washington NOTES from the washington 4 staf star oct 2 as the commie commissioner loner lonen of indian affairs declines to grant tho request of agent of ArIzo arlzo arizona nai naj for an arl investigation of the charges made against him by one of the arizona papers apers the commissioner in his I 1 letter etter says the e fit flippant lo 10 pant and Tec reckless kless kiess fo form rm in which the complaints are presented does nol not invite a serious denial several members of the committee on X ways and means decided that t they would devote a portion of this fall to a considene con consideration tion of the ther tariff with ith a avlee avier vlen vien view to attempting to prepare some plan for a general revision and certification next win ter mr dawes has al ready already begu begun 1 if his part of the work anulies an and aud dilas ulias has hns haa written to the secretary of the treasury asking for information as to the articles which may be placed upon the free list without damage to he the revenue A reply is now in coura course 0 o 0 of fp preparation reparation the custom officers without consulting them themselves as to the adai viability advisability ad of any ehan chan change eon on the tariff state thab thau to articled could be placed upon the free list without fr erious serious impair im pair mentor menton revenue revenue the Secie secle secretary tary of the treasury is s in receipt of numerous letters from senators and representatives im por tuning him to reinstate clerks discharged under unde ethen ether rule adopted by him allowing but one of a family in his ais department thus far these appeals have been heen without avail the secretary being determined that the government patronage so far as he is shall not be monopolized by a few favored individuals in this weeding out process the secretary has been ably seconded by the new assistant secretary mr conant who has been indefatigable in his efforts to relieve the large number of destitute soldiers and sailors wido widows wa that daily besiege the biffi different berei nt departments debere part ments for employment T there thore hore bore has never been a time in the history of the government when wele were so many petitions on fite nite nor for A positions as aa at present the board to report upon the proposed ro inte ship canal routes will hold a meeting in inthis this city during the latter pirt of november the board consists of Gene gone general raia ralA A A humphreys che chi chief lef of engineers united states army commodore daniel ammon chief of the bureau of navigation united states navy and capt P C patterson superintendent of the coast survey major mcf mcferland rland of the engineer corps who was wai senh sent out last spring to personally examine the various routes proposed ia now en engaged aged in writing his Is misreport report general ammon accompanied compa nied nill 1117 major alor ajor mcfarland on the thel trip at the invitation of Secreta secret secretary aay jy ll robeson oleson and he has made a writ ten report to the tho secretary in which he takes strong grounds in favor of the route through lake nicaragua from the new now york tribune mr Sav Bavil lethe fethe late chief clerk of tho treasury department did not have a top too modest appreciation of hn hh services to the old syndicate in settling his accounts in the treasury it was found that lie he charged a handsome sum for his work and a liberal allowance for es ex pences his salary per quarter of three months was 1000 in addition he received per day for expenses the sum of 25 and forthe for fon the same time his mileage was not far from frow mouth or more than any civil officer receives under the government excepting the president and a few foreign ministers vermont seems to be in lna inn ina in a very bad way as a regards its schools over of its sell schoolhouse school ool house houses or one third of the whole are reported as aa unfit for use while cheap teachers are everywhere sought dough t for the ordinary wa wages oes being iao 1 50 tet tek t sl 1 a week for women who constitute a majority of the teachers and 4 and aDd upward for men there is no high school system stem etem and I 1 it J is optional with towns whether to maintain a graded school or not in the lural districts the of school children Is iq decreasing every year and the population has drifted from its old localities vve we dont see why a washington Judge should dispense with the ser Fer services Vices of a juror found drunk in the jury box he certainly was in a condition not to have formed any opinion on the case ex ea I 1 I 1