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Show WAKIMNCTOV Vfe-l'rcRi-ileul Wilson-Appoiutiueiils, Washington, 15. Vice-President Wilson is so much better in health1 that hia friends believe he will be able to start tor his homo in Massachusetts Massa-chusetts within a few days. The president has appointed Headers Hea-ders Koppel to bo United States consul con-sul at Bogota, United Slates of Colombia, Colom-bia, and has signed the commission of Thos. C. Woodward, of Iowa, to be examiner in chief of the patent office. Tho reported interview of Colonel Casey in regard to tho third term, which had been severely criticized by tho press generally, is denied by Meigs. Ho says he has never expressed ex-pressed his opinion on that subject. The appropriation at tho last session ses-sion of congre.-s for the maiutenance ol the different custom hcuseB has been reduced to such an extent that it has become necessary to reduce tho expenses of all tho custom houses in the country. Tho state department has received official notice through Consul General Seward, at Shanghai, that the important im-portant ports of Haiphong and Hiinoa, in Tanquin, iu the kingdom of Yunnan, were opened to the commerce com-merce of the world on September 15th. "' Prof. Rogers, of Pennsylvania, has been bore with Dr. Linderman, director di-rector of the mint, for several days , preparing hia report of tho equipment equip-ment of mining refinery in the San Francisco mint, and wxamination of tho Comstock miucs. The roport will be sent to the secretary of tbo treasury along with the annual report of Dr. Linderman, both of which will bo completed this week. The health of Vice-President Wilson Wil-son is improved. He is resting comfortably com-fortably this evening. Secretary Chandler says the statement state-ment that he has asked Commissioner Smith to resign is incorrect. The evening nr says it was a sight to aee tho cheerful alacrity with which the clerks of the interior department, de-partment, who failed to respond lavorably to the 1 per cent, political assessment, walk up to the captain's o dice and settle, to-day, with Judge Edmunds, chairman of tho committee. |