, 1881-07-01
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
B1 TELEGKAPH TO DATE.


by the Nova Scotia government has been
made by Morton, Rose * Co. of London,
who are believed to be acting for the
Canada Pacific, TO complete the road
from ocean 10 ocean.
Crop returns from Iowa show the corn
acreage 3,0l2, 200; condition 50 per cent.
Spring wheat, acreage 10000; condition
81 per cent; winter wheat, acreage g.
39l; condition 81 per cent. Oats, arreage
l,2O3,69S; condition good, over 90 per
| cent.
The following notice 10 mariners has
been issued by the L. :. lighthouse
board: Notice is hereby given that on
and after September /, 1851, the bell
| sounded at Cape Disappontm mt light
station, at the mouth OF the Columbia
river, Oregon. will be discontinued"
Inquiry in official quarters concerning
| the appointment of Henry Cope A. pen-
sion agent at San Francisco, vice Payne
removed, elicits the information that
there are no charges against Payne's
official conduct but il is held that there
was no sufficient reason for his appoint
ment in the first place, and Cope is re-
garded AS more suitable man for the po-
| sition.
| A Chicago dispatch of the 18th saws:
| Freights to New York on grain are very
weak, contracts having been made to day
at Is cents per hundred, and it is claimed
even as low az IL. Both the freight and
| passenger meetings of the South western
Rate Association were unable to agr-e,
and the Southwestern pool, which had a
precarious existence for some months, is
virtually disrupted.
Private advice received from China says
that new minister To this country has
been appointed to take the place OF Chm
Ian Pin. His name is Chang Tsan Iu.
| Tie has been a prominent revenue official
in China for some years. aud is regarded
| as a very suitable person to tili the re-
| spOnsible Office to which he has been
called. His arrival in this country may
be expected in autumn.
Although an appropriation Of $500,
| for the establishment Of naval stations
and coal depots on the Isthmus OF Pana.
ma was made available Immediately. the
secretary of the navy has done nothing
yet towards expending dollar of that
amount until the dispute between Column
| bia and Costa Rica as to what Il the
southern boundary Oh the latter is settled.
| Ii is doubtful whether the navy depart
ment will take any steps To establish sta
tions or Goa. depots on Chiriqni soil.
It is ascertained that the Houston and
Texas Central Railroad Co. will soon
commence the construction of road from
Whitney, Hill county, to Dallas, to con-
meet with the line agreed upon by the
| Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central, tl,e
st. Louis and San Francisco and the Calf,
| Colorado and Santa Pc roads, to Paris,
| Texas, and perhaps 10 Fort Smith, A.
1 kansas. ST. Louis Is giving all these
Gould lines Il good northeastern outlet to
st. Louis and Chicago, independent ofthe
Gould system.
Commissionrr of Pensions, Bentley, in
| resigning takes occasion To write letters
showing great improvement of the SER
vice. Great eronomy and great honesty
| characterized his administration. He
! wishes the administration and his succes-
| sor complete success. The presidents
| request for his resignation was not to be
a reflection on his personal or official
integrity, but based Oh complaints of his
| management and reorganizations. 1t Is
| understood that the president offered him
a foreign appointment and he declined.
There is considerable discussion
| among persons interested in the star
route prosecutions about the employment
| of additional counsel TO prosecute the
| governments cases. Special Attorney
Cook, will try the evidence on which the
Indictment is to be asked before the granI
jury, and he will undoubtedly perform the
| brunt of routine work. The employment
| of some LAWYER of national reputation to
assist in the trial is talked of and the
names of WIN. A. Beach OF New York
and Benjamin Harris Brewster of Phila-
delphia have been suggested in this con-
| nection. There is one great lawyer who
is thoroughly familiar with every detail
of the cases and who is prominently
fitted by reason of his knowledge and
ability 10 direct the trials. Attorney
General McVeagh is the man. and it Is
reported that he will conduct the prosecu-
ton in person. Gentlemen engaged IN
room 30 are arranging their facts III shape
to be easily presented to the grand jury.
Witnesses who will he asked to 90 before
that body will probably be here by the
end of next week. and il is hoped that
the grand jury will be prepared to act
finally in the matter before the middle OF
| July. The rumor is current that Dorsey
has sailed from New York for Europe.
A Washington dispatch OF the 10Th
inst, says: Indian Commissioner Price
has surprise this morning. Three run
away Indians from the Chippewa tribe,
Wisconsin, accompanied by an interpre-
ter, all in paint and feathers, marched
into his office unannounced and squattnd
unceremoniously for IL pow-wow. The
four arrived last night and went to the
fremont house, announcing that they had
come to see the great father. They regis
tered as Ben New Mexico, interpreter;
Charles Coulter. Mick Coon and Scar-bare
Wrist. Commissioner Price was aston
ished when. they appeared before him.
The interpreter stated that they repre-
sented l75 families who had sent them
to Washington in hopes of securing a new
reservation. This particular tribe is es-
| pecially well provided for and have more
land in their present reservation than
they have actual use for. The commis-
sioner thus addrs sed his visitors: You can
get no lands here, and l think you had
better 90 back and work your corn and
potatoes. There is more for Indians to do
) besides hunting and fishing. They should
raise products from the soil and learn To
work as / have done many times, with
their hands and arms and grow respect
able cilizens. The buffalo are all gone,
and your own sense should teach you 1t
is time to throw off the feathers and
wings, and devote your time to earning a
living in another way. This running over
the country won't do. You are well pro
vided for and can gain nothing by coming
!, to Washington, and you must go back and
20 inform your people, Ben New Mex