Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-03-15
WASHINGTON NEWS.


There has been a great deal Of guessing
about the size of the crowd that Washington
cared for during inaugural time.
The most careful and experienced guessers
figure the crowd to have numbered 200, 900.
The Pennsylvania railroad people alone
brought los, 900, without harm to the hair of
a single head.
1t has been estimated that the president
shook %, 900 hands; that $4,000 visitors en-
tered the national museum, and that n arly
1000 people ascended to the top of Wash
ington monument on the same day.
Ex-Surg. Gen. Hammond is the president
and ex-Gov. Denver is the vice-prssident of
an assoc alton of gentlemen just organized
for the purpose Of introducing a system for
warming cooling and ventilating our ma
tional vessels and government buildings
p stmaster General Wanamaker has taken
hold of his department with a business-like
grip which is already felt to its fulle t ex-
tremities. He has intimated to all the chiefs
of bureaus and divisions that he will be glad
to have a report from them W ekly as to the
operations of their re ,pective offices, and he
has also suggested that it will be desir b for
the clerks of the department to register the
time at which they report for duty each
morning.
There Is but little gossip afoat concerning
tie foreign missions. 1t is reported. how
ever, that Whitelaw Reid of the New York
Tribune has been offered the English mission
and ex-senator Palmer of Mich yan that to
Spain. The latter, however, says he will
not go abroad, but return to Michigan and
run for governor Ex-Governor Porter of
Indiana will go to Rome, and it is expected
that Hon. John c. New will go to Austria.
The office of the first assistant is the place
which has the control Of the fourth class
postoffces of the country. These are more
than $4,000 in number. These postmasters
are appo nted without the confirmation of
the senate. The control Of these offices is
regarded as an important political power.
MIR. Stevenson, the outgoing first assistant,
obtained great reputation among the old
line party men for having appointed SO, 900
fourth class postm lsters in a very short space
of time.
One of the first things the state depart
ment will dispose Of is the appointment Of
delegates to the Samoan conference at Ber
lin. 1t is said that Ben amin F. Butler, John
A. Kasson and William Walter Phelps will
probably be sent to represent this govern
ment, and that they will be accompanied by
ex-Consul General Sewall and Augustus
Cowherd of Illinois, who negotiated the
treaty between the United States and Samoa.
George V. Brewer, United States general
apprais Of the port of New York, has ten
dered his resignation to President Harrison.
In 1855 a man giving the name of A.
! Squires deposited 124 ounces of gold NOW
valued at S2200 at the Philadelphia mint
He received a receipt for it, but until Janu-
ary last did not appear to claim his money.
He then put in an appearance and produc-
ing receipt, the writing upon which had
become ob1iterated by age explained
that the written characters had
become defaced for the reason that the
receipt had been rried for many
years in a belt around his waist Owing to
the fact that a counter claim for the money
had been filed by some New Workers by the
name of Squires, who contended that the
| gold had been deposited by an anc stor, the
superintendent of the Philadelphia mint sub
mitted the case to the first comptroller of
the tire lsury, who, in view Of the many
p COTS Of identity submitted by the Cali
fOrnia claimant decided that he was the
rightful owner of the property.
Acting Secretary Thompson of the trea-
sury has dismissed Edwin Harris, deputy col
| lector and auditor at the port of New Or
leans, La, and Alfred Bradley, superintendent
Of repairs of public buildings In Louisiana
under the control of the treasury. This ac-
tion was the elimination Of an investigation
| tegun some weeks ago.
Representative Dubuque of Fall River
| Mass, who wants the consul-generalship at
Montreal, is in the city. Senators Hoar and
Dawes took him up to the state department
and presented him and his application to
Secretary Blaine Dubuque, as a French
Canadian, has peculiar qualifications for the
| place.
If any reason existed for calling an extra
session of congress the precarious condition
of the health of some of the republican con-
| greSsmen would prevent this There is no
suggestion anywhere that there will be an
extra session until after the new state con-
| greSsmen are elected.
| A large number of officers in whose favor
| claims have been allowed at the treasury de-
! partment for increase of pay on various ac-
| counts, under decisions of the court of claims
are seriously disturbed in their minds be-
cause of an enactment in the deficiency ap-
preparation bill just passed by congress, pro-
viding that the amounts to be paid in any in
stance shall not cover period of more than
| six years prior to the date of the decisions of
the court of claims.
The following naval orders have been pro-
mulgated Commander William T. Sampson,
ordered to examination for pro cotton;
Lieutenant George NJ. Stoney, ordered to
duty as Inspector Of steel for the new cruisers
at the Pacific Rolling mills, San Francisco;
Lieutenant U. j. L. 7. Halpine, ordered to
the Tallapoosa, South Atlantic station, per
steamer of the Both inst, from Newport
News, Va; Lieutenant Daniel Delehanty,
detached as member of the board of inspec-
tion and survey San Francisco, and ordered
to duty on the coast survey.
The acting secretary Of the navy pro-
nounces the San Francisco story about
Samoan affairs base fabrication
Secretary Window says that the purchase
of bonds will be continued for the present at
least. When the secretary last took the
treasury department he found more bonds
than he had money. Now he finds more
money than there are bonds to take up. The
surplus need not worry him at present, how
ever as its effect will not be felt until Au-
gust or September when money is again in
demand All that is wanted until then is to
keep the surplus from growing. The