Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-04

Drum on the Mill ia-SOme POStOfiC
s ats les and Miscellaneous Capita
Gossip.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-The naval advis
DRY board which visited the unfnishe'
Monitors at the Delaware river returne'
the report that the vessels are in salts
factory condition, though they think SOM
alteration will be necessary. The boart
will make no recommendations at present
as their duty is only to advise after tn
vessels have been launched. The boart
will probably not have the plans for thu
new steel vessels ready before the close O.
the next session Of congress.
/ Adjutant General Drum, in his annual
report. shows increasing interest in mill
tary affairs throughout the country. Army
officers acting as professors in military
tactics and engineering at schools and col
leges throughout the country report in
creasing interest among the youth of the
country, 1850 pupils having attended their
instructions and over 5000 attended drills.
The condition of the militia of the country
is steadily improving, encampments hav-
ing been held in California, Indiana,
Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Pennsylvania and Vermont, and competit-
i've drills at other places, The condition
of the military prison is excellent. It
furnished $4,000 days skilled labor and
10000 of unskilled to the quarter
masters department, and it has created a
reform in the habits of the men, but the
effect on the mental and moral is not SO
great as hoped. Schools, Libraries and re-
ligious service were furnished the men,
but the attendance at the former practic-
ally ceased when the novelty wore off. The
recommendation of last year that the Off
GERS be allowed to employ enlisted men as
servants, with the consent of the men,
where others are difficult to obtain, is re-
niewed. Also recommendation that the
officers serving on courts martial be al
lowed per diem pay. During the year
1881 calls for information have been
made by pension and other officers con-
nected with the pension and bounty SER
vice. and 1927 of these have been an
swered. TIE rer2rt conmends tie eficieI-
cy of the men employed III tie depart
ments.
1t is stated by persons claiming to be
Informed on The subject that two promi-
1ent lawers of tLis city are examining pre-
cedents with view to appealing to the
United States supreme court for an injunc-
ton restraining the commissioner general
of the land Office from issuing any more
land patents to the Northern Pacific, Texas
Pacific or Atlantic Pacific railroads, also
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the United States all lands patented for
sections constructed since the time fixed
in the charters for the completion of the
roads. If this is done all questions relat-
ing to land grant railroads will be
brought up for judicial action.
Secretary Folger left for New York this
afternoon and does not expect to return
until the latter part of next week. Com
missioner Price was this morning inform
ed by Indian Agent Mclaughlin, at Stand
ing Rock agency, Dakota, that the Indian
police had found five white men on their
reservation who, with their teams, we're
captured. The commissioner ordered that
the whites be turned over to the mar
shall. The department of justice has been
notified and to take such steps as are
deemed proper. TU.
The secretary of the treasury, to-day
decided to construct public building at
Louisville, KY, on the exposition site,
Chestnut and Fourth streets, as recon-
mended by majorityof the commissioners
The Judge advocate of the board of in
vestigatlon into the loss of the Jeanette
says the inquiry into the charges made
by Collins will be very thorough, and that
Collins will be called before the board if
necessary.
Gen. Gustavus A. Derusy, lieutenant
colonel of the Third artillery, is placed on
the retired list.
1t is now thought at the treasury de-.
partment that the issue of new gold certi-
ticates will be ready for distribution in
about two weeks.
The animal report of thethird assistant
postmaster general has just been sub
mitted. The following information as to
the operations of his Office and the postal
service, is at hand: The revenue for the
year is $5O91,O12 more than that for the
preceding, while the expenditures, includ-
ing all unsatisfed obligations, are only
$1,217,13 more than those of the previous
year. Of this amount $500, 900 is for COM
pensation of postmasters is beyond the
control of the department.. After satisfy
ing all obligations yet I'M
paid there will remain a bal
ance amounting to more than So, OOO, 600. In
regard to the appropriations and expendi-
lures for the Office of the third assistant
postmaster general the showing is very
creditable, the aggregate appropriations
for the year being S101, 454, and the ag-
gregate expenses $1o2,9s2. These expen-
ditures were ~ per cent. more than those
of the preceding year, Notwithstanding the
fact that supplies for such appropriations
were very largely increased. The number
of postage stamps, stamped envelopes,
newspaper wrappers and postal cards
issued to postmasters during the
year reached the aggregate of 1, TAI, ST. ,O38.
Their total value was $4O,97S, O53, being
more than Is per cent. i'll excess of the
value for the previous year. The whole
number of pieces of mail matter received
and handled in the dead letter Office during
the year was 4,285,285, about Is per cent.
increase over the previous year. The
amount of money that could not be re-
stored to owners, under any circumstances,
woe CT cSS which Tndar the law was de-