Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1887 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The footings of the appropriation bills passed at the last session of Congress are as follows: Agricultural, $1,028,130; army, $23,724,718; diplomatic and consular, $1,429,942; District of Columb a, $4,205,899; Indian, $5,226,897; legislative, $20,701,221; military academy, $419,936; navy, #25,753,165; pensions, $76,252,500; postoffice, $55,694,650; sundry civil, $22,382,490; Mexican pensions, deficiency, $6,900,000; public printing, deficiency, $107,000; miscellaneous (estimated), s3,soo,ooo—total, $247,387,144 The river and harbor bill, which was not signed, appropriated $9,913,800, and the deficiency, which did not pass, carried an appropriation of $4,275,023. D. L. Pringle, of South Carolina, now Consul General at Guatemala, will be transferred to a similar position at Constantinople. C. H. J. Taylor, a colored Democratic lawyer of Wyandotte, Kansas, is likely to be appointed Minister to Liberia. He has had an interview with President Cleveland. In the opinion of Senator Allison of lowa an extra session of Congreis will b.j necessary not later than October to grapple with tho surplus problem. Work on the naval vessels Chicago, Atlanta and Boston was suspended pending a decision as to whether or not they can be completed siuco Congress failed to make a specific appropriation. Minister Manning will be permitted to resign at an early date. It is probable that the vacancy w.ll be filled by the promotion of the Secretary of the Logation, Thomas B. Connery.