The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-01
WASHINGTON.


Colorado's Recommendation.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-Mr. Chaffee's report
accompanying the bill for the admission of
Colorado as State in the Union, contains the
following statement: h'.4 .'-
Colorado has GA miles of completed railway
within her border and six roads centreing in
Denver. Immigration, which always follows
railroads. had been greater during the last
three years there than in the settlement of any
territory, except California.
The product of 1873 is estimated at S20174,-
100, divided as follows:
Gold and silver, IS, 900; cereals, $780,
0O0 sales of live stock, $1,000 600; sales of wool
5000, 900; sales of lumber. S4O0 900: sales Of
flour, 81 ,2250 900; sales of dairy $3.50 OOO; man
ufacturers in the city of Denver alone, So, 249,-
100. There are 1917 miles of telegraph valued
at $2O3 400; irrigatlng canals, $50 miles, valua-
ton, 100000; churches, 125; valuation, $3.50,
600. ,slHy a 7ff Eil =. >,
The valuation of reduction and smelling
works IS 5000; manufactures, value 1925, 900;
value of cattle, per assessors returns, S4295. =
l43; horses, 81 ,405, 1885, sheep, 81, 483 GIL Num-
Der OF school districts, 24S; school population,
1880; value of school property $3.50, 1856 school
fund, S137 ,55z. The increase in the last two
years has been 216 per cent. The assessed value
OF property in the Territory is about $50, 0OO,-
coo; real value 100000.
There are about 100000 acres of land suscept.
ible of cultivation, which would be greatly en-
larged by system of irrigation which the
would adopt There are about 1000, 900 acres
of improved land returned by the assessors,
valuation SO, 209, 94I. 80
There are 167 post offices 81 presidential be-
ing salaried at over $1,000, two as high as Chi
cago or Philadelphia, 13 salaried at from $500
to 5000 The aggregate business at the Denver
Post Office was about 100000 last year.
There are ten national banks, two Of private
bankers and five savings banks. The three
banks III Denver last year sold $220000 900 of
| exchange. The vote polled last. year was 20. :
044, and the registered vote was over $4,000.
Immigration is estimated by the Board of
| immigration to average 5000 per month The
population is about 100000 and will be over
| 100000 when admitted under this bill.
| No territory, when admitted, has presented
| such an array of statistics showing wealth,
| population and development as does Colorado
| now.
| WASHINGTON, May 31.-Post office changes
during the week-New England pcstmasters
| appointed: Lucien Ingalls,, Falmouth, Cum
| berland county, Me; George L. Small, North
Raymond, Cumberland county, Me-; William
| +. Donley Smyrna Falls, Aroostook county,
| Me-. Columbus Heald Sumner, Oxford county,
Me.
| Relief for Miss Anthony.
The House Judiciary Committee have re-
ported bill for the relief of Susan B. Anthony,
| remttlng the fine un justly imposed upon her
| by the judgment of the Circuit Court of the
| United States for the act of voting. The com
| mlttee lmpute no intent to do a wrong to Judge
AiuHos Dut say tudb lie efTSu III directing the
| Jury to give verdict against Miss Anthony the
effect of which was to deprive her of the great
| and benehcent right guaranteed to her
strongly as to any other by the constitution of
her country to have the question of her guilt
passed upon her by her peers.
sales of Gold,
| The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
| the assistant treasurer at New York to sell
Sl, 800, 900 in gold on the first and third Thurs
| days each; and $1,000,000 in gold each on the
second and fourth Thursdays or 5000, 900 dur
| ing the month of June. There is no direction
| Tor the purchase of bonds.
| RristOw to be Nominated
The indications are that the President will
to morrow send to the Senate the nomination
of Col. Bristow to be Secretary of the Treas
ury. 1t is thought there will be several i'm.
| portant changes in the Treasury Department
on the continuation OF Col Bristow, who is
now in Washington. The nomination of Rich
| ardson to be Associate Judge of the Court of
| Claims, will also be sent to the Senate this
! week.
| Collision.
| Steamer Lady of the Lake, while returning
| from pleasure trim down the river this even
| ing, was run into by the u. S. steamer Gettys-
| burg off Fort w ashington apparently through
| careesness of the Gettysburgs officers The
Lady of the Lake had her bow stove in on the
| starboard side to the depth of IL feet. There
were 175 passengers on board Nobody was in
| iured, the accident causing only great scare.
| The Gettysburg kept on her course without
| enquiring the nature of the injuries, and the
| Lady of the Lake returned here 4-- - =
The President and Secretary Richards ON
New York, May 80. "A Washington dis
| patch says that several members of the Com
| mittee of Ways and Means called upon the
| President to explain to him what would be the
| result if Mr., Richardson remained in office
and while Mr.. Richardson heard their state
| ment respectfully, he SAID he had not lost con-
fidancn in, nd vvnu11 no 10 oh
| that had the appearance of force or intimida-
| ton Zi 49,. ,-lll .lntlsI4 l- iu3
1t was well known that Richardson was anx-
ious to leave official life, but he 1.-THE Presidency
had asked him to remain in Office, and if there
was aught of censure he should consider it as
rejecting upon his Judgment and not upon the
secretary, and would not even intimate that
change was desirable.
Solicitor Banfeld Asked te Resign.
A Washington dispatch to the Tribune says
that Solicitor Bantield of the Treasury Depart
ment has been asked to resign. -l4f5fs Il +.
Gen. Bristow and the Teasury.
1t is stated that Gen. Bristow has not vet de
cided whether to accept the secretaryship of the
treasury, which is represented to have been ten
dered him by President Grant, as his private
legal business is very profitable. ..u
Yf.r Pacific Coast News.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31.-The steamer Colo
RADIO for Yokohoma took a full set of astro-
nomical instruments for Prof Davidson's tran
sit OF Venus expedition to the coast of Japan,
and also a car load of gattling guns for the
Mikado.
kilograms from all parts of the State show
that the crops are flourishing. yh u
CITY of,Vallijo by small majority voted in
favor of licensing the sale of liquors. Returns
so far indicate the temperance people will
sweep the State. The constitutionality of the
law will be holly contested by the liquor deal
| ers. e@
No elections held in this city yet. The cleo
| tiop in Oakland Yesterday was exciting and