The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-05-05
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Latest Dispatches,
From Washington.

compiled from Latest Dispatches
From Washington.
An Associated Press dispatch of the a4th
Gays: "Ofiicial figures show that the annual
pay OF ntnety-three star routes, out of {, 225
was raised between the lettings of 1873 and
January l, 1850. from SC27, ll9 to 81, 500, 2l4
The regular appropriation for the 'star-route
service for the year ended June 80, 1880, was
$,3O.OoO. OF this amount $a,SOa, PA were
absorbed by the ninety-three routes noted,
leaving 5000, 7S6 for the remaining 9, Is:
routes"
ACCORDING to . special of the 2Sd Mr..
Grier, of Pennsylvania, had declined the
office OF Third Assistant Postmaster-General,
to which he was nominated by the President
Mr.. Grfer is the deleyatc who first voted fol
Mr.. Garfield in the Chicago Convention.
DECISION has recently been rendered by
the Commissioner Of the General Land Office
to the effect that never since its acquisition
from France has any of the lands in Indian
Territory been opened to settlement or entry
under the public laws The Commissioner
says that for many years efforts had been
made by designing persons to effect ingress
into the Indian Territory for the purpose OF
despoiling the Indians Of patrimony &C.
cured to them by the most solemn obliga.
tioue If the United States, and adds: 1.-THE
present attempt to make use OF the coloreu
people OF the country In the same direction,
by deluding them with fictitious assurances
that new and congenial homes can be pro-
vided for them within this Territory, de-
serves especial reprobation, since its only
effect must be to involve innocent people in
criminal conspiracy, aud to subject them to
disappointment, hardship and suffering"
THE ceremony Of unwilling the statue OF
Admiral Farragut, in Farragut Square, WASH
ington, took place on the 25th, in the pres
unveiled by Quartermaster Knowles, who
held the position of Quartermaster on Farra-
CUTS flagship at the time Of the battle in
Mobile Bay. and who dashed the Admiral to
the mast. As the covering was removed the
Admirars salute Of seventeen guns was fired
in Lafayette Square, the troops meanwhile
presenting arms. The President in behalf
OF the Nation, accepted the statue in brief
speech. Addresses were delivered by ex-
Postmaster General Maynard and Senator
voorhees,, after which the Marine Band
played "Hail to the Chief" the Admirars
salute was given, and the procession reformed
and marched to the Executive Mansion. As
the troops passed before the statue the
marching salute was given. At the White
House, the President, his Cabinet and the
senior officers of the army and navy reviewed
the process on.
On the Goth the President appointed John
n. Boies, of Hudson, Mich, and William
Mem chael, Of Philadelphia, to be members
OF the Board of Indian Commissioners
IT was stated on the 9th that the exact
amount of six-per-cent. bonds so far received
at the Treasury Department for continuance
at three and a-hilf per cent. was So, 459, $50,
but the Secre airy had been notified of the In
tention to send in a much larger amount.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
has recently decided that money in the custo-
dy of the Government and belonging to cit
izen Is not subject to levy and attachment un.
der proc. edings instituted in State Court
by creditors.
AT a caucus of Republican United States
Senators held on the 9th the question of the
deadlock, sthe Presidents nomin atoms, ex-
ecutive sessions and other matters were dis
cussed, but no formal action was taken, the
whole matter being referred to committee,
to report at a future meeting. 1t was said
Senator Miller had notified Mr.. Dawes that
unless the Re -ublicsns moved for an exec
utive session, he (Miller) would vote with the
Democrats for one; that he felt bound to
break the deadlock.
THE excess Of exports of merchandise from
over imports into the United States during
the twelve months ended March IL, last, was
SAB, AS. 500; excess OF imports of gold and
silver coin and bullion, same time, $7S, 943,-
7t9
The President has appointed the following
Government Directors of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company: :. 7. Everett Cleveland
o.; R. H. Baker, Racine, Wis. Charles B.
Peck, Port Huron, Mich; George W. First,
Omaha, Neb (; A. Koun,ze, New York.
A PRESUMED con iIant of Postmaster-Gen-
eral James told New York reporter on the
18th, in regard to the "star-route" frauds,
that it was not the intention of Mr.. James to
investigate tue doings Of Brady so much as
it was to Investigate the postal contract sys-
tenn with view to ascertaining where it had
been defective. At the same time those who
we're shown to have been implicated in the
irregularities" would be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law.
The Assistant Attorney-General for the
Post-Office Department has affirmed the right
OF Jail Wardens to open letters addressed to
United States prisoners.