Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-09
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was referred to a subcommittee.
Secretary Teller has amended the placer
mining claims circular Of Sept. 90, SO it
provides that no application by an assc-
citation of persons for patent to a placer
claim, will be allowed to embrace more
than $50 acers, and not less than $500
worth.
Prof. Hilgard, superintendent of the
coast and geologic survey, has received a
report from Assistant Davis, chief of the
transit of venus party at Fort Selaen, Il.
M, announcing the complete success of the
observation OF all four contacts and six
teen splendid photographs being obtained.
The sugar importers and refners Of the
country who are bitterly opposed to the
recommendation Of the tariff commission
with regard to tho duty on sugar, are as
sembling here for the purpose OF persuad
ing congress not TO adopt that recommend
alton. They say while nominal reduction
from 10 to 12 per cent. is recommended,
no actual reduction is in fact proposed,
and that to adopt the recommendation of the
commission would be to make the law even
more complicated and oppressive than
now in its relation to the sugar interests.
The pOstofice appropriation bill, which
will be reported from the subcommittee to
the full committee tomorrow, provides as
follows for principal items of expenditure:
For inland mail transportation, S12,OOO,-
600; transportation by star routes, So 500
600; railroad postal clerks, 1927, 900; rail
road postal cars, S1,60O.000; letter carriers.
S3,600,0O0; postmasters, Si0,000,G00; in
land transportation by steamboats,, $780,
Geo: transportation of foreign mails. $780,
600; depredations, S225,000; advertising,
S45, 0CO. The above with items not M
merated makes a total of about $4,000
600. There is an increase i'll over the
amount appropriated last year Of $780,
600 for postmasters' salaries, and de-
crease Of $1,75O,O00 in the appropriations
for star route service; increase OF ,S45, eco
for inland transportation BY rail, and de-
crease of S1O0,OO0 for inland transpcrta-
ton by boat. The most important chang:
Is reduction Of letter postage from to .
cents. Another notable change is TIE
omission of the amount asked for special
facilities, 100000. This means the abaa.
donment OF the fast mail service The bill
viii be reported to the house Monday.
In the Dickson case this afternoon
Brown testified he had received nc nay
from the cepaItnent OF Justice since re
resigned. Ee reiterated the story alleging
Dickson asked him how twenty five would
do fer his vote. During the course of his
exainir :ticn tho only incident occurring
was that Smith. one Of the cc2.::sel for the
defense, asserted that Wells, for the gov
eminent, was no judge of what was decent.
Hinkle closed the argument for the de-
fence and court adjoured till Monday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-Senator Morrill,
introduced in the senate to-day
an amendment for the house bill
for reduction of internal revenue taxation
now pending in the senate. The amend
ment was referred to the finaace commit,
tee and ordered printed. The internal
revenue bill was also ordered to the inancs
committee. Morri!l's amendment is in
reality a tariff bill. It incorporates the
entire schedules recommended by the
tariff commission as substitute for the
present thrift as embraced in section 2491
and 2 .516 inclusive.
The president recognized J. MolIer as
vice consul for Denmark, at Galveston.
Hereafter before postal service is placed
on new railroad the case will be referred
for report, as to the necessity of service,
to the superintendent of railway mail SER
vices, who Will cause the proper division
superintendent to investigate and report
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-Albert NJ. Woos-
ter, first assistant examiner of the patent
Office, has resigned.
Application was made to the supreme
court of this district to-day, for sum
mos to the secretary of state, requiring
him to show cause why he should not pay
over. TO certain claimants, money ia his
possession, under what is known as the
Ben. We'll Mexican claim" The claim
amounts to over 100000. Claimants fear
their rights may be impaired by the treaty
with Mexico, now pending.
The form of certificate to be used in cou-
| nection with awards made by the Garfield
board of audit was completed to-day
| awards to be included Ia one certificate
| and payment made by the board in bulk.
! A member of the senate military COM
mittee speaking about dismissed army
| officers, said the committee was il no tenn
per to listen to appeals for reinstatement.
and that the visit of army officers to Wash
ington would probably be fruitless.
| Mr.. Bingham, in his report to the house
urging a reduction of letter postage to two
cents, gives statistics as far back as 1892
when the rate for carrying a letter was six
cents for distance of thirty miles and
| twenty five cents for $50 miles. There is
also a careful estimate based on history OF
| reductions in the past which sustains the
theory of the report that the stimulus to
letter writing, which would naturally be
caused by reduction. would greatly lessen
the estimated loss the first year which
mot counting such increase of letters would
only reach 81, 100000 The entire loss report
assumes, could be OBJECT by fair allow
ance for carrying the mail matter of the
government. Also, the estimate showed
the reduction would not take effect till
Jan. /, 1884, as provided in the amendment
to the Anderson bill. The surplus of the
first half of that financial year would bal
ance the loss of the last half and ..there
would be ample time to exhaust or call in
a printed supply of government stamped
three-cent envelopes. The surplus of the
postofice department in 1882 will be fully
doubled, it is believed, in 1883. tits sug-
gested when loss is experienced by thi;
reduction it shall be fully made up ant
when there shall again be a surplus a re
duction Oh drop letters should be made.
Judge Lawrence, first controller of thu
treasury sustains the recent decision O
the sixth auditor of the postofice de part
ment Ia the case coming from Jackson
Miss, to the effect that rates of paymen
fixed by the postmaster general for adver
tisements in newspapers for proposals t.
carry mails are final aud are not subject
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