The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-08
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Col Oanady, sergeantat-arms United
States senate, stood baroheadei, without an
oyeScoa5 and held an umbrella ,n over the head
the oath of office and delivered his inaugural
address on that terrible day the 4th OF last
March. Col. Canady had come out OF the
densely packed aud heated senate chamber,
and his action was regarded as very impru-
dent at the time, He was seriously III from
pneumonia long time afterward, and for a
while his life was despaired 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 III In Montana and
to have been compelled 10 leave tho COM
mittee.
There Is report In circulation that new
counterfeit ten.dollar silver certificate has
been discovered The secret service officers
declare that they have not been informed OF
the count rfoit and think It is false alarm.
II there Is any counterfeit now IN circulation
they think 1t Is the so-callod webster head
ten-dollar greenback" moro than so 00V'
worth OF which were selzed by the United
States officers in Dayt'n, O., July TO-
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury Tch-
enor In u talk with a Boston Post reporter
about about the Behring Sea seizure SAID
''Thero will DO no childs play about this ad-
mnistration Officers Of the revenue cutter
in Behring Sea have plain and unequivocal
orders, They win seize every vessel, Ameri-
can or British, found violating the law
Great Britain claims right to the fisheries,
1t is true, but Great Britain Is In the habit OF
claiming everything. All idea of redress or
indemnity under the circumstances Is absurd
The matter will be treated as u small tres
pass"
DR.. Benjamin Lee secretary Of the Penn
Sylvania state board of health, has written
President Harrison, suggesting that some
portion Of the national epidemic fund, which
now amounts to over 500 600 should be ex-
rended in dredging and dyking the Cone
IN ugh river at Johnstown. DR.. Lee says
that owing t. 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 tho neghboring communities are liable
to be ovcraowed every time there is heavy
rain,
c. A Kenaston of the geological survey
has been appointed by the secretary of the
interior n special commissioner of the de
par,ment to visit Franco for the purpose of
studying tho irrglt ng systems OF that
country; with view TO TIL, Improvement of
our own.
Treasurer Huston has given q rec ipt to
ex,Treasurer Hyatt for S711, 500, 900, repre-
>ent.ng the amount of money and securities
in the United States treasury, turned over
by tho latter to the former OF the above
sum, S237, POS, 402 Is actual cash, the remain
der including United States bonds and 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 bird district of the government
printing office, The place is worth $3.50
year. Mr. Cottle was backed by Senator
Dawes and several IN mbcrs of the delega-
| tion, but he 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 i'd
verse to his pardon
Postmasters were appointed for Rhode
Island as follows: Samuel Gerard,
Anthony; W. j. Potter, Greene; B. H.
Nixon Summit
Secretary Tracy and Commodore Sicar1,
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 its efficiency. The circuit sys-
tenn, by which weather reports are sent to a
great many stations at the same time, he
| said, saves great deal of time, and If 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 suspending payment on all bills
| against the treasury department for tele-
| graphing during the current fiscal year. This
action is based upon 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-
| graphic bills against your department., or
any branch thereof, until the official promul-
| cation by this department of the order fix
ing the rates in question"
Ithas transpired that Senator Henderson Of
| Nebraska had not received the $4,000 of back
|
awarded to him and the senator's friends
say he will write letter refusing to touch a
cent 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
| third, the foolish practice Of systems of
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 naval 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
feet assigned to each section. 1t Is part of
Captain SIMPSONS 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 possible,
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-class postmasters have been APP
pointed as follows: J. G. Townsend Dublin,
N. H.; Marshall Emmons, East Haddam, CT. /;
George H. Spall, Stratford, CT; c. A.
Rolfe Princeton, Me-; E. NJ. Jacobs, Stroud
water, Me-; George G.. Hatch, Wells, Me.
Prof Asaph Hall, astronomer at Yale col
lege, has accepted the appointment Of assist
ant astronomer at the naval observatory at
Washington, and has entered upon the dis
charge of his duties. Prof Hall is gradu.
ate Of Harvard, and has been member of
the Yale faculty for several years.
The Atlantic works of East Boston were
the lowest bidders for furnishing q
tug for the Washington navy yard Their
bid was s32, 97o They will probably bt
awarded the contract.
Mr. c. f. Hodge of Clark university,
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