Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-09
WASHINGTON NEWS.


overcoat and held an umbrella over the head
Of President Harrison while the latter took
the oath OF office and delivered his inaugural
ldreSs on that terrible day, the 4th of last
March. Col Canady had come out of the
densely packed and heated senate chamber,
and his action was regarded as very impru-
dent at the time He was seriously i'll from
pneumonia long time afterward, and for
whilo his life was despared OF. He accom-
panied the committee on Indian affairs to
! Alaska as its executive officer in the hope
that the journey would improve his health.
He is now reported to be i'll in Montana and
to have been compelled to leave the COM
mittee.
There is a report in circulation that now
counterfeit ten-dollar silver certificate has
been discovered The secret service officers
| declare that they have not been informed
the coun 'erfeit, and think 1t is q false alarm.
II there is any counterfeit now In circulation
they think 1t Is the sO-called "Webster head
ten-dollar greenbaclK" more than 1920 000'
worth Of which were seizod by the United
States ofiic crs in Dayt n, o., July 16
| AS istant Secretary OF the Treasury Itch
enor in talk with Boston Post reporter
about tho Byhriug Sea seizure, said:
| There will be no childs play about this ad-
m'nistra ion Officers Of the revenue cutter
in Behring Soa have plain and unequivocal
orders. They will seize every vessel, Ameri-
| Great Britain claims a right to the fisheries,
| it is true, but Great Britain is in the habit of
claiming everything. All iiea of redress or
| indie unity under the circumstances Is absurd.
The m liter VIII bo treated as a small tres
| pass"
Dr.. Benjamin Lee, secretary of the Penn
| svlvania state board of health, has written
President Harrison, suggesting that some
| portion Of the national epidemic fund, which
now amounts to over 800, 600, should be ex-
lended in dredging and dyking the Cone
IN ugh river at Johnstown. DR.. Lee says
that oHing to the filling up Of the valley at
this point BY the deposits of sand and earth
and rock made by the great flood Johnstown
and the neighboring communities are liable
to be overllowed every time there is heavy
rain.
C. A Kenaston OF the geological survey
has been appointed by the secretary Of the
| interior q special commissioner of the de-
! par,ment to visit France for the purpose of
studying the irrig iting systems of that
country; with a view to the Improvement of
| our own.
Treasurer Huston has given rec eipt to
ex-Treasurer Hyatt for $711, SOC, 900, repre-
sentng the amount Of money and securities
| in the United States treasury, turned over
by the latter to the former OF the above
sum- S23I208 402 is actual cash, the remain
der including United States bonds aud the
reserve fund.
Albert Cottle of Boston, who was formerly
employed in the Globe office, has been ap-
pointed by Public Printer Palmer to be fore
man of the third district of the government
printing office, The place is W worth $3.50 a
year Mr.. Cottle was backed by Senator
Dawes and several m mbers of the delega-
tion but ne chiefly owes his place to the
efforts made in his behalf by Mr.. Lodge.
The attorney general has sent report to
the president IN regard to the case of e. L.
Harper Of the Fidelity bank of Cincinnati,
and the belief is general that the report Is ad-
verse to his pardon.
Postmasters were appointed for Rhode
Island as follows: Samuel Gerard,
Anthony; w ]. Potter, Greene; B. H,
Nixon, Summit.
Secretary Tracy and Commodore Sicarl,
| chief of the naval bureau of ordnance left
Washington for Bethlehem, Pa, where they
will inspect the construction Of armor plates
for the new cruisers by the Bethlehem iron
works. Commodore Schley introduced to
the secretary Of the navy, and to the attaches
Of the office, Capt George Dewey, his sue
cessor as chief Of the bureau of equipment
and recruiting. Commodore Schley takes
command Of the Baltimore.
Gen. Greedy chief OF the signal service,
has returned to the city from Maine. He
says that the proposed change In the govern
ment telegraph rate to one mill word would
not help the signal service materially, and
might impair It's efficiency. The circuit sys-
tenn, by which weather reports are sent to a
great many stltlons at the same time, he
said, saves grent deal Of time and IL the
rate was reduced the Western Union might
abolish this system and require the reports to
be sent to each place separately The In
creased cost would not be very great, but
the usefulness Of the service would be de-
stroyed to some extent by the delay that
would result.
Acting Secretary Batcheller has issued an
order suspendng payment on all bills
against the treasury department for tele-
graphing during the current fiscal year. This
action is based upon u letter from the post
master general to the secretary of the treas
ury, in which he says: "Inasmuch as the
question Of fixing rates for government tele-
grams during the current fiscal year is still
unsettled, | have the honor to request that
you please suspend the payment of any tele-
any branch thereof, until tho official promul-
cation by this department of the order fix
ing the rates In question"
Ithas transpred that Senator Manderson of
Nebraska had not received the $4,000 of back
pension which Mr.. Tanner had so kindly
awarded to him and the senator's friends
say he will write a letter refusing to touch q
cenJ OF the money.
The state department. Is in receipt of an
exhaustive report upon Russian agriculture
and cereal trade from Charlton H. Way,
United States consul-general to st. Peters
burg. He says the exports Of cereals from
Russia in the past two years show an alb
normal increase due to three causes. First
the enormous crops gathered from both the
black lands and the arabic prairies; second
the depreciation of the paper rouble, and
| loI 4ho otio ~ Df
"corners" In the United States. Every cor
ner engineered In the United States makes an
opportunity for Russia,
Capt. W. T. Sampson of the navy, in his
paper on the n val defence of the coast,
lays down at length detailed plan for the
defence Of the entire coast line of the coun-
try. For this purpose he would divide the
coast into twelve sections with separate
fleet assigned to each section. 1t Is part of
Captain Sampson's plan to have his coast
defence feet, as far as possible, under sin
gle direction, and the fleets Of the different
sections would cooperate, as far as po o'sible,
one with another.
Venezuela and the United States of Colon
bia have notified the department of state Of
their acceptance Of the invitation to take
part In the three Americas commercial con.
gress to be held in washington next Octo-
Der.
Postmaster General Wanamaker has issued
an order extending the age limit Of appoint
ment of letter corriers in non.civil service
postoffices from 35 to 40 years Of age. This
age limitation does not apply to persons hon.
orably discharged from the military or naval
service of the country who are otherwise
duly qualified
Fourth-clas; postmasters have been ap-
pointed as follows: j. G.. Townsend, Dublin,
N. H; Marshall Emmons, East Haddam, CT.
George II. Spall StratforI, CT; G. A.
Rolfe Princeton, Me-; e NJ. Jacobs, Stroud
|, Il IL