Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-16

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Louisiana, 8S; Mississippi, SO: Alabama.
80; Florida, SO.
THE TRIBUTE TO VICTOR EMANUEL.
The department of state has been in
formed that the italian government desires
to invite the artists of all nations to COM
pete in furnishing design for national
monument to be erected at Rome in honor
of King Victor Emanuel II. The monu-
ment is to consist of a bronze equestrian
statue of Victor Emanuel, and of a base of
at least thirty meters wide and twenty-nine
meters high in its Genital portion. Its
height elsewhere is to be at least twenty
four meters. The base is to consist of an
architectural design of any form that may
be selected. The steps leading to the
esplanade on which the monument
is to be placed will be considered part
of the monument. Plans may be sent in
from November 10 to December Is, 1888.
The royal commission will decide upon
the design, and the successful artist will
be entitled to receive $4,000 francs as a
prize, and $4,000 francs additional will be
divided by the commission among the
most meritorious competitors. The grand
plan of the site where it is to be construct
ed can be seen at the department of state,
where additional information can be OBJ
tanned on the subject, by artists desiring
to compete in offering designs.
LOWERING THE TARIFF ON TOBACCO.
A question has arisen at the treasury
department in regard to the following
provisions of the tobacco schedule in the
new tariff act Leaf tobacco, of which IS
per cent. is of the requisite size and of the
necessary fneness of texture to be suitable
for wrappers, and of which more than 100
leaves are required to weigh pound, if
not stemmed, seventy-fve cents per pound;
if stemmed, 81. The doubt is as to
whether So per cent. is to be computed on
the whole quantity of tobacco embraced in
invoice or, upon the contents of each sep
arate package. The matter has been re-
ferred to the collectors of customs at New
York and Boston, with instructions to con-
suit the trade and report rule for the
government of the department on this
question.
RETIRING ARMY OFFICERS.
The provision III the last army bill ex-
Guiding from calculation as part of the
regular retired list prescribed by law, not
to exceed 400, all officers retired under the
law of last year, because of having reached
sixty-four years or having served over
forty years relieves the regular retired list
to an extent of making thirteen vancan-
cies, which will be filled at once by the re-
tirement of the described officers.
THE PURCHASE OF SILVER.
The treasury department to-day pur-
chased 10000 ounces of silver for delivery
to the San Francisco mint.
MAKING THINGS SQUARE.
E1-Representative R. P. Flower of New
York, returned to the treasury $459.5O, the
amount Overpaid him on account of salary
and mileage as a member of the Forty
seventh congress.
GRANT LANDS CLAIM OF KANSAS.
Ex-Governor Crawford, resident Wash
ington agent of the state of Kansas, to.
day filed at the interior department a brief
in support of the position taken by the
state authorities on sundry long pending
questions in regard to the Atchison, Tope-
ka & Santa .Fe railroad land grant, and
the case will probably come before the
secretary for oral argument at an early
day. The brief argues that the adjustment
OF the grant under the supreme court de-
cision of 1875 concerning it, would give
the state title to about 100000 acres of
land alleged to have been illegally certified
to the railroad company, and that in any
event the state is entitled to some 100000
acres, now held by the railroad.
NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS ON TRIAL.
Argument begins in the United States
supreme court to- day in a number of i'm
portant national bank cases, brought here
upon certificate OF division of opinion
from the circuit court of the United States
for the eastern district of Missouri. These
cases, six in number, are suits brought by
the United States against the president,
vice president and cashier of the National
bank of the state of Missouri, at st. Louis.
and are founded on criminal indict-
ments, charging those officers with per-
jury, and conspiracy to defraud and the
misapplication of the funds of the bank.
The defense set up by the accused parties
is chiefly technical and based upon the
alleged insuficiency OF the indictments.
A number of questions of interest are
raised in regard to the scope and intent of
those parts of the national bank act which
relate to the prevention and punishment
of fraud by national bank officers.