New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-17
NEWS NOTES AT THE CAPITAL
AN OLD SENATE CONTROVERSY RE-
CALLED.
n.,r.TTrRs NOT ADMISSIBLE - POSTAL
LAWS REVISED - ORDNANCE lhSl'
UAyTIEN REPUBLIC CAsE-"BIG IN


HAYTIEN REPUBLIC cAsE-"BIG IN
DAMS" IN WASHINGTON
>washinrton March 1.-THE act OF Senator DUBOIS
in pre-empting Senator Dolph's seat on the asS"',
linn that any man who spoke against silver couId
never be Reelected by oregon Legislature re-
calls \ similar incident which happened some years
ar5. When senator George II. Pendlcton' OF W"ec
Introduced in tho Senate me neaS vt " Missouri
Immediately filed with Captain Basseti CAM @bnn III
tor caused rupture between NJ fen itste1 ,bat
himself 1t was in vain o t9a5 Mr hut was simply
pressing opinion that me b"Ir senator in put
tin% ali the official patronage OF Inc refsed 70
under civil Service rules Mr. ana the desirable
Be esa PaS %bdh M W" 3e! "0' now that ro%
Of the civil Service Law
,c,irg Secretary Hamlln has decided that dla-
Woodworking in the United states is not ne" IN
drstr, Consequently the expert diamond GurtTS
whom IT was proposed 70 bring over ron mtry
70 New-York to pv their avocaton IN ~ tor iau
CHI mai be admissible under the Contract L'oor law
In accordance with the Printing act OF January
70 1895 the Postmaster General has made seVerNi
amendments tc the postal laws and regulations
one extends the ranking privilege 90 ~" noint in
President of the United states pee Zee. vhere
+, Ytborizes those entitled TO the rankhs pIlt'r -
to send and receive 9S Section 81 Of the act
nborz,s the public Printer TO print facstn Mating
n,tIir Documents Under The old law tne iJ seS not
REQUIRED To be written: This ho"p naus Of public
2utnotm ' Under cover OF envelopes on wmcn tn s
Mc-me Signature has been pF XIII. TIA, mali mat
ressed 70 any Government official oy ms NAV o
ncial tte frankei in 0 aaTyceefnq the m!; %
Do ,bt provided bv law. which Is Inur oo1,Iressad
eny 'Tn1vmas and free under the fronss
must exceed one o~n agbt viii be treated in the
enc" manner az any other ordinary unp"'' 'e'e'
,,...or the son Of the late Frank HAT
- no. successfully passed his examination 'oi
commitment, a. an assistant paymas.er ~ hn w Mime
1nj WIN hp ordered to the ~ err ne viii probaby
no s'" son. mr. for permanent duty on the N''''e"
Ka'ahlln .o.,.. ., ..
The Board Of Ordnance and Fortnca'I9" , a.
,,,-, This month decided that the breech-'o"'."S
..,r authorized by the last FortIncatohS Ap-
.,a.lor Mn T., be tested should be equal ID ac'u-
| ranre power ami material TO the pg rb ,oeri
loading steel mortar now IN .eIn.rv Forty-two
s,r dollars FOR the purchase OF IN" cngine
rapld-hre sun FOR test puTposGi, M; ancar-
ia s9j0 Tor me construction OF et'l,on
80 r,nga ard position finder al folt nn..'ni a. 20
,.r w xq1 FOR continuing the experment2i hre
-, ,bo stxteen-mortar battery al Hil'S
ION , W., - ne Mans disappearing gun-,A-
the dtn".nE,s ,r.ber inspected. ami Major Aiams,
- inventor was requested 10 sunHllt 90, $40
,hc r,s, ~ his device lie claims tnAt * can - W.
Mn 80 rr,n, ?, 20 ~ per cent less lh'n inc car.
r '',. now In u-. The plans OF John ~, Yer '''
rn..hlne gun were examiner am 'eJ7
,.s..,,u, $. re,ar',s Hamin aud W.ke to.''y
..ot , hearing 70 the Kodiak Navigation ON
N''''' r.r.,,rI ore for rem ssion OF the fines
,rI nen,Ites imposed on the steamer Hayden re,
publIc for violation Of the law THIS y essd and
between Victorf > g. ana TOT f,n,pc~t'ng opium
haI .,.,.sc .ho United S'a'eS some EN-
months ago she Nas sen d. ' , III into the Urea sury
III. auction AMI the money tNii'N ,,~,'s a., saving
Tb@ acton TODAY ~As fur r. u.ioy (or vShic1
The vessel "'s s'I ,.,.,s
,,.,,..,,, n Crcvonne and Arapahoe IndiahS'
,.,,,.,r-,i ,.. thclr agent called upon the SCI
,ary of tho Interior today to pay 'n'" ,r ola.
They are the most notable Indians VINO n mem al,
'' "a Nh participated in the custer massacre ''
me Little Big HON and M ny ot"er "s"'
1b. Atlanta Exposition Company having lhV''er
,, V,shIuston newspaper correspondents 10 N''''
the exposition and select their own Tune al 'I,
INK q correspondents held today x,o MI he ac-
tcd with pleasure and that asreeanIS 10 ~ TX.
officers % the Cotton states anu eronvnnient 20
h ',rorrespondcnts to accept the invitation TOT inc
last week in May.
Governor Sims. Assistant secretary OF ,ne III
te-,or will leave Washington MONDAY 'o'
,hor. We viii enjoy a rest Of several Weehs' ~
or,i,. covernor sims suffered from an attaSh o'
m" grip which kept him confined d{S,a M AXE
H. ,,,u visit his orange grove near prlanup ~
'iorr,v LlI which was seriously daniaseu III '"'
recent freezing spell
.rbo resaryat,on OF the Yankton sioux Ih"'a"S !"
south Dakota Will soon be opened for seVlei'e''
,r,l,v tho commissioner OF the Generat La s.
Ia" forwarded to the Secretary or the Iu''''''
,'r ,pnroval the regulations for the opening
t.x Senator Ransom returned from MS nome u"
\or,b Carolina last evening and called AT ''e
,,,t Department today to pay his respects an"
r,,olvc his instructions. MIR Ransom tNle' -,
l,,,, zoe his now most ns Minister to Mexico noout
80 ~ S-,,b ~ his month one of his sons VIII az
cornnany him and when the pest seasuL ~ nr.t,"s
,,, a., residence In the Mexican country dliNNH
NJ. "pansou and her daughter VIII JON MIN
Tho maudamus case OF General William snake
sn.,re % Michigan, against the ComihisSo"eI Va
po,.lons came I'D in the supreme Court OF the us
,r,., ,b.s morning. The Is similar To that o'
,.,,,. ong and the same counsel. Thomas ; HOP
Lin ,p,carcd i'm behalf OF General shakespeare
rho r,orc,diugs were brief. but the results may
Ia r,r.,corhing Mr. hopkins attacked the Na"'I'!
~ tho ,cton OF the office in reducing "eI'ei"'
s,,tesne,re.s pension. on the ground that inc
hr,, I've MOTTO. did contain "a nun ana itu'
,,, ,,,oni of any charges allegations upon Whl'h
sion Thn comm! ssloner by his answer hled thls
morning admitted the business OF the contention
al Ia that he had restored General snake
sncnrc's former rate Of pension. The thirty days
nntice In General shakespeare case IL Is asserted
n,as similar that given to numerous soldiers
whose pensions have, been uroppen OF l'nu''"
since December H. 1873