Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-15
Mrs. GorGesd,s Condition.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE physicians at
tending Mrs. Garfield say there is to-day a
slight change for the better, but she is still in
a very critical condition. She has constant
fever, not distinctly typhoid, but of that ma
ture, and it will be several days before the
physicians can decide what will be the result.
They can only say now that they hope for the
best. The eXertiOn she vas subject to since
last summer has reduced her system, and the
disease has laid heavy hold upon it. She is
very weak.
Statements having been published that the
sanitary condition of the executive mansion is
very bad and that the illness of Mrs. Garfield
is partly attributed TO that cause, members of
the senatorial commission on public buildings,
Messrs Rollins, Morrill, and Angus Cameron,
visited the executive mansion to-day and in
spected the building with view to reporting
it's condition to Congress.
DR.. Pope reports tonight, that the symp-
toms of Mrs. Garfeld's disease pointed to a
more favorable aspect, and she has passed a
more comfortable day.
Department WSndOo,,'s Refunding
let.
WASHINGTON, May 14.-There was received
at the loan division of the treasury department
to-day s2S,S79, 400 5 per cent. bonds for con-
tinuAnce at 3H per cent, making $50, ,536, 900
received since the issuance of the secretary's
circular Thursday last. More than hundred
kilograms have been received during the day
from holders Of per cents desiring to
extend their bonds, asking for informa-
tion on the subject. The comptroller
of currency, he has already on his hands pa
pers for exchange of 6 per cent. bonds be-
longing to 40 national banks, covering about
forty millions of bonds. This would leave
forty banks to be heard from, having 5000, 600
bonds, and these are all believed TO be in the
hands of the secretary. Two hundred and
fifty millions of B per cent. registered bonds
may be surrendered md extended. Of this
amount 433 national banks hold Sl6S, ,276, 900,
nearly all of which the comptroller thinks
will be exchanged during the next month.
The acts of June 20, 1874, and January Ia,
1875, authorized the retirement and reissue of
National bank notes at pleasure of the banks,
subject to the restrictions of law. The circula-
ton was at the highest point December 1874,
when it was $S53, ,394 SAT. From that date
circulation decreased in volume until the year
1877 the decrease being more than $50, ,000, 900.
Since that date it has steadily increased.
On November /, last, in was $343 600 600 and
siRce that time there has been an increase of
more the $4,000, 900, the circulation now being
$352, ,7l0, ,l61, which is 1915, ,Sl5 higher than at
any time since the passage of the free banking
sct of January Il, 1876.
The values of exports of petroleum and
petroleum products from the United States
during March, 1881, were $S,2Ss, ,116, and dur
ing March, 1880, $a.378,342 For the nine
months ending March 81, 1881, SIS, ,507;
same period in 1850, SS0,612,S15.
The secretary of the interior has rendered a
decision in which he rejects the claim of the
State of Kansas for an alleged deficiency OF
1852 acres of land, which were certified to
the State in 1869 as double minimum lands, in
adjustment of. the grant under what is known
as the agricultural college act. This decision
stiirms recent decision of the commissioner
of the general land Office, from which the
State anneaIed to the Secretary