New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-08
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
REPORTS OF CONTROLLER BOWLER AND
AUDITOR HOLCOMB.
THE SLAUGHTER OF THE sEALs-wELsH TIN
PLATE INDUSTRY REvIvING-RAvAGEs OF

THE SLAUGHTER OF THE sEALs-wELsH TIN
PLATE INDUSTRY REvIvING-RAvAGEs OF
THE PHyLIoXERA IN ITALY.
Washington Nov. 7.-R b. Bowler. Controller of
the Treasury. devotes much OF his annual report,
aside from statistical information to the new sys-
TEN Of accounting put into effect in all the execu-
tive departments on recommendation Of the Dockery
Commission. which he strongly approves He says:
The provision authorizing dis6ursng onrers or
tablishment not under one OF me tNe'1 t H a.
partments to apply TO the Controller ior a d s
made by or under them before such payment has
been actually made has proved satisfactory h,t IN
familiar with the operation OF THIS clause OF the
act are likely to avail themseges Of he more eU
seQuent settlement OF their accounts VIII be pre-
fore the rendition OF the accounts II also follows
that the number of appeals in consequence thereot
will be lesseneo
Thomas Holcomb Auditor OF the Treasury for the
State and other Departments, in his annual report
recommends that Congress be asked 10 change ex-
listing law so that every disbursing officer shall
give bonds in amount which shall exceed say
by % per cent in the case OF the Public Printer
all advances that may be deemed necessary anu
10 prohibit the advance in any case OF any sum
which will create Indebtedness in excess OF the
limit fixed: and that there shall be added 10 the
salary OF the officer appointed certain amount TOT
every 1900 Of security required In the case OF the
dsbursng officer OF the Department OF Justice the
salaries payable by that officer make necessary ad
Vances OF from $4,000 TO s25,Ooo while the bond
given is for $4,000. The conditions as 10 tne n,s
are neariy the same The large advances neces,
sary made the Commissioner of the District p ps
Columbia cause an average balance against me
Commissioners Of more than 10000 The bond o.
smali sum Of $1,000 each while the third Commis,
soner being Army officer rs not requ,tIvu , ~
Officers OF Congress it Is said that large advances
necessary, ara the Indebtedness OF tnese o on
ifsl yrhl 8
are for $4,000 and OF the other for 5000 The ac-
Of MI sPoqTd 5Tsr ae Of g6ns he
duties of the Librarian is that OF con
for receipts of sGPs 5f 'ee reHderng Of these
accounts has been greatly delayed and an examine.
NOT secure the best results either for the Govern
ment or the public The Librarian cier
ical force are responsible for the trouble nat az
ever be the cause says Aqu Would Tespectfully
suggest as solution of the difficulty tnat C4neress
CenyTIgbis from those Of Librarian OF Congress
enacting such laws az would promoee a. cnnvrioh,
matters and would at the same time protect, , me
interests of 5h from eopyrsn,
The figures OF the seal catch in the North Pacihc
Ocean and Behring Sea. reported 10 the Canadian
Denartment Of Marine and Fisheries at 1854 SKINS
have not been furnished to the Treasury depart
ment Until they have been received ASSES
Secretary Hamln. who is in charge OF the rec uid
d seal fishing, Will not TAIN VI NV O''"
match which says that the results OF the season
onerations show that the contention that seas
are rapidly disappearing is not borne OUT Oy .he
facts" This contention formed the pass ass Oh bs sne
d oned BY the United states There is ample au,
thority for saypg that tne avs mantained The
figures themselves. as given in the ottawa e as
p pacS in 1u 1888 Ra sS5ss in 1894 saS 1896 8s
In 1894 the feet sd, Of seaegs MAS arse ws reeefed
in the catch OF that year, the largest rec or ~
eagc sealing ever T9 eTe arr ere than IN
issi there was greater skill in the handling OF the
s sss w sne more restricted and better known than
ever before. and yet under these iss ana this
state OF things the Canadian auth4rities ass err,
that the seals decreasing
Consul Howels writes to the Department OF State
from Cardiff Wales that on every hand signs are
observed Of better times in that country. and that
IN M industry is there more hopefulness just now
than in the tinplate trade. which for considerable
time has been so depressed that numbers of the
skilled T0T TX i6e H Works ZEN in the Tinted states
change attributed to the price OF stee, N A'gp
mates cannot be manufactured at competitive
prices 9espaT b is nGT sv nsy D South Wales
are looking to a period Of more constant work ana
sv sken place in the steel trade although the
prices have not yet been ennancen 10 S me same
hone Of the tnp.ate industry for should steel ad-
.opca 70 the degree II has in America. the Welsh
men would gain no advahtaEe ne III, ,lei u"ai.s
Iou t Sr n one and are endeavoring TO open new
channels OF raue'
4. the request Of the French Government Score
49,, olrev has signed a warrant for the eStradition
=, 1osenh NanCar!a held in New-York City for the
ooiiaoad embeZzlement OF funds OF French railway
company.
The trouble with the condensers OF the batteship
rexas bas baen ascertaned When the vessel was
aocl,ea az Ney-York ii found that the mouth
- Tho strainers was filled with composition OF
soau,aed and mud which offered so much resistance
that It allowed only one-sixth OF ne clrctu.atng
water for condenSnG steam TO reach the condensers
4 annie of the atting formed by this substance
was received at the Navy Department today. II l.
thought that when this obstruction j. removed the
condensers will work perfectly
Commodore Edwin Stewart. Paymaster-Gen OF
tho NAVY and chief OF the Naval Bureau OF Sup
niles and Accounts s;aes in his annual report that
carefully drawn specifications. wide competition and
ri,id insnections have enabled the Department TO
meet requirements IN the ast year VITA supplies
NJ unusual excellence at unusually low ra'es The
manner In which the naval supply fund has been
distributed is a special cause Of qualification.
Consul Seymour writes to the Department OF State
from Palermo that the phyoXera has struck TWEEN
ty-six provinces in Italy. destroying vineyards
gregatng 2s5s45 and that other vineyards, ag-
rreea;ing lsS 3i5 acres. the way 10 destruc-
ION Sicily has suffered most the damage there be-
ins estimated at 10000 acres destroyed Indicating
age done in Sicily by the pes. the last three years
Is placed at from $50 900 TO NOCO.0O0
SERUM PRO IND con.