Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1888 — THE NEWS OT THE WEEK. WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS OT THE WEEK. WASHINGTON.

There are only about fifty members of the House in Washington. President Cleveland has signed a private pension bill which he had formerly vetoed. Referring to the annexation of Canada, Senator Sherman said, Friday: “I consider that it is only a question of time until Canada is a part of the United Stateß. Whether it would be one year or ten years, Canady would undoubtedly be annexed.” Senator Morgan has confirmed the rumor that the Republicans of the Senate (Committee on Foreign Relations had made an effort to pass a resolution empowering the President to open negotiations with Great Britain for the purchase of Canada. The nrice to be paid was the assumption of Canada’s debt of $300,000, 0f oby the United States. The annual report of Wm. A. West, chief inspector of the postoffice department, shows that during the last fiscal year 791 persons were arrested for offehses against the postal laws; 213 were postal employes, 172 were burglars and mail robbers, and 406 were persons unclassified. During the year 12,967,611 pieces of mail matter were registered, of which only 845 were lost. The increase in the number of complaints made in 1888 over 1887 was 2.287, while the revenue and corresponding amount of business increased $4,329,026. During the year 24,889 postoffices were inspected and their financial condition ascertained. During the year 10,855 com plaints of various kinds were filed of delays or loss to foreign mails, largely caused by insufficient or wrong direction.