The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02
WASHINGTON NEWS.

dered TO duty in the bureau Of navigation. |
Second Lieutenant Il, q, Prince, marine
corps, has been detached from the kearsarge
aud granted two months leave when he VIII
report for duty at the marine barracks,
Portsmouth, N. II,
IL Ia said that Attorney General Miller
will be promoted TO the supreme court and
that Secretary Of the Interior Noble will be
transferred to the department of Justice.
Mr., Clarkson will then accept the interior
department portfolio
Attorney General Miller has made a very
favorable impression on everyone with whom
he has COME In co tact since he came here.
When his name was first mentioned In con-
nection with ~ cabinet 1t was the general
impression that he was rather light weight
and 1t was commonly said that lie would not
last, He was comparatively unknown and
untried man, and as the Office has been held
by such as fancy; Butler, Black, Evarts and
Others Of the same calibre, 1t seemed IKE a
good deal Of risk to put second-class man IN
the pllce But Mr.. Miller has pleasantly
disappointed most people, and it is generally
believed that the senate will confirm him.
Mr.. Pendleton, the United States minister
to Germany, will take no part In the con-
ference on Samoan affairs He has presented
his letters of recall to Emperor William ana
will Immediately retire from Berlin, Inc
affairs of the legation will be conducted BY
Mr.. Chapman Coleman, first seci etary OF
the legation.
The question whether the census bureau
shall be brought under civil service rules
will not be q practical one for about year,
so far as the appointment OF the great body
Of the clerks is concerned The clerks will,
for the most part not be appointed until
that time Meanwhile, only the heads Of
divisions will be designated, and they, II the
civil service rules should be extended to the
census bureau, would probably be of the
class that would be exempt.
Commissioner Stockslager of the general
land office says that from present indications
the contests over land claims in Oklahoma
would ultimately involve nearly every quar-
ter section of land in thai territ ~. This
being the case, he thought it probable that
the department would make the Oklahoma
contest cases a separate class and dispose Of
them at once.
Ex-Representative r. ST. John Ellis of
Louisiana died last week at his residence In
this city. He was born in Covington, L8.,
Oct Is, 1871. He served in the confederate
army until the close of the war, W as elected
to the 44th congress from the I'd Louisiana
district and served through the four sue
ceeding congresses retiring at the end of the
49th congress. Since then Mr. Ellis has prac-
| tised law.
| Commissioner of Pensions Tanner has rem
| dered a decision by which the pension OF
ae a Oehiu,'A MI M, po ny ssu III ~. w W
Sss P s,o, n ,acaivi,n n nenS;nn Of sao nsr
| ;;,ortb fo;. ,,hat is known as Parjpoff's nm.
| nutation hf Io'b feet This emmIt n t;on Is
the removal of the entire foot, with the ex-
ception of a portion of the heel bone and the
integuments of the heel, which are brought
forward to cover the ankle joint.
Massachusetts, PENSIONS R. V. Carey
Rrown Milton Frazer George Portland.
| VIM Brodiav II n Kendall. increase r
r. Cb;Ids Hanna widow of lanes Walsh.
Amanda widow of Solomon Souires:
Rr;daet widow AZ Peter Cahiil New Red
ford. EI;zahetb mother Of s. a. Dolbeer,
NJ cororro, w;l,;ar, N stone If Iowa
has Lo,,, r,,a;tad ass;start coro,riss;oner
| az tho osneraI LAND office
wv e.no,'i -",
w. d. Cooley o. Ienhssivania, .or nuh.-
Der OF years cniei CLERK OF tne money oroer
| ureau, Postollc9 depaT 'hent, mas Dsen dp'
pointed chief clerk OF the postonce depart
ment vice Joseph roy, resigned.
surgeon General Hamilton is OF the opin-
ION 1hao yelioW iesg I may sPreau this SUM
mer IN portions OF fioriua mat were exempt
| from the the plague last summer
1t Is officially announced that Sir Edward
Malet the British ambassador at Berlin, Mr..
| Scott, the British minister at Bernie, and Mr..
Grove have been appointed delegates to the
Samoan conference.
Georps w, Gitt. chief of division in the
nension office ot Washington. has been dis
| missed.
M. o.;a,,,. b.r ,o;,,+oa s,,.,,.;,,
me plesIueHo mas apP'imrS N.Y.; sup ar
tehdeno Oh Ihaian schoois. lnis posltioa mas ma
oeeli saSans iot sonie .lale III view vi INC
new es ~. ~ 10 poSIso 49, y. Hull III.
poitanaee = a, Az tne .me Mr opery was d hs
Poleel " 'ne SUP ll.. !. "ae az In
chans ed he sbaracter of
tne o,ilce, anu mas syen .he S 9IIpelinue.aen'
tde,'t oe Td;e, no1s n % 1 pa ~
1noeiidene y !nui ae scnoois - heV. u
Daliel noioiies'e u oos'on'
T.. Metcalfe OF lowa4ias been appointed
chief clerk OF the money order oifiees post
office department, vice w: B. Cooley, ap.
pointed chief clerk, postoffice department.
A: G. Sharpof Tennessee, formerly chief post
once inspector OF postoince department, mas
been appointed division pettor OF the At
lanta DIVISION, vice w. W, simpson, re-
signed
Assistant Secretary Bussey has rendered a
number of pension decisions of which four
are of general importance In the case of
William Evans late of Co. Fl, 54th Ohio
Volunteers, the former action of the COM
missioner OF pensions Is reversed and the
claimant allowed pension. 1t appears from
the testimony In the ca that one OF Evans.
comrades while playing threw piece OF
iron which struck him on the leg, causing
compound fracture which has remained a
running sore ever since. The former action
was taken on the ground that the INJURY was
not received while IN the line OF duty.
IN the case OF Wllliam Jones, late Oh
action was taken. Jones, while in Camp
Chase, Ohio In 1865, was precipitated over a
balustrade by SOME comrades who were
scuffling, receiving injury which resulted In
scrotal hernia Alexander Mank, late of
Co. K. 9th Pennsylvania volunteers, was
similarly injured by ccmrade jumping
upon his back Mank is granted a pension
In the case of John W. Jones' lat. Of Co. A.
Fifth West Virginia volunteers, the
evidence shows that claimant had his
leg broken above the ankle by a soldier
coming up behind him and throwing hi,
whole weight upon his leg, crushing the bone
) About six months later he accidentally fell
while carrying pail of wafer from stream
ard broke his leg again. The claim was re
jected by the pension office on the ground
~ dutv and thst fha GO ond injury wac a I,