Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-11-17
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.

The President has ordered court
martial to meet at Fort Reno, o. T., t
try Captain Daniel F. Stiles (retired) TO
n charges arising out Of the disposition Q
government property in which he mad
himself beneficiary.
Postmaster General Bissell has trans
mitted to the Secretary of the Treasury
estimates for the Postoflice Department
u for the fiscal year ending June 80 1895
The total amount is 800, 399, 485, al
against 1854 ,004, 3l4 for the present fisca
year.
Adviccs received at the Treasury De
partment state that the United States
immigration arrangement with Canads
for inspecting immigrants at Quebec II
working most satisfactorily. Every con.
venience and courtesy has been extended
to the United States officials. The class
4 of immigrants is said to be improving
Brigadier- General d. w. Flagler, chic
: OF ordinance, has made his annual report
to Secretary Lamont. 1t shows the
amount OF expenditures during the fsca
year 1893 was $3,702, POP. Among the
, first matters treated in the report is that
relating to the inadequacy OF the gen.
eral appropriation for arming and equip
ping the militia of the United States.
Secretary Herbert says that there is
no truth whatever in the report that
Brazil has been actively negotiating
with the United States for the purchase
OF the new United States war ships
Machias, Montgomery and Marblehead F;
that the Navy Department is utterly
without power to sell the vessels, for
only Congress could do that. No nego-
tiations to that end are pending.
The Chinese extension bill, as it goes
to the President for his signature, re-
quires all Chinese laborers in the United
States, entitled TO remain before it's
passage, to secure their certificates OF
residence within six months OF the time
fixed by the Geary act. Cinnamon fail
ing to register within six months shall
be deported under the former act, except
that the requirement of white witness
is removed. All proceedings for viola
tons of the Geary act as originally en-
| acted except as to criminals, are sus-
pended. The word "laborers in the
act is construed to mean skilled and un-
skilled manual laborers, and the term
merchant" is defined to mean per-
son engaged in buying and selling mer-
chandise at fixed place of business,
carried on under his name. 1t is pro-
vided that the certificate shall contain
the photograph of the applicant, to-
gether with his name, his local residence
and his occupation.
Senator Butler has introduced q bill
which has for its object the establish
ment of government system of tele-
graph lines. The bill directs the organ
ization of a board, to consist of the Sec
rotary OF State, the Secretary of War
and the Postmaster General, who are
directed to arrange system of trunk
line telegraphy connecting the various
sections of the country with the CITY of |
Washington, with connections along
these lines at such cities as shall best
serve the public good. The system is to
be carried on as part of the postal sys-
tenn OF the country, and discrimination
in rates is prohibited except that less
rate is allowed for press messages than
for current business. The carving on
OF the telegraph business by individuals
or corporations is not prohibited, The
bill is voluminous, and deals largely
with the details of how the lines shall
be constructed. An appropriation of
80, 600, 900 is made to begin the work.
The House Committee on Territories
has been busy several weeks perfectino
Dill Tor the admission of Utah. THOUGH
the administration has not wished to see
the admission of the Territories pressed
Just now, the fact that the men who will
come to the Senate and House from all
the proposed new States would be silver
men has caused the promoters of the
otatehood movement to pause. In order
70 get around any such difficulty as this
Delegate Joseph of New Mexico has pro-
posed to have the bill admitting his Ter I
'ltory changed SO that admission will
lot become operative until 1895. For
Utah, Arizona and New Mexico it is pro-
'osed to grant them double the amount +
II land granted the last Territories to he
omitted. The reason for this is there ,
we're grants made for the purpose of es-
ablishlng a fund for various institutions
md 1t is claimed the lands which the :
hree Territories now knocking at the !;
loor Will receive are mostly, if not en-
irely, ard and fit for nothing until thew y
ave been made valuable by a costly
y,stem OF irrigation, The last six States
omitted received as grants for various {
tate institutions about 100 900 acres NJ Il
and each. The three Territories ASKING o
Dr. admission think they will need af
EAST 100000 acres. il
In communication to CONGRESS- tho
ecretary OF the Treasury asks for an Il
preparation OF $4,000 for freight on b
Union and coin between mints and as
y oihces Tor the current fiscal year. He q
iys that, owing to the necessity of W
'snspofting large amount of gold bull 10
IA from the assay Office at New York tn d
,liiaaelpnia Tor coinage and of gold and
i'er bullion from the mint at Carson G,
IVY 10 the mint at San Francisco for ri
image; as we'll as the increased deposits r
goid bullion at the minor ASSAY Offices h,
VIII pe necessary to obtain an ammo.
ration to supply deficiency in the an >.
.opfiation Tor this purpose. This def " ",
ency grows out of the fact that for sew "
al years past there has been no trans s
T OF bullion from New York to pbila. III
,lpl,a' ana consequently no appropria-
on thereior and from the further fact la
AT py reason OF the suspension of coin wi
e operations at Carson City it will he ca
eessary to transport both the GOLD ard hs
yer bullion from that institution to CO
n francisco for coinage. The EXPENSE
transporting this bullion is less. how. mi
err, than 1t would be to coin II at Co.. w. ",
= City,. At Carson CITY there is 5000 ~
} OF gold bullion and 5000 900 silva GpUo dn
e amount of gold bullion in New Yort NJ
at Is to he carried to Philadelphia aa. ~
gates $40, 900. ''' az
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representative Hermann has been in alb
with the Postoffice Depart. de,
'nt as TO numerous applications from SUI,
state for contracts to carry tha ma