The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-12-09
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.

mcnt Of offenders on the high seas
Gray and Brown dirsented.
Carlisle has ordered the release OF
! the Russian CDnylcts arrested at San
Francisco, and 20 notified the Russian
minister here. The convlCts found
were political prisoners, and according
to our Ia 4 could not be detained.
The issue Of standard silver dollars
from the mints Of the treasury office fOI
the week ended November l8 was }G3l ;
600; for the corresponding period last
year, SGG5 7G4. The shipment Of irac-
tIOnaI SILVER coins from the lst TO the
18th inst, aggregates S575, ,4O4.
Assistant Secretary OF the Interior
Sims has rendered decision holding
that surplus lands in the Shoshone OF
Wind river reservation, in Wyoming,
can be leased for grazing purposes, and
that the leases should be made for five
years or three years at minimum. All
informal bids already received will be
rejected.
The appointment Of jeremiah j.
Crowley ~ supervising special agent OF
the treasury department, vice A. X.
Jingle, resigned, to take effect Decem-
Der Is, will be officially announced from
the treasury department "robably dur
ing the coming week. Mr.. Crowley is
at present a treasury special agent in
charge Of the Illinois division, with
headquarters at Chicago.
Officials Of the pension bureau are un-
usually reticent regarding the announce
ment that the bureau has unearthed at
Buffalo, \. Y, a wholesale scheme for
delrauding the Office. The publication
at this time they fear will hinder them
in bringing the guilty persons TO justice.
! The Post announces the name of the
/ person who has been carrying on this
scheme IT, be w. Room Moore, who was
formerly special examiner OF the bu-
reau in Washington. 1t is believed
$780, has already been paid fraudu-
lent claimants whose cases were engi-
neercd by Attorney Moore.
Secretary Gresham has received a
complaint from Chinese Minister Yang
Iu that within the past 10 days China
man living IN a small town in Western
! North Carolina has been chased to the
mountains for no other known reason
except his nationality, and that he was
believed to have died from exposure.
An investigation is being made of the
larts OF the case by the United States
district attorney lor the western district
oI North Catolina. Ii the facts are as
stated. rrparatiUn will probably have to
be made by the United States. Recent
dispatches from North Carolina state
| that the Chinaman was believed to be
insane and was wandering in the woods,
and that his ass;lIants had been ar
| rested.
Attorney General Olney has appointed
Edward Walker, OF Chicago, spec;al
attorney to represent the United States
in the case OF the suit against the COM
missioner Of View South Wales to the
! Worlds Fair. Among the exhibits Of
! New South Wales were lot of gold
nuggets. These were attached by a
travelling circus company which had
recently been in Australia and alleged
that through the defective quarantine
arrangements OF that country the circus
company had lost many valuable horses
They sought 10 recover on the nuggets
of the New South Wales exhibit. An
examination OF the law here discloses
the fact that foreign government can
not be sued in United States court
without its consent. Even if this point
were not conclusive, the government Of
New South Wales in the circumstances
| is Il guest of the United States and en-
| titled to immunity, even il the aIlega-
tions, so far unsubstantiated, were true.
The case will probably be dismissed ii
pressed.
Commissioner of Pensions Lochren
has issued the following important order,
simplifying the practice OF the burden
in the adjudication OF claims under the
famous act OF June q, 1890: Pension
certificates issued under the second Sec
tion OF the act OF June 81, 1890, will no
longer specify particularly the disabili-
ties. In such certificates, where the
maximum rating of $l2 per month is
allowed the certificate will state it is for
inability to earn support by manual
labor. Where less than the maximum
rating is allowed the certificate will
state it is for partial inability to earn a
living by manual labor Whenever, in
the case of Il pension granted under the
said section at less than the maximum
rating and a higher rating is subse-
quently sought, the application for such
higher rating shall be considered and
treated as q claim for an increase, and
not as a claim for new disability, and
the increase, if allowed, will commence
from the date of medical examination
showing an increase OF disability"
Between adjusting the accounts OF the
North American Commercial COMPANY
with the treasury department, and the
claims of the treasury department for
81, 1862, 900 against the North American
Commercial Company, the natives OF the
seal islands in the Arctic ocean stand a
good chance of starving this winter. The
North American Commercial Company's
accounts to the extent of $24, 000-$4000
for coal supplies to the United States
revenue cutters, and SIC, 900 for supplies
furnished the natives-are held up. The
commercial company is seriously con-
sidering the advlsabiity OF withholding
further supplies to the natives unless
the accounts already presented are
passed. The whole matter, as previously
stated, has been referred to the attor-
nev-general for consideration, and it
will probably find its way into the
courts. In the meantime much solici-
tude is felt for the fate of the natives,
who entirely depend upon the supplies
furnished by the North American Com
| mercial Company for subsistence.