The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-25

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ballard 80. LIN to Isuo Nofshport LOO to 20
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Goldendale inoo to Iieo Waitsburg lioe to LIN
Will D. Pratt. of New whatcom; Edwin
F. Hrockway. OF Spokane, and Nathan z.
Sandei. OF Sunnyss6c. Wash. have been
appointed railway mall clerks.
A postofilce to be known as Western mas
been established In ChehahS county. nse
nile east q ocost 49, With sps nd Jno ai
L. Phillips appointed postmaster.
A postofice has been established 1t q
point In Aiasl1a NINETY miles east OF
er The new Office win bear the euphon-
fous name Of 8unTtae and Henry A. Smith
will handle the mail there.
=. 70 nae
erick W. Spot. late private, Company a.
Fourteenth infantry. to the soldier home
In this city.
A Canadian official estimate Of the out
put OF the Klondike for 1889 has
been received through the Canadian
home office by tho state depart
quoted h said to be most conservative.
The wash-up from the Klondike this year
will aggregate us.00o00o. apportioned a.
follows: Eldorado, e. 500 go: Bonanza, 2,-
10000: French Hill. 81 500 90: Gold Hin. 81
10000; Big Skookum, 81 600 900: Little Skoo-
KUN. $1.00O.000: Dominion. 100000; bunker
and Quartz, 100000: total. 100000
These figures leave out Of consideration .
number of important locations. including
Gtsfx ya1 H. 81
dixie. and Scrcggie creek.
The growing pension rolls has caused the
war department to take steps OF unusual
precaution in the matter Of enlistment Of
men for the Strengthening OF the regular
army to the full amount authorized by con-
gress At the last session. Many who had
been received by the recruiting officers at
the various stations have been rejected by
. second examining board before whom
they were compelled to pass an examina-
This has resulted in great deal of fault
being found With the contract surgeons
iicationG asd the secretary OF war has sent
out inAtf1actluns to the o1icers In charge OF
recruiting y$Ationa to report all such sur
Where in the opinion Of the examining Of
ncer some defect will not impair the effi-
cheney OF the man as q soldier he Is re.
CURED to report the same to the adjutant
general and u not permitted himself to be
the judge.
The acting secretary OF the interior has
apporttoned the appropriation OF $50 al
lowed by the last congress- for the educa-
during the fiscal year 1900 The expense
for the education of each child Is Sos per
snnum Following is the apporticnment
Apportion-
Children n'ent
coiviie Wash. .....,.. ....-... ....-.. tES
Cosus d,Aisae. Idaho . sl@
Iuiaiip, Wash. s.5aa
x x
While the civil service reformers. So
called meaning those who were Democrats
when Cleveland extended the blanket over
them and took them In out OF the cold.
''the step backward" the civil service COM
mission continues to ali the positions Of
b!acksmiths on the Indian reservations and
former Senator Wilson tear his hair when
he heard Of one OF them. and which IL quite
likely to give his successor similar trouble
9, 20 e 81
Here Is q summary of the appointments
and transfers which have been made By
the commission during the past month.
from which IL will be seen that the eligible
list of the state does not seem TO be large
enough TO an all the niaces without going
outside and drawing upon the effete East:
Jeanette NJ. Buckles. OF Carlisle, Pa,
has been appointed assistant n,atron OF the
Puyallup Indian school. at $40 per anrum.
Maggie Mackey. OF Fort simcoe. Wash.
BIAS has ben sa rein nsn as n, a,son ., fne
Philip Tendon. Of Minnesota. has been
appointed a blacksmith 1t the new Fort
Spokane. IN the quartermasier's depart
naent. at $3.50 per annnm.
Dr. James NJ Farley has been trans
ferrea from the Ne1 Perez agency to the
position OF physician and clerk at the Fort
Lanwai Indian school. Idaho. at H'00 per
Or J. ". pocock has been appointed a
member OF the board Of pension examining
surgeons ~ Colfax. Wash.
Raymond A. Sawyer. of Tacoma. and
Clyde Miller. OF Spokane. have been ap-
pointed railway mail clerks
Bert Z. Hflliard has been promoted from
TIM 10 $50 as mail carrier and 3. Il. Even
son appointed substitute at Tacoma. Wash.
Walter = johnson, a clerk In the patent
once accredited 90 the state Of Washing
ton. has been promoted from salary Ct
Patrick T. Carroll, % Seattle and Wal
ter W. yent. Of Ri,zvslle, have been ad-
United tn practice before the interior de.
psrtment.
The court % claims has handed down Q
judgment 81 scs In favor OF Hannah n.
Van Hern, mother OF Eugene Van Horn.
deceased. for overtime work performed by
the latter as carrie. at walia Walla. Wash.
X
The department Of state has received a
note from Ambassador Tower. at ST. Pet
eTshufg. in which he calls attention TO the
fact thar newspapers In the United States
have recently published articles describ-
ing Mr. Msrkavitch as the chief construct
or 81 Tire Siberian railway. TIE Russian
minister 81 WAYS OF communication. Prince
H,ikoy. has Informed Mr. Tower that no
enc by that name vas ever intrusfed with
tae construction Of ths Siberian tine and
MIR Tower thinks that the error should hs
corrected. as II nay lead 10 misunaer-
standings.
Pensions o. $ a month have been Issued
20 Isaac 8 Kaufman, Of Spokane. and 10
Mrs. Winnie Twssa. OF CsntraliA. a widcw.
TIE fossaNsee at Hay. Whitman county.
Wiz re discontinued June ~ aud mali Ear
TIA, osfiev ~tll then be sNfs at La Crosse.
beginning Jans 18th daily exchange az
inner registered mail sacks is or
GeFea between the possofflces al
Spokane aass Repaaih- sacks vii
&c DISPATCHED FROM Spokane Via the
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