The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-01-30
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Speaker Reed has grown thinner since he |
has accepted his present position.

Speaker Reed has grown thinner since he
has accepted his present position
Count Mitkiewiez, who obtained valuable
concessions from the Chinese government
two years ago, has had the concession re-
newed, and the project is now almost certain
to be carried out. The concession covers
banking, railroads, teegraphs, telephones
and mint,
The Bennington Monument bill has passed
the senate. II appropriates S22iOOO, when,
it is estimated, will finally complete the
monument and its approaches.
A bill has been introduced in the, house
for the appropriation of Sl2,OO for the pur'
pose of completing the Miles Standish mon
ument at Duxbury, Mass,
Postmaster General Wanamaker has APP
proved the design for the new 2-cent post
age stamp.
The President recommends the removal
of the Apache prisoners from the MI, Yer
non barracks to lands in Indian Territory
The senate having passed concurrent
resolution requesting the Secretary OF the
Treasury not to make any new lease of the
islands Of st, Paul and st, George in the
territory of Alaska, for the purpose of taking
fur seals thereon, and to postpone al action
! in relation thereto until after Feb 20 1890,
Secretary Window has determined to do
nothing further in the matter of said lease
until after the time indicated in the resolu-
ton and he will publish an advertisement
in the papers announcing his postpone
ment of action until Feb. 2l.
The resolution introduced in the house to
| promote greater reciprocity In the CONNER
cal relations between the United States and
Mexico authorizes the President to invite
the republic of Mexico to designate three
commissioners who shall meet like num-
Der of commissioners on the part of the
| United States whose duty it shall be to ne
| gotiate treaty whereby greater reciprocity
in the commercial relations between the
two countries shall be established.
| James G. Blaine, Jr., has been appointed
clerk of the house committee ON foreign af
fairs, at salary of $1,000 year.
William l.. Byrd, governor of the Chicka,
saw Nation, in communication to the
senate, protests agsinst the proposed estab
lishment of territorial form of govern
ment in Oklahoma as violation of the
treaty made with the Indians in 1880
Secretary Tracy advocates the building o.
eight line-of- battle ships at cost of IS, 900
600 each. This would give a fleet which
could meet the navies of other powers in of
| fensive warfare.
The receipts from internal revenue during
the first six months of the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1890, were S69077, 49, being So,
766, 266 greater than the receipts during tht
corresponding period of the previous lisca
year. The receipts for De, ember, 1889
| were S6Sl. 040 greater than the receipts fol
| December, 1888.
The house committee on military affairs
has ordered a fay rable report on the bill Il
authorize the appointment of an assistan
secretary of war at salary of $500.
Secretary Noble, through special agents o
the interior department, has been investigat
ing the accounts of a large number of re
ceivers of public moneys, and has fount
many Deficiencies Upon the recommends
ton of the secretary the President has mad
a number of removals.
The pension appropriation bill now bein:
/ prepared, and to be reported shortly to tn
house, will carry the largest pension appro
priation ever made. The estimates of tn
pension commissioner call for S9S, 5S7, 252
as against Ssl, 75S,700 appropriated for tn
current year.