Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-21
CAPITAL NOTES.
A Few Brief Items From the Departments
The Expenditures on Public Buildings
The Garfield Memorial Fair.

A Few Brief Items From the Departments
The Expenditures on Public Buildings
The Garfield Memorial Fair.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-At a meeting of
the executive committee of the Garfield
Monument Fair association held tonight it
was decided to extend invitations to the
president and members of his cabinet, the
justices of the supreme court, and to the
general of the army and distinguished per-
sons to be present and participate in the
opening ceremonies on the 25th inst.
In response to telegram of inquiry
addressed by Chairman Kelly, of the ways
and means committee to the tariff COM
mission, that gentleman has been informed
that by working night and day the COM
mission will be able 10 present its report
to congress Dec. 4.
The chief OF the bureau of statistics re-
ports during the month of October there
arrived IN the customs districts of Balti-
more, Boston, Detroit, Huron, Minnesota,
New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia. and
San Francisco 1,157,6S9 passengers, of
which 1896 we're immigrants; 1857 cit
liens of the United States returning from
abroad, 1857 aliens not intending to re-
main in the United States. OF this total
number of immigrants, there arrived from
England and Wales, 1853; Ireland, 3,415;
Scotland, 1.055: Australia. 55S; Belgium,
1873; Bohemia, 4S1; Denmark, 500; France,
51l; Germany, 1858; Hungary, 1858; Italy,
1924; Netherlands, 1858; Norway. 1 ISL;
Russia, 205; Poland, AZ; Sweden, 1916;
Switzerland, $50; Dominion of Canada,
6.446; and from all other countries 215.
Liet. J. r. Adams, First cavalry, has
been ordered to Chicago to report by let
ter to the superintendent Of the mounted
recruiting service at Jefferson barracks,
Mo-, for assignment to the charge OF the
recruiting rendezvous for the mounted
service III that city.
Captain Alfred Hopkins, commandant
of the Pensacola navy yard, Fla, submit
ted to the court martial to-day his written
defense of the charge of having deserted
his post during the yellow fever epidemic.
The door-keeper of the house and SER
geant-at-arms of the senate have their re-
spective halls in readiness for the as
sembling of congress two weeks from to-
day.
Judge Advocate General Swain decides
that the failure of army officers to sat
isfy any Indebtedness fairly contracted
would not be violation of the sixty-frst
article of war. In reply to question
whether or not q charge OF conduct unbs-
coming an officer and gentleman under the
sixty-first article of war, is proper 10 be
brought against officers of the army who
neglect to pay just debts incurred b. them,
and by their manner OF life and current
expenditure fail to exercise such proper
economy as might enable them in time to
save from their salaries amounts sufficient
to satisfy their creditors, in whole Or in
part. he answers in the negative.
NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Supervising Architect James G. Hill, of
the treasury department, has submitted to
the secretary of the treasury his annual re-
port for the year ending Sept. 80, 1882.
The report shows the following amounts to
have been expended upon various public
buildings in the West. and also the unex-
pended balances of appropriations re-
naming in the treasury at the close of the
year: