Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-10
President Harrison Goes
Duck Hunting.
Secretary Proctor Starts on a
Junketing Tour.
No Special Session of the Senate
Will Be Held.
United States Supreme Court Notes.
Grover Cleveland Loses q Case-Pen-
sion Statistics, Etc.
Associated Press Dispatches.

WASHINGTON, March S.-Ine preSldent
left Washington this afternoon for few
days duck shooting on Chesapeake bay,
near Benjir's Point, Maryland. He was
accompanied by ex-senator Sewell of
New Jersey.
Major MacGregor has resigned his
position as chief of the customs division
Of the treasury department, and has
been appointed immigrant inspector for
temporary duty on Puget Sound, Wash
ington.
The amount of silver offered for sale
today was 100000 ounces, of which
$4,000 ounces were purchased, at
prices ranging from $.9S25 to $3.50.
Purchases at local mints during the
week ended March 9TH amounted to
"a, ,057 ounces.
Secretary Foster mas gone to his home
in Fostoria. Ohio, for the purpose of
arranging his private affairs for his per-
manent residence at Washington. He
will be gone about two weeks, and As
sistant Secretary Nettleton will act as
secretary during that period.
The supreme court today advanced
and assigned for argument ON the fourth
Monday in April the cases of Beard,
Sutter & Co. and Sternback & Co.
against the collector of customs at New
York, brought for the purpose of testing
the constitutionality of the Mckinley
tariff bill.
A statement has been prepared by the
commissioner of pensions, giving re-
sumo of the work of the pension bureau
during the week ended February 2Sth.
This statement shows that during that
time 1853 pension certificates of all
classes were issued, representing 81, 49,
155 as first payments. OF this number
526S were issued under the new pension
act of June q, 1890.
The committee appointed to select
site for dry dock on the Gulf of Mex
leo, decided on the south pass of the
Mississippi river, near New Orleans, on
the Algiers side, near the Southern
Pacific ferry. All other points visited
were either too shallow or not far enough
from the sea to be safe from gun fire.
The United States supreme court to-
day affirmed the judgment of the circuit
court Of the United States for the east
ern district of Louisiana, in the case of
James Wallace Peake ct al, appellants,
versus the City of New Orleans. This
is the New Orleans drainage case in
which ex-President Clevelandwas one of
counsel for the appellants. The deci-
sion of the court was against the parties
whom Mr.. Cleveland represented,
though Justice Harlan, Chief Justice
Fuller and Justice Lamar disserted.
1t is stated on the highest authority
that nine circuit judges provided for at
the recent session of congress will not be
appointed for several months, the presi-
dent being of the opinion that each of
the new courts can be organized at the
time fixed by the act (the third Wednes-
day in June) by the associate justice OF
the supreme court, the regular circuit
Judge and the district judges in each of
the respective circuits, regardless OF the
fact that the new circuit judges may not
then have been appointed; The same
authority said this disposed of the report
that there would be an extra session of
the senate for consideration OF these ap-
pointments.
Secretary Proctor left Washington
this afternoon for Chattanooga, and after
spending few days in Tennessee with
the party which is charged with the
definition of the boundary lines of the
battle fields there, will depart on a tour
of inspection of the military posts in the
southwest. He will be accompanied on
this tour by Quartermaster-G General
Batcheler and Lieutenant Woodruff,
late of General Ruger's staff. No def
mite arrangements have been made for
the trip, but it is expected all the posts
along the southern border of the coun-
try will be visited. The secretary will
be absent several weeks, and in the
meantime the assistant secretary will
act as secretary. A number of senators
and members of the house OF represen-
tatives, and prominent correspondents
will accompany Secretary Proctor as far
as Chattanooga, and will participate in
the inspection OF the battlefields and re-
ceptions and banquets which are to
occupy some three days in that locality.
The postoffice department was today
advised of the arrest of M. Solomon, at
San Francisco, for using the mails in
sundry circulars advertising German
Austrian premium bonds. Solomon is
said to be confederate of E. H. Horn
er, OF New York. Two men have been
arrested in St. Louis, charged with being
confederates of Horner. Other arrests
and prosecutions are expected to follow
in different parts of the country.
The treasury department is fitting out
the revenue cutter Bear, at San Fran
cisco, for a summer cruise in Alaskan
waters. Captain Healy will command
her.