Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-04
No. 185.
WASHINGTON.
News and Gossip From the Nat OnAI
Capital.
YELLOW FEVER REPORT.


YELLOW FEVER REPORT.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-The surgeon gen
eral of the Marine hospital service, reports
that the United States is free from yellow
fever, with the exception of two cases on
board foreign vessel in quarantine at
Ship Island
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
The contract of the La Marble company
of Massachusetts, to furnish marble for
the construction of the Washington monu-
ment, has been annulled because of its
inability to meet the contract require
ments. Advertisements for proposals for
| supplying $4,000 feet of marble have been
issued.
VISIT OF INSPECTION.
Adjutant General Drum leaves Thurs
day on visltof inspection of the military
posts on the Northern and Union Pacific
railroads.
INCREASE OF PENSION CLAIMS.
Commissioner Dudley, in converse
ton with Star reporter to-day, said he
believed the promise made by congress
that every pension claim would have been
considered by his department by the
close of the fiscal year would
| be fulfilled. There had been during
the year considerable increase in the
number Of claims fled over that of last
| year, as the following figures will show:
Original invalids, 1882, 30 ,O04; 1883, 81
306; original widows, 1882, 100, 1872; 1888,
1882. The increase in claims filed is
due to the increased number of agents who
want SO fees. The number Of attorneys
! 4bo
| 1000 to 10000 since the passage of the
pension law.
APPOINTMENTS.
| President Arthur has made the follow.
ing appointments: Col. Holabird, quar-
termaster general to succeed Gen. Ingalls,,
retired; VIM. j. Golbrath, associate JUS
tice of the supreme court of Montana;
Samuel j. Kirkwood of Iowa, Silas B.
butcher of New York, and Anthony Gilke-
son of New York commission to exam
inc forty-fve miles of railroad and tele-
graph lineI constructed by the Oregon
Railroad company southwardly from the
city of Roseburg, Oregon; Morgan d
tracy, receiver of public moneys at Lew
iston, Idaho.
APPLICATIONS FOR PENSIONS
The annual report of the chief Of tho
mail division of the pension Office, shows
the receipt during the present fiscal year
of SO, All applications for pension, an in
crease over the previous year of $685.
Seventeen thousand letters were received
from congressman.
| BIDS FOB NAVAL VESSELS.
Bids for contracts for construction of
new naval cruisers were opened at the navy
department to-day. John Roach was the
lowest bidder for all four vessels. He bids
for the Chicago, $889,OOO; Boston, $685.
600; Atlanta, $4,000; and Dolphin, the
dispatch boat, $4,000. Contracts Will be
awarded him. Only four bidders for each
vessel.
| UNEXPENDRD TREASURY SALARIES.
About $4,000 have been covered back
into the treasury out of the appropriation
made for salaries for employees of the
treasury department for the fiscal year.
$3.50. THE NET DECREASE.
The net decrease in the cost of the star
mail land service during June was $S347
net decrease of the star mail service for
the same period $1,187.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT DECISIONS
The treasury department decides that
Isle or Tampico cloth, not being enumer
ated in the new tariff act, is dutiable at
SIS per ton as vegetable substance and
not otherwise enumerated. Istle is
species of pampas grass grown IN Mexico,
and is used in the manufacture of cloth.
The department also decided in the meas
urement of card clothing under the pro-
| ~ L.. = &l-1<,
space covered by the wire shall be meas
ured in determining dutiable value.
SUIT FOR BOND RECOVERY
District Commissioner West has filed an
answer to the suit recently instituted
against him by Mrs. Jane Stinde and @.
W. Stinde, of louisiana, for the recovery
of 100000 worth of railroad bonds,
which Mrs. Stinde claimed she entrusted
to him for sale or exchange
and which she charges he
had unlawful pypothecated and refused
to render an account of or return to her.
Commissioner West, in his answer, AYERS
that the complainants are indebted to him
in the sum of $11, 600 and had entered in
to an agreement with him to dispose of
the bonds and apply the proceeds
to the payment of their
Indebtedness to himself without
returning to complainant any remainder
in excess of the amount of his claim. He
admits having pledged the bonds to the
National Metropolitan bank as security
for loan of $4,000, and denies the right
of compliments to the possession of the
bonds unit their indebtedness to hiM
has been paid. He also denies the
allegation that he is insolvent.
ADDITIONAL CHARGES OF FRAUD
Additional charges against Supervising
Architect Hill were received by Mr.. Mureh
to-day, alleging fraud in the selection and
purchase of site for public build
ing at Denver.
CONTRACT AWARDED.
The contract to-day was awarded John
Roach & Son for the construction OF all
the new steel cruisers.
CEDAR RAPIDS POSTMASTER.
The president has re-appointed VIM j.
Smith as postmaster at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.
CHECK AND DRAFT STAMPS
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