River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-06-14
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

uOsoCLL Il nun ~ AS IN L1O1Ns
Postmaster General Gresham is about to
order an investigation as to the causes of
mysterious disappearance of newspapers
mailed by private persons. 1t was repre-
Sented to him that through the ca. elessness
of postmasters folly three-tenths of all such
newspapers fail to each their destination.
1t was represented to him that they were
often opened snd read by postmasters and
then thrown away. The postmaster gener
al says that newspapers should be as sacred
" regarded as though they were SO MANY
letters. He said he would dismiss a post
master guilty Of opening newspaper as
quickly az though he had opened letter.
The postmaster general has decided that,
under the recent act of congress directing
the reimbursement of salaries Of certain post
masters where it was not done under Sec 8
of the act of June, 1866 no postmasters ere
to be included within the legislation unless
they failed TO receive a biennial readiust
ment Of their claims upon the basis fixed
upon by the aCJ of June HI. e., actual
quarterly returns tor two years-where such
Feadiustment would make their loss 10 per
cent, compared with readiustment on the
basis Of their average quarterly returns for
two years.
The commissioner of the general land Of
flee has received letter from ex-Gov Mar
shall If Minnesota reporting progress in his
investigation Of pre-empti frauds in the
Duluth and St Cloud land districts. He
reports that several new indictments have
been found at Wnona of wealthy and infiu-
ential brokers, among them the clerk of the
district court in Crow Wing county. Other
Indictments will probably follow soon.
The adjustment Of salaries of postmasters
ofthe various classes shows marked in
crease in y stal revenues for the last quar-
ter, and it is thought probable by officials
of the IostofIiCe department that the de-
CTeas. after Oct. / will not be more than
one-halfthe amount that has been predicted.
Reduced postage on first-c ass matter is re-
sIOBsible for the decrease. but not more
shan a year will suffice, it is thought, to
bring the department up to a selfsupport-
ing basis.
Indian Agent Wilccx has telegraphed
from San Carlos, Ariz to the commissioner
Of Indian affairs an account of the recent sur
render 10 the military Of the Indians belong
sngto Locos band. He says they were cut off
srOm the main body of the band by Next
can troops. They heard the country was
fall Of soldiers and fled TO San Carlos for
refuge. he declined to receive them, and
they are now being fed by the M ilitary.
The suit to recover $1,000 counsel fees
brought by J. s. Bigelow, an attorney of
Washington, against Bette f. Mason, wife
of Sergt. Mason, who is serving out SEN
tence Of Imprisonment for attempting to
shoot Guiteau. came up in court Friday on
motion to dissolve the order restraining
Mrs. Mason from using money collected for
her some time ago by public subscription.
zCttie won her case.
The Tumor that Secretary Frelinghuysen
ri Attorney General Brewster would short
+ retire was authora'ively denied. Mr.
Tewster says be knows of no reason why
he should not remain al the head of his de-
paItment until his term expires.
Charges of corruption ere made against
parties prominent in public life in conuec-
ton with the Southern Pacific land grant
A teil-tale stub book looms athwart the
mental vision of susceptible statesmen.
Acting Secretary o. the Navy Nichols,
has written to Hon. w d. Washburn that
there will be no vacancy for the appoint
m5nt of q naval cadet from the Fourth
Minnesota district until 1884.
Postmaste,s commissioped-Iowa Solo
mon Mcmillan, Athica; Barthel Thompson,
Dunbar, Minnesota; Monroe P. De Wolf,
Brunswick; John Randall, Sharon, Dakota;
William Ruzicka, Prata.
Secretary Chandler says he is expecting q
report from the navy yard board very short
ly and tile restlt will be that some of the
navy yards Will he closed before the LIST.
July.
The president said recently ne would
take up the question of consolidating the
internal revenue districts when Secretary
Folser returned, and dispose of it at
once.