Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

P. De Lovenorn, Secretary of the Danish Legation at Berlin, has been appointed Minister from Denmark to the United States. ‘ ~~ ------ - “Mr. Garland, Attorney General, intends to follow in the civil-service track, ” writes a correspondent. “He says that he will not remove any clerk in his department who has proved himself efficient. The clerks are not to be allowed to work Sundays.” It is authoritatively stated at Washington that Treasurer Wyman and Superintendent of the Life- Saving Service Kimball are the only two Treasury chiefs who will be retained. The others will be removed as quickly as their successors are determined upon... .President Cleveland has nominated Samuel S. Cox, of New Y’ork, to be Minister to Turkey; M. M. Ham to be postmaster at Dubuque, and Thomas J. Bunn to be postmaster.at Bloomington, 111. IN acircular issued by Secretary Manning to Customs Collectors, the practicability of curtailing the force of clerks and employes is strongly urged... .Secretary Endicott says no orders have been issued to General Hatch to drive the cattlemen out of Oklahoma, nor will they be except upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior. A reasonable time will be allowed the cattlemen to leave the Territory, and when that time has expired they will be compelled to go. The troops will be called upon if necessarv. There is an impression at Washington that war between England and Russia is inevitable. Statistics collected by the Naval Bureau of Intelligence concerning the relative strength of the two powers show that while Russia’s standing army is more than twice the size of England’s, England’s navy is nearly double that of Russia. The British navy comprises more than 75,000 officers and men, against 44,000 in the Russian navy. Russia estimates the war footing of her active army at 1,000,000 officers and men. increased by the reseves, Cossacks, and local troops to nearly twice that number. President Cleveland is to have pews at two churches, so as to avoid advertising any particular sanctuary. He is said to be as much of an epicure as Mr. Arthur. He proposes, however, to decline all dinners. Miss Cleveland is to have charge of the social affairs of the White House, except on state occasions. The President does not intend to leave Washington next summer, but he is likely to change his mind.