St. Landry democrat., 1889-09-07
WASHINGTON NOTES.

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WASHINGTON NOTES.
The bond offerings aggregated 81 1855,
900, as follows: Four per cent registered
$4OO 900, 5000, 900, $500, 1000, $4,000 and
| 5000. 600 at 81. 49, Registered as, So, $50,
900, 81, 900, 600, $4,000 and 100000 al
| $13S. Ali the offers were accepted, max.
ing total of So, 1876. 900 for the day.
The Department of Agriculture is in
receipt of cablegram from its European
agent in London, stating that the inter-
national grain congress in session al
Vienna estimates the wheat crop of Europe
lower than was expected. The crop in
Russia and Hungary is found to be es-
| pecially bad.
| The following telegram was received by
naval officer from Irving M. Scott, pres.
ident of the Union Iron Works of San
Francisco, relative to the recent official trial
of the cruiser Charleston Successful in
| every respect in six hours run under
forced draft. That's the way we do things
| in the West"
| Messrs. James T. Hayden, president OF
| the Whitney National Bank, and r. M.
Walmsley, of the Louisiana National Bank
of New Orleans, are here with the view
of having the treasury officials order the
transfer of balances by wire SO that pay
ments may be made at the New Orleans
sub treasury and the movement of crops
thus expedited.
Secretary of War Proctor, accepted the
resignation from the army of Surgeon Jos.
Y. Porter, who resigned because he was
ordered from Jacksonville to Louisiana.
DIR. Porter is at present State health officer
of Florida and has complete control of the
precautionary measures to prevent a yell
low fever epidemic. He asserted that the
directing him to proceed to Louisiana was
in violation of an understanding he had
with the war department, by the terms of
which he was not assigned to active duty
because of disability incurred in the SER
vice.
If an unofficial rumor which has reached
the State Department is confirmed, it will
give an almost comical effect to the angry
remonstrance of the Canadians against the
Behring Sea. IThsaIer Black Diamond.
.aTnicI was the first vessel seized this year,
is owned in q large degree, if not entirely,
information came to the department Incl
dentally while quiet inquiry was being
made into the truth of the statement that
the United States vice consul at Victoria
is interested largely in some of the colonial
vessels Illegally sealing in the Behring
sea, which statement has not so far been
officially confirmed.
The Worlds Washington special says
Some astounding figures came to light in
the manner Of increased and re-rated pen
sions It appears that during the month
Of August Commissioner Tanner has paid
out the enormous sum of $40, 900 in seven
teen re rated cases. Richard Whiting, of
st. Louis. received the largest amour t,
$12, 251. 80. Hiram Smith, deputy COM
missioner of pensions, had himself been
re-rated, and pockets $6035. rs. Cardenio
Bruce, of Kansas, gets $6342 70. John s.
Fay received $6341. IS. Henry Funking
shares in the big grab to the tune of
1921. O5. Tanner bases this whole distri-
button of the surplus upon recent de-
cision of Assistant Secretary Chandler in
the case of Henry Schmidt. in which the
ruled that man might be pen
stoned for double disability.
Geo. A. Clovis, of Washington, an at
torney at law, states that he is preparing
for an application for patent
10 be issued to Claus SpreckelS, the HaW-
sugar into building material. Mr.. Clovis |
mas just returned from Europe with |
Spreckels, and his story sounds very much |
ike d fairy tale Or q fakir's invention. &c
,laims that material can be artifcially |
nod -
building stone, which is harder than gran
to, impevious to moisture and unaffected |
y heat, white and more beautiful than
marble, and which will stand crushing
weight that would make powder. out Of
10Th insist that while the proposition
eems ludicrous and absurd on its face they
re entirely In earnest, and propose to de-
aonstrate the feasibility Of the whole
hing.
Assistant Secretary Bachelor, of the
treasury Department, said regarding the
eport that Wall street spectators had
ormed syndicate and bought up $40,
00, 900 United States bonds, hoping to
orce the secretary to buy at their price
aAlI We know about it, said Assistant
ecretary Bachelor, lis that we are get
ing all this bonds we want at our own fig
res. III there has been any such attempt
5 described it has failed. We got So, Co.,
90 of bonds at 81 .26, our own price, and
ave offers Of 81, 000. 900 more at the same
rice. This is better than we have done
ef0re. We can get all the bonds we want
our own price. There is no danger of q
In the money market. There
now an abundance of money. With ]