Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-30
Western Associated Press. !

WASHINGTON, 28.-The treasury state
ment to-day shows balance in the treas
ury as follows: Gold coin and bullion,
| $1S6, 1853; silver dollars and bullion,
| $1O9, ,428, ,280; fractional silver coin, $685.
| 072, 1882; q. s. notes, $46, ,4S4,S 4,S46; total,
l. 1870, ,931 ,216. Certificates outstanding:
Gold, $48, 1891, ,79O; silver, ST., ,5S5, ,541; cur
| rency, So, ZOE, 900.
HAWAIIAN SUGAR.
Secretary Folger has appointed Special
Agents A. K. Tingle, o. L. Spalding, of
Detroit, Mich, and John E. Searles, sec
retsry of Havemeyer's Sugar Refining
/ Company, of New York, commission to
! visit San Francisco and investigate the
/ alleged fraudulent importation of Haw-
| ailan sugar. The commission has been
| instructed to inquire particularly into the
charges preferred by Representative Bel
| mont. This commission is a substitute
| for the one heretofore designated, which
was composed of Special Agents Cham
berlain and Bingham.
RAUM's RESIGNATION.
| General Raum called on the President
this afternoon in company with Assistant
| Secretary New and handed in his resigna-
ton. The President expressed surprise
| upon learning the object of the visit and
asked for an explanation. Gen. Raum
| said he had been in Office for a long time
| with meagre salary, and had finally con-
| cluded that his private interests required
| all his attention. The President spoke of
| Gen. Raum's remarkable success and said
| that he appreciated his services in the
| highest degree. He hoped the resignation
had not been provoked by any act of his
| or of the treasury department. Gen.
Raum assured the President that this was
| not the case, and took occasion to express
| his high personal regard for the President
| and Secretary Folger, citing many acts of
courtesy extended him by those gentle
! men. The President said that while he
accepted the resignation he did SO with
reluctance, as he regretted the loss Of
valuable officer. Gen. Raum has held the
Office of Commissioner Internal Revenue
for six years and nine months. He says
he intends to assume the practice of law
and will open an Office in the city as soon
as the necessary arrangements can be
perfected.
THE MEXICAN BORDER.
In response to a communication from
Secretary Frelinghuysen, enauiring wheth-
er there will be any objections to our troops
following the Apaches from Arizona over
the border, the Mexican Minister has re-
piled that such action cannot be properly
taken without the express consent of the
Mexican Senate. A telegram was, accord
ingly sent to Gen. Crook this afternoon, by
the Sec. of War, directing him to be care
full to observe the convention with Mexico
on this subject, and to restrain all troops
! under his command from crossing boun-
dairy line into Mexican territory.
SMUGGLING FROM MEXICO.
The Solicitor of the Treasury has decid-
| ed that the Collector of Customs at Browns
vile, Tex, has fauthority to arrest SNUG
| glers as we'll as to seize contraband goods.
| 1t is estimated that the Government loses
| annually about S50O,0O0 by smuggling
carried on along the Rio Grande.
BIG LAND CLAIM.
Messrs Curtis and Burdett, acting as
| counsel, filed with the Commissioner Gen
eral of the land Office to day, an applica-
| ton for the approval of survey 1909 as
shown by Masberger's township plat, of
| st. Louis, Mo-, in favor of Representa-
| tives of Joseph Calve. The tract of land
| is in the centre of the city of st. Louis
| and includes an area of two arpents front
by 40 arpents deep. The applicants main
| tain that it can be demonstrated be-
yond possibility of doubt, by the records
| that the land was granted to Calve, and
conferred to his legal representatives by
recorder Bates, and the act of April 30,
| 1916, is identical with the land surveyed
| by Joseph G. Brown, as survey no 5000.
LUCKY RED CLOUD.
Agent McGillycuddy, of Pine Ridge In
| dian Agency, Dakota, under date of April
| 10, writes to the Commissioner of Indian
affairs as follows: "Red Cloud wishes to
| inform his great father that his heart is
good and his mind tranquil, and also that
| he has discovered gold mine on his res
| ervation, and intends to go to mining with
| his people when the weather becomes fine.
He does not wish to be disturbed in posses
sion of said mine for ten years."
THE NEW CRUISERS.
The request of the navy department
or proposals for new steam cruisers. will
appear in the New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia and Baltimore papers next Tuesday
morning. Proposals will be received,
either from American shipbuilders, whose
ship-yards are fully equipped for building,
or repairing iron and steel steamships, or
from constructors of marine engines,
machinery and boilers. Satisfactory evi-
dence that the bidders are such builders or
constructors must accompany the pro-
posals, or be submitted to the department
in advance.
TIE RIVER AND HARBoR BILE,
The act of August q 1882, making ap-
propriations for the construction, repair,
and preservation of certain works on rivers
and harbors, and fer ether purposes"
| known as the river and harbor bill, pro-
vided for an expenditure of $18, 1875
upon four hundred and thirty-two seps-
rate works of improvement. The plans of
| engineers have been approved by secreta-
ay Lincoln and works ordered in all but
nine cases, in which the appropriations ag-
gregated $318,OO0. The principal items of,
this amount are $4,000 for the improve
| ment and protection of the navigable
channels of the Sacramento and Feather
| Rivers, and $4,000, for improving the Ken
| lucky river, by the erection of lock and
| movable dam at BeattYville at the juno
! ton of three forks. The latter sum has not