Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1886 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

It is reported from Washington that the Senate Commerce Committee is dissatisfied with the river and harbor bill as it passed the House and will probably report a new measure. Gov. Swineford of Alaska, Mr. Turner of the Signal-service Bureau, and Mr. Dahl of the coast survey addressed the House Committee on Territories in advocacy of the right of Alaska to a full territorial form of government The House Committee on Indian Affairs has under consideration a bill to refer all claims for Indian depredations committed subsequent to 1848 to a commission to be appointed by the President It is estimated that the aggregate amount of these claims will be abput $14,000,000. Antonio Nardello was executed at Washington for the murder of Carmine Rotuno, from whose pockets he took S3O. A favorable report will be made to the House on the bill authorizing the incorporation of trades unions in the Territories and the District of Columbia. Relic-hunters are said to be cutting up fences about the country place recently purchased for the President’s use. The internal revenue receipts for the past ten months were $95,303,066, being an increase of $3,135,782 over the receipts for the corresponding period of last year. _ The State Department has ordered that no fines shall be exacted from the Canadian schooner Sisters, detained at Portland, Me., for alleged violation of customs regulations.