The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-06-30
CdEUR DALENE IDAHO. SATURDAY. JUNE 80. 1894.
WASHINGTON CITY HEws

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under way are: Fl Paio. Tex, 7y0oO;
Port Townsend. wash, hi .0O0; Gccrs.
/ mento. Cal. $4,000; Sioux Falis. 9. D..
At the request Of Senator Teller his
amendment 10 increase the duty On dis
monds from 10 to 50 per cent I'd vajorem,
the House In the Wilson bill. vas posed
over. II will be considered agsin before
the bill II reported.
+. The Houss Committee on Pensions has
ratified the report Of the subcommitteo
10 favor OF Representative Bryan's bill
to pension widows whose names were
taken from the roll because they had ne
married and whe. the second husbands
have died or have been divorced.
! The report Of the Board Of Visitors at
the United States Naval Academy u
Annapolis, Nd. will suggest that the
oou.e Of instruction be elk years i'm
stead Of four, With . two Year, cruise,
asst present Occasional practice cruises
Of four months each are recommended.
The Secretary Of the Interior has
granted permission 70 the Management
Of the New York Museum Of Natural
History to allow it, representative en-
Indian reservation, Utah, to obtain los
sils for exhibition. The request vas de-
MED last winter. owing TO the excited
condition Of the tribe.
A delegation OF the international ".
Pogrsphical Union appeared before tie
House Committee recently 10 advocate .
government telegraph. William Nc
Cabe OF Washington was spokesman.
He urged that the government control
Of the telegraph lines would lead to the
establishment Of more Newspaper.
thereby irving more employment to
printen now out Of work.
Professor Mendenhali, In charre Of
the coast and Geodetic survey. has ten.
dered his resignation to the President,
1t is said that the professor. in his letter
r. the President. pats his action on the
ground that the Secretary Of the Treas
ury has interfered with the working of
the bureau by the retirement Of experts
and the substitution Of inexperienced
men to such an extent that 1t 10 impos-
sible to do good work.
The Senate COMMITTEES on Commerce
has heard testimony concerning the re-
epective merits OF Santa Mcaica and San
Pedro - place to build . breakwater
on the Coast near Los Angeles. z. L.
Corthell. civil engineer, stated Q break
water at Santa Monica would cost t3,-
529, l9a. while he quoted the report Of
the Board Of Engineers showing the cost
~ San Pedro would be f4.s45. 40. En-
gineer Ramona spoke on the San Pedro
site.
The Attorney General Of the United
States has instructed Acting United
STATES District Attorney Plat Of the
southern district OF New York to 1t once
institute suit in that district before Dis
trict Judge Wallace sgainst the Northern
Commercial Comps to recover SIS, 900
for the lat three YEAR, rent and premi-
nm on seal tkins due to the government
from the company. This action 10 taken
ny mutual consent OF the contendine
parties.
There are indications that Eseta's
case will cause our government to as
eume definite position in the matter
Of the right OF asylum. Although The
ssivadorian refugees, with one excep-
ton, sre safe on board the Remington,
the Salvadorian provisional government
determined to press its demands for the
surrender Of General Antonio Eeeta,
Vice President OF the late government.
II IL likely that the other refugees will
not be included in the demand.
The prediction that the reforms insti-
tinted by the Democratic administration
OF the pension bureau would result in
covering into the treasury at the end OF
the fiscal year several millions Of dollars
IL about 10 he realised. Commissioners
Lochrrn has hsd prepared Q careful esti.
mate showing that the surplus will be
t2S. m0. 600. Commissioner Lochrenh -
tima'e for pension disbursements in the
fiecal wear 1898 has b~en reduced from
tl65. oo0.o 90 to tl40. 600 O0o. 20 that the
coming years disbursement will effect Q
saving equal to another Is 900. 900.
The details Of the Nicaragua canal bill,
practically cloeed M ct . meeting Of the
subcommittee the other day. There will
he recommended . directorate Of eleven
memberp. eight beine government direct-
orr. one representative Of the company,
one from Nicaragua and one from Costa
Rica. Three government engineers will
have charge ii the work. II will be pro-
vided that dividends shall not exceed 8
per rent, % that sinking fund may be
established. The government share Of
dividends will be credited TO . sinking
fund. Some members OF the committee
think the debt can be raised in twenty.
Eve Year, on the lines laid down. Bonds
were practically decided upon for the
whole amount, a. the proposition to coin
silver involved troublesome com plica.
tons and oppoaition. However. that
eection Of the bill 10 subject to change;
70 that, II any plan involving the uee OF
silver seems practicable, 1t can Be
adopted.
Charles g. Craig Of Edeewood Park.
Pa, has been before the Conversational
Committee investigating the armor
plate frauds. He was associated with
c. +. Sill in giving the main infosma.
ton Of irregularities at the Carnegie
works. Craie'e evidence vas much like
that recently given by Sill and corrob-
orative OF Il. He testified that he made
reports Of the work on armor plates
from the workmen's elatcs giving the
actual work done. The reports were
submitted to Superintendent Kline,
who changed them to bring the work
within the government contract The
altered reports were then furnished to
the government officers. Craig gave
from tis note book . list Of plates which
had been doctored after they had been
turned over to the government % teet
plates. He rave details Of the retreat
ment Of zach plate. Many Of them
were retrcated after the government had
rejected them. He testified that he
had been instructed by Superintendent
Kline to burn the original records
showing the rial work done. CRAIG said
that while aseistant heater he observed
much surreptitious work on the plates.