Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-31

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-No further testi-
mony will be taken'by the Jeann cite court
of inquiry until Wednesday. Secretary
Chandler received cable message from
Lieut.. HARDER, of the Jeanette search par
ty, dated July I'd, AMI Irkutska Get. so, as
follows: Arrived at Berlin July I'd, nine
days from Yakutok. Strong head winds.
Schooner does well. Begin work III Delta
July 18th with four parties. No further
communication until return"
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-The United States
supreme court to-day advanced the Yir-
ginia coupon case, involving the state debt
question, and ordered it argued Jan. 9th
The petition Of Gen. B. f. Butler to ad-
vance the oil we'll torpedo patent case of
Peter Schrieber, appellant, VS.. W. B. Rob-
erts, ct al, was denied. The court
holds only private interests are involved.
The department OF justice denies the
truth of the published statements charging
extravaganza in the employment of special
assistant attorneys, and makes the follow
ing explanation: Under Attorney General
McVeagh's administration four attorneys
we're specially employed in management
of the star routes trial, viz: Brewster,
Bliss, Cook and Gibson. Now only three,
viz: Bliss, Merrick and Kerr. The serv-
ices of several detectives have been dis
pensed with. The expense of the depart
ment in connection with these is also re-
duced in other respects. The state
ment that w. A. Cook is now engaged
n %lo
case is incorrect. That case was taken
from his charge by Attorney Generl Brew
ster the 10th of June last, and turned over
to District Attorney Corkhill.
Newton Edmunds, president of the COM
mission to visit various Sioux Indian agen-
cies in Dakota, and endeavor to secure the
consent of the Indians to surrender por-
ton of their reservation, telegraphs as fol-
lows:
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, OAK, Oct 29-The
chief and head man of the agency this day
unanimously agreed to separate the re-
ervation with good feeling and satisfac-
ton. Red Cloud and his .friends join.
The FIRST National bank of Hooperston,
ILL.,, is authorized to begin business. Capt.
tai $4,000,
POSTAL FIGURES.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-The annual re
port of First Assistant Postmaster
General Hatton, gives the number
of postofices in operation June
80, 1882, as 1921, au increase of
1,719 during the year; 1851 of these Offices
are filed by appointment of the president,
known as 'presidential'' offices, and the
remainder, A, 2SO, are filled by appoint
of the postmaster general. The free de-
livery system was in operation during the
year in 112 principal cities, and employed
3,115 carriers. The regular appropriation for
this service was 50 100000 which was added
by special appropriation, $25, 900 to meet the
anticipated deficien cy. making total ap-
preparation of $225,OO0, an increase of
$125,0O0 over the previous year. The total
cost of the service was $2,623,262, leaving
an unexpended balance of $1,737. The
average cost per carrier was S835.75, de-
crease of $37.79. This decrease was ow-
ing to the appointment of additional car
riers (auxiiaries) at $500 per annum.
the appropriation being insufficient
to employ carriers at higher salary. Gen.
Hatton recommends the free delivery sys-
TEN be extended to towns within distance
with another which have not singly the re-
CURED qualifications of population or a
gross revenue emitting them to this SER
vice, but which have an aggregate of more
than the required population or revenue.
During this year the regular biennial
adjustment of the 2,Ol2 presidential
postmasters' salaries, made an increase of
248, or IA per cent. as compared with the
previous adjustment. Returns from all
parts of the Union showed very crafty
ing and general increase of business, and
the sum necessary to pay the increased
salaries of postmasters, including 1856
special adjustments, amounts to 1893, 400.
OF 1914 per cent. more than last year.