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

plrty of Pennsylvania. Some 90 further
| and assert that old Simon's visit was to
| bring about just such scene as was wit
messed on the couch.
RIVER AND HARBoR APPROPRIATIONS.
At the cabinet meeting yesterday it was
decided that the question of submit
ting any river OR harbor estimates
TO congress should be left
| to the discretion of the secretary of war.
! MIR. Lincoln will be waited upon bya sub
committee of the hcu committee on COM
| MERGE tomorrow on the same subject. It
| is also understood that the president indi-
| Gated his intention of appointing dem
| ocrat to the position of commissioner of
| the District of Columbia. It seems that
| the representatives are unable to unite on
candidate. Such action on his part
| would exactly balance the political COM
plexion of the board.
MISCELLANEOUS.
! The Postmaster general has appointed
| Otis Locke, brother of petroleum V.
Nasby,' postmaster at Tiffn, o. The
| appointment was made on the recommen-
dation of Representative Rice.
| The Washington monument is now ~
inches higher than the Hottest point os the
head dress of the goddess of liberty On the
capitol dome. The height of the shaft is
$50 feet 81 inches above the floor of the,
obelisk
Representative Blackburn denies the
story published of the scheme to make
him speaker of the next house by throwing
Randall's strength to him. He adds: Il
wouldn't mind being speaker, but wouldn't
have it unless got it fairly. There is no
| trnth in the statement
| Brewster Cameron said tonight that he
knew of the whereabouts of Spencer, late
railroad commissioner, who is wanted as a
| witness in the star route trials, and that he
would speedily be captured and brought
! to town.
| Western Associated Press.
| WASHINGTON, Dee. 13.-The effort to Sc
cure a jury in the star route case was re-
sumed to-day. There was no objection to-
John Hughes, or Clarence Shields, colored
They were swo:n. S. II. Williams was
challenged peremptorily. Reese Evans
was challenged BY the government. John
B. Sheriff, John H. Vernon, and Jackson
| Howard, (colored) were sworn. This ex-
Eaasted the twelve unchallenged by the
defense. The prosecution proceeded to
select four more from the.
others summoned Oh the panel.
to be afterwards open TO challenge by the
defense. Mason Lowery, John Z. Latham,
o. G. Green and John NJ. Young were Sc
lected as the four. Lowery and Green
were accepted and sworn, and Latham
challenged peremptorily. the four chal-
lenges of the defense being thus exhausted.
Young was challenged for cause. More
talesmen we're then sent for. Seven tales
men called in were excused, and the mar
shall was directed to summon ten for to-
morrow. Adjourned.
1t has been ascertained definitely that
the chairman of the senate Judiciary. com
mittee will call on the president for
statement giving the cause for Henry's re-
moval. 800 .,s
Secretary Folger to-day directed the col
lector Of customs of New York to reliqui-
date the entry free of duty on assignment
of Sandwich island sugar upon which an
assessment was recently levied.
The comptroller OF the currency to-day
extended the corporate existence of the
First National bank of Kalamazoo, Mich,
to Dec. Is, 1902.
/ NOrOs. a seaman on the Jeanette, ap-
peared before the boord this morning He
testified that before leaving De Longs
party Collins came to HIM and said: Good
bye Noros, remember NE when you get to
New York" He said il coroboration of
his former testimony that he never saw
Collins treated in any way other than that
of an officer. Newcomb will be examined
tomorrow.
1t is rumored that the nomination of
Clayton MacMichael TO be marshal of the
| District of Columbia was briefly discussed,
| and the chairman was ordered to report
resolution t. the senate in executive ses-
| sion calling upon the president for state
! ment of the causes for which Henry was
removed.
| Combinations: Henry H. Morgan, Lou
! isiana, secretary Of legation of the United
States to Mexico; George E. Warina Jr.,
Rhode Island, member of the national
board of health; Commodore Earl English,
chief of bureau of equipment and recruit
ing of the navy. Postmasters-Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Porter, Russellville, Ky; Edgar S.
Norton, Humboldt, Neb.; VIM. Reinhard.
| Abilene, Kas. John L. Brown, Wamego,
! Kas.; John L.. Harris, Pleasanton, Kas.:
Charles II. Kurtz, Augusta, Kas.; Mrs.
Clara L. Nichols, Fort Leavenworth, Kas.
The bill to establish a court of appeals
was taken up by the house judiciary COM
mittee to-day. Another meeting will be
| held to morrow on the same measure.
| Secretary Teller says if the object of the
delegation of Chippewa Indians now in
| the city is to secure rehearing of the
| Turtle mountain decision, their visit will
be failure, as he has finally passed upon
that question, and opened up the country
| for settlement.
Capt. Belknap has made an elaborate
report to the secretary Of the navy respect
ing celebrating the birthday of Kalakaua,
of the Hawaiian islands, in which his ship,
| the Alaska, took an active part in the re-
gatta. One of the races was won by the
| barge crew of the ship.
In the police court to-day Brewster
Cameron took the stand and was examined
at length regarding the Bowen and Dick
son interview at Drover's restaurant. His
testimony on the point was simply re-
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