The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-05-13
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.


| &. Dunwoody assistant chief Of th,
weather bureau, vice Major Rockwoo,
resigned. Major DunwOody has beer
connected with the bureau for many
years.
T.. +. Baldwin, First Auditor OF thu
Treasury, has issued an order which
will prevent iayoritsm in the examna
| ton Oi accounts. Under the new OrdcI
each account will be taken up in thu
order in which it was received and OF
no account made special, except by
order Of the head Of the department.
Unless Unforeseen reason for postpone
mcnt should occur the Internationa
Monetary Conference will reconyene a.
Brussels May 30. All the Commissioner
have rendered their resignatons, anC
but one Of thcm-llcnry w. Cannon
| President Of the Chase National Bank o
New York city-has been reappointed
1t il understood Senator Jones OF Ne
yada has been requested 10 withdraw hi.
resignation.
The Executive Committee Of the local
directory Of the Worlds Fair held a
meeting at which resolutions were
adopted which practically mean fiat
remuneration Of Congressional control
The joint committee made a lengthy
report on the recent act Of Congress in
struCting the Secretary Of the Treasury
to withhold enough Of the Columbia hall
dollars TO secure the payment Of $50,
$50 for awards, which was amply dis
cusscd. The report says the committee
would regard it as a direct and inexcus-
able violation Of the pledges and coyen-
ants Will, the bondholders to enter into
the formal undertakings which the act
Of Congress require. The requirement
Of this act, says the committee, is a
violation Of the act Of August 5, 1892,
accepted by the directors. d
Acting Commissioner Of Pensions
Murphy has transferred about fifty
clerks, who were heretofore employed
on Statistical work." but which, SO far
as he could see are Of no value to the office,
to current work in order TO facilitate in
bringing up the business to date.
Murphy is decidedly Of the opinion that
among the 95S,O00 pensioners on the
rolls Of the bureau there are many fradu-
DuTElIlI
the list OF such as can be reached he has
issued an order to the special examiners
in the field, directing them to use all
diligence in searching out such cases as
require the attention OF the bureau.
Friends of ex-Representative Blount,
now on special mission to Honolulu,
say there are several reasons why he
will not be chosen as Minister Stevens
successor. Notwithstanding that his
actions have been approved by the adj
ministration, the President is not blind
to the fact that certain things he has
done, notably the hauling down OF the
flag, have been received in this country
with disfayor. The president realizes
also that Il commissioner appointed to
assist in settling a controversy between
two parties in a foreign nation can
hardly hope to be persona grata to all
factions after the settlement is effected.
Before leaving Washington President
Cleveland practically set at rest all
rumors that he would call an extra ses-
sion of Congress to consider the financial
situation. During a conversation with
Cleveland Representative Kilgore in
quired regarding the intentions of the
President as to an extra session. Kill
gore explained that he wished to bring
his family to this city, and for this
reason was anxious to learn what would
probably be done in order that he could
make his plans accordingly. The reply
of the President was he would not call
an extra session until September, unless
some unforeseen circumstances which
were not now anticipated made such a
course necessary. He stated a call
would be made for assembling Congress
between September and Is.
Senator Ransom, Chairman of the
Commerce Committee, was seen in
reference to the committees Pacific
Coast trip. When asked about the
probable date OF the start from Chicago
he said he had an idea that arrange
ments could be perfected so that the
committee would leave June 15. There
was no certainty about this, he said, but
it was his purpose to get the committee
away at the earliest possible moment.
1t is now stated that the committee will
be on the Pacific Coast for fully six
weeks, and possibly for more lengthy
period. Senator Ransom says the COM
mittee will go direct from Chicago to
San Francisco. From there the commit
tee will go to Los Angeles, to investi-
gate whether the proposed deep water
harbor should be located at Rodondo
Beach or San Pedro. When the investi-
cation for this purpose is completed
other river and harbor improvements
will be looked into, and then the COM
mittee will go north to Oregon and
Washington to investigate the Columbia
river improvements and also the pro-
posed scheme to connect Lake Washing
ton to Puget Sound by ship canal.