Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-05-30
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Items of General Interest from the
National Capital.
President Harrison Makes Several Ap-
pointments Hours for Visitors
Changed-The Pension Appro-
priation-Other News.
NOTES or GENERAL INTEREST.

WASHINGTON, May 2l.-Commencing to-
| day the hours OF reception at the White
| House will be changed. Instead of COM
| menoing at II O'Clock the President viii
remain ia executive session until
! IL, and ON Cabinet days will close
| promptly at T. On Wednesdays
Thursdays and Saturdays the time
for hearings will be extended to
| 1880 On Mondays there will be no recep-
tion at all except the regular public affair.
which will, as in the past, take place at
| o'clock. The result OF this change, which
was announced yesterday by Secretary Hal
| ford will be saving to the President OF at
least six or seven working hours in week
and corresponding degree of increase in
| the number of appointments made.
WASHINGTON, May 2l.-The Comptroller
| OF the Currency has authorized the First
National Bank OF Burlingame, Kan, to be-
| gin business with capital of 5000 and
the First National Bank OF Pana, ILL.,, and
the First National Bank of Mifflintown, Pa,
each with a capital of $4,000
WAsHINGToN, May 81. The statement hav-
ing been telegraphed over the country that
the pension appropriation has become ex-
hausted Commissioner Tanner expresses
the hope that the pensioners VIII not be
unduly alarmed thereby The fact is that
I
which sends the money from the Treasury
into the various United States repositories,
where It will be subject to the checks Of the
pension agents for the June payment
WASHINGTON, May % Charles DENLY, the
United States Minister TO China advises the
Secretary of State under date of April
last of the appointment of Tsui Kwo Yin,
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plen-
ipotentiary of China To the United States
vice Chang Yen Hoon,
WASHINGTON, May pa statement pre-
pared in the office of Solicitor of the Treas
ury shows that there are now IL, SOB uasat-
isfied judgments on the books of that office,
representing the sum of $40, $50, liz.
They cover the period from July /,
1899 to July /, 1855, and represent
all classes Of Indebtedness to tho Govern
naent, principally from fines, forfeitures
and trespasses. There was collected dur
ing the same period the sum of S45, 0O0, 600
Solicitor Hepburn proposes to investigate
these old cases, with view to the collec-
ton OF the whole or part of the outstand-
ing, judgments
the Treasury has received conscience
contribution from resident of this city in
the form OF fourteen two-cent stamps.
WASHINGTON May 22-The Treasury ac
countants have completed an estimate of
the cash value of the currency, coin and
securities turned over to Treasurer Huston
by ex-Treasurer Hyatt, and find the total
amount to be s739, 100000.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-President Harri-
son yesterday appointed Il. I. Gilkerson, of
Pennsylvania, to be Second Comptroller of
the Treasury.
WASHINGTON May 25.-The pension APP
! iotf or fOp ssl11.V xyadr
appropriated SIS, 400, 900, including $780,
900 to meet threatened deficiency Chief
Bell, OF the agents division of the Pension
! Office, says that 1t Is true that this amount
has all been drawn from the treasury, but
that more than $1,000, 600 remains in the
hands of the eighteen pension agents
with which to meet the quarterly payments
which fall due on June /. IL is thought that
this amount will nearly suffice until July |,
when the appropriation for the next fiscal
year will become available. Mr. Bell SAYS
that the appropriation for the next fiscal
year, $50, 40, 900, is too small and that there
will be a deficiency Of about sl5.000,0O0
WASHINGTON, May 27.-The Government
has advertised for proposals for the con-
strucrion of three new cruisers each to be
built at a cost of not more than $4,000
WASHINGTON, May 27.-Two new post
offices have been established in Oklahoma
Territory; one at Moore, A. NJ. Petit post
master, twenty-four miles south Of Purcell,
and one at Norman, d. W. Marquart post
master thirteen miles south of Oklahoma
City.
WASHINGTON, May q. The marriage of ex-
Secretary Bayard to Miss Mary Willing
Clymber is announced to take place on June
IL in st Johns Episcopal Church in this
city.