Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-01

tic, and also the general conduct of the ex
pedition, including particularly the failure
of the sProteus" to kesp in company will
the Yantic, up TO Littleton island or its
neighborhood and the failure to establish
a we'll provided relief station at or neal
Littleton Island.
FUNERAL OF HON. g. v. COX.
The funeral of Hon. q. v. Fox, ex-as.
sistant secretary of the navy, took place
this afternoon. The pail bearers were
Admirals Warden, Howells, Rogers and
Murray, Commodores Temple and Walk
or, Surgeon General Walter and Medical
Director Howitz. The remains were
placed temporarily in the vault Of Hon.
Montgomery Blair, at Rock Greek ceme-
terry. The navy department. was closed at
O'Clock in honor of the memory Of the
deceased.
NORTHERN PACIEIC hallway NAILS.
The general superintendent of the rail-
way mail service has issued the following
order: "All lines east of the Mississippi
river will send mail for Oregon, Washing
ton Territory, Alaska and British Colun bia
via. st. Paul and the Northern Paciic rail
way. Division superintendents will issue
special instructions to lines west of the
Mississippi river and east of the rocky
mountains, 30 that mail will so via. Union
Pacific railway or Northern Pacifc rail-
way; selecting the line that makes tie best
time. Lines in Oregon and WASH ugton
Territory will send mail for poin rs east of
the Mississippi river via. the Northern
Pacific railway and st. Peul. The Super
intendent of the eighth division railway
mail service will issue instructions to di-
vert az BlaOkfoot Junction, mail for lines
west of the Mississippi river and esst of
the rocky mountains, that will make better
time via. the Utah Northern division and
Northern Pacific railway"
COURT OF INQUIRY ORDERED.
The war department. has issued a special
order appointing ceart of inquiry to in
vestigate the cause of the failure of the
Greedy relief expedition and to report
whether the conduct of any officer of the
army in the premises calls for further
proceedings before general court mar
tial, and the reasons for the conclusions
they may reach. Detail OF the court:
Brigadier General S. V. Benet. Chief of
Ordinance, Col. r, D. Ayres, second srtil-
lery; Lit. Col. o. NJ. Poe, corpal of enei-
neers. Major Henry Goodfellow, Judge
advocate, q. S. A., will act as recorder.
The court will meet in Washington the 9th
OF November. It is understood the navy
department will not take any further ac-
tion in the case of Commander Frank
Wildes, commanding the Yantic, for the
part taken by him in the late expedition,
lnoc &et oil l~o
result of the testimony which may be de-
veioped in the proceedings CT the court OF
inquiry appointed by the secretary of
war.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Secretary Folger teiegraphed Bell, the
new suparvieiog architect, requesting him
to take charge of the Office as soon as pos
sihle.
1t is estimated at the treasury depart
ment that he statement of the public debt
to-morrov will show reduction in the
past month of ten and one-half millions
of dollars.
The amount disbursed by pension army
agents the Last fiscal year was $50, ,906, sol.
or this there was disbursed at Washington,
d. c., &3,44o,6I0; Indianapolis, $5,154,-
895; Chicago. $5,856, ,779; and Columbus,
Ohio, $5,694,320. The total amount of
arrears of pensions disbursed by agents
during the year was $79,8I1.
The post Office department has been in
formed that some person unknown to the
department has been personating Inspect-
or w. L. Henderson in Montana, and
collected money from post mastera.
The secretary of the inferior has sus-
tanned the commissioner of Indian affairs
in his decision to the effect that the depart
ment does not recognize the courts in
Indian territory as coucts OF rec with n
| the meaning of section 2,103, revised
statutes, which requires that certain egree-
nients made with the Indians shall be
executed before a Judge of court of
record. The secretary holds it was not the
intantion of the lawmakers that an agree
ment should be executed before judges
! having snch limited knowledge of the laws
and treaties affecting the rights of the
Indians, aud such limited general infor-
nation as judges of Indian courts within
the Indian country usually possess.
company oil nine persons, citizens of
| the Cherokee Indian nation, has been Or
ganized for the purpose of establishing a
national bank at Vinita, Indian territory,
with a capital Of $4,000.
The president has appointed Jacob E.
Fitch special examiner of drugs, medicines
and chemicals for the district OF New
Orleans; John W. Cobbs surveyor of Gus
toms at Paducah. KY; ard VIM. d. Graf
tan assistant appraiser district of San
| Francisco.
In tho circuit court the time was occu-
pied in cross-exsmination of Hallet Kill
bourn in his suit for damages against ex-
sergeent-at. arms Thompson. Nothing new
was developed, and the proceedings were
uninteresting.
See stage a stage tonight. Opera house,