Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-17

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Sixteenth infantry; Jno. F. Trout, Twenty
third infantry. Lieut.. Col. VIM. Meyers, dep
| ty quartermaster general, is also placed on
the retired list at his own request under
the thirty year clause of the act of
congress relating to army retirements.
There are still four vacancies upon the reg
ular retired list of 400 which will be filled
up at the recommendation of the retiring
board to be convened by order of the sec
rotary of war.
THE NEW CRUISERS.
Secretary Chandler requests all Ameri-
can shipbuilders and constructors of ma
rine engines who may desire to bid for the
construction of the three steel cruisers and
dispatch boat, to communicate Immediate
ly with the navy department, stating the
facilities furnished by their establishments
for doing the required work.
TO CoNTIhAUE THE SEARCH
Secretary Chandler yesterday sent ca
BILE message to Lieut.. HARDER, through
Minister Hunt, authorizing him to continue
his search for Lieut.. Chipp and his party
during the coming summer, if he thought
it advisable. This was in answer to a sug-
gestion to that effect made by HARDER in
his recent report to the secretary
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CHINA.
o. W. Denny, consul general of the Uni
ted States at Shanghai, China, has forward
ed to the state department $2,355 in Uni
ted States gold to be placed to the credit
of the Garfield memorial hospital fund.
Three hundred dollars of this amount was
contributed by the Chinese friends of
Denny, who in forwarding the contribu-
ton says: ''They would be most happy to
head Chinese circular aud send it around
among our friends, but to ask our country
men to subscribe to hospital to be built
in country which will not permit Chinese
to enter it for ten years is more than we
dare do" The balance of this contribution
was obtained from citizens of the United
States, residing in China, and who were
only too anxious to aid an undertaking of
the hospital committee.
ARCHITECT HILLS CASE.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
French has furnished for publication a
statement in regard to the charges against
Supervising Architect HILL He denies
knowledge of any charges. This is mere
bubble. The statement made was that
which had bsen prepared for the consider
alton of the secretary of the treasury.
Assistant Secretary French is not the
proper person to consider such charges, as
he is the head who has approved of all
Hills work. Some years ago when charges
were preferred against the contractor
for fraud, Mr.. French's department
supplied the accused with early copies of
the charges and gave them access to the
records of the department before the pros
nnr1fI off hoI
anime them. The opinion is that it would
be unwise to put new inquiry into the
hands of Secretary French. 1t is said that
good deal of evidence will be found
against Supervising Architect Hill.
THE CHIPPEwAs PLEASED.
The Chippewa Indians, from the Red
Lake agency, Minnesota, express them
selves highly gratifisd with their confer
ence with Commissioner Price yesterday.
them additional farm implements and
wagons.
INTERESTING GRAIN STATISTICS.
An investigation of the consumption and
distributed of corn and wheat to March l.
has been completed in the department of
agriculture. 1t makes the stock of corn
on hand at that date about 5S0,OOO.OOO
bushels, or SO per cent. of last years
crop. Of this 380,000,000 bushels are in
the central basin, north of Tennessee, and
166, 900 bushels in the Southern states.
Most of the remainder is in the middle
states. In comparison with the average
stock Of the last five years, there is scarcely
any increase in the west or middle
states. In the south the per centage of
the crop remaining is 43 instead of Sc, and
taking all the states together the increased
stock is about 2 per cent. The seven sur
plus states from Ohio west, to Nebraska
and Kansas inclusive, had SO per cent. of
crop on hand against 81 per cent. of last
March, and 80 per cent. of the crop of
1880. On the first of March 1881. when
the estimated stocks were 413,OO0,OOO
bushels. The present total is about 800,
100000 against 2O0,OOO,O0O last March. In
Illinois and Iowa the proportion on hand
is less than the average in the
last five years. In Missouri and Kansas
it is greater. The distribution of the
quantity already consumed illustrates the
rural economy Of different sections. In
the South about one-ffth is used for the
feed of man, one-half for the feed of work
animals, and the remainder for feeding
swine and cattle. In the West half is used
for feeding the meat production, 6 per
cent. for the feed of man and one-fifth for
the feed of work animals. The proper
ton is not much larger and is shipped to
distant markets.
The proportion of wheat on hand in
March is twenty eight per cent. of the crop,
or about 100000 bushels The proper
ton of the last five years at that date is
nearly the same. In the states of the CEN
trail basin the total reported on hand is
104, 100000 bushels, but the proportion re-
naming in the southern states is twenty
five per cent. instead of twenty-five, in the
average of previous years. In the Pacific
states the per cent. is twenty three instead
in former years an average of twenty-six.
The details of distribution will be given at
length in the March report.
POsTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
The president to-day appointed the fol-
lowing postmasters: David W. Eberson,
Fulton, Mo-, and Jas. H. Lloyd, Liberty,
Mo.
SMALLPOX AMONG THE INDIANS.
General Crook, commanding the depart
ment of Arizona, yesterday reported to the
commissioner of Indian affairs that tbara