Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-14

Ii commodores, captains, 8 commanders,
10 lieutenant commanders, SO ieutenants,
% masters, % ensigns, 5 medical directors,
5 surveyors, 8 passed assistant and assist
ant surgeons, 5 pay directors,
5 pay inspectors, Is pay masters,15 passed
assistant pay masters, 10 assistant pay
masters, 5 chief engineers with rank of
captain, 5 with rank of commander, A
passed assistant engineers, Sc assistant
engineers, II chaplains, 5 professors of
mathematics, naval constructors, 2 assist
ant naval constructors, civil engineers,
% boatswains, % gunners, "a carpenters,
II sail makers and SO mates.
Mr.. Chandler favors the re-
tirement at the age of sixty-two
OF all naval officers regardless of rank. At
present no officer is retired on account of
age below the rank of commander. Mr..
Rollins amendment, in his opinion, will
afford prompt, practical and efficient way
of making the reduction and at once say
ing money. It's adoption would take from
the active list only officers who are already
supernumerary in fact, because there are
no ships for them, and it would infuse zeal
into the officers retained on the active
list. Something of this kind is necessary.
Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13-By invitation OF
the senate committee on foreign relations,
| Gen. Grant, Commissioner Prescott and
Secretary Frelinghuysen appeared before
| that 10 1o;o 4
vocate the provision of the Mexican reci-
procity treaty. Gen. Grant was the princi-
pal speaker. His remarks were substan-
TALLY identical with the utterances in New
York city as reported in an interview tele-
graphed In the Western Associated Press
last Sunday night. Secretary Freling-
huysen and Prescott agreed with the gen
eral in his statements. The committee
will hold special meeting at an early day
to determine the character of the report on
the treaty. According to present indica-
tions they will recommend its ratifca-
| ton.
In the star route trial to-day the Rawlins
and White river route was under consider
alton, but the testimony was uninteresting
and unimportant.
i
the senate resolution inquiring concerning
the expenditure for ocean mail service
shows that during the fiscal years 1S4S to
1882, inclusive, the total amount paid by
| the United States for transporting mails
to foreign countries was $31, 2O4, 4O7, of
which $24,911,5 3S dollars was paid to COM
panies owning steamers or other vessels
sailing under the American flag.
/ IL
Dor bill reported to the house to-day are
the following: For the general improve
ment of the Mississippi river, $2,15O,OOO;
for Improvements from st. Paul and in
Guiding Des Moines rapids, $255,OOO; ex-
penses for operating snag boat on the up
per Mississippi river, $4,000; st. An
thony falls, $4,000; Baltimore harbor,
| $175,000; Charleston harbor, 100000; Sa-
vannah harbor, $15O,0OO.
| Senator Ferry is in town, but declines
to be interviewed at present. He is at the
house of friend, where it is believed he
| is preparing a statement concerning his
financial troubles and the various rumors
| afoat touching his embarrassments, is his
only reason for leaving the hotel. He was
DESTROYS to escape the annoyance of fire.
quent interviews.
The following telegram was received by
Senator Ferry this afternoon:
Boston, Feb. 13.-T. W. Ferry, Washing
ton, D. c.: AS holders of the paper of the
Ottawa Iron Works endorsed by Ferry
Bros, of which so much has been tele-
graphed east, We have never suspected any
improper motives of Senator Ferry.
Signed, F. M. HOLMES FURNACE Co.
Senator Ferry says the foregoing was
sent to him without any request or solicit
tation on the part of himself or any of his
friends.
THE COURT OF CLAIMS
to-day decided the cases of the Illinois
Central and Iron Mountain Railroad com
panies VS.. The United States for carrying
mails, by awarding $1O9,08O to the former
| and $2O,0O7 to the latter company.
THE TRADE AND LABOR INVESTIGATION.
Frank K. Foster, secretary of the FEEDER
alton Trade and Labor union of Massachu-
sets, continued his testimony before the
senate committee on education and labor
To cure existing evils Foster recon-
mended the following remedies as most
practicable and desirable at present, viz:
First, the establishment of a bureau of
labor statistics; second. the establishment
of boards of arbitration where practicable;
third, the enforcement of a national eight
hour law; fourth, the abolition of child
labor so far as possible by legislation;
fifth the repeal of all conspiracy laws
which interfere with the right of working
men to combine for their own protection
and incorporating their unions like other
corporations; sixth the abolition of the
convict labor contract system.
SEVEN HOURS FOR GOVERNMENT CLERKS.
The Star says: The clerks in the ex-
ecutive departments of the government
will breathe easy to know that Mr.. Cannon,
of Illinois, has eliminated from the legisla-
tive appropriation bill the clause which
provided for an increase of Office hours.
He has, however, introduced bill as a
separate measure, for Office hours in all the
departments to be eight instead of seven.
This bill was referred to the appropria-
tions committee, but as it is not in the ma
ture of an appropriation, it will have no
special privilege in the house, and will
never be reached. AS long as there was an
item of increased hours in the appropria-
ton bill there was chance TO have it
pacsad but 90 on ipdanandant hill fboro 30