Hay.
ii. In case it is found there is no neces-
sity for the constant presence of three
war vessels in Haytien waters, one of the
two now there will be sent back to the
United States.
ARCTIC RELIEF STATION.
A petition was presented to-day by
Senator Stanford from the Chamber of
Commerce of San Francisco calling the
attention of Congress to the urgent need
of permanent relief station in the Arc
tic Ocean. The petition says the whaling
fleets fitting out at San Francisco are
steadily increasing, and many hundred
lives and millions of dollars worth Of
pIOpcEty aIO cAPOScu " buc uuuSudl udA-
ger in pursuit of whaling in the Arctic
Ocean. A relief station, supplied with
provisions, fuel, medical stores, heavy
clothing and life-saving apparatus. the
petition says, would be great good to
Arctic whalemen.
CHANGE IN SUGAR SCHEDULE.
The change made in the sugar schedule
by the Senate subcommittee in charge of
the tariff bill, provides for bounty of one
cent per pound upon ali sugar raised in
this country. This has been, it is said,
fully agreed upon.
REFUNDMENT OF INCOME TAXES.
Senator Stewart has introduced bill
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to refund all income taxes, which, upon
principles subsequently settled by the
decisions OF the Supreme Court, ARE shown
to have been illegally and unconstitution-
ally collected, the money to be paid out
by the Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue., provided application for a refunder
is made within two years from the pas.
sage of the act.
SALARIES OF URGEoNs-GENERAL.
A joint resolution was introduced in
the Senate to-day by Collum, providing
that hereafter the Supervising Surgeon
General of the Marine Hospital Service
shall receive the same salary and allow
ances as are now allowed to the Surgeon
General of the Army. The resolution
was referred. The salary of the Super
vising Surgeon-General of the Marine
Hospital Service is now $4,000 a year.
The Surgeon-Gene of the Army re.
ceives $5 500 year, with an increase oi
ten per cent after the first five years oi
service, and twenty per cent after the
first ten years.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
The Senate Committee on Military
Affairs to-day ordered favorable report
to be made on the following army staff
nominations: Captain P. D. Vroom, OF
the Third Cavalry, to be Inspector Gen
eral with the rank of Major, vice Farms
worth deceased Captain Ed. W. Hunter,
of the First Cavalry, to be Judgs-Advo-
cate with the rank of Major, vice Curtis
promoted; Captain G. B. Davis, of the
Fifth Cavalry, to be Judge-Advocate with
the rank of Major, vice Gardner retired
First Lieutenant Robert Craig, OF the
Fourth Artillery, to be Assistant Quar-
termaster with the rank of Captain, vice
Forsythe promoted. No action was
= taken on the nominations of Captain D.
M. Scott, of the First Infantry, and First
Lieutenant Charles Hoy, of the Twenty
third Infantry, to be Commissaries of
Subsistence, owing to the absence of
members interested in their cases.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
James G. Blaine, accompanied by
William Walter Phelps. arrived in
Washington at 4 P. M. to-day.
Col. Daniel Mcclure, Assistant Pay
master-G General, has been placed on the
retired list.
The President to-day withdrew the
nomination of Leon o. Bailey, to be Dis
trict Attorney for Indiana, and substi-
tuted the name of Solomon Claypool,
now Assistant District Attorney under
special appointment.