Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-22
ORDERS REVOKED.
Lieutenant Walsh Has an Influence at
Work at Headauarters.

Lieutenant Walsh Has an Influence at
Work at Headquarters.
WASHINGTON, September 21st-The quar-
rel between Lieutenant Walsh and Chief
Signal Officer Greedy still continues. 1t
will be remembered that Walsh scathingly
criticised Greely in an interview, for which
he was Court. martialed. Later on he was
ordered from st. Louis to the Northwest
Territories as punishment. He evidently
has strong influence, as this latter move
has been revoked by the following order is
sued to-day:
By direction of the Secretary of War so
much of Paragraph 16, Special Order No.
131, June Z, 1885, from this office, as directs
Second Lieutenant John G. Walsh, of the
Signal Corps, to assume charge of the
United States military telegraph lines in
the Territories of Montana, Dakota, Wy
oming and Utah is revoked, and Second
Lieutenant Benjamin M. Pursell, of the
Signal Corps, now on sick leave of alb
sence, will, on October 1, 1889, resume his
station at Bismarck, D. T., and take charge
of said lines, relieving Second Lieutenant
Frank Greene, of the Signal Corps, of their
temporary management.
Cherokee Funds.
WASHINGTON, September 21st-Attorney-
General Miller, in his opinion deciding that
the United States had no jurisdiction in
the matter of the funds of the Creek Ma
ton, after an elaborate discussion of the
subject, says he has expressed no opinion
on the merits of the claims on one side or
the other, in view of the fact that he has
no knowledge of the circumstances, except
by the assertions of one side or the other.
81 will further say" continued the At
tor, hot I otto
control the action of the District Attorney,
who may conclude it is his duty to have
the matter investigated by Grand Jury
l simply determine that as the Attorney
General l will not undertake this investi-
gation.'
Good Financiering.
WASHINGTON, September 21st. : Since
August Sd, 1887, when the purchase of
bonds by the Government was first author
ized, up to and including to-day, the
amount purchased has been $201, ,76O, $50,
which cost, including premium, 1924, ,497,-
744 GA. Had the bonds been allowed to
run until they matured the cost would Lave
been $279 430, 73S 10. By purchasing now
the Government has saved 81, ,932, ,993 So
in Interest alone. Of the total amount
purchased $177 ,414, $50 were under the cir
cular OF April II, 1888, and $119S 400
were of the denomination known as Al per
cents, land the remainder were per cents.
Soldiers Residence.
WASHINGTON, September 21st.-Secretsry
Proctor has been looking further into the
complaints coming from persons in the
new States that number of soldiers quar-
tered therein were about to vote at the ap-
preaching elections. The Secretary has
replied that soldiers cannot acquire legal
residence by means of their military serv-
ice in States; that if they undertake to vote
illegally the civil authorities will be able to
cope with the difficulty.
Pension Awards.
WASHINGTON. September 21st.-Pension
awards have been made as follows
Acknowledgment invalid, George w Nor
ton. acknowledgement invalid, Martin
T. Clark; increase, Charles Fischer; original
widows, etc. navy, Elizabeth r. Ramage,
Idaho Original invalid, Francis T. Wood
ruff. Washington-Origina invalid, Sham
gar Morris; original widows, etc., Lizzie,
widow of Robert H. Dunlap.
Good Crop Prospects.
WASHINGTON, September 21st. The
weather crop bulletin for the week ending
September 21st says Reports from the
Northwest and the States of the Ohio val
ley indicate that an excellent corn crcp has
been secured, and only slight damage has
resulted to crops in that section from the
recent frosts. In the winter-wheat States
the ground is generally in good condition,
and seeding is progressing rapidly.
Expediting Work.
WASHINGTON, September 2lst.-As re.
suit of the order issued by Secretary Proc
tor six weeks ago. establishing Bureau of
Records and Pensions in his office, the
number of pension claims awaiting exam
ination, which was then forty thousand,
with daily accumulation of one hundred,
have all been passed on, and it is now pos
sible for claims received in the morning to
be examined and disposed of the same day,
The Oregon Senator.
WASHINGTON, September 21st-Senator
and Mrs. Dolph and the younger members
of the family have returned from Nam
tucket, where they had a cottage all season,
and are at No Lafayette square. Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Nixon, who were with them
at the coast, are fitting up their new house
on Q street, near Dupont Circle, and will
take up their residence in it about the
middle of October.
Island of Navassa.
WASHINGTON, September 21st.-Neither |
the State nor Naval Departments has re-
ceived any further advices respecting the |
riot on the Island of Navassa. Acting Sec |
retary of State Adee this afternoon csbled |
to Minister Lincoln at London. instructing |
him to thank the British Government for |
the action of their war.ship in going at |
once to the scene of trouble on the request |
Of Consul Allen at Kingston, Jamaica.
Minister to Hayti.
WASHINGTON, September 21st. = Fred. |
Douglass, the new Minister to Hayti, was |
at the State Department to-day receiving |
final instructions. He expected to start |
for his post on September 2Sth. He will |
90 either on the United States ship Ossipee |
or the Kearsarge when they return to their |
station down there.
New Postoffices.
WASHINGTON, September 21st.-The fol-
lowing new Postoffices have been estab- |
Iished: In Idaho-Oswego, Alturas coun- /
", with John Wooswick as Postmaster.
In Oregon Apisry, Columbia county, |
David NJ. Dorsey, Postmaster. In Utah
Naples, Uintah county, James NJ. Shafter, |
Postmaster.
Postal Changes.
WASHINGTON, September 21st.-The fol-
lowing changes have been made in fourth
class Postmasters: AriZona-E. w. Kings
burg, appointed at San Carlos, Gila county,
vice w. w. Chapel, resigned. California
Forest L. Foster at Cornell, Modoc county,
vice ]. 81. Cornell, resigned.
Vessels to be Sold.
WASHINGTON, September 21st.-An in
,pection board has been ordered to as
semble at New York on the 25th to ap-
praise the United States steamer Quinne-
1aug, and then to proceed to Portsmouth,
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