Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-09

was referred to subcommittee.
Secretary Teller has amended the placer
mining claims circular of Sept. %, 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 100 acers, and not less than $500
worth.
Prof. Hilgard, superintendent of the
coast and geologic survey, has received q
report from Assistant Davis, chief of the
transit of venus party at Fort Selden, n.
n, announcing TIE complete success Ct he
observation of all four contacts and siy
Teen splendid photographs being obtained.
The sugar importers and ref1;srs of the
country who are bitterly opposed to the
recommendation of the tariff commission
with regard to the duty on sugar, are as
sembling here for the purpose of persuad
ing congress not TO adopt that recommend
alton. They say while q nominal reduction
from 10 to IL 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, $4,000
600; transportation by star routes, $500
600; railroad postal clerks, So, 1917 900; rail
road postal cars, $1,6O0:000: letter carriers
$4,000, 900; postmasters, $i0,O00,000; 10
land transportation by steamboats,, $780,
600; transportation of foreign mails. $780,
600; depredations, $225.000: advertising,
$4,000. The above with items not nu-
merated makes total of about $40 ,000,-
900. There is an increase in over the
amount appropriated last year Of $780,
600 for postmasters' salaries, ana = de-
crease OF $1,750,000 in the appropriations
for star route service; increase of S345,Q0C
for INLAND transportation by rail, and de-
crease of 100000 for inland transpcrta-
tion by b,at. The most Important chang.
is reduction Of letter postage from 3 to =
cents. Another notable change is the
omission of the amount asked for special
facilities, 100000. This means TIE aba1-
donnent of the fast mail service. The bill
will be reported to the house Monday.
In Che Dickson case this afternoon,
Brown testified he had received no pay
from the department OF justice since lie
resigned. He reiterated the story alleging
Dickson asked him how twenty five would
do for ais vote. During the curse of Lis
examination the only incident occurring
was that Smith. one of the counsel for the
defense. asserted that Wells, for the gov
eTn':ient, was no judge of what was decent.
Hinkle closed the argument for the de
fence and court adjoured till Monday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Senator Morrill,
introduced in the senate to-day
for reduction of internal revenue taxation
now pending in the senate. The amend
ment was referred to the finance commit
tee and ordered printed. The internal
revenue bill was also ordered to the finance
committee. Morrilrs amendment is i'll
reality a tariff bill. 1t incorporates the
entire schedules recommended by the
tariff commission as a substitute for the
present riff as embraced in section 2,491
and ISIS inclusive.
The president recognized j. Moljer as
vice consul for Denmark, at Galveston.
Hereafter before postal service is placed
on a 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 M. Woos-
ter. first assistant examiner of the patent
Office, has resigned.
Application was made to the supreme
court of this district to-day, for a 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 in paired by the treaty
with Mexico, now pending.
| The form of certificate to be used in con
nection with awards made by the Garfield
board of audit was completed to- day
awards to be included in 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 in no tenn
per to listen to appeals for reins Fatement-
and that the visit of army officers to Wash
! ington would probably be fruitless.
| Mr.. Bingham, in his report to the house
urging reduction of letter postage to two
cents, gives statistics as far back as 1892
when the rate for carrying Il letter Was six
cents for a distance of thirty miles and
| twenty five cents for 450 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, OOO, 600 The entire loss repo,
assumes, could be Offset by fair allow
ance for carrying the mail matter of the
| government. Also, the estimate showed
the reduction would not take effect till
Jan. l, 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
postOffice department in 1882 will be fully
doubled, it is believed, in 1888. tits sug-
| gested when a loss is experienced by this
reduction it shall be fully made up aud
when there shall again be a surplus re-
duction on drop letters should be made.
Judge Lawrence, 6rst controller of the
treasury snstains the recent decision OF
the sixth auditor Of the postofice depart
ment in 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 subjec!
to review by any other authority.