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WASHINGTON nomina following The President sent the be to the Senate today of Tennessee, to be tions John D. C. Atkins. of Icdian Massachusetts, Affairs. to Commissioner Myrick. of Marine. be AsLieutenant Orrin D. D. of Porter, the Revenue of Tennessee, to sistant James Senate Secretary today of State. confirmed the following to be nominations The V. Montgomery of Michigan, Milton J. of the treasury. commissione Martin Durham of patents of Kentucky, to be first be supering R. Ryan comptroller William Garrard of Nevada, Carson City, to Nevada. tendent of the mint of Nevada, to be coiner of be first the Joseph mint at Hay Carson of Pennsylvania, City. to assistant Malcom postmaster general. postmaster general, The new first assistant the post office for depart- the Hay, was at to Florida leaving ment today. his health in incumbent of Crosby, the his absence. benefit Malcom of He present will go few days. the at office, Mr. in charge during missions continue Applications the for state foreign departments, man and to index take Some about to pour the in entire time of of one the requests are are con- in and file application them. form, but the many secretary. A regular letters to the more cealed in personal consulships. but and many majority are for are not slighted, prominent applications the of gift important offices are made the for the government. most foreign It is important missions in that a number made of in a few days. appointments expected will be treasury has appoint- COOD The secretary of the Fairchith and commised Assistant Secretaries Treasurer Graves a examinaand Assistant instructions to make an with special sion, w ith department and improve; tion of the treasury "implification and to the doing business, the reduction ment reference of the methods and of rearrangement of were to official the clerical force. callers today of Among the President's and Eustie and Gen HarLouisiana, Farr, Gov. Senators Blackburn Senators Kenna, Crosby. from ris. Burke Brown Evarts Gov. and Wilson and a Camden. delegaAdmiral Worden. West Virginia, commissioner Senator of interCox. of New with tion nal revenne, Mr. York, Miller, Mr. and the Evans, other Representative members of the rehas House. The comptroller information of that the the currency Schoharie N. Y .closed Counceived ty National Bank, morning, of Schoharie. and that No Bank particu- ExamCan on its doors investigating this its affairs. but Comptroller to iner lars have is says been there received. can be serious loss additional depositors. Senate, today ratified extending unThe treaty, the of til article May of 20, necessary the 1886, Mexican the to time carry between for into the operation the approval two gov- 25, the laws convention Jan. commercial at Washington. secrecy ernment, 1883. and concluded removed the injunction of chief office therefrom. Misapprehe nsion appears of the to appointment exist in regard The di department. vision to the of numbent the treasury of the office, Mr. weeks Trevett. ago present in about two Manning to rendered is accepted resignation by Secretary Trevett was granted and it was April 1st and In the mean of absence of Baltimore Eugene roll" of take leave effect Higgins till that date. the was special acting given time on the "fraud assigned to duty as una position ivision and division, and it is as chief agents of appointment promised the office taken The derstood that he was resignation shall h connecis which receiving soon as Trevett's question has arisen in careis effect. tion with this office which in its settlement rearrange, relation ful attention disarrange, and or perhaps to offices liable the civil to service rules in and which may pre- to has under Higgins the government, receiving the appointment been selected. vent the office for which commission he holds that from only the The civil service offices are exempt act who are nominated those government civil service confirmed provision of by the the President minor and cases of ofby the Senate and positions a few of financial civil or service judicficials holding by rule 19 of bureaus" the are exiary nature. yet divisions or of bureaus rules "chiefs of examination. Chief chiefs of empted from the President, but the hitch are nominated not, by and right here said is to have divisions are inconsi tency is of certain The apparent result of the opposition late administration been the officials under the of the civil Chiefs with prominent to a thorough application of bureaus in the chiefs State be to department service law. are of equivalent departments. rank and others if the exempted of the of divisions in other it is claimed last adshould first are be. Before effort the was close made to secure a ministration an in all the department classification contents of the act. in uniform with the commission accordance the civil service be included. construed by division! should without to which chiefs of permanently appointed he has examination it be will claimed If Higgins is the office for which in violabeen been selected it service is law but vet in by per- the tion of the civil with the laws as published subcivil fect accord service commission. in an article on the The Star of today, understood that the matter Presiject, says It is to the attention of been brought that he has expressed had dent Cleveland, and carrying out to the special letter himself d sirious act of without regard to place as civil service done Trevett's be filled by the rules. If this is division cannot promiarbitrary a Star chief of the appointment appointment A to reporter nent official remarked Cleveland to will immortalize service himself day that if President be straightens out this civil business. clerks to the Senate have and House prepared Com- in mitttees The on appropriation of the regular approtabular form a passed history during the last appropria- session priation bills showing the amount finally of Congress, bill as reported to, and as estimates ted by each by each House. The total July 1. 1885, for passed the fiscal year beginning The aggregate of appro- its committee were $266,403,181 reported to the House was $219,843, from priation, as on appropriations reduced by the House to increased the it to tee on and the Senate 815. $228,402,055. This appropriations 8216,085,447 aggregate conference was The Senate reduced committees commit- amount f to The $215,511, 595, $221,177,254. the aggregate to amountfurther Miscellaneous reduced appropriations
