Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

A New York journal prints an interview with Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Coon, in which he says that neither the President nor Secretary Manning has considered the Warner silver bill, and that he believes it is seriously considered by no one save Mr. Warner himself. Mr. Coon further stated that both the President and Secretary Manning are opposed to any further coinage of the silver dollar. The Second Comptroller of the Treasury is making a thorough investigation of the accounts of Indian agents, which are reported to be in a very bad condition, and has already referred about a dozen cases to the Solicitor of the Treasury for suit to recover balance found duo the Government. ~ .The Hydrographic Oilice has issued a new map of the arctic region, which embodies the results of the latest explorations. The arrangement is such that the names and relative positions of all places arouud the polar basin can be seen without turning the map around, as is usually necessary, and the eye is not bewildered by a multitude of meridian lines concentrating at the pole. A very simple method of determining the latitude and longitude of any point is afforded by two lines intersecting at right angles at the pole, along which the degrees are marked. Advices from Washington discredit the report that Secretary Manning contemplates a call of 3-per-cent. bonds in the near future. The probability is that he will make no call until. Congress has indicated the policy to be pursued regarding the silver problem The Naval Advisory Board will complete the cruisers Boston, Chicago, and Atlanta at an estimated cost of $368,000, in the belief that they will conform in character and quality to the requirements of the contract with John Roach.