Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-11-29
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Ivan Petroff Discharged for Giving False
information in Reports OF Alaska
in Behring Sea Gases.

in Behring Sea Eases.
The President has appointed oiias
Alexander of New Mexico Secretary VI
the Territory of New Mexico, vice Doll
iamin M. Thomas deceased.
The annual report OF General casey
chief of the engineer corps OF the army,
is ready for transmission to Congress. IL
relates to appropriations for the constfuc,
ton OF emplacements for modern rlneu
guns and mortars.
Secretary Noble has appointed ROBERT
Schellicher OF Lewiston, Idaho; James
F, Alien of the Indian office and Cyrus
Beebe OF Alaska as commission TO ne
sotiate with the Nez Perez Indians IN
Idaho for cession to the United States OIL
the surplus lands of their reservation
under provisions of the act OF July IA,
1892.
CAPTAIN w. G. Coulson OF the United
States revenue marine service, has been
detached from duty in command OF the
revenue steamer Rush and ordered to
duty in the life-saving service as In
spector of the stations on the Pacific
Coast, vice Captain j. M. White de,
ceased. His successor as commander OF
the Rush has not as yet been selected.
Hobart Wilcox has been appointed
keeper Of the life-saving station at Cape
Arago.
II has been definely decided that Gov
ernor Stone, Assistant Commissioners Of
the General Land Office, shall be ap'
pointed Commissioner OF the Bureau to
succeed T. H. Carter, who resigned to
accept the craftsmanship OF the National
| Republican Committee. There are sew
eral applicants for the Assistant Com
missionership, and II the policy OF pro
motion is followed, M. M. Rose, the
present efficient Chief Clerk of the land
office, will be given the place.
Superintendent of the Census Porter
has discharged Ivan Petrof, the special
agent, who, it is stated, gave false lnior
nation In reports OF Alaska for the State
Department in the Behring Sea cases.
Secretary Noble approved Porter's &C
ton. Porter in letter to the Secretary
stated that complete history OF Petrot't
action precluded the supposition thai
Petroff was suffering from insanity
Prof. James II. Blodgett of the censu'
Office was placed in charge of the Alaska
work, and after verifying it in every par
ticular will superintend its final publ
cation.
The State Department is disposed t.
have more respect for Venezuela's posi-
ton in the CAGE of refugee Mijares since
the announcement by Senator Pietrit
that General Crespo intended to hole
the consignees OF the Philadelphia re
sponsible for her Captains refusal tt
surrender Mijares. 1t is clear to the OF
ficiaIs that the Venezuelan authorize
have good case, otherwise they woult
be disposed to allow the matter to drop
An official admitted that the Venezuelan
authorities would have perfect right t.
arrest and punish the consignees of thu
Philadelphia If it should transpire tina
M iares was criminal under the com
mon law. The department heretofore
has figured from the assumption tina
Minister Scruggs had prima-facie evi
dence that he was political refugee
and that the charge of cattle-stealin
was simply trumped up to get him Of
the steamer. In this light he would I'm
doubleday be upheld by this government
and the arrest OF the consignees woul,
probably result in protest.
Secretary Foster and those treasury Of
ficials who have intimate knowledge @
the receipts and expenditures of tn
government are giving much though
and attention to the subject of prof
able deficiency in the revenues for tn
next fiscal year. This question come
up naturally in considering what tn
probable revenue OF the government wi
be, SO that the Secretary may submit
Congress, as he is by law required to dc
the amount of revenue expected. Tn
estimate of the Secretary of the Treasur
must be taken for their action as guild
by Congress upon their appropriation
bills. In arriving at this estimate, tn
average receipts from custom, interns
revenue and incidental sources of revt
nue. have to be taken into consideration
The receipts from internal revenue vii
it is expected, continue to naturally ii
} crease with the growth and population
! as no legislation has been passed to a
: feet it. But it is not so with custom
duties. With no disturbing element t
affect them, they would be stable, sui
: jsct only to the law of supply and de
mand and the condition OF the none
!, market, but with new administratio
coming into power, expected to lowe
duties on a number of articles and
! put others on the free list, state OF III
> certainty is created that prevents clos
3 estimate of the revenues from the tart
, duties collected.