Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-11-22
WASHINGTON.

The friends of Senator Garland, Of Ar.
Kansas, Intend to urge his selection to rep
resent the South In the new administration
Is attorney general.
Under the civil-servfce rules, Otis Pc.
Clarke has been promoted TO the commits
advanced to first deputy. "
Miss Nancy Gould, Of Portland, Maine,
who recently died, Willed to the govern.
ment q house and lot worth 80, 000, to be
used IN paying the national debt. The So
Ecltor OF the treasury will sell the property.
On the assembling Of the court-martial to
try. Judge Advocate General Swain, he
that the charges were not preferred by his
commander, the lieutenant general. The
plea was not sustained. -,
Secretary McCulloch declines to permit
the court of claims to &C" on the case OF
General Adam .Badeau, who Is charged with
and the solicitor Of the treasury has orders
to bring suit for the amount.
Sir Alexander Campbell, representing the
Dominion of Canada, has been %cOnterring
with the premier of Ontario tn regard to
appropriation Of territory at Niagara falls
Is understood that the plans viii soon be
carried out d. '1'0
An army officer stationed at Washington
predicts THAT either George B. Mcclellan. or
General William b. franklin will be the
next secretary of war. A correspondent
who appreciates the anxiety Of federal Of
%fisceholders has discovered that James 81.
ment since 1881, and william Hunter has
survived all changes In the state depart
ment since 1893. T'
The November returns to the Department
OF Agriculture OF the rate Of yield Of corn
indicate q product, somewhat in excess of
OoO.Ooo bushels, on an average ratio .
small snra f TSs Sas above v i%enty,six bushels us els per
what has been designated the great Ameri-
can desert. The ':arid regions in'the "
entity Of the Tooth meridian; have produced
heavy crops OF maize of high quality, That
line OF longitude has ceased to be an abso:
ute barrier to corn production or general
In 1858 nearly everywhere, and In the North
ern belt 1t Is worth Is to IS per cent more.
Inc potato crop is nearly an average yield,
Or " bushels per acre, and exceeds 100, 000.-
600 bushels. ~ -
NATIONAL BANKS.
The annual report OF the Controller of
the, Currency has not yet been completed,
ana Mr. Cannon says that at the request OF
hold it from the press until a day Or two
before Congress meets. Mr.. Cannon snys
that during the year 49, new National banks
have been chartered, and that the net az
gregate added to the National banking cap
ital during that period Is about SIS, 0OO, 200.
failed. Since the passage Of, the National
Bank act IN 18S just 100 National banks
have failed to date. Considering the num-
per OF banks. that have been organized in
that time, and the financial panics which
have occurred, Mr.. Cannon thinks that this
Is an excellent showing for the system.
LAaeARD coNGREssMEN.
Congress meets In two weeks. Very few
pected before Thanksgiving. No member
Of the Appropriations Committee, which
usually meets two weeks before the session.
has appeared Several special committees
appointed at the last session were to have
net here last week. They have not met.
Ihe excitement sHera sta about ut the election has par.
In advance of the meeting Of Congress.
This isthe short session, yet 1t Is known
that Congress will be asked to adjourn
from Dec. II to Jan. 4 to permit members
to visit the New Orleans Exposition, which
Houses are full of measures, some Of them
important, scarcely any of which were act
ed upon at the last session. Probably most
Of them will fall with this session. The
most important business before the two
Houses io Is the discrimination Ct some plan
~ sAos NOAA1bAAk VI rA4C Gt0CtOkbl VUt6,
There are no joint rules. The rule under
which tie count proceeded four years sgo
has not been revived. " f..
P0sToFfIcE DEPARTMENT.
Henry D. Lyman second assistant post
master general, has submitted his annual
report. 1tshows that the cost of inland
Iansportations for the year was as follows:
For II, fa star routes, aggregating az, 10
miles, Sa,0S0, al; 17steamboat routes, az
~gregating 1851 miles, S5o5.573; 1873 rail-
road routes. a~ggreggaking III, leo miles, $15,-
or, 1908; total, S20,699, III. Comparison with
the last annual statement shows for star
service an increase of 400 routes, a decrease
Of 81 miles, and an increase of $3.50, 462 In
annual cost; for steamboat service an in
crease OF 2routes, a decrease Of 502 miles,
and an increase Of S11,045 in annual cost;
for railroad service, AN increase Of go routes,
Of 6,952 miles, and Increase Of S1,124,6B In
the annual cost The star service in opera
tion at, the close OF the year exceeded In ex.
tent the average of the preceding i've
years, and was performed at diminished
cost. An estimate Of So 300, 900 is submit
ted for the star-r0ute service for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1854. The appropri8-
tion for steamboat service and mai messen-
gers for the c~lrrentyear will be sufficient,
MI. Lyman says. The amount provided
for carrying mails on railroad routes for the
current year Is entirely inadequate, and
must be supplemented by a deficiency APP
preparation. He estimates that SIS, 664,2 6
will be required to defray the cost. of rail.
way transportation Tor the fiscal year 1888,
and including payments to"Pacifc roads,
and recommends that S266, 784 be appropSE:
ated for special railway facilftieS. q cOntins.