St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-05-22

ment from Sioux City TO Bismarck SIS 900,
of whicn $751; shall be used for a snag
boat above Sioux City and on the Yellow
stone; for the Improvement from Bismark
to Ft. Benton, $50, 1000; for the survey of
the Missouri above Ft. Benton, $50, 900; re-
moving snags and wrecks from the entire
river, $4,000.
| FOR OTHER RIVERS.
Continuing operations on reservoirs at the
head of waters of the Mississippi, $50, 900;
continuing the improvement of the Missis-
| s1ppi from st. Paul to DesMoines Rapids, in
Guiding the harbors of Andalusia, Muscatine
and Ft. Madison, $3.50, 900; Improving the
| st. Croix river below Taylors Falls, $4,000;
improving the Red river of the North in
Minnesota and Dakota, $4,000; improving
and its mouth, $4,000; improv-
ing DesMoine Rapids, 900;
| improving the Mississippi from Des Moines
rapids to the mouth of the Illinois river,
S2O0, 200; from the mouth of the Illinois to
the mouth of the Ohio, $780, 1000: from the
head passes to Cairo, including the harbors
at New Orleans, Natchez, Vicksburg, Green
vile, Memphis and Hickman, S1,250, 900;
removing snags and rocks, $75, 900, and sur
veys at South Pass, $4,000. The survey of
Agate and Burlington bays in Min
nesota is provided for Green
Bay, Wis, gets $4,000; Kenosha $4,000;
Kewaunee $4,000; Manitowoc $4,000;
Menomonee $4,000; Milwaukee harbor of
refuge, SS5, 900, Oconto SIS, 900; Stockholm
Lake Pepin, SIS, 900; Port Washington S1O,-
600; Racine $1,000; Superior S45, 900; She
boygan S2S, 900; Sturgeon Bay Canal S1O,-
| 900; Two Rivers $4,000; Duluth $500
Dubuque Ice harbor, $4,000; Wisconsin
rivers S125, 900; Hennepin canal $50 600;
Columbia river cascades, Oregon, $3.50, 900;
Columbia and lower Willamette rivers below
Portland 100000 upper Columbia and
Snake rivers $1,000
COMMISSIONED.
Alvin G. Brean has been commissioned
postmaster at Dakota, MINI.
RENoMINATED.
Congressman Anderson, of Kansas, was
unanimously renominated to-day for fourth
term.
THE ENGLISH-PEELLE CONTEST
will come up again tomorrow upon Spr ing
er's motion to recon slider The vote which the
minority resolution, seating Peelle, was
| adopted. The outlook tonight is that
enough Democratic recruits will be summon
ed up before tomorrow to change the result
and seat English. Several Democrats ex-
press the opinion that Peelle was either
elected or that neither should have a Sc at,
and the fact that Turner, chairman of the
elections committee, voted to retain PeeIle
in his seat, makes trouble for English's sup
porters.
Western Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 21.-Mr. Randall thinks
that congress will be ready to adjourn by
July Is.
A bill be reported favorably granting a
pension of $50 per month to Mrs. De
Long.
The house committee on agriculture de-
cided to report adversely the appropriation
of $3.50, 900 for the purcks.e of seeds for
distribution among the Sufferers by the over
flow Of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Representative King was present and read
a telegram from the people of his state, rep
resenting that the people were on the point
of starving unless seeds were Immediately
distributed. The members of the commit
tee were of the opinion that the distribution
of food and not seeds would be proper.
The committee decided to report adversely
the resolution for a committee making an
investigation into the foot and mouth dis
ease, in Maine, introduced it was asserted
through the carelessness of the United States
officials charged with not duly quarantining
cattle.
Capt. Eads accompanied by number of
people from Texas, was before the senate
committee on commerce this morning, and
made an argument in support of Maxey's
bill, to provide for the improvement of the
channel between Galveston harbor and the
Gulf of Mexico.
The sub-com mittee of the house committee
on commerce decided adversely to report the
bill providing for new bridge at Cincin-
natl.
Secretary Folger will soon call ten million
threes.
large delegation from the African NJ. E.
conference, now in session at Baltimore,
visited this city to-day, and paid their re-
spects to the president. Short addresses
were made by several clergymen. Bishop
Wayman, of Baltimore, expressed the hope
that the presidents administration in the
future would be as satisfactory as it had been
in the past, and that his last days would be
his best. Bishop Turner thanked the presi-
dent in the name of the colored race for his
efforts in their behalf. The president in re-
ply said, II am very glad to meet SO many
representatives of the religious body of
which you are members and I thank YOU
most heartily for your kind words and good
wishes.'
The Swain court enquiry met this morn
ing, received the arguments Of counsel and
went into secret session to consider the case
The findings of the court go to the secretary
Of war this evening, and General Pope, ac-
companied by Major Dunn of his staff, will
leave for San Francisco tomorrow morning
The president has nominated Filler L.
Thompson postmaster at Rico, Col
ostmasters-Littleton s.
Crum, Oswego, Kansas, Shelby Sexton, North
Manchester, Ind, Hans O. Hardness, Free
burn, Mimi, Lennox E. Sampson, Tacoma.
o. Ter, Vim. Woods Hillsboro, Texas.
General Grant has placed mortgage on
his property in this city in favor of W. II.
Vanderbilt, to partially secure the $3.50 900
loaned the general in New York The in
strument bears date May 18th.
George Fl. Lewis, broker doing business
at 629 street, has been missing from his
place OF business since morning, and up to
this time, (6 p. n.y. nothing has been heard
of his whereabouts He has been doing
large and successful business, especially in
petroleum, and has the largest clientage of
any broker in the city.
The house conferees on the Dingley ship
ping bill were not appointed to-day. The
chief items of difference between the senate
and the house upon the bill are contained in
the free ship clause, which was inserted on
motion of Mr.. Cox. of New York. and in the