Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-03
CAPITAL i0IrIHGy.
Notes Of Interest and Odds and Ends from
Washington.

partment has finally closed another in
ternational incident by paying over to
Count Vinci, the Italian charge here.
the sum of $4,000 as indemnity for the
doing to death by mob Of three
Italian subjects. The men were Lo-
renzo Salardino, Salvatore Areno ana
Giuseppe Venturella and they were
taken out of Jail at Hahnville, La.
about year ago and lynched
Acting Secretary Miklejohn has
written a letter giving additional m
depreciation to the order regarding the
officers. He says that such officers
when wearing uniforms should no.;
wear the number of the regiment or the
device of the staff corps or depart
ment to which they belonged, as it
would conflict with the rights of off
GERS holding the actual rank in the
regular army.
Adviees received at the Sta depart
ment from China are to the effect that
the higher class of Chinese are taking
very kindly to American plans of life
insurance. Even in Tientsin the
American agents are already doing a
profitable business. Chang Yen Nov.
managing director of the Chinese
Mining Co, was among the first to
insure.
The navy department has received q
report from a naval board upon an ac-
cident sustained by the big monitor
Puritan, last week, which disabled her
steam steering gear The report shows
that a quartermaster failed to discoa
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steam and in consequence the steering
engine shaft supports were broken.
The damage is small and can be re-
paired in a couple of days.
The navy department has ordered d
new trial for the torpedo boat Dupont
which viii take place. Wednesday.
The state department has been In
correspondence for several months
with the government of Peru respect
ing an alleged violation of one of our
consular agencies at Piura in that
country. 1t appears that during the
seizure of the goods of the consular
agents, an official who had been for
many years merchant in the place,
some of the consular records We're
searched. That, at least is the story
other hand the Peruvian state officials
who served the writ deny that the pa
pers were molested. The department
is now endeavoring TO ascertain the
facts and it has no doubt that if it
should be established that the consular
records were really violated. the Peru
Wan government viii make all neees-
sary amends and disavow the act. Ne
thought of a warship has been sug-
Sested in connection with the matter.
The President has appointed Charles
w. kndrick of Louisiana, consul at
Ciaudad, Jaurez, Mex
The monthly statement issued by the
directors of the mint shows that during
July 1887, the coinage executed in
United States mints amounted to $6I0,
$50 as follows: Gold. S377 900: silver
S260.000 minor coins. S33 so. No stand
ard silver dollars were coined. 1t is
stated, however that there is no signi-
ficance in this fact All of the mints
were closed from Is to 20 days during
July for repairs 10 machinery and the
annual overhauling and in consequence
the coinage was unusually light. In
explanation of the fact that no stand
ard dollars were coined, it is said that
the supply on hand is sufficient for all
needs and further that the stock of
minor coins has run very low In or
der to meet the present and prospective
demands of trade, the mints were oc-
cupied in coming subsidiary silver and
probably would so continue through
the month OF August
Assistant Secretary Howell has de-
cided that section 20 of the new tariff,
which permits the free entry into the
United States of the products of the
forests of the State of Maine upon the
st. John river and its tributaries.
owned by American citizens and sawed
or hewn in the provinces of New
Brunswick by American citizens. has
the effect of excluding free entries ot
lumber which has been planed or al
vanced in any way from the condition
of sawed or hewed. Under the old law
planed lumber was admitted free, but
the interjection of the word ''other-
wise unmanufactured, is held to oper-
ate against the free admission of
planed lumber.