The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-12-02
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.

office has ordered Inspector Carmichae
to investigate the appraisemennt Of lots
IN the tOwnsite Of Port Angeles, Wash
Many occupants have protested that the
appraisement IL unequal.
Secretary Herbert is quoted az author.
ity for the statement that there will bt
an Immediate change in the command d
the naval forces at Rio, which devolvec
upon Captain Picking Of the Charleston
when Admiral Stanton was recalled.
Representative Hermann having made
satisfactory showing 10 the department
that the settlers in the vicinity OF lvi.
Bon IN Lane county, Or, we're too much
inconvenienCed TO wait until July next
for new mail contract 10 deliver their
mails, an order has been issued that pro.
posas be invited at once for mail service
to commence January next.
Commissioner Lamoreaux Of the gen.
cral land office has decided in favor oI
| the Great Falls Water Power and Town
site Company the case which involved
| the whole town OF treat Falls, Mont.
! The decision is that the townste com
| panyi il an innocent purchaser and under
the act OF March 3, 1891, could not be
disturbed IN its possession Of the prop
erty.
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles r. Green
leaf, Deputy Surgeon OF the United
states army, has been relieved from duty
in the War Department and ordered to
assume charge OF the medical supply de-
partment in San Francisco, relieving
] | iaItnttunf 4 'plnnal Ingn,I w -,
Deputy Surgeon-GeneraI, who will as
snme charge Of the medical supply de-
partment in St. Louis.
The annual report of Tllman, Register
OF the Treasury, shows that in October,
1892, the value OF registered bonds which
were supposed to be held by persons OF
| foreign nationality amounted to about
Sl8,8O0 600, Of which only "A. .S3O, 800 ap-
peated upon the foreign ledgers. 1T il
evident" says the report, that large
proportion OF the registered bonds owned
abroad are controlled BY agents resdiE !.
n this country"
There is much complaint among ex-
hibilOrs over the delay in awarding
Worlds FAIR medals. AS many OF the
exhibitors expect 10 make the most OF
their medals in an advertising way. they
complain that the great delay will rob
them Of much OF the commercial advan-
tage which they expected to reap in re-
turn for the heavy expense involved in
making tue Worlds Fair EXHIBIT. The
design by st. Gaudens for official medals
ls here, but the contracts for manuiact-
urng the medals has not yet been award
ed, and 1t Is still even uncertain whether
the work may not be done by the United
States mint. The plan OF the Treasury
officials contemplates medals of elegant
workmanship that would require four or
five months, as it would necesstate
stamping some OF them 400 or 500 times,
and it does not seem probable the work
will be completed before next summer
The blame IS laid TO the Committee OF
Awards or TO Designer St. Gaudens for
not furnishing the designs earlier.
Secretary Carlisle has received from
the Commissioner of immigration at
San Francisco report, accompanied by
sworn testimony, about the landing in
San Francisco of twelve Russian con-
victs, who escaped from confinement and
were picked up by passing vessels and
brought to this country. The men are
now under arrest in San Francisco, and
the question that complicates the situa-
tion is what to do with them. While the
greatest secrecy is maintained at the de-
partment about the contents of the Off
cial report, it is believed five Russians
were political prisoners, in which case it
is said our immigration laws do not in
terfere to debar them from landing. At
the same time the Russian Minister,
Prince Cantacuzene, has interested him.
self in having them turned over to the
Russian authorities. The matter has
assumed such an important phase that
Secretary Carlisle has taken it into his
own hands and will confer with Secre-
tary Gresham on the fate OF the Rus.
slams.
Sumner l. Kimball, general superln-
tendent OF the life-saving service, in his
annual report to Secretary Carlisle states
that at the close OF the last fiscal wear
the establishment embraced 244 stations.
The number OF disasters to documented
vessels within the field of the operations
oi the service during the year was 427.
There were on board these vessels 3,565
persons, OF whom twenty-three were lost.
The estimated value OF the vessels in.
Cluded in the disasters was S6,4l4,075,
and that OF their cargoes IL ,6S4. 900. Oh
this amount S6,442 505 was saved and
81 ,655, $40 lost. The number of vessels
totally lost was eight. The cost of the
maintenance OF the service during the
year was $l,23l ,S93.45. The general SUI
perintendent states that the fears ex-
pressed in former reports OF threatened
decadence of the service, excited by the
frequent designations of many OF the
best snrfmen on account OF the meager.
ness of their pay, have been dispelled
by the recent increase granted by Con-
gress.
Hiram Hitchcock, President OF the
Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua,
has submitted to the Secretary of the
Interior the annual report of the COM
pany, which WAS not due until Decem-
ber |, but sent it at the request Of the
Secretary, who desired to use some of
the data in his annual report. President
Hitchcock says that since the appoint
ment of receiver for the Canal Con-
struction Company little work has been
done. The Secretary was referred to the
last report as to the present condition of
work. Since organization 81, ,055, ,S11 has
been paid into the treasury, all for stock
subscribed for at par except $4S,87l,
which came from other sources. There
was paid out for construction and admin
istration expenses $3.50, 7SS in cash and
81 800 shares OF stock, par value, which
are worth $S,199,O00. The company is
olI;~,toj for te o66 0O0 oe Sc f-rt ,,,o,t