Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1887 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Secretary Fairchild has issued instructions for the rigid enforcement of the Jaw which forbids the slaughtering of any fur-

bearing animal within the limits of Alaska or the waters thereof, except as specially authorizod. Reports received at the Treasury Department show that 6,500,426 trade dollars have been redeemed to date. The principal redemption waa in Philadelphia The law authorizing the redemption of trade dollars has already been in operation over two months, and has nearly four months to run. It was originally estimated that there were about seven millions of these coins in this country, and the redemptions show that the estimate is nearly correct Importations from China and Japan may swell the amount to 8,001,030. James W. Hyatt, Bank Examiner of Connecticut, who has been appointed Treasurer of the United States, was a Republican until 1872, when he “Greeleyized. ” He is a man of large experience in affairs, reputed an able financier, and his appointment seems to be in every way’ creditable. A motion for reargument in the Maxwell land-grant case will be filed in the United B‘ates Supreme Court Gen. Butler will be engaged in the case. The Government receipts this month have been very heavy and the expenditures less than usual. Justice Woods, of the United States Supreme Court, died at Washington on the 14th inst of kidney troubles, from which he had been suffering over a year. It is reported that Attorney General Garland is likely to bp appointed his successor. The names of exGovernor Hoadly, Secretary Endicott, Speaker Carlisle, Senators Pugh and George, and Congressman Hammond are also mentioned in connection with the appointment