Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

A report has been made by the Committee on Naval Affairs concerning the charges brought forward by Dr. Collins of Minneapolis to the effect that his brother, Jerome B. Collins, was inhumanly treated by certain officers of the Jeannette expedition. The committee decides that the charges have not been sustained. The Secretary of the Interior refused to reinstate the land entry of John Talbott, because it would give him possession of the water supply of Cheyenne. Secretary McCulloch last week decided the case of Mohr & Mohr, a distilling company of Lafayette, Ind., which claimed $151,000 taxes upon 3,606 barrels of whisky destroyed by fire in their warehouse in 1881. The Secretary abated tho raxes and ordered the warehousing bonds canceled. Mrs. Raymond, wife of the Hon. John B. Raymond, delegate in Congress from Dakota, died at Washington last week. The completion of the Washington Monument was celebrated at the national capital with great rejoicing on Saturday, Feb. 21. The dedicatory ceremonies commenced at 10 o’clock in the morning. Gen. ’Sheridan and staff were followed to the grounds by militia companies from Boston, Charleston, Hartford, Richmond, and Philadelphia, which were organized from 1638 to 1793. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee led a division of Masonic bodies. Addresses were delivered in the open air by Senator Sherman, W. W. Corcoran, Col. T. L. Casey, and President Arthur. In the Masonic ceremonies of the District Grand Lodge the gavel used was one held in the hands of George Washington Ju luting the corner-stone of the national capitol. (5n £he return march from the monument the procession was reviewed by the Pres|dgnt. In the afternoon, in the hall of the House of Representatives!, Johp Long read the oration of Robert G. Winthrop, and John W. Daniel delivered an eloquent address.