Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-04
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New York. Nov. 3.-Dutch steamers
brought $250,000.
New York, Nov. 3.-The steamer Alge-
ria today brought Patti, Senor Nicolini
and ]. W. Mackay.
New York, Nov. 3.-Twenty-five hun.
dred emigrants arrived to-day, mostly
Germans bound west.
New York, Oct. 3.-Mails ont of New
York for the west will be greatly faciiita-
ted by important arrangements COM
pleted by Postmaster General James.
Less than 26 hours will be occupied in
the run from New York to Chicago by
the new arrangements. Direct connec-
tion will be made with the overland
mails for San Francisco. and people of
the Pacific slope will receive their mails
q day and half earlier. Apetit1on ask
ing for improved service was sent to the
postmaster general from San Francisco
some time ago, and it will be answered
in the decreased time. The mail by an
arrangement with the Union Pacific will
arrive in San Francisco at 6 q. m., instead
of 1890 n. m. of the following day rs
therefore,, making saving of so hours
between New York and San Francisco.
intermediate points will be as greatly
benefited as the larger cities.
Washington, Nov. "a few months
ago electric light was introduced into
the Philadelphia post office. The bill
for October, which has Just been pre-.
sented to the post office department,
shows that IN last October, when gas was
used, the bill was Sl,lS4, while last
months, with electric light, the bill was
1854, net saving in one month of $780,
One of the surgeons in attendance on
President Garfield says the bills for med.
ical attendance have not yet been pre-.
sented to Mrs. Garfield. The intention
is to send the bills to her receipted and
allow the friends of the late president to
carry the matter to congress and ask fol
an appropriation to pay them. The bills
will be made large enough, SO that afte,
congress cuts them down they will still
be large enough to pay the doctors lib.
orally for their services. Bliss complains
that in consequence of giving all his
time to the late president his practice
here is about all broken up, and doctors
nearly all shun him because OF his viola.
tion of the code of medical ethics in
holding on to the case after the presi
dents family physician, DIR. Baxter
made his appearance.
Washington. Oct. 81. M. Wilson il
his argument for the defense in the stal
route cases, recited the steps already ia
ken, and said there could be no authori
ty found in any statute for filing Grim
inal information. He challenged coun
sci on the other side to point to any sucl
statute. If it could be filed at all, i
could only be filed because of its bein,
authorized by common law. There hat
never been IN this country prosecution
by information except in case of mino
oifenses, such as violations of the reve
nue. laws, when that mode of proceedin,
has been expressly authorized by statute
The grand jury was the only recognize,
authority for the prosecution of partie
, for crime, but if this proceeding shoul
prevail grand juries might as well b
dispensed with in the future. But if tn
prosecution relied on the common3R,
then they must he bound by its rulel
In this case lthe court was asked to a
, low this information to be filed and wal
rants issued on the aflidavits of the pos
master general and Woodward. He rea
. these atlidavits and argued that not
: single fact was sworn to in them. Thel
was nothing in them but informatio
, and belief from beginning to end. The,
! was nothing but hearsay in them, M
r he had never heard of anybody being il
I dicted simply on belief,