Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-05-10
WASHINGTON NEWS.

number of years been citizen of Ohio and
Indiana. From the latter state he was ap-
pointed fifth auditor of the treasury, but was
removed from this position upon the advent
of the Cleveland administration. He then
settled in Buffalo, N Y, and engaged in the
practice Of law. During the recent cam
paign he assisted in attending to the corre>
spondence of Mr.. Harrison, and was fire.
quently spoken of in connection with the office
| of private secretary to the president.
| A decision has been rendered in the case
Of James Dunn, late of Company B. Massa-
chuSetts Volunteers, for an increase of PEN
sion. Claimant was pensioned in 1884 at 81
| per month for a gunshot wound of the back.
! Since that time he has filed numerous appli-
cations for an increase, all Of which was re-
jected on the ground that the claimant was
then receiving the full amount of pension to
which he was entitled under the law for the
disability resulting from the gunshot wound
of the back. The assistant secretary directs
that a new and full investigation be made;
and that in case the former decision is ad-
hered to the matter be returned to him for
final action.
Fourth class postmasters were appointed
on May 3, as follows: Samuel II. Phillips,
| South Woodstock, Ct; Jesse Barber, Abbott
| Vii age, Me j. c.. Campbell, Atkinson, Ne;
E. r. Wingate, Steep Falls, Me-. E. P. Files,
Sangerville Me-; Harry Butterfeld, Lincoln
Centre Me; C. E. johnson, Topsfeld, Ne;
Fred H. Hawkes. Windham Centra, Me-; g.
G: Burdette Conway, Mass; Edward Pease,
Huntingto on, Mass; e. S. Kendall, We +
minister, Mass; L. d. James, Williamsburg,
Mass; F. L. RUSSELL Mechanicsville, Vt;
D. L. Nichols, Roxbury, VT.
Secretary Tracy contemplates ordering
| the old ship Constitution from Portsmouth,
| n. H, TO the Washington navy yard. Con-
siderable opposition to the proposed transfer
of the old ship comes from New Hampshire
One of the arguments used for the purpose
of influencing Secretary Tracy is that the
| removal of the vessel will involve an expen-
diture Of S600l Friends of the proposed
| transfer say that the objection to 1t on the
| groun of expense is mere blind, and that
| the opposition to the removal Of the historic
al man-of- war comes from the Portsmouth
and other New Hampshire people, who re-
! gard the prese &C Of tho venerable relic as
source Of p ofitabe returns as well Us of pa
triOtic emotion There will probably be no
money available for the purpose until July.
! Captain Bonnet chief of the revenue ma
rine service, has had a conference with the
| navy officials with reference to the harbor of
| refuge at Point B rrow. The navy people
express a des re to heartily cooperate
with tho treasury officials and a dispatch
was sent to Captain Healy of the Bear, who
| is at San Francis o, to begin at on con-
| IIdCUtuR lOT Gu6 supplies. ue
is not available until the beginning of the
fiscal year. July l. but it is understood that
| the merchants of San Francisco are willing
! to deliver goods contingent on payment after
that date. The house to be used at Point
Barrow will be constructed at San Francisco
and carried out in sections ready to be i'm
mediately put up.
Lieutenant Owen e. Lasher has been Or
dered to the Kearsarge; Assistant Paymaster
H. R. Sullivan to do duty under the general
| storekeepar at the Washington navy yard
Past Assistant Engineer James A. Chas-
mer to examination for promotion; Com
mander E. c. Merriman has been detached
| from the BoSt navy yard and granted
! three months sick leave. Lieutenant F. II.
Sherman AMI Ensigns Alfred H. Hall and G.
! 2. Eaton from the Kearsarge and placed on
waiting orders. Ensign John H. Bell, from
| the Mare Island navy yard, 18th inst, and
ordered to the 1roquois.
Massachusetts pens 'ons have been granted
as follows: Original, Nelson Thomas, Louis
Fitzgerald, G. S. Brewster, E. P. Burleigh,
! J. W. Crowley Peter Connors; increase, M.
! F. Hart Anson Fuller, Zeba Smith, n. F.
Ramsdell, Thomas Demon, Asa Peabody, f.
F. Wiley Harvey Packard, w. D. Cole,
Thomas Moriarty, Marshall Pepper, ALERT
mother of Rufus Sheldon, Celia, widow Ct
w. Connolly, Gardner, father of w, @.
! Bourne, minors of Charles Seely, Carrie,
widow of Eben Gordon, Susan, mother Of
Frank Houghton.
The president made the following appoint
ments on May g. To be U. s. attorneys, s.
| W Hawkins of Tennessee, for the western
district of Tennessee; John Ruhm of Ten
nessee, for the middle district of Tennessee:
DR.. Alva Alexander of New York, for the
nothern district of New York. To be U. S.
marshals, j. B. Hill of North Carolina, for
the eastern district Of North Carolina: c. B.
Harrison of Tennessee for the middle dis
! trict of Tennessee; j. w. Brown of Ten
nessea, for the western district of Tennessee.
Assistant Secretary Tichenor has made
ruling that the ''emigrant fund.- cannot be
! properly used for the support of deportation
| of emigrants who are in good health at the
time of their arrival AMI are permitted to
proceed to their destination, but who subses
| quently become public charges by reason Of
| sickness. Tha ruling was made in the case
of Enoch Morgan, an English emigrant who
arrived in this country in 1888 and went to
Scranton and remained there till he became
sick, when he WIS sent to Philadelphia for
the purpose of returning to England. The
| Philadelphia enigrant commissioners re"
quested authority to spend $40 of the emf
grant fund to pay his passage home. The
department, however, held that it was not
case for such action.
Earnings of the Manhattan Elevated rail-
way for the three centennial holidays were:
Monday, S3S, ,210; Tuesday, S41, 1856; Wednes-
day, S97,S $40.
| The secretary of the treasury has affirmed
| the decision of the collector of customs at
Boston in assessing duty at the rate of 10 per
! cent. ad valorem on certain beans imported
by Fowle, Hibbard & Co, June T. MAY 81
! and June 25 las, and by Mcpherson Bros.
on Oct 16, Nov %, Dec. and Jan. 90 last.
| The secretary has also affirmed the collect
| or's decision in assessing duty at the rate Of
! 35 cents per pound and 40 per cent. ad val
orem on lawn tennis suiting imported by
Shepard, Norwell g. Co. March 80 last.
The sentence of the general court martial
in the case of Major G. J. Lydecker, corps of
engineers, who was tried on charges arising
out of the aqueduct tunnel frauds in Wash
| ington is made public. He is to forfeit to
the United States 300 per month of his pay
for nine months, and to be reprimanded in
| orders
Assistant Secretary Busy has granted a
pension to Felix ONeil, late of the u s. ma
| rine corps steamer Rhode Island, for total
blindness. The case was rejected by the PEN
sion office The assistant secretary finds upon
an error of fact.
| A statement prepared at the treasury de-
partment shows that there has been net
increase of 81, 76S 6S3 in the circulation since
April /, and that there has been net in
crease of 81, 903, 034 in the mon and bullion
in the treasury during the same period. The
principal increase in the circulation was in
| gold and silver certificates and United States
notes, and the principal increase in the treas
ury holdings was in gold coin standard sill
yer dollars and national bank hotes.
The president and secretary of the inte.
rior have called upon u S. officials in Okla
homa, charged in the report of the inspec-
tors of the interior department with corrupt
practices in connection with public lands In
that territory, for any explanation or state
ment they may desire to make relative there