Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-05-16
FROM WASHINGTON.
Grand Army Men and the
President Talk.
MARSHAL JONES WILL WALK OUT
Window and the Western Shelters
The Refuge at Point Barrow,
Behring Sea.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

WASHINGTON, May lu'-OOlhA oNS'' 'S'
w. Kah, George w. Brown and David
NJ. Anick called on President Harrison
to-day as committee representing the
G, A. r. of Brooklyn. They laid before
him resolutions adopted by the Memorial
and Executive Committee of the order,
during April last, urging the carrying out
OF those provisions of the revised stat
utes looking to the preferment OF vet
Grams OF the late war for office under the
Government. They asked the President
to give full force and effect to all the laws
now existing, or hereafter to be enacted,
on this subject. The President replied
that he would consider this question very
carefully, and would give the resolutions
their due weight.
WINDOW AND WESTERN SHELTERS.
A large delegation Of miners and smell
ters from the West appeared before Sec
rotary Window to-day for hearing
touching the ruling OF the Treasury De.
partment relative to the importation OF
| lead ore from Mexico. According to this
ruling, lead ores are imported free oil
duty as precious metal. it the silver con-
tanned therein exceeds the lead In value.
This ruling, they contend, is injurious
TO the smelling interests OF the Western
Territories, and they desire 1t be revoked
and the ore be classified by the weight
OF the various metals composing IT, In
stead OF by their value.
! Representing this view OF the case
there we're present Senator Wolcott, ex-
Governor Grant and d. Sheedy of Colo
RADIO; Delegate Carter, Ex-Governor Hau'
ser. and Carter Harrison OF Montana
Van Horn OF Utah, and Delashmut Of
Portland, Or.
In support of the correctness of the rul-
ing. number of New York and Kansas
Civ dealers appeared. They argued thai
an analysis of the language OF the law o.
'83. imposing a duty of p cents poun6
on lead ore, would show that the rulint
of the department is correct. They cal
attention to the fact that in 80, Secretary
Sherman had made similar ruling, ant
that Assistant Secretaries Fairchild ant
MAYNARD also decided in like manner
The Senate Committee on Judiciary hat
also been called upon to pass it's opinion
as to the ruling aud unanimously decided
il WAS correct and proper.
In view of these facts they maintained
that the Secretary OF the Treasury
should not be called upon to reverse thu
the ruling, but that Congress was thu
proper tribunal to which the smelters 0
The West should have recourse. Th
, hearing will be continued tomorrow.
j. APPROPRIATION FIGURES.
7 A statement showing the results of tn
acts Of the second session of the Fiftietl
Congress upon the finances OF the Gov
eminent has been prepared by Thoma
i P. Cleaves and James G. Courts, to-
, Clerks, respectively OF the Senate ant
House Committees on Appropriations
They show that the total amount appro
priated by Congress was 1886, 646, 400
while the permanent specific and indil
ferent appropriations were estimated b,
Secretary Tracy at sos ,691 ,053; making
the total estimated expenditures O
the Government, for 1S89-90, 1896,
337 SIG. The estimated revenues 70
the same time are $434 500 65S. Tn
acts provide for $50 new offices, tn
salaries of which aggregate SAB 800
while the increase of the salaries of tn
old offices amount to 81 OPS, $3.50. Sixty
nine offices are abolished. The salarie
of other offices are reduced $1,000. TIL
Postoffice Appropriation bill increase
the allowance for compensation fo
clerks in postofices, from So 1915, 900
Sc, $50, 900, and that for railway postoffic
clerks from IS .246, --96 to So 900, 900, wit
a $50, 900 deficiency item.
i POINT BARROW REFUGE STATION.
! Secretary Window has directed Car
tain Healy, commanding the revenu
steamer Bear, at san Francisco, to ful
nish the necessary lumber, provision
and fuel for the construction and fifth
out of the refuge station at Point Bar
row, in Behring Straits. He has ais
appointed Captain Gilbert b. Borden, 0
New Bedford, superintendent of the sta
ton and authorized him to employ tw,
assistants. Men, material and suppliel
will be transported to Point Barrow b,
the steamer Bear, which will probably
sail from San Francisco on that mission
about the LIST of June. She will proceed
Ijoined by the United States steamer
Thetis. The commanding officers of tn,
two vessels will then consult as to thei
subsequent movements. Money availa
BILE for the establishment OF the refug,
station-$15, 000-is regarded at the
Treasury Department as sufficient fo
the erection of small houses, with sup
plies for one years maintenance of l0(
men.
A WONDERFULLY SPEEDY CRUISER.
With some interest the naval architects
in Washington are waiting further par
ticulars of the performance of remark
able cruiser built in England by the
Armstrong;. She is named the Pied.
monte, and is said to have made 1917
knots under natural draught, and over q
knots with forced draught. The vessel
measures $500 tons and carries engines
of IL 800 horse power, nearly treble the
proportionate horse power of the new
gun boat Yorktown. From information
received it appears that the hull of the
ship weighs but go tons, and the lightest
possible construction, verging closely on
weakness, is indicated. The elements of
safety and convenience, such as complete
double bottoms and handy coal bunkers,
| have been sacrificed for the sake of light
ness in the new vessel, which accounts in
large measure for the wonderful speed
said to have been attained. Although
the ship is built for the Italian Govern
ment, the British naval authorities made
strenuous but unsuccessful efforts to pur-
chase her from the builders.
MARSHAL JONES MUST GO.
The Star tonight says that the Attor-
ney- General Eaw the President about
half-past O'Clock. He said, on coming
out, that noiaction had been taken upon
Marshal Jnnea, ranort II ia updar-