The state herald., 1894-03-16
WASHINGTON NOTES.
VIVA. Congress is Doins-Departmsasal
and social Gossip.

ne SCiu III tHe treasury am0uutS
to $107, 900, 900.
Tho number Of pensioners is said to
be steadily decreasing.
The Senate will vote on the Bland
seigniorage bill on the 18th.
The pension appropriation bill
passed the House on the It'll.
Justice White was sworn in as q
member Of the Supreme Court on the
18th.
Z Treasury officials now think that
the deficit for the current year will
not exceed SO, 900, 900.
The Republican senators are trying
to take up the Bland seigniorage bill
so as to displace the tariff bill.
Senator Wolcott spoke in favor Of
the seigniorage bill on Monday. He
said it was crude and ungrammatical,
but should pass.
The suit Of Madeline Pollard against
Congressman Breckenridge began hero
on the 9Th. She wants $25, 900 dam
ages for breach of promise and seduc-
zion. The trial will be highly sensa-
tional.
President Cleveland and Secretary
Gresham returned to Washington on
the 9Th from their hunting trip to
North Carolina They bagged a good
deal Of game in the shape Of swan,
geese and ducks.
Senator Sherman was given a severe
shock Wednesday by the suddenness
with which the seigniorage bill was
rushed along. He barely recovered
his surprise in time to prevent it be-
ing voted upon without word Of dis
cussion.
The Pollard Breck enridge 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 postoflice appropriation bill as
reported carries an appropriation Of
$S7, 470, 900, which is SO, 900, 600 more
than that of the current year The cs-
timatcd postal revenue for the fiscal
year 1895 is SS4, 427, 7IS, SO that the
postal service is nearly self-support-
ing.
The Senate formally took up the
Bland seigiorage bill on the 9TH by a
practically unanimous vote. The OPP
ponents Of the tariff bill hope that it
will be delayed by the Bland bill, but
the opinion is expressed that the
Bland bill will be disposed of before
the tariff bill is ready.
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
ring the year will aggregate 1900, 900.
The appropriations on account Of
the army for the fiscal year 1894 were
$24, 225, $50 and the bill prepared by
the sub committee is understood to
carry three fourths Of a million dollars
less than the appropriation for this
year. The estimate submitted b. the
secretary Of war for 1898 was &25,-
49,, 1913.
The bill which has passed the House
opening abandoned military reserva.
tions to settlement will place $50, 900
acres of land on the market in Utah.
The three reservations no longer used in
that territory are the Rush Lake, Camp
Floyd and Fort Cameron. The former
includes, according to the records Of
the land Office, about 3,37l.2s acres,
the second 1873, 900 acres and the last
""''et '''''' acres
A decision of Government Land
Commissioner Lamoreux 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 $50.
600, 900 worth Of property held BY the
Portage Lake and Lake Superior Canal
company. Some 60, 900 acres are af.
rected by Commissioner Lamorcux's
decision. lie has recommended TO
Secretary Smith that sui, be instituted
In se,,lc tbaso ,;,I, Loil;, as,i