, 1881-06-10

nation rs general superintendent of the
Pacific division of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, TO take effect June
10th.
The old Pioneer Mail Co. has failed. 1t
has carried mails in nearly every state
and territory, and has been i'll business
46 years The recent curtailment of cor
| tract service was the chief cause
At Philadelphia on June lst a boiler in
| Godfrey 4 Co.'S dye establishment at
| kensingtOn exploded. Two men were
| killed outright, being blown to pieces.
| Others were wedged in the ruins and
many We're knocked down by flying
debris. The place took fire Over 40
were more or less injured.
The census bureau furnishes the follow
ing statemt Mt giving the results of the
first count of the cereal crop of 1879 so in
comparison with that of lS69-7O:
Cereals Acres. Bushels. 1880 Bushels. 1870
5uekwheat. 65I.30i u,85l73S 9.slI ,72I
Wheat. 3. .4S7.O .OG5 459 5OI ,O93 2s7 745 62f
Corn ----.G', - ,G.si2 LII ,Io6.5lG 76O,9454o
The debt statement issued shows the
decrease of the public debt during May
to be Sll, l5O,72l; cash in treasury, $780,
4a6 ,OSS; gold certificates, so, 22, 600: sill
yer certificates. $50, 773, ,250; certificates of
deposit outstanding, $40, 0,S6O,000; refund
| ing certificates, $694 $50: legal tenders
| outstanding, S3i6,6Sl ,OI6; fractional cur
rency outstanding, s., l09 l03; reduction
of public debt since June, 1880, $50, ,24O,- :
;j2:i; cash balance available, Sl55, ,l6l ,S96.
immigration for May exceeds the fig
| ures for the same month last year by 2I-
600, and the number is larger than for any
one month in the history OF Castle Gar
lien. Arrivals each month since January,
are as follows: January, SOS2; February,
975S; March. PISS; April, 59,S4S; May,
76,Sl2. Total for five months, lS2, los
For the corresponding period last year,
the figures were: January, 5677; Febru-
ary. 1904: March, 2l,094; April, 45,57S;
May, 5O,0S3. Total for five months, 100,
$50.
On the 2ith a suicide was found on a
vacant lot in the southern part of San
Francisco, shot through the head. Attae
inquest it transpired that he had LETT let
tiers signed w. III. Ward, saying that lie
had recently killed B f. Bates of Salt
Lake and sent his trunk to Miss Lizzie
Smyssr, Salt Lake, TO whom Bates was
attiauced. 1t was also developed by let
tiers, telegram7 and photographs from Salt
Lake that the suicide was Bates himself.
His story as to his Detrothal is true, but
no adequate reason is assIgnable for his
suicide and strange post mortem hoax.
The commissioners of emigration are in
formed that bill providing for tax of
one dollar for each steerage passenger
landed at this port by steamships from
foreign countries had passed the legisla-
ture and was before the governor f his
signature-which he has promised to give
promptly. The fax is to be paid by
steamship companys and provided that
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The purpose of the tax is to provide for
inspection and other expense attendant
upon immigration. 1t does not affect
passengers now on the way to the United
States and will obviate the necessity of
asking the state for an annual appropria-
ton to support immigration.
John t. Fitzpatrick, formerly messen
ger of the Southern Express Company,
was arrested in Kansas City, June lst,
charged with robbing the baggage of Gen.
Grant while OH his way to Galveston last
spring On his person were found large
medallion set with diamonds, presented
10 Gen. Grant by the emperor of Russia,
and a Maltese cross set with seventeen
diamonds. four of which had been re-
moved. II. King, formerly a baggageman
on the Iron Mountain road, supposed 10
he connected with the robbery, has been
traced to Sedalia, Missouri. Tie men
We're seen together at various points with
quantities OF costly jewelry belonging to
Grant. A telegram has been sent to
Gen. Grant notifying him of the discov-
cry and arrest of the probable robbers.
The fact which decided the president TO
nomina te MIR. Robertson as collector has
at last become known, and it must remove
the doubts of a large number of those
who have questioned the policy of the
AaEf-
ing him since against the course taken by
Conkling. 1t appears that it had been
determined t. appoint Robertson to some
prominent Office in New York. anu this
conclusion had been reached before the
first batch of nominations for that state
was made. Just at this time the presI-
dent was given to understand III way
that admitted of no mistake that Conk.
ling would insist upon controlling the
! custom house appointments whichever a
change should be made. AS soon as the
president became convinced of this, he
decided to make change in the custom
house at once and have the fight out on
the threshold of his administration,
rather than have it iuj jected into the mid
die of his term, AS it would have been
| had he waited until Merritts term had
expired.
An important decision was rendered by
the French American claims commission
in the case of Joseph Napoleon Perche,
archbishop of New Orleans, against the
! United Stated. The memorial OF the
claimant Q, forth that i'll 1861, at which
| time he Was French subject residing IN
| New Orleans. military forces OF the L. >.
under command of Gen. Is. +, Butler,
occupied that city and demolished prop
erty belonging To him to the value OF
$4,000 and subjected him to arrest and
| Imprisonment. For these injuries he
claims that he is entitled to damages IN
| the sum of 900 with interest. The u.
| S. maintains that the archbishop Is not
entitled to recover at all as "A French sub
| iect under the treaty, for the reason that
| he is now and has been since lSO il mat
uralized American citizen. Following Is
the decision of the commissioners
"Archbishop Perch, i'll his memorial,
states that he was naturalized In the L.
| =. in 1870. lie does not claim to be II
| French citizen. Without deciding upon
any other class which may be analogous
! To This. we think that the claim Uf Mon
siegneur Perche must be rejected because
! il does not come within the terms OF the
treaty, which only provides for the claims
| of French citizens. While making ms
decision, we deem it proper for us to eX-
| press our regret that we cannot take lnr-
! isdIction Of IL case which seems upon Its
face to be SO equitable. Signed, Baron
! De ArinoSa, PRESIDENT, l.. De Gofroy, a.
| - nIl:, .r,,n,;SSinparS ~ The nrrsent