Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-14

the commission made public to-day.
general recommendation is made that the |
salaries of officers be increased. Graves, Of
the redemption bureau of the treasury, ST.,
mits a minority statement, in which ne oh
jects to general increase. The report is
very elaborate.
The ways and means committee ~. aav
adopted all that part of the tariff C. on,mis.
sion's report relating to sulphate s. nitrases.
CELEBRATES, etc. Chronic acid, .hromafe Of
potash and hydrate or caus' &c we're passed
for further inquiry. T'Ae word sacids'
was inserted IN the pa .agraph comprising
essential oils and T.Isaiis. This was the
only change made.
Inc select col-nT .ittee on American ship
ping adopted. t'ne following proposition
prepared ~ the San Francisco board of
trace mat whenever any vessel. whether
s'ea1n. or sail, shall be constructed and
equpped in the United States for the for
slgn trade, including trade between Allan
tic and Pacific ports of the United States,
he owner or owners of such vessels shall
be entitled to receive and collect from the
United States a sum equal in amount to
the duty which would have been collected
upon imported materials of like descr.p
ton and of equal quality with the Ameri-
equipment, engines, boilers, and other ap-
purtenances of such steamer or sail vessel.
There is much tribulation in official cir
cles owing to the meagerness Of the post
Office appropriation bill. The department,
it is said. will be more or less at the mercy
If large contractors who, well knowing the
limited means at its disposal, can rest Sc
cure IN the knowledge that it is impossible
to forfeit contracts and award them to the
next lowest bidder. Probably through in
adverteEce an old statute seems to have
been taken as a guide for the construction
OF The bill. with the result of abolishing
fourth class matter and throwing merchan-
disc and other mail matter formerly in that
class into the first class at two cents for
every half ounce.
1t is understood the house committee has
decided TO allow the Chippewa Indians
$1,000 for the lands which they claim. and
which have been opened for settlement.
The commissioner OF internal revenue
has gone to 'UinCis. where he expects to
remain until the latter part of January.
The life saving stations at Chicago,
Grand Haven, Milwaukee and Ludington
will be closed on the 3l5t inst. until navi-
cation is resumed IN the spring.
The president has approved the act to
ted States to the site OF the military post
at Elpaso, Texas:
New pcssoftces have been esta blished a.
Ennice, Ho. Springs county, Ark, Louis
~. Scroggs, postmaster; Pencker Brush,
Wabash county, Ind. Wallace Wessner,
postmaster: Wexford Dallas county, Kan,
Henry Mccarthy, postmaster; Gotten
burgh. Dawson county, Ne5., Olaf Berg
head county, Arkansas, Will
liam B. Hay, postmaster; Riceville,
Crawford county, Ind, Thomas R. Bede-
nour, postmaster; Oyanette, Christian
county, Ky., Henry B. Humphries, post
master; Raccoon, Floyd county. KY, Fred
K. Martin, postmaster; Teasdale, Tallahat-
chic county, Miss, Chas. FL. Teasdale,post-
master; Haigler, Dundy county,
Neb., Mrs. Arabella Porter,
postmaster; PiHe Grove, Brown
county. Wis. Jno. J. Natchney, postmaster.
The citizens com mittse has received in
formation corrorborative of the statement
of the monte men in Jail concerning the
relation Of professional thieves and detec-
tives. The committee Immediately en-
ployed Gen. 81. H. Wells as special attor-
ney.
The ways and means committee is still
engaged on schedule ''A'' (chemicals) of
the tariff report.
The senate committee on claims this
morning considered briefly and favorably
the Bowman bill which has been passed by
the house authorizing the reference of all
claims founded by law to the court of
claims, in the discretion of either house or
the claims committee. At the next meet
ing the committee will probably authorize
that favorable report upon the measure
be made.
Wm L. Lester, aged forty-six, clerk in
the adjutant generals Office, killed himself
to-day. He was citizen of Bellefontaine
Ohio.
The Stas. says: There was some talk in
the court room after the acceptance OF
John FL. Crane as juror in the star route
trial to the effect that the prosecution had
been overreached by defendants Ill get
ting this Juror into the box. 1t seems tina!
his views regarding religion agree with
those OF Ingersoll."