Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-12
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Final Full Payment of Creditors of tba
First National Bank of DuIuth-Tba
Lottery Cases Dismissed by the supr.ma
Conrt--SpOtted Tail Raises ContrIbutIon
to Employ Lawyer to Defend the siosx
in Prison at Fort Omaha--YeIIow Fever
on the Lower Mississippi.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE comptroller of
the currency has declared dividend of ten uer
cent. in favor of the creditors Of the First Ma
tional bank of Duluth, Minnesota, making in
all dividends of one hundred per cent.
The requisition for payment of the Utes was
signed to-day.
The supreme court Of the United States con-
vened at noon to-day for the October term of
Hunt, Clifford and Field. Justice Field ia ex-
pected to take his seat Oct. 18th, and the con-
dltlon or Justice Clifford is so much improved
to-day 1t Is hoped his absence may be only
temporary. No arguments were heard by the
court this afternoon, but the chief Justice an
nouuced that the call of the docket will begin
tomorrow.
Among the cases disposed of to-day were
those of theLouisana and KentuckyL Lottery com
panies, assigned for the first day of the term.
The Kentucky case, Comerfords vs. Thompson
was dismissed upon motion oe Solicitor Geuer
al Phillips, in behalf of appellants, and the
Louisiana case, Daupin vs. Key, was on mo.
ton OF the attorney generali Indefinitely post
poned. These s1its were abandoned for the
reasons already stated in these dispatches, viz
That according to a previous ruling an appli-
cation for mandamus cannot be sustained
against an ex-ofhcer of the government since n
mandamus must issue against an individual
and an exoficer has no power to obey the writ
even should it be granted
SpCrafarv Rch0rz has he f1I1
from Spotted Tail, chief of the Brule Sioux:
Dear Sir: want to talk with you about six
young men belonging to my people, who were
sent down to Omaha to be dealt with under
the laws Of the Great Father. These young men
have given up to you to be punished if they
are guilty, according to the same laws laid down
for punishment of white men who have COM
mltted crimes against the laws of
the Great Father. Now what /
want to say to you is this If
these young men are guilty want TO see them
punished. If they are not guilty want them
sent back to me aud their families. Now they
should have, in trial for their alleged crimes,
They should have az good lawyers
as we can give and, we should defend
them the same as you would be allowed to de-
fend your children if they were in prison and
were to be tried for offenses they had been
charged wirh. What am now writing to you
= w LOb soy lux IuI sell dlOuG. Lalk IOr my
whole people. They have met in
council and have talked long, but
always spoke good and kind words for the
Great Father to listen to, and We want him to
open his ears to hear the good words we have to
say. My people are good people, and want to do
al the Great Father tells them. They love their
children, and it makes them mourn when their
children do wrong. Every way we can, we
want to help our children. Now, my people
have put together from their earnings little
money to be used in helping our children
in their trouble. All who were able to give
have given to help them, and the money we
have raised We sre going to send to you that
you may help Us find good lawyers to defend
our children. We want them to have fair
trial, and we want you to spend the money we
send you that they may have as good
chance to go free as white men could have. So
I send you s392.8G. 1 am your true friend.
The national board of health sustains the re-
cent report of Inspector Sterling that yellow
fever has existed on the lower Mississippi.