The National tribune., 1895-01-17
THE WEEK IN WASHINGTON.
Minor Matters of Interest i'm the Capital
City.

Minor Matters of Interest i'm the Capital
City.
SUNDAY, JAN. 6.-The Postofiice Department
received official notification to-day that Cape
Colony, regarded a. the most important ac-
QUESTION in Africa for the universal Postal
Union, owing 10 its position "a The entrance
for all African mails. had joiuvd the Union
on Jan. j. The srrat cement however, VIII
not reduce the postage rates for Tat country,
owing to the recent order OF Po- im,~t r Gen
eral Bissell making uniform i..ies for the
world. The only countries not now embraced
in tho Union are China. Orange Free state.
MRtabela and Mashouaiand. snd samoa
Friendly, st. Helena. AScrnci"n, thiHm. o.
mora, Pitcairn, Roratonga, aud Savage ISL
ands.
MONDAY, JAN. The Secretary Of the lnte-
rior has sent a request 10 the Speaker of the
House OF Representatives asking that an APP
preparation OF SIS 600 be inserted M the In
dian appropriation bill, to Toe 'mmed lately
available for the relief of the Navajo Indians
in Arizona. These Indians are ia a destitute
condition. on account OF the failure OF their
crops.
TUESDAY, JAN. e-The Special Agent which
Secretary Morton, Of the Agricultural Depart
mont sent to Germany to Investigate 'he
meat question has made a T port "a The sub
iect which confirms all that has been said
the German Government is retalistorE. The
- German consumers regret the exclusion of
American meat; but the Agrarian party,
which means the farmers. who are also the
producers Of sugar, have brought about this
retaiatory action because OF the rerpal Of the
reciprocity treaty or agreement by this Demo-
cratic Congress and Administration.
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 9.-1be House Committee
on Labor, 20 which the resolution OF Repre-
Rtair i'm
investigation of Southern lynchlngs voted TO
report it back TO the House with request 10
be discharged from its consideration. After
discussing the matter the committee con
cluded that an investigation Of the proposed
nature did not come within its province,
having nothing 10 do with labor matters.
Miss Ida Wells the young colored woman
who made an anti-lynching crusade IN Eng
land had written announcing her desire to
address the committee and present evidence
and commun ications which had been received
from many sources on the matter.
THURSDAY. JAN. l0.-For the first time in 10
wears the United States Patent Office finds it,
self, this week. up to date with its work.
This means that in all of its 80 Examining
Divisions the work is in such a condition
that new application filed to-day will be
acted upon on its merits within 80 days. and
an amendment flied to-day will receive at
tenlion within two weeks One year and
half ago the more important and busiest
branches of the Office were more than 10
months behindhRnd.
FRIDAY. JAN. 1.-THE House Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds to-day agreed
TO accept the ultimatum of the Malone men
i'm the Senate and agree the Malone site
for the new Government Printing Office.
This decision was not reached without con-
siderable discussion, aud there was pro
Dounced d dissemination upon the part of sew
eral members of the committee TO yield TO the
Malone Senators. The comm ittee decided,
however that il is evident that ii must be
the Malone site or none at all.
SATURDAY. JAN. 12.-The spread of the much
ialked-of Russian thistle in this country and
the means Of prevention are discussed in
bulletin which has been issued by the Agri
cultural Department. it WAS prepared by
Assistant Botanist i. II. Dewey, who says
that the ihistles' already wide distribution
east OF the Rockies make it's continued pro-
gress in that region inevitable, but it may
yet be excluded from the Pacific States. IL,
whenever found il should be killed before
it produces seed, during three successive
years the pest would in all probability be
extern iBated.