| Show WASHINGTON II I I Thursdays Telegraphic Post Bait Washington Commissioner of Indian affairs Price returned this morning He says he never even intimated his intention to resign Reports at the postoffice department depart-ment indicate that small pox is spreading throughout the country The postmaster in Pennsylvania I writes that the disease has appeared in his town and the doctor treating a number of cases persists in culling I at the office for his mail matter i Many citizens have notified the postmaster post-master that they will refuse to receive i re-ceive their mails if these visits are I allowed and the official is in a quandary and asks for ace He has been informed that he has no power to prevent persons from calling call-ing for their mail and under these circumstances thp matter must bd mutually arranged between the citizens = citi-zens and the doctor The estimated amounts so far disbursed for witness fees aid mileage by the marshal places the cost of government witnesses iu the Guiteau trial at 4500 and the witness = wit-ness for the defense at 2294 The bills of many witnesses are not yet paid The many friends of General Kil I Patrick are discussing a project for bringing his remains back to his native country The department of state has been consulted by General W T Sherman and by Rev Mr Hamilton pastor of the Presbyterian Presby-terian church at Deckertown N J where General Kilpatrick worshipped wor-shipped concerning the procurement procure-ment of governmental aid in transferring trans-ferring the body there It is probable prob-able that Congress will be appealed to for this purpose as a fitting tribute to the memory of the brave officer and trusted representative inasmuch as the statutes give the state department no authority to provide for such purpose It is not unlikely moreover that delay may arise if the Chilian law should like that of other Spanish American countriesrequite alapse of two or more year irom the date of interment before permiting the exhumation and removal of the body The bill introduced in the House today by Representative Hawk of Illinois to provide for the reorganizing reorgan-izing of the army and discipline of militia provides that every able bodied male citizen between IS and 45 years old shall be enrolled in the militia in such times and in such manner as may provided each state and terrItory respectively the militia to be divided into two classes national guard and reserve guard The bill requires every organization organiza-tion in active militia to go into camp several days each year and be subject to orders from the President in time of need for service on the part of the United States for a period of not exceeding twelvemonths twelve-months Postmaster General Howe to day entered upon his active duties and appointed his son Frank chief of the service of mail depredations and detailedhim for duty as chief clerk an office practically vacant ExSenator Sargent has arrived here and taken quarters at Worm leys Hotel for a stay of considerable consider-able duration He is in fine health and spirits and in visiting the Capitol Capi-tol today he was the recipient re-cipient of very general congratulations from his many friends of both political parties in the house and Senate alike upon his blooming appearance and his expected ex-pected appointment to the cabinet He says little or nothing on the latter lat-ter subject but in the informed circles cir-cles there seems to be no doubt that his nomination as secretary of the interior will be sent to the Senate before the expiration of the present month All the Pacific coast senators and representatives were in their seats on the reassembling of Congress today to-day and all appear to be ready and anxious to enter upon the serious work of the session as already outlined out-lined i A meeting of the senate foreign II relations committee has been culled for next Tuesday to be devoted specially spe-cially to the consideration of bills for the restriction of Chinese immigration immi-gration Representative Rosencranz to day introduced a bill providing for th e purchase of a site for anew building to accommodate the postoffice custom cus-tom house and other offices in San Francisco Representative Orth of Indiana 1 who is a member of thr committee Ion I-on rules and who today entered his protest against the formation of the committees and withdrew from those upon which he was appointed did not appear in his state The protest made in the house by Orth was not alluded to in the committee General Rosecranz today introduced intro-duced a bill to indemnify the state of California for balances remaining remain-ing due on account of indebtedness incurred in the Indian wars for the payment of which the state issued bonds in 1850 and 1852 a part of which together with accrued interest inter-est remain unpaid owing to the delay de-lay occasioned by the war department depart-ment rulings under the act of congress con-gress approved August 5th 1854 Senator Farley today introduced a bill to release the sureties of J 0 Rawlings late collector of internal revenue of the First California Dis 4 < > A J J z N j t trict from = liability on his official bond for a default or deficiency which occured during his last ill ness and while the office was placed by the treasury department in Ig charge of an incompetent and irresponsible irre-sponsible young man for whose acts the sureties of Rawlings were subsequently adjudged to be legally responsible The petition accompanying 1 accom-panying the bit is endorsed by all the jury who tried the suit and by t Judge Sawyer who pronounced the judgment for some 69000 against t them Among the sureties are Henry F Williams Moses Rosen f baum R P Clements and Alvinza f Hayward f Parley also presented numerous f California petitions which urged I the repeal of federal taxes cm banks 1 I and the abolition ef check stamps r Senators Miller and Slater presented pre-sented a number of petitions from citizens of California and Oregon r praying for legislation to regulate railroad transportation charges and Miller presented the memorials and resolutions recently adopted by the San Francisco Board of Trade r Meich mts Exchange and Produce Exchange urging the establishment of additional signal stations on the t Pacific Coast and a central signafi T service office at San Francisco i Ct C t |
