Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-29

PAoPooAeAon w pun sugar on me Tree ll6G
was received in the senate last winter as
furnishing ground for hesitancy on their
part to encouraging any reduction on
sugar. 1t is safe to say that if any scheme
for general reduction OF duties shall be
passed, sugar will have TO bear its part of
the decrease.
TAKING THINGS.
Senators are tax ng things vary easy
dacing the recess. 10 committee has had
any meeting except the sub-com ID ittes of
the committee on foreign relations, which
Is investigating the fisheries on the north
Atlantic coast and thsir mead of protection
from the inroads OF forsigo fishermen.
The subcommittee simply received some
st.teaoa5s relative TO the Menbaden fish
cry.
DON'T WANT oRDwAY.
A citizen of Huron, Oak, writes an at
tache of the Critic that the most thorough
canvass possible is being made of the
territory for the purpose of receiving
signers for the petition to the president
against the disappointment OF Gov. Ord
way. He thinks thirty thousand names
will be placed to the petition, ard that
there can be no good grounds for the re-
appointment of the executive.
Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Brig. Gen. A.
A. Humphries died to-day of angina
pectoris.
The general had been complaining of
lumbago for Il week or two past, but was
not seriously affected and the day before
his death he was out for a short walk, Last
evening he was in the parlor with his
| family. About O'Clock the rest of the
family retired, leaving him alone, appar-
emily in perfect health. at half past 9
O'Clock. servant went into the room to
see about the fire, and the general was
sitting there apparently perfectly well. At
IL O'Clock he had not gone to his room and
| a servant was sent to the parlor after him,
who found him sitting in his chair dead.
Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan issued an order
this afternoon in regard to the death of
Gen. Ham pareys, which, after giving the
miIitsry record of the deceased, says: SIN
Lhs discharge of his military duties Gen.
Humphreys displayed great zeal, intelli
gence and conspicuous gallantry. Those
who served under him had the highest
confidence IN his capacity to command,
and the greatest admiration for his SOL
dierly qualities. Officers of the engineer
corps of the army will wear the usual
badge of mourning for thirty days"
CLOSING OF NAVY YARD.
The secretary of the navy has issued an
order to suspend work in the Boston navy
yard on Jan. Is and for the dismissal OF
half the force. The work on the CON
demned vessels will continue and the yard
will be converted into rope walk. The
| order for closing the League Island navy
| yard and converting it into construction
| yard for steel vessels will be issued soon.
LAND ENTRIES CANCELLED.
Upon evidence showing fraud in making
the entry the commissioner general of the
land Office during the past week has can
celled twenty one entries of public land il
| Colorado, twelve in Dakota and seventeen
in New Mexico.
| THE PRESIDENT
| The president returned from New York
| this morning.
| TIE PROTEUs.
1t is not known that sny more witnesses
| will be called in this Proteus case, and the
| inquiry will soon end.
MEAT PROHIBITION.
Secretary Frelinghuysen has received
from Minister Morton, Paris, q telegram
stating the withdrawal of the decree of the
9th of November, which will be publish
ed tomorrow, and limits the time for the
admission of American pork products to
the goth of January to the ports of Havre
Bourdeaux and Marseilles, instead OF
Nantes.
The secretary of ths treasury rejected
the offer of compromise in the cotton case
of +. Ma6ich, of New Orleans, pending in
the department for long time. Tbs So
licitor of the treasury recommended the
acceptance of the offer of compromise
TIE HOG DISEASE.
Commissioner Loring says, while DR..
Detmers' communication in Chicago pa.
per unfortunately has been accepted by
tho public men abroad to prejudice in the
Europeon market against American pork
that of F. D. Courts, one of the commits
sioners employed to investigate the dis
ease of swine, reported to the agricultural
department that no great amount Of dis
eass exists among the western hogs. Also
he says the statements of DR.. Dstmers in
regard to feeding swine offal are wholly in.
correct, and great care is taken by the
breeders and feeders to secure healthy an.
imals. Commissioner Loring spts
Courtis' abatement in full, and ia confident
Dssmers ID greatly mistaken.