The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25

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ABUSIVE POSTAL CARDS.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. With viey
to affording relief to persons who re
ceive abusive or annoying postal card
through the mails, the following gen
eral instruction to postmasters vii
soon be issued from the postoffice de
partment: When anyone is annoyed
or expects to be annoyed by posta
cards sent from any particular place, ol
from any known persons. he may di
rect the postmaster at the point nance
to destroy all postal cards addressed tc
him, or cards from any persons named
I~3U atdui G5sstu. iGstfiasTerS must con
ply with the request The same re-
quest may be made Of the receiving
postmaster. The direction to post.
masters should be in writing, and
should be filed for preservation.
| THE FLOW OF GOLD.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-The treasury
department is now looking for The
speedy beginning Of a rapid flow OF
gold from Europe to this co untry. An
official of the mint bureau said to-day
that foreign exchange had reached that
price where the influx of gold was in
evitable. 1t has been announced that
shipments have already been started,
and with the tendency of the trade
balance which controls the price
of exchange, he expressed conf
dence that it would be some time
before the imports of gold would be
materially checked. While gold is
coming. there is in progress also con.
siderable EXPORT ofsilver, there being a
demand IL China for the silver dollars
which find their way out of San Fran
cisco. There is also, for some reason
unknown to the department, demand
for silver largely in London. For va.
rious reasons, therefore, the treasury
people are inclined to look for a slight
increase in the price of bullion at an
early day.
ENGLISH BULLION COMING.
LONDON, Aug. 20.-The amount of
bullion withdrawn from the Bank Of
England to day for shipment to Amer
lea is 100000.
BIGELow's REPORT.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-Special Agent
Bigelow, of the postoffice department.
reported to Postmaster General Barnes
to-day the results of an investigation
made by him into the use of mail.bags
belonging to the United States by the
Canadian government. Mr.. Bigelow
says that his investigations have con-
WINGED him that one third of all the
sacks and four fiftbs of all the pouches
used by the Canadian postal authori.
ties belong to this government. The
pouches have been used in many cases
for over five years, and, besides the
local service, are sent to England, Ire
land, British Colombia, and Manitoba
A demand has been made upon the
Canadian authorities for the return of
these sacks and pouches.
The superintendent of posts for Nova
Scotia has packed all the American
sacks and pouches in his possession for
shipment to this country,
but in the dominion proper the au-
thorities show very little disposition to
return the stolen goods. 1t is probable
that demand will be made on Cana
da through the state department f r
compensation for the use Of the sacks
and pouches which have been appro-
priated illegally to their use.
THE CHINESE STUDENTS.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-It is an.
nounced at the Chinese legation that
next Monday, Yung Wi Chaing, the as-
sistant commissioner of education, will
start for China with another party of
Chinese students numbering forty. 1t
IS Said also that in September Commits
sioher Wood will return with the reg.
ai,T RE establish fnent at aaf tiOrd viii
be closed up and deserted. Yung Wi
ChainE says that he thinks his govern
ment will eventually send on another
lot of boys to be educated. He denies
that his government is removing the stu.
dents because they are becoming Amer
icanized, but he says the boys came
here when about 10years old, and now
have grown up until they range from
q to 10 years of age, and it is about
time that some use was being made of
them. They will allbe put to W ,rk on
the new telegraph line from Pekin to
Tien Tsin. Some Of them, he says,
who have been here since they were
10 years old, have forgotten their own
language to such an extent that they
can with difficulty carry on a CONVEX
lsation in it.
He says further that the Chinese
government has decided to adopt a
military school system modelled after
West Point, and it will be located at
Ten Tsin. Our tactics and manual Of
arms will be adopted.
THE INDIANS.
w AsHNGToN, Aug. 19.-The Sioux
4 Ponca chief met the secretary of the
4 interior, and the Indian mmissioner
! again to-day, about the transfer Of land
! TO the Ponca's. Red Cloud, speaking
for the Sioux, said they would give
each Ponca family $40 acres Of iant
and each Ponca without family 16t
acres; that the Sioux regard the lane
as property belonging to the Poncs
: any how, because it was their forme
reservation, and they left it unwilling
". Papers formally making transte
i were then drawn up and signed. Re,
Cloud asked about Sitting Bnl
kirkwood replied that. Sit
' ting Bull is in charge of tn