The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Peter Wettstein, the man who re-
Gently came to Washington with the
int ntion of killing Pension Commits
sioner Raum, has at last terrorized the
department. into giving him his pen
sion. he called two or three times
upon the commissioner, but that OIL
cial was careful to avoid the irate pen.
sioner. The department officials. real
izing that lie was desperate and that he
would not go home without the money
to pay of the $500 mortgage on his
farm, made his special cuse and 1t
was pushed through without the usual
department red tape. Wettsteln will
soon get his certificate and when June
comes lie will he able to relieve his
farm and have little money left over
for improvements.
Statements show that the decrease OF
the public debt during the month OF
Anril amounted to $1,514,327. Total
cash in the treasury, 800, 1852, 1853.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding permits
the collector OF customs ut Chicago
to allow the marking in general order
OF goods imported by certain parties,
which goods were not properly marked
ms required by section of the act OF
Oct. /.
He requests the collector, however,
to enjoin upon importers the necessity
OF compliance with the imperative re-
ouirements OF that act, which requires
the marking OF all imports OF foreign
manufacture in legible English words,
SO as to indicate the country Of origin.
The department., the assistant secre-
tary says, has no power to extend or
modify in any manner this provision
and suggests that as the same became
q law and was promulgated nearly
seven months ago importers and ship
pers have had ample notice or warming
Of its requirements.
The Italian affair is again brought to
the front by the receipt Of the U. s. disc
trict attorneys official report OF the
circumstances of the New Orlean3
(vnching and of the nationality and
Gntecedents OF the men who wer6
lynched. The Attorney General glanced
through the report hastily.
Within half an hour after its arrival
Attorney. General Miller directed Col.
Clay to take the voluminous document
to the State department. aud deliver it,
= to Secretary Blaine in person. The
Secretary received the papers, closed
his door, and here curtain drops upon
the character OF the report,
Attorney-General Miller would say
nothing whatever about the report fur
Their than that Secretary Blaine would
make public such parts rs he saw fit,
or else withhold it entirely until Presi-
dent Harrison returns. From the fact
that the Attorney General sent the
report to Secretary Blaine within half
an hour after it was received ii is Ger.
tain that he did not accompany it with
any expression Of his own view OF any
Endorsement Of what the district attor-
ney had done. He merely laid the
papers before the Secretary as q sort OF
findirg OF facts which the federal judi
ciaf machinery, had been able to ferret
out. This was further indicated by the
fact that the papers were not even laid
before Solicitor General Taft OF the
Department of Justice, who had direct
ed the work OF the district attorney at
New Orleans.
Cable reports from Rome indi.
cate that Premier Rudini Is dissatis.
fled with the delay and is about to
make further demands. IL this be true
the official report from New Orleans
arms Secretary Blaine with the mate
rial he has long wanted for answering
Italy finally and decisively upon the
subject.
The Chinese government has notified
the Government of the United States
through the Department OF State Of its
nnwillingness to receive the Hon.
Henry w. Blair as our Minister to
China.