The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-04
VERY LATEST NEWS
A Record of Important Events
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

signed the commission OF Col. John
Hay as assistant secretary of state. =.
SAYS Washington telegram of Nov.
esd: The Treasurer of the Society of
the Army of the Cumberland made the
final payment of $12,612, to the scu]p'
tor, Mr.. Ward, for the Thomas statue.
The total amount paid vas $50, 524.68.
POSTMASTER GENERAL KEY, says
dispatch of Nov. Esd, has issued orders
forbidding the delivery of registered
letters or the payment of money orders
to Morris Richmond, at Covington, KY,
and Murray, France & Co., or Sim mons
& Dickinson, Louisville, Ky.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 28th
states that the agitation of new nation
al bankrupt law is making some progress.
A committee of the New York Chamber
of Commerce is said to be engaged in
drafting bill, and the committees of the
different chambers of commerce through
out the country are to be requested to
draft separate bills and submit sugges-
tons.
A WASHINGTON telegram of Nov. Goth
says Secretary Schurz has received the
following:
Los PiNos AGENCY, Nov. 24.-We have
information to the effect that the White
River Utes are on their way, including
Jack. We are now of the opinion that
we shall be successful in carrying out
your wishes; at all evens, we have
patience enough to try it. So far as
danger is concerned, the commission
have not yet given that thought; they
must take chances. (Signed)
HATCH, commissioner.
The post. office department., says a
Washington special Of Nov. Goth, has
made arrangements to place upon sale
on the list of December International
postal-cards. Their price is two cents,
and they may be used without additional
postage to any country which is men,
Der of the postal union. The cards are
printed in blue, but in other respects are
similar to the cards now in local use.
The revenue derived from the sale of
these cards forms part Ct the postal
revenue of this country. The latest re-
ports from various officers indicate that
about twice as many postal-cards are
mailed to foreign countries from the
United States as come from abroad.
Hitherto the senders of postal.cards to
necessity of affxing an additional one
cent stamp.
Postmaster General Key has written
the following letter to Gen. Hazen on the
subject of lottery tickets going through
the mails:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-S1R: Section
1894, revised statutes, prohibits carriage
in the mails of letters concerning lotter-
les. Section 1896 provides that all lot
terry packets or other matter which may
be seized or detained tor violation of law
shall be returned to the owner or sender
of the same, or otherwise disposed of as
| the order Of the postmaster general may
direct In order, therefore, to carry out
| the provisions Of the sections referred to
it is directed that all letters concerning
lotteries which may arrive at the dead
letter office be returned to the writer. If,
by inadvertence, mistake, or otherwise,
letters supposed to contain lottery matter
should come to the dead.letter Office,
they should be sent to the office of deliv-
cry with such directions to the postmas-
| ter as will ensure their prompt delivery.
d. N. KEY. Postmaster General.
McCRARY, secretary of war, in his an
nual report, referring to the Ute out
breaks, takes the ground that the govern
ment should insist in its demands for
the surrender and punishm ent Of the In
dians responsible for the Meeker mas
sacre, and the treacherous attack upon
Major Thornburgh's command. The
secretary recommended The sale
and abandonment of certain
with Gen. Sherman's recommendation
that the army be fixed at $4,000 men, ex-
elusive of those on detached service.
| Soc Mo0ro hoc ro1,,oo1 tho
estimates, for river and harbor improve
ments during the next fiscal year from
about $14,00O,000 to $5,00O,O00; and has
also made reduction of over $3.0OO,OOO
from estimates (aggregating about $780,
O00,O00,) which were submitted for all
other public work under the war depart
ment.
! A WASHINGTON dispatch of Nov. oath
says prominent army officers in this city
are by no means sanguine of the attain
ment of success by the Ute commission
in its efforts to procure the resignation
of the murderers of Agent Meeker and
burgh's command. On the contrary, the
belief is generally expressed in army
circles that the Indians have been and
are still simply trying to gain time IN
hope that military operations against
them will be prevented by winter wealth
er, and that the guilty members of the
tribe may scatter before the spring sea.
son opens so as to elude either detection
or punishment. General Sherman
said yesterday that he hoped for the best
but there was no telling what would
take place. He had given orders, he
said, to leave no means untried to make
our soldiers at present in camp in the
Ute country as comfortable as possible,
and had directed that shelter. clothing
and the best of food that could be pro.
cured should be furnished them. In the
event of the interior department failing
in ifa rresent efforts tn obtain nnaseasiOn