Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The report of the Naval Advisory Board on the construction of the Dolphin, which was recently submitted.to the Secretary of the Navy as giving the statement of the Board in the controversy over that vessel, is a voluminous document, and almost entirely of a technical nature.' It argues that the—vessel is possessed of' the necessary strength, and says the designers alone are responsible forher speed.... A Washington dispatch says that “fire broke out suddenly in the Post building, at the icorner of Tenth and D streets, northwest, and soon the upper stories were wrapped in flames. The building was occupied by the Washington Daily Post, the National Republican, the Washington Critic, the Sunday Gazette, the United State Electric Light Company, and several other tenants. The editorial, composing, and press rooms of the four papers are completely ruined, and the business offices flooded with water. The building, which is owned by Stilson Hutchins, was valued at SBO, COO, and is said to be covered by insurance.” The Treasury Department has just completed a. statement of, the distilleries in operation in the country and their production daily- There are 327 distilleries running, producing 164,424 gallons daily. Of these, 16 are in Illinois, producing 59,737 gallons daily. The distilleries of Illinois are producing 6,200 gallons per day more than one year ag0.... Ex- Senator Francis Kernan, of New York, has declined the appointment of Government Director of the Union Pacific Bailroad. Secretary Manning has addressed a circular to manufacturers and others interested in the industrial arts, asking their views as to the feasibility of simplifying the tariff aud substituting specific for ad valorem duties. The results of the inquirywill be laid" before Congress... .Senator Manderson, of the Senate Committee on Territories, has just completed a, tour of' New Mexico, and as a result of his observations will file a report next December against its admission as a State.