Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-15
WASHINGTON.
Important Questions Awaiting the Return
of Secretary Evarts-IDjury to the For :
eign Diplomatic Service by the Absence
of Ministers from their POsts-NIisceli a
THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
ISpecial Telegram to the Globe, |

THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l4.-secretary Evarts
will return to Washington Tuesday. The State
department has been without head for two
weeks past. and several public matters demand
Mr.. Evarts' attention. He has promised to de-
cide Immediately upon his return whether the
first installment of the amount paid by Mexico
on behalf of the Abra Mining company shall
be paid to the persons representing the claim.
THE FISHERIES QUESTION.
The report of Collector Babson, of Glou-
cester, upon his recent investigation of native
and American fisheries in the waters of the
provinces, is expected at the State department
next week, and Mr.. Evarts will Immediately
begin negotiations with British foreign officers
to secure q modification of the Washington
treaty. Unless the treaty is modified notice
will certainly be given by this government of
its intention to abrogate 1T.
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY CONGRESS.
Immediate steps will be taken by the depart
ment to secure another international money
congress- Mr.. Evarts has his hands full of bust
ness from this time until the expiration of his
term of service in the cabinet. He has prob
ably concluded his junketing for this season.
THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES
is suffering severely from the absence of GER
tain ministers from their posts, and vacancies
in two of the great missions. James M.!Conly,
minister to the Hawaiian islands, and Jno. NJ.
Langston, minister to Hayti, are electioneering
for Foster in Ohio. There is a revolution in
Hayti which the state department knows
nothing about except through newspapers, and
great American interests may be imperilled at
Port Au Prince, simply because Foster must be
elected. There are rumors of frauds in the
importations of sugar to the United States
from the Dominion which MIR. Comfy some
times graces with his presence. Mr.. Kasson
is not at Vienna, and the state department has
no accurate information concerning the forma-
ton of the new Austrian cabinet, except what
comes by cable to the newspapers. The Rus
sian mission is vacant, consequently VIM. M.
Evarts can not tell whether emissaries of the
car had a hand in the recent revolt of the
Afghans at Cabul or not. The court Of st.
James bemoans the lack of an American di-
plomat. Events of great importance to the
people of the United States are transpiring in
London now, of which the diplomatic cores
pondence when published will contain no ac'
count. There is no one in England to inform
the foreign Office in Washington whether the
British office suspects Russian treachery in
Afghanistan or not.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
It is reported that number of prominent
Democrats will visit New York next week to
attempt to reconcile the differences in the
Democratic party of that State. Their object
is to induce John Kelly to withdraw from the
contest for the governorship.
NEW NATIONAL BANKS.
National banks, notwithstanding TIE attacks
of Greenbackers, are still being organized.
During last month six new banks have been
established in the West and three in New Eng
land and New York. Within the month also
National banks have began to increase the
amount of their circulation, using new four
per cents. securities. The amount of new
National bank circulation which will have
been issued within month will amount to
about $2,OOO,OOO. The Boston and New York
banks especially. which some time since with
drew considerable amount of their circula-
ton, are now renewing it again and are making
urgent demands upon the treasury, especially
for notes of the denomination of $5 and $40.
The banks say they wish the money to move
the crops.
UNIVERSAL HOSE COUPLING.
One Of the most important actions taken by
the firemen's convention was the adoption of q
resolution in favor of universal hose coupling
as far an size is concerned. 1t was explained
that at tho great fire in Baltimore several years
ago the engines of the Washington fire depart
ment, which were sent over to assist in ex-
tinguishing the confagration, were unable to
render much assistance on account of the diff.
ference in size of the plug and hose coupling
in that city from that used here. The dele
gates from Chicago said the same thing had
prevented many engines which had come to
help them on the occasion of their great fire
some years before from being of much assist