Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Secretary Whitney has revoked the order requiring naval officers attached to cruising vessels to leave their families at their fixed places of abode... .The Government expenditures during the fiscal year ending the 30th ult. were $310,000,000, about $7,500,000 lees than the estimates. The reduction of the public debt was about $58,000,000. The commission of Charles 0. Olson, recently appointed to take testimony in Europe for the Court of Alabama Claims, has been revoked, proof having been submitted that he made corrupt overtures to Congressman Leopold Morse in connection with his application for the Gothenburg consulate.... The reduction in the public debt during June was $8,993,993.75. The total receipts for the fiscal year ended June 30 were $322,59!),776.13; expenditures, $262,788,452.42. The receipts of the preceding fiscal year were $348,519,869.92; expenditures, $244,126,244.34. The announcement is made that Mr, Keiley, recently appointed Minister to Aus-tria-Hungary, will not be recalled. He will go to Vienna, and if the Austrian government refuses to receive him the United States will remain unrepresented at that capital. The call for a statement of the condition of the national banks at the clo-e of business July 1 contains for the first time a note to bank officials asking that under the head of specie they report the amount of silver dollars separately, instead of the aggregate, as always has been done. This request is made with a view to getting accurate statistics as to the location of silver..... Land Commissioner Sparks has made a complate list of cases where the public -lands have been improperly fenced, and in every instance the parties have been notified to remove the fences... .It is reported that in case the Astrian Government refuses to recognize Minister Keiley officially, James Fenner Lee, of Maryland, Secretary of the Legation, will be authorized to perform the duties of Minister.