Show Washington Whispers I WASHINGTON May 22BilIs were reported re-ported favorably to the House today as follows To provide for the sale of lands patented to certain members of tho Flathead Indians of Montana The Senate bill making 15000 to be the cost of the public buildings at San Francisco with an amendment increasing the cost to 20000 The House committee on military affairs af-fairs today adopted the report of the subcommittee In the matter of the Fort Brown military reservation The committee favored tbe allowance of a compensation of 50000 to the original owners of the reservation based upon cash value of 10000 and rent at cue rate of 1000 per annum for forty years during which the property was occupied by the government KHIGHTS OF THE GOLDBB EAQLB The supreme council of the Knights of the Golden Eagle is holding an annual an-nual convocation here this afternoon The Council and attendant knights and a grand street parade of some 300 appearing ap-pearing in line At Lafayette Park tbe procession left Pennsylvania Avenue and passing through the White House grounds was reviewed by President Cleveland who stood on tbe porch ot the executive mansion and removed his hat as finch commander of the company com-pany saluted in passing by A HOAX It Is now definitely settled that the offer to sell the government 526000 bonds made in the name of a well known Philadelphia firm was a straw bid solely intended to affeat tho stock market The firm whose name was used informed the Department today they did not make an offer and did not know who did They promised to aid the authorities in any way that might lead to a discovery of the person Who used their name without autbority The matter is being thoroughly investigated in-vestigated BAILIHO FOR SEAL The Acting Secretary of the Treasury Treas-ury has signed the staling orders of the revenue steamer Bear now fitting out at San Francisco for a cruise to the I Seal Islands and Alaska and it is expected ex-pected that she will sail before the end of this week The orders are exactly similar to those of last year and show no change whatever in the policy of the government in regard to the seal fisheries fish-eries FOB EUROPE Senator and Mrs Stanford sail for Europe on Saturday Senator Sanford San-Ford leaves his official duties in the Senate Sen-ate with reluctance but is forced to do so on account of his wifes health He physicians say she must be taken abroad THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY mHo The second session day of the American Ameri-can Baptist Missionary Union I egan with the Rev Edward Judson DD in the chair The election of officers resulted re-sulted as follows President Hon G A Pillsbury of Minneapolis vice presidents Hev H F Colby of Dayton hio and Thomas Wayland LLD of Nsw Haven Connecticut recordng secretary Rev H b Burrago DD of Portland Maine 1 |