Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-07-06
WASHINGTON NEWS

Lt HDust utClutu 10 seat BLACK, OF the
tenth Georgia district.
Internal revenue receipts for June ex-
ceeded those of May by about 81 ,OO0, 600
The house adapted resolution extend
ing the appropriations for the current
fiscal year for thirty days from June 80.
The house last week cleared the ca Rem
dar OF all pension and desertion cases
which had been agreed To in committee.
Adjective has been assigned the duty
OF following President Cleveland when
abroad to protect him from possible as
sault.
Exports Of manufactures from the
United States during May reached Sl5,-
l99,4O2 and constituted 2572 per cent OF
the total.
Members Of the house ways and means
committee. il is said, will refuse TO ac-
cept the senate amendments TO the Will
son tariff bill.
In spite OF the financial depression
charters have been granted to large
number of new national banks, four be-
ing in Illinois.
REORGANIZATION of the war department
has been delayed until Aug. /. though
several hundred clerks have been given
notice of dismissal.
The president has awarded medals Of
honor to five war heroes. among them
William Toomer, Of Chicago, and James
Henry. of haywood, H.
superintendent Corey. of the Carnegie
works, who had charge of armor plates.
admitted receiving presents Of suits of
clothes from his company.
The senate has unanimously adopted
the joint resolution extending the appro-
priations of the present year until the
new appropriation bills are passed.
Democrats fear that the fate OF the
Wilson bill may hang upon the vote of
Senator Irby. of South Carolina, but
have been unable to get him to commit
himself.
Representative Covert has made ia
vorable report TO the house on the bill TO
amend the copyright laws for the better
protection Of American playwrighs and
musicians.
The grand jury has found indictment
against Brokers Chapman Of New York
and John Mccartney of Washington for
refusing TO answer certain questions
asked them by the senate sugar investi-
eating committee.
Secretary Smith has approved the rec
ommendation of Land Commissioner
Lamoreux setting apart $4,000 for addi-
tional surveys within the Red Lake res
ervation in Minnesota. The surveys are
restricted to the pine lands.
The President has approved the find
ing of the court-martial which recon-
mended the dismissal Of Lieut.. Marcus
Maxwell. charged with duplicating his
accounts and of conduct unbecoming a
gentleman He was witness in the
Nancy court martial.
A request for troops subject TO call has
been forwarded by Secretary Smith to
the secretary of war on the ground that
prospecting parties are preparing TO
overrun the Black Feet Indian reserva-
tion in Montana. The interior depart
ment has determined to allow no pros
pecting on the reservation.
The controversy over the worlds fair
medal has been settled by the adoption
by Secretary Carlisle of a compromise
medal. One-h half is according to the de-
sign of Charles f. Barber, designer for
the Philadelphia mint. st. Gaudens'
original design, depicting the landing of
Columbus, is accepted for the diverse
side.
Senator Sherman, of Ohio, declares
that the Pullman Palace Car company
must be regulated by an interstate com
merce law that will provide for "a reduc-
tion Of rates, prevent the system Of Tip
ping" porters, and correct other abuses
which he says exist. The pending strike,
he says, is not responsible for his atti-
tude though it has served to remind him
that reforms in the relations between
this corporation and the public are nee
essary.