The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-07-02


ter General WaBsmaker Is very heavy from
Senators Members Of Congress and other inLu-
ontial persons OF the country, requesting the
retention Of these timid employees.
ESQ
Secretary Noble comes up promptly with his
regular weekly Denial Of The reports that he
is 10 resign. THIS time it was to ia6o place in
November, when he was TO accept one Of the
new Circuit Juaseships.
aSs
lam glad tobe able 70 announce ihat Col. Amos
Webster has been given an appointment IN the
/ Treasury Department, al a salary Of 5000
| year. The Colonel is one Of the four survivors
Of The staff of Gen Grant, which WIS present
with him az tie surrender Of Appomattoz, aud
this fact alone should gair for him unusual
| consideration. lie was an excellent soldier and
4 is bright capable man, who has llod several
4 important Offices with credit, but has not been
fortunate, pccuniarily, OF late years.
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u Is expected al the state Department that
tho Boring Sea Board Of Arbitration viii
shortly he appointed ard be able 10 begin its
work hy October i is thought that The pre-
codcnts Of tho Alabama case viii be followed,
and Two arb,rucls VIII be appointed o. each
side, and then ,he four will choose nth. Those
/ ON tho part Of Great Britain viii likely be Sir
Juliau Pauncofote and Sir Charles Upper.
no hint has been giyea as 10 The American
members The British have begun preparing
1 Tor ihoir side % The question by sending two
experts 20 The prybloR Islands TO carefully
examine into all tac details Of seal-c4tching.
a very important Cabinet meeting was held
4 last Saturday CO consider the course az the Al
ministratiou with regard 70 silver coinage
Under the law tho compulsory coinage Of
100000 ounces Of silver per month into dol
lus stops July ]. After that it is optional
with the Secretary CT the Treasury how much
he shall coin, though Dc must buy 100000
ounces of silver per m0lth. There were pres
ent At the meeting the President, Secretaries
Foster Tracy. Noble and Gusk, and postmas-
ter General Nanamaker Tho Departments &C
State War and Justice were not represented.
After a lengthy discussion u the question IL
was decided that The Secretary OF the Treasury
should employ all he I1iu,5 Tor The ueXt few
months IN coming The tradc-dollar bullion into
silver dollars and in Tacoining the uncuuent
small coins into more acceptable pieces There
Is now IN store IN the Philadelphia and New
Orleans MINIS 4. .3Oi ounces Of fine SILVER in
bars, remaining from tho CSC O3J tradc-dOllars,
which Congress ordered redeemed at their face
value IL viii be remembered that these
weighed AGO grains each, whore the standard
silver dollar weighs bur sl2i grains A part
have already been recoincd. and the remaining
| 44243W ounces will mako 5l4-,25l standard
dollars. Congress ordered the recoini8g o.
( these last March, bat The compulsory coinage
OF other silver prevented its being done IL
will take the New Orleans Mint from three TO
four months 60 coin the 3,g3s s79 ounces stored
there and two months for the Philadelphia
Mint 10 work over The l,3s5.l25 ounces il has
on hand. Besides this tho latter mint viii
have 10 90 a large part Of the worl. Of recoiuiug
the wo;n aud uucur.eut silver change This
mint hes also 10 coin al tie one-ceut and Eve
cent pieces needed by the country, which is q
very great number The demand for dimes
continues unusually large, and most or thcs,
win have 10 be supplied from Philadelphia
with some assistance from San Francisco and
Sew Orleans. The 25-cent pieces will mostly
come from the San Francisco Mint, while thai
Nc Carson City, scv., wiil ran on gold pieces
Secretary Foster thinks Do viii reqriro full,
.our months 10 complete this necessary work
and until Jbat time there viii be no more coin
age Of standard dollars from purchased bullion
-
NJ. Theodore Eous.aa, Minister from th
French Republic has returned from CLicag,
=
Worlds Fair. dc Ends that the prcparator,
work is being done with wisdom and energy
aud he anticipates wonderful exposition
France vii. send over a dne exhibit
The control Of 10 Weather Bureau las beef
settled, and il viii not be ubder Gen. A. "
Greedy, who viii concentrate his efforts upol
the development Of Lis Bureau Of Military In
tellireuco. Secretary R1sk has asked FOR ih
transfer 10 the Weather Eurgau Of MAJ Henri
: / g. Dunwoody, Signal Corps First Lieut.. Wm
! C. Giassford Signal Corps; First Lieut.. Jos.
Nazfeld, Signal Corps aud Second Lieut. job
y. Finley formerly Of tho Signal Corps. bu
later transferred 10 tho 18Th T. 5. Mai. Dun
woody will have charge Of the Bureau. Tn
officers named arc al experts in mctcorology
n aud have been doing the greater part Of Ia
. work Of tho Weather Bureau for years
Adelcpation from the Chilean Congression,
party beaded by Don Pedro Nontt, has bee
= in Washington Tor some days. trying 10 gocur
! an interview with the President or the Sta,
. Department, with Wow % gaining rccogn
I. ton of tle congressional party a. belIigcrcnt
I. No forma! lterview has been OF will be gran
I. cd and 80 the mission is q failure. Tho Al
. min strati0n bases It's action upon the prec,
dents SET by Secretary Seward daring The rebc
!. Jon. Then be earnestly protested against IA
!. rcc0Pniton Of the rebels as bolHguropts d
, England and France ana notified our Minlst,
. 10 those countries that the official reception ,
!. the rebel emissar.os would be fo garaoI as "a q
!, cientrcasoufor bfeakiugoGdip lomatic relation
i Tie refused 10 receive Joint note from the En-
). iisn aud French Ministers referring 30 the wa
:. and promising that their Governments shouI
Observe strict neutrality. Ee informed the
that their Governments could only stand
tAr relation Of friends tc the United States ,
p open enemies Ila also refused uttor.yt0 hal
anything % dolalth The Emperor MaNimillia
wli.e the after .as trying to set up bis 60
enmuut ia Mexico, and declined 10 raccir
from lim a letter 81 coEdoIcHrc on the death
- President Lincoln. The inVari.ble practice
tho state Department with regard 10 the row