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The gold in the treasury amounts
to 4l07, 900, 600.
The number Of pensioners is said to
be steadily decreasing.
Tho Senate will vote on the Bland
seigniorage bill on the 18th.
Justice White was sworn in as
member Of the Supreme Court on the
18th.
Senator Wolcott spoke in favor OF
the seigniorage bill on Monday. He
said it was crude and ungrammatical,
but should pass.
On Wednesday the Senate by vote
Of go to As refused to reconsider the
vote on third reading Of the seignior-
age bill, and motion to recommit was
also defeated.
Judge jenkins of Milwaukee says
that he does not care to appear before
the congressional investigating COM
mittee, but will send report Of his
orders on record in the court.
The suit of Madeline Pollard against
Congressman Breckenridge began here
on the 9Th. She wants $25, 900 dam
ages for breach of promise and seduc-
tion. The trial will be highly sensa-
tional.
The House committee on invalid
pensions has reported bill that will
aid soldiers widows in securing pen
sions. The bill makes the death Of a
soldier equivalent to an honorable dis
charge except when death occurred
during desertion.
The Pollard Breckenridge case is
attracting great attention in Washing
ton by reason of its sensational and
impure developments. The judge
drove number of finely dressed but
curious women from the court room
the other day.
The annual distribution Of seeds BY
the agricultural department will be
completed at the end Of this month.
Practically all of the 100 temporary
employees engaged in the work will be
dropped from the rolls at that time.
The packages Of seed distributed dur
ing the year will aggregate 5000, 900.
The appropriations on account of
the army for the fiscal year 1894 were
s24, 225, 639 and the bill prepared by
the subcommittee is understood to
carry three -fourths Of million dollars
less than the appropriation for this
year. The estimate submitted by the
secretary of war for 1895 was $685.
332, ,91s.
One of Miss Pollard's attorneys
spoke severely Of Colonel Brecken-
ridges attorneys the other day and
Colonel Shelby resented it by striking
the offending lawyer with his fist after
court had adjourned. Judge Bradley
lectured them the next day and
warned them not to bring revolvers
into the court room.
The question as to whether the COM
mercial agreements generally known
as reciprocity treaties made under the
Mckinley act between the United
States and foreign countries would be
nulli6ed by the Wilson bill II 1t be-
came law, is still attracting attention
here at the capitol. Senator Vest and
others expressed the opinion that the
Wilson bill will abrogate them.
The Senate committee on territories
has authorized favorable report upon
the bill introduced by Senator Carey
defining and changing the boundary
line Of Yellowstone National Park and
also upon the bill providing for the
punishment of offenses committed in
the park. The bill places the park
within the jurisdiction Of the United
States District Court Of Wyoming.
A decision Of Government Land
Commissioner Lamoreu1 is of great
importance to various corporations
which have acquired immense hold
ings of land in the upper peninsula Of
Michigan. The decision calls into
question the title to upwards Of $780,
600, 900 worth of property held by the
Portage Lake and Lake Superior Canal
company. Some $4,000 acres are af.
fected by Commissioner Lamoreux's
decision. He has recommended to
Secretary Smith that suit be instituted
to settle these title holdings of the
Michigan Land and Iron company and
other corporations are also being in
vestigated. The titles Of most Of the
iron mines developed in recent year,
are affected by the prospective con.
test.
Treasury officials now think thai
the deficit for the current year will
not exceed $40, 900, 900.
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