Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-09
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was referred to subcommittee.
| Secretary Teller has amended the placer
mining claims circular of Sept. go, SO it
provides that no application by an asso-
citation of persons for patent to 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 2.
report from Assistant Davis, chief of the
transit Of venus party at Fort Se!den, n.
NJ, announcing tie com plete success e he
observation of all four contacts and sly
Teen splendid photographs being obtained.
The sugar importers and ref2srs Of the
country who are bitterly opposed to the
| recommendation of the tariff commission
with regard to the duty on sugar, are a.:
sembling here for the purpose of persuad
ing congress not to adopt that recommend
| alton. They say while nominal reduction
from 10 to II 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
| the full committee tomorrow, provides. as
| follows for principal items of expenditure: :
For inland mail trans portatior, $4,000
| 600; transportation by star routes, S., 500
900; railroad postal clerks, So, 977 900; rail
| road postal cars, 81 100000; letter carriers
| $3,600,0 900; postmasteTs, SiG.OOO,OO0; in-
! land transportation by steamboats,, $780,
| 600; transportation of foreign mails, $50
I nn0. Co dct-
| $4,000. The above with items not nu-
| merated makes total of about So, OOO.-
900. There is an increase in over the
amount appropriated last year OF $780,
600 for postmasters' salaries. ana :: de-
crease of S1,75OO00 in the appropriations
| for star route service; increase Of 1915 00C
! for INLAND transportation by rail, aad de-
crease of 100000 for inland transpc rita
tion by beat. The most Important chang:
| is a reduction Of letter possage frorl 3 To =
| cents. Another notable change is the
Omission of the amount asked fer special
facilities, 100000. This means ire aba.l-
donrnent Of the fast mail service Ilie 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 Ie
resigned. He reiterated the story alleging
D;c,-5on asked him how twenty five would
do fer his vote. During the curse of Lis
examln: ton the only incident occurring
was that Smith. one of the counsel for the
defense. asserted that Wells, for the gov
ernIient, was no judge of what Vas 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
an amendment for the house bill
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. Morrill's amendment is i'll
reality tariff bill. 1t incorporates the
entire schedules recommended by the
tariff commission as substitute for the
present riff as embraced in section 24yl
and 2.5l6 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 sum
mos to the secretary of state, requiring
him to show cause why he should not paw
over, to certain claimants, money ia his
possession, under what is known as the
Bon. We'll Mexican claim" The claim
amounts to over $4,000. Claimants fear
their rights may be in paired by the treaty
with Mexico, now pending.
The form of certificate to be used IN con
nectlon 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
mlttee speaking about dismissed army
officers, said the committee was in no tenn
per to listen to appeals for reins atement.
and that the visit of army officers to WASH
ington would probably be fruitless.
MIR. 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 letter Was six
cents for distance of thirty miles and
twenty-five cents for $50 miics. There is
also careful estimate. based on history of
reductions in the past which sustains the
theory of the report that the stimulus to
ietterwriting, 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 s., 10000 The entire loss re DO,
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. 1, 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
printed supply of government stamped
three-cent envelopes. The surplus of the
postOftice 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 a re-
duction on drop letters should be made.
Judge Lawrence, FIRST controller of the
treasury sustains the recent decision of
the sixth auditor OF the postofiice depart
ment in the case coming from Jackson
Miss, to the effect that rates of payment
fixed by the postmaster general for advert
tisements in newspapers for proposals to
carry mails are final aud are not subject
to review by ANY other authority