The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-10
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.

Robinson Of Pennsylvania has intro
duced bill to abolish the office Of naval
officer ut all ports Of entry.
Wilson OF Washington has introduced
u bill for appropriating 5000 for two
revenue cutters for the Pacific Coast.
Secretary Carlisle has appointed T,
Luttrell Of California special agent Of
the Treasury Department in charge oi
the salmon fisheries OF Alaska. NJ. B.
Feily was appointed Chinese inspector.
The House Committee on Banking and
Currency has postponed until the regular
session in December the further consid-
GRAFTON Of the bills to suspend the tax
on clearinghouse certificates issued dur
ing the stringency.
Senator Squire has been informed by
the Indian Commissioner that hereafter
other cities on the Coast than San Fran
cisco will have an opportunity to furnish
Indian supplies by being designated as
depots where goods may be delivered.
Colonel Charles Haywood, command
ant OF the United States marine corps
says in his annual report that his forct
is too small. Because Of this the ma.
rines are overworked. Colonel Hey
wood recommends that the five corps bt
increased 500 men. He also wants leg.
islation to remove the stagnation in the
grade Of Captain, and calls attention Il
the omission from the new navy regula.
tions OF provision for salutes to tn,
commandant OF the marine corps. Thu
good work Of the marine detachment a
Honolulu and the bravery and fortitudt
Of the marine guard in rescuing life q
Port Royal, s, O., during the August
hurricane are commended highly.
The State Department has received
from Anthony Howells, United State
Consul at Cardiff, Wales, statement
prepared by the Cardiff Board Of Trade
showing the exports Of tin plates ant
sheets from the United Kingdom durin,
the nine months ended September 20
1893. The statement shows that durin,
the period named 2l2,24l tons Of mater
ial, valued at e2,77S, 1856, was shipped /,
the United States, against 2l4,537 tons
valued at E2, 1857 ,787, in 1892, and 2S4,
3lB tons, valued at G4,672.2l3, in 1891
The total amount exported to oil coun
tries in the nine months ended Septem
Der 80, 1893, was 301 1881 tons, valued q
f3,9S0, ,2lS, making the eamount exporte,
to the United States alone nearly three
iourths Of the total export product.
In reply to complaint Of the Chimes
Minister in Washington the State De
partment has made representation
which indicate that the United State
government will not accept consula
certificates as conclusive evidence tina
the Chinese subjects presenting then
are merchants or artists, and therefor
entitled to admission in this country
Recently in New York, at the instanc
OF the Chinese inspectors, two Chinese
who presented certificates from the Con
sui Of Havana that they were actors an
not amenable to the restriction law
were refused a landing. Inspecto
Scharf insisted that the men were labor
ers and that their certificates wer
fraudulent. The detained Chinese too
the matter into court, where 1t is sti
pending under writs Of habeas corpus
and further made complaints to tn
Minister, who brought the matter to tn
attention Of the State Department
Secretary Gresham called on Secretar
Carlisle for information, and received
copy Of Inspector Schart 3 report, wit
an intimation that the inspector, in tn
J opinion Of the Treasury authorities, wa
acting in the line Of his duty and SCENE
not to have exceeded his authority /
the premises. Secretary Gresham a,
cordingly has transmitted this iniormi
ton to the Chinese Minister. Til
Treasury Departments stand on III
question is still further emphasized b
Attorney-General 0lney, who has d
rected the United States District Alto
ney at New York to prosecute the cas-,
on which the Chinese Minister'S prote
was based. Mr.. 0lney gave this dire
tion at the request Of Secretary Carlisl