New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-08
NEWS NOTES..
REED AND CONTESTED ELEC-
TION CASES.
ANOTHER CIVIL SERVICE EXTENSGoN-AProINT-
MENTs by ATTORNEY GENERAL HARMON

ANOTHER CIVIL SERVICE EXTENSGoN-APPoINT-
MENrs by ATTORNEY GENERAL HARMON
THE CASE or LIEUTENANT GTEoVITS.
Washington. Dec SO far as Speaker Reeds in
fuence goes. the conclusions reached In the con-
tested elections cases before the House viii
be based the law and evidence and without regard
TO partisan considerations. Upward Of fllty MEM
hers Of the House have applied for assignment to
the Elections COMMITTEE, and many OF these nave
preferred their requests personally. Mr. Reed has
repeatedly sought from these applicants an express
sion of opnon as the spirit in which Their WORK
would be undertaken if they were placed on me con-
rnttee. lie has expressed desire thar the "orK
shoud he expcdted. view OF the considerable cN-
pense which will accrue to the Government from de-
laying the settlement OF the cases, ana ne mas aso
emphasized his belief that the committees concu.
sions shall be wholly FREE from nnhtft ba7 aui
that each contest shall be settled s,fcily or its
merits There is now apparently little doubt that
two Elections Committees will be formed, in order
to facilitate matters, and \ Is among me Siroto
SPEAKER Reeds actions that the ehaTen n Q. tTe
York, and Mccall. Of Massachusetts,.
The President has amended the Civil Service rules
and brought into the classified service about forty
five additional employees. The amendment reads
that Special Department Rule No. is anne nded by
striking from the list of places excepted from eX-
animation in the Department Of Labor statistical
exrerts and temporary experts so much or eAtcu-
tive orders as provides for the app3 nt I TO- OF
competitive examination is revoked
Acknowledgement Harmon to-day appointed Max
] Koher of New-York Assistant United States
District. Attorney for the Southern District Of New
York. and BENJAMIN f. Bergen Special Assistant
United States D.strict-AttOrncy for the Northern
district OF California In connection with the suits
against the Redwood Timber Company, OF Cali
fornla.
Brigadier-General Wheaton. commanding the De-
partment Of the Colorado has disapproved the find
ing of the court martial in the case OF First Lieu
tenant Odon Gurovits. 18th Infantry. who was re-
Gently tried at Fort Whpple Arizona. for being
drunk in the presence of enlisted men and sentenced
TO confinement in post limits for three months ana
10 be reprimanded General Wheaton. in his In
dorsement of the record says that the court esab-
lshed that the accused man was under ne N,
allegation that such drunkenness occurred IN INC
presence of enlisted men does not seem 20 pc 90
bensible character of the accused officers conduct
and says that of itself justly merits the reprlmand
but the finding not being supported by that welsht
OF evidence which preciudes reasonable DOUBT, APP
prova is withheld and the officer viii be restored 70
dtuy. Gurovits Is native OF hungary, ana was
promoted from the ranks
The War Department has issued order trans
ferring the military reservation of Fort Pembina,
~ D. on the Red River OF the North, to the In
terror Department. This action was taken in ae.
cordance with the act TO provide for the dsposa. OF
abandoned and useless military reservations foTt
Pembina was established In b'O.
hereafter MuslclanH III the army Will NC ''''io'
with serviceable firearms, and the use or swords
by band or company musicians OF foot troops has
been abandoned An order issued by the secretary
OF War provides that ordnance officers OF posts VIII
Issue officers I'm charge Of bands or OF company
musicians rifles carbnes. according TO the arm
of the service they in. with ammunition and
equipment therefor. which will be kept In barracks
for use In case OF emergencies: In Ike manner re-
volvers Will be supplied side arms for company
musicians when they take the field.
medal OF honor has Jeen awarded TO lgnatz
Gresser. late corporal of Company d. l2sth Penns!l-
vania Infantry. for galantry ia action at Antieam,
Nd September u. 1852 Mr.. Gresser's particula,
act Of gallantry In carrying wounded COM
rale from the fed while exposed 10 the fire of the
enemy.