The times., 1889-09-13
CAPITAL NEWS.
A Daily Record of Events Trans-
piring at Washington
President Harrison Makes Several APP
pointments- Statement of tho Public
Debt-y re;nit Wants AN O.d
Debt Ssttl ed--Other Notes.
FROM NATIONAL HEApouAnrrhs.

WASHINGTON. Sept 2.-It is reported that
| the wheat crop OF tho United States this
year amounts To nearly 500, ,0OO 600 bushelS
| Upon this basis 1t is estimated that the
.countrys wheat surplus for export this
| year will be 49,, ,000. 900 bushels, against the
export of 81, ,92O, 600 bushels last year
WASHINGTON, Sept "A petition signed
by nearly l0,00J railway brakmen has been
received by the Inter-State Commerce Com
missioners asking them TO take steps to Sc
cure the adoption of automatic brakes and
couplers on the railways OF the country.
WASHINGTON, Sept 2.-Postmaster-G Gen.
eral Wanamaker has a plan for postal
telegraphy which contemplates the deliv-
cry OF messages through the post office.
DEER PARK, Nd, SEPT 2. The following
appointments were issued Saturday from
the summer Executive quarters: John G.
Watson, of Nebraska, Attorney fer Alaska;
Edward Mitchell, of New York, Attorney
Southern district of New York; Willis Van
devanter, OF Wyoming, Chief Justice;
Wheelock G. Yeazey, of Vermont, Inter-
State Commerce Commissioner.
DEER PARK, Nd, Sept 2--The President
Monday received dispatch from ex-Con-
gressman John II. Thomas declining to
accept the position Of United States Com
missioner on the Venezuelan mixed claims
commission. The place was at once ten
dered to ex-Congressman John Little, Of
Ohio. who has accepted it, Senior De An
drade has been appointed as Venezuelan
member of the commission in place of the
former appointee.
WASHINGTON, Sept 3-The public debt
statement issued from the Treasury De-
partment shows an increase of the debt
during the month OF 81, ,076, ,f92. During July
past the increase In the debt amounted to
$1,0l7,3l1, thus making the Increase
in the the debt for the two months
of the current fiscal year, s7,094, ,003 The
bonded Indebtedness has been reduced
SIG, 900 900 during the past month and now
amounts to $S73, ,57S, ,3o2 The net cash or sun
plus in the Treasury amounts to $43, 49,
900, or $22, a67, ,iS0 less than O. month ago.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-The announce
ment is made that Representatives of the
State of Virginia will push claim for
$40, 600 borrowed by General Washington
from that State to build tho White House.
which was never repaid The request will
be made that the sum be appropriated to
the construction of a National highway
from Washington to Mount Vernon.
WASHINGTON, Sept 3-The War Depart
ment has ordered the abandonment of the
military posts at Fort Laramie, Wy. T.,
Fort Hayes, Kan and Fort Lyon, Col.
WAsHINGToN, Sept. 4.-Colonel William
W. Burns, Assistant Commissary-G General
of Subsistence, has been placed on the re-
tired list of the army on account of age.
WASHINGTON, Sept 5.-The Patent Office
issued patents Tuesday to Alb citizens of
the United States and twenty-five to
foreigners, making n total for the past
year of over 10000. The New England
States, which formerly seemed to have o
monopoly of the inventive faculty OF
the country, do not make great showing
in Tuesdays list, as altogether they were
not granted as many patents as New York
State alone, and il Massachusetts, is omitted
other New England States are outdone by
Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON, Sept. -Surgeon-General
Hamilton expresses strong belief that this
country will pass through the present sea-
son without an epidemic of yellow fever or
other infectious disease. This will be
largely due to the great care and strict
sanitary regulations observed on the coast
and in the southern districts especially
liable to visitations of the disease