Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-17
LIVE WASHINGTON WAITS.

LIVE WASHINGTON WAITS.
THE Department of Agriculture proposes
| to introduce an improvement in the Wealth
Ell Bureau service. The predictions hereto
| fore made were based on the observations at
A. NJ, and were made for "a hours from the
time the observations were taken. The pre-
dictions were necessarily little belated, as
1t was several hours before they could be
placed before the public. Those published
In the morning papers were for time which
had already nearly half expired. and for the
evening papers the case was still worse. as
the portion OF the time covered had already
elapsed for which the predictions were of
most value. The proposed improvement con-
slsts in having the predicf ions in each case
covered the time until midnight of the next
| day. When this takes effect, which will be
on January l, the predictions printed in the
morning papers will appear early in the
day to which they apply, while those in
the evening papers will be tor the day after.
The public will be in formed on the evening
before of the expected weather, and will be
given an improved forecast the next morn
ing, If improvement is needed. By this plan
the needs of the public will be more fully
met.
The DISPATCH yesterday announced
that reciprocity treaty had been con-
cluded between the British West Indies and
British Guinea. The Secretary of State to-
day confirmed this news. On January the
President will issue a proclamation giving
details. The agreement includes special ar
rangements with Jamaica, Barbados and
Trinidad and the Leeward Islands. The fol-
lowing is brief statement of the value of
%,s<
the past year: Imports from British West
Indies, $14 $50, 600: from British Guinea,
s., ,320 600; total, $40 $50 900. Exports to Brit.
is ish ~ west est indies s. loo lOO GOO; to British Guinea
commissioners. those from Jamaica left the
city to-day, and satisfactory ar angement
has been agreed upon, to embrace Jamaica.
Barbadoes, the Windward and the Leeward
Islands, Trinidad and British Guinia. In re-
turn Tor the continued free entry in reduc-
tion of sugar and coffee into the United
States: it has been agreed by the colonies
named. not only to greatly enlarge the free
lists of their tariffs, but also to make very
considerable reductions in the duty on the
leading agricultural and other products of
the United States.
THE President to-day sent to the Senate
the following nominations: To be United
States Circuit Judges, William L. Putnam,
of Maine, for the First Judicial Circuit:
Nathaniel Shipman, of Connecticut, for the
Second: George NJ. Dallas, of Pennsylvania,
Third: Nathan Golf, of West Virginia,
Fourth; william H. Taft, of Ohio, Sixth;
William A. Woods, of Indiana, Seventh;
Warren Truitt, of Oregon, United States
District judge for Alaska. Mr.. Putnam is a
prominent Democrat and lawyer, of Port
land, Me-, and is about IS years OF age. For
three years he was Mayor of Portland, and
was the Democratic candidate tor Governor
three years ago. He was rendered a judge
ship in the State Supreme Court some years
ago. but declined the office. Mr.. Putnam's
appointment was not requested by any of
the Maine delegation in Congress,and he was
not candidate for the office, having given
date from Maine for the jud eship. Ma
thaniel Shipman is at present United States
District Judge for the District of Counecti-
cut, an Office he has held since December g.
1875. He was born in Connecticut, appointed
District Judge there, and lives at Hartford.
George NJ. Dallas comes from the his
toric Dallas family, being nephew of Vice
President Dallas. He is Democrat, and
has heretofore held no public office. He is a
native Pennsylvania, and began the prac-
tice OF law in POttsville. He removed to
Philadelphia and has been one of its leading
citizens for some years. He is regarded in
the United States Supreme Court as a lawyer
OF excellent abilities. William A. Woods IS
at present United States District Judge tor
the District OF Indiana. He is warm per-
sonal friend of the President. Nathan Goff
was Secretary of the Navy under President
Hayes. He was the candidate Of the Repub-
1ican party for Governor of West Virginia
in 1875 and was q dnember of the Forty
eighth. Forty-nintD and F1ftieth Congresses.
William H. Taft is Solicitor General of the
United States. He is but 81 years of age,
and one OF the most popular and able Off
cials in public life.
ACTING on information that 1000 Chi
nese laborers who had been discharged by
the Tehuantepec Railroad Company were
or their way to the United States, Acting
Secretary Spaulding to-day instructed the
Customs officials along the Mexican frontier
to use extra vigilance to prevent any of
them from crossing the border line.
A PROTEST was made to Acting Secre-
tary Spaulding to-day against the action of
Customs Inspector Traitteur, of the Mime
apolis district, in seiZing Gerome's painting
of "The Lion in Ambush valued at $40 OOO
recently imported by Colonel Gross. The
Customs Inspector has been asked to make
a report in regard to the seizure, and no
action will be taken by the department un-
til that has been received
REPRESENTATIVE MANsUR, of Mis-
souri,, while descending the stairway lead
ing from his rooms at Willard's Hotel last
evening, slipped and sustained severe
sprain of the right hip. The miShap will
probably contine him to his room for some
days.
GENERAL GRANT, the Acting Secretary
of Wal, to-day mailed to Major Overman, the
engineer officer now under technical arrest
at Baltimore, copy of the charges against
him for mutiny by the Acting Judge Advo-
cate General of the Army. He has also writ
ten Major Overman that he has the privilege
of answering these alterations either
verbally or by letter within the next few
DAYS. Permission is given the officer to
visit Cleveland to obtain evidence to SUBJ
nit with his answer, and to come to WASH
ington, should he SO desire, to deliver his re-
ply in person. 1t is expected that the case
will come up for final consideration i'll
about week.
IT is pretty certain that bill for the
free coinage of silver in some form will pass
both the Democratic House and the Repub- |
lican Senate during the present session. |
The plan practically agreed upon by those |
who will control the matter in the House, |
stop all purchases of silver by the Govern |
ment; to throw open the mints to the free |
coinage of all silver hereafter to be pro- |
duced from American mines, and to guard |
against the unloading of foreign silver upon |
US by a system Of notification and inspec-
of the sugar bounties." 1t is said that |
Speaker Crisp has fully decided to make
Bland Chairman of the Committee on Coin
are and that a ma jority of the members of |
the committee will be advocates of free
silver. "A
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