The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Chairman Cooley OF the interstate com.
merce commission has returned TO Wa'hing'
ton,apparently completely restored to health.
and has resumed his official duties.
| sergeant-at-Arms Valentine has appointed
a new page in the senate The lucky, OF
unucky, youngster Is Warren W. Nye, q
son OF the welEknown Charlie Nye, grand
son OF ex-senator Nye of Nevada, and no
relation whatever TO Bill Nye.
President Harrison Is planning to go to
Boston during the G.. A. Il. encampmenl
there next m nth to attend the dinner of he
Mayors Club on Aug, r. Ills plan is now
to go with Secretary Tracy, Postmaster-Gen.
| eral Wanamaker and such other members
OF the cabinet as can get away, in the Dis
patch, attended by the vessels Of the North
Atlantic squadron.
Lieut.-Col. Michael r. Horgan, assistant
! commissary general of subsistencs: Maj
Thomas c. sullivan, commissary of subsist'
ence, to be Northumberland and commits
sary general Of subsis, ence, are promotions
recently made.
A message from the census supervisor at
Chicago to supt. Porter states that his count
makes that city's population l,l0l ,26S
This puts Chicago ahead of Philadelphia,
This is not the official count, but it is be.
lieyed that it differs very little from the OIL
cial count.
The Senate, in executive session, has con,
frmed the following nominations; Charles
II. Ham Of Illinois, James A. Jewel Of New
York, George II. Sharpe OF New York,
| George G. Tichenor of the District Of Co
lumbia, and Joseph b. Wilkinson, Jr,, OF
Louisiana, members of the general board OF
appraisers.
The President has appointed Prof. j. r.
| Solely assistant secretary of the navy.
Gov. Campbell of Ohio is quoted as
having said, when here, that if the
force bill should pass he woul', Unnecessary
call out the $1,000 militia of Ohio to protect
the ballot box from the force bill frauds.
The treasury department is informed that
LIST Lieut.. John n. Rhodes Of the revenue
marine service il dead at Algiers,
La. Mr.. Rhodes had been in the
sevice II years and received the
thanks Of Congress and the secretary OF
the treasury, and was advanced by the
| President q numbers for particularly gal
liant conduct at the wreck of the steamer
City of Columbus off Gay Head, Mass, in
January, 1884.
| One hundred years ago, Gen. Washington,
then President of the United States, ap.
proved the act establishing the seal of gov.
eminent on the banks of the Potomac. The
proclamation of Gen. Washington in the
spring of 1891 announcing the bounds Of the
| lnC ulStrlCt Is, however,, COllslutTtu W De tue
real beginning of the city, and the board OF
| trade has instructed one of its committee to
report plan for the proper celebration of
| that centennial.
A strong effort is making to defeat the
confirmation Of Prof Solely to be assistant
secretary of the navy. This is in part a re-
viyal of the old strife between the line and
staff of the navy. The nomination will be
opposed on the ground that the law provided
| that the appointment should be made from
civil life, and that the spirit of the law was
violated when Mr. Solely resigned his COM
mission in the navy for the purpose of &C.
cepting this appointment.
The House elections committee has agreed
TO recommend to the appropriations com.
mttee the appropriation of $1,000 for the ex.
penses of each contestant and contestee in
each of the contests which were presented,
except that Cate of Arkansas is only to re.
ceive $10S9, which is all he asked. The
others were all smart enough to ask more
than $1,000, which is the legal limit.
The President and Private Secretary Hal.
ford have left the city for Cape May. They
will remain there for a few days
A. D. Virgins of New Hampshire, con.
| ductor of one Of the Senate elevators was
overcome by the intense heat, recently,
while running the elevator. 1t is thought
| he will recover.