Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-29
WASHINGTON NEWS

The Commissioner OF Internal revenue
reports an increase i'm total receipts for
eight months Of S5.ls .G22
William Martin Aiken, Of Cincinnati,
was appointed supervising architect OF
the treasury department.
BY an error in the sundry civil bill
Seattle may defeat Tacoma in securing
the Puget sound army post.
England has assured the United States
that she does not desire 10 acquire any
territory in settling with Nicaragua.
Naval experts believe the Spanish
/ cruiser Reina Regente was sunk by col
llding with derelict or another vessel.
The secretary Of agriculture issued a
set OF regulations providing for the sa fe
transport OF live cattle from America 10
! foreign ports.
Admiral Meade has cabled the navy
department that he has sailed with his
squadron from san Domingo for King
stOn, Jamaica.
The agricultural department will in
vestigate the alleged existence Of pleuro-
pneumonia in Geary and Wauban coun-
ties, Kansas.
The dispute with Great Britain over
the boundary between Alaska and Brit
ism America Will have TO be settled by
diplomatic negotiations.
Representative Montgomery, OF Ken
lucky, expects that the republicans will
attempt very little, il any, tariff legisia-
ton during the next congress.
Commissioner Browning promised 10
carry out so far a, possible the requests
Of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians
who have been visiting the capital.
The secret service has discovered new
counterfeit - silver certificate OF the
series Of 1891, Grant head. W. :. Rose
Grams. register f.. II. Nebeker, treasurer.
Ex- Congressman William VI. Springer,
OF Illinois. and Constantine Buckley XII
gore, OF Texas, We're appointed judges Of
the United states court in Indian terri
tory.
Consul General Carroll, at Dresden.
reports that gas engines for street cars
have been found cheaper than the troll
ley, while no dangerous overhead wires
are required.
The supreme court, in the case OF Gen.
Thomas ". Sweeney, decided that ac-
cording 10 the act of March .. 1867, vol
untary service was To be included in fix
ing longevity pay for army officers.
The secretary of the interior has af-
firmed the decision of the commissioner
of the land Office by rejecting the appeal
OF an Iowa railway company from a de-
cision refusing it selections Of land en-
bracing 2,240 acres near Independence,
la.
The secretary OF state has been ad-
vised that between 700 and 800 negro
families have recently arrived from the
United States at Ilahuallo, Durango,
Mexico, as colonists, under federal con-
cession granted to w. II. Ellis. an Amer
lean citizen.
The government Of New Zealand has
agreed TO be represented at the suggested
international monetary conference, and
has also decided TO accept the proposal
to send delegates TO the commiss ion
which is to consider the plans for laying
a ca BILE across the Pacific ocean.
John l.. Waller, formerly United States
consul at Tamatave, Island Of Madagas-
car, has been tried before a court martial |
by the French military authorities, has |
been found guilty Of having been In cor |
respondence with the Hovas, and has been |
sentenced to twenty years Imprisonment. |
Judge Hughes OF the eastern districteof |
Virginia in making his income tax re-
turns said he had no income except his |
salary, which was exempt. He holds the |
provides the salary. of the
president and judges shall not be dimn-
ished during their term, and the tax is a