St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-09

land, stating that while the fees exacted were
illegal, all other local land officers had been
doing the same thing, and therefore Ander-
son was not exclusively blamable.
COMMISSIONED.
Chas. F. Schroeder has been commissioned
at Maltka and Hermann Reddimonn at
Mantorville Minnesota; also Jno. c. Fischer
at Medora, Dakota. The bond of A. A. Keith,
postmaster at Lake Preston, Dakota, has
been accepted.
NoRTHwESTRRNERs IN THE CITY.
Henry Woods and wife, of Winnipeg, are
at the Arlington. S. W. Hunt, of Menomi-
nee, Wis, is at the Riggs, as is also Eugene
Garfield, of Seattle, Washington territory.
j. H. Mcknight and L. S. Wilson, of Mon
tana, are at Willards.
Western Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April S,-Ex-Speaker Keifer
requested Mr. Hopkins not to ask
consideration by the house of the resolution
recently submitted by the special committee
of investigation of the charges against H. V.
Boynton. Hopkins will comply with his
request
NORTHERN PACIFIC LAND GRANTS.
The house committee on public lands to-
day adopted the report prepared by Henley.
on the bill to forfeit portion of the land
grant to the Northern Pacific railroad.
Gates, VanEaton and Strait voted against the
report. Belford was not present. Delegate
Brent will offer substitute for the bill
agreed upon by the majority of the COM
mittee when it is brought up for considera-
ton in the house. The substitute declares
forfeited those lands granted to the
Northern Pacific railroad lying
coterminous with and adjacent
to that part of its proposed line between
Wallula, Washington Territory, and Port
land, Oregon, for breach of the conditions
on which it was granted. All the rest of the
lands granted to the company are confirmed
to it, on the express condition it shall fully
conform to it, and comply with all the re-
quirements of this act. The company shall
henceforth construct not less than 100 miles
of its road each year, and complete and
equip the whole by July A. 1886, except the
portion between Wallula and Portland. All
lands confirmed to the company
shall be subject to assessment
and taxation by the state,
territory, county or municipality, and all agri
cultural lands so confirmed, which were not
sold before January 1, 1884, shall be sold by
the company only to citizens of the United
Stae, in quantities not exceeding 100 acres
to any one person, and at a price not exceed
ing $500 per acre. The substitute
forbids discriminating freight charges or
pooling arrangements by the company, and
provides that the maximum passenger fares
shall be prescribed by the commissioner of
railroads.
FAST TRAINS.
The postmaster general has received dis
patch stating that from and after the 18th
instant the Central Pacific Railroad company
will run a fast mail train from Ogden west,
covering the distance between Ogden and
San Francisco in thirty-nine hours. This
will complete the fast mail system between
New York and San Francisco, and save
twentv-four hours between these points.
NOMINATIONS.
Thomas Were Fox, consul of the United
States at Plymouth, England; Vim. w. Rock
hill, Maryland second secretary of the iega-
ton of the United States to China.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Postmasters-E. s. Miner, Necedah, Wis.
James A. Foote, Anoka, Mimi; Warren
Potter, Aitkin, Mimi; F. J. Bartels, Peshti-
go, Wis.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
The house committee on judiciary to-day
adopted Representative Maybury's adverse
report, in joint resolution, proposing con-
stitutional amendment, to give women the
right of suffrage. Dorsheimer agreed to the
report on the ground that it is inexpedient
to extend the right of suffrage now, but he
was of the opinion that it will be advisable
at some future time to give women the right
to vote. Reed and Brown, of Indiana, and
E. B. Taylor, of Ohio, will submit minority
report.
The annual meeting of the board of man
ayers of the National Soldiers Home,
was held here to-day. General Franklin pre-
sided, and considerable routine business was
transacted. The members Of the board
visited the White house in body and paid
their respects to the president, who is mem
ber of the board, eX-officio. The board, ac-
companied by General Sherman and men,
bers of the congressional committee on mill
tary affairs, will visit Fortress Monroe to-
morrow.
LETTER FROM WALSH.
Chairman Springer received long letter
from John A. Walsh, in which he says he
has seen in public prints the testimony of
George Bliss before Springer's committee,
that he, Walsh has always been difficult to
find. Walsh, says che became difficult to find
when he became convinced that Bliss, as
prosecutor, had substituted for the trenchant
of in hIada do nf lad
leather" He adds, his letters to r. T. Mer-
rick will disclose the when and why it be-
came difficult to find him, and he prays the
committee to call for those letters. q
MINISTER HUNTS FUNERAL.
The funeral of the Hon. VIM. H. Hunt,
formerly secretary of the navy, and late
minister to Russia, took place this afternoon
from st. Johns Protestant Episcopal church.
There was large attendance of prominent
people, including the president and cabinet
The services were conducted by Rev. Dr.
Leonard. The pail bearers were Mr.. Justice
Bradley, Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan, Admiral
Porter, Hon. J. G. Blaine, Rear Admiral
Rodgers, Senator Gibson, Judge j. C. Ban
croft Davis, Judge Peabody, Judge Mccain
mon and Hon. T. L. James. The remains
were escorted to Oakhill cemetery by de-
tachment of marines and battalion of the
Second artillery, and buried with military
honors.
THE CONGO MATTER.
A resolution was introduced, and Senator
Morgan made a speech in the executive
session OF the Senate this afternoon, autho-
rizing the President to recognize the African
international Association as the controlling
power in the valley of the Congo. Copies
of the treaty lately made between Great
Britain and Portugal, in effect has for its
purpose the practical exclusion all others
in the affairs of that region was before the
senate, and formed one of the subjects of
the subject of Morgan's remarks. No OBJ