Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-07
CAPITAL NOTES.


Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.--The president has
Withdrawn the proposed treaty with Mex
leo, providing for the retrial of the We'll
and LaAbra claims.
Secretary Chandler has informed the
committee of naval affairs, that in his
judgment nothing at the Annapolis acade-
my demands the attention of congress.
He had no official information of any
trouble. The resolution of inquiry was
thereupon tabled for the present.
The senate subcommittee on education
and labor began this morning taking testi-
mony concerning the relations be-
tween labor and capital, and the
condition of the laboring classes.
The only witness examined was Robert
D. Layton, grand secretary of the Knights
of Labor, an organization embracing, he
said, some $1,000 members, and having
branches all over this country and Canada.
All who are or have ever been wage" work
ers are eligible for membership, and none
are excluded except lawyers, bankers and
rumselIers. Mr.. Layton did not conclude
his testimony to-day. The condition and
grievances of working women will be in
quired into by this committee.
Miss Alice Blaine, daughter of ex-Secre
tary Blaine, was to-day married at her ia
theirs residence in this city, to Brevet Col.
John G. Coppinger, United States army.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
DIR. Chapel II. Matthews, at the Catholic
church, and was witnessed by brilliant
assemblage of ladies and gentlemen prom
~ int ~ than
President Arthur, all the members of the
cabinet in the city, the justices of the su
preme court, large number of senators
and members of the house of representa-
tives, and nearly all the members Of the
diplomatic corps, together with the ladies
of their respective families, and many Off
GERS of the army and navy. Col. Coppin-
ger, now on Gen. Pope's staff, is in
spector gen eral of the department of Mis-
souri,, with headquarters at Fort Leaven-
worth. His army position is major of the
Tenth regiment, infantry.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
The house committee on commerce has
practically completed the river and harbor
bill, though some matters of detail and ar
rangement remain, and the item for the
in the bill in advance until the report of
the special Mississippi river commission
is made.
LAST YEARS RIVER. AND HARBoR BILL.
The commerce committee has carefully
examined each of the ninety items OBJ
jected to in the report of the secretary of
war concerning last years river and harbor
bill, and in some cases has recommended
appropriations for the same objects. The
committee does not make recommendation
for beginning new works, but favor ap-
preparations to carry forward improve
ments on which the government has al
ready expended large sums,as for instance,
at the harbors of Baltimore, Savannah,
Galveston, Oakland and such other points
as appear from the engineers report to de-
mand appropriations. With the excep-
ton of the Mississippi improvements the
amounts recommended do not exceed
80 per cent. of the engineers estimates
The whole amount called for by the bill
will be about $6,000,0O0, exclusive of the
Mississippi river appropriation.
GRANT TO BE PLACED ON THE RETIRED LIST.
The house committee on military affairs.
has practically agreed upon the terms of
the bill to place Gen. Grant upon the re-
tired list of the army, with the rank of
general. The chairman has been instructed
to prepare report in favor of the bill, to
be submitted to the committee on Thurs
day. The minority report will probably
be signed by two or three members.