Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-11-08

3gorrs 20 navy department hts arrival ct
San FRANCISCO. All on board Gore said to be
we'll Lieutenant Stoney succeeded in ex-
3ploring for 400 miles q, new river, (which he
discovered ayear ago. In the northeastern
On account Of the scarcity of time the
lieutenant did not reach the headwaters of
the river. Il @SSSaiS "
Acting secretary Coon has recently de-
cided that clerks who have q habit Of de-
Ginning. to pay their ordinary bills shall not
ury is not to. be. turned into a collection
agency, but heads Of divisions have been
instructed In cases where clerks have be-
come known among tradesmen as beats and
Rersistently refuse to pay their ordinary OBJ
legations that 1t IS to be regarded as 9 sign
OF dishonesty, and that they are unfit for
government place. -,~s 49,: -. ,..5.%~ ~
The International Meridian Conference
has adopted the following resolutions: Re-
sOtDed, That this universal day Is to be q
mean solar day, Is to begin for all the world
at the moment Of the mean midnight of the
ming Of the civil day and date of that me
ridian, and Is to be counted from zero up to
twenty-four hours. Res0Ived, That the
conference express the hope that as soon as
may be practical the astronomical and maui
teal days VIII be arranged everywhere to
~ pOooAAuouCA SCAAOAAA LOO ACAC1ACu Ou0
Of the star route controversies to the court
of claims for settlement. w. NJ. Griffith,
q large mail contractor of Arkansas, de-
mands pay for two quarters amounting to
$24,00O. The department., however, claims
taas 'f for e %fraadulent te exp a.isioy p ueSn Sve Of
SEQ, 900. The issues are much the same as
those involvedin all the star route cases,
and the whole matter will now be passed
| upon by the court of claims under provis-
ions Of the revised statutes.
At this season Of the Year large amounts
| change for silver certificates and silver coin
which'a are wanted to move the cotton crop.
This year the deposits of gold have not been
up to the average, Thus far the demands
for exchange have been confined to New
Orleans and the southwest: Usually. large
none have been received this month, al
though orders from that point are expected
at the treasury. The failure to receive Or
ders for exchange from St. Louis would in
dictate that the cotton crop vas not being
handled through that city as heretofore.
The democratic congressional committee
tn Washington have practically closed their
part Of the campaign work. Their last
wagon load of documents was sent off last
Tuesday night. During the campaign they
have sent out about two million documents,
all but Mr.. Posts speech upon frauds in the
al record. But few tariff speeches were
sent out. The republican campaign COM
mittee there have closed up the doc
umentary part OF their work also, ex-
cept that state associations still come to
their rooms to send off some documents
they have on hand, and this will probably
not last more than a day or two longer.
The second auditor Of the treasury has
completed his annual report for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1884. It shows the ag-
gregate number Of unadjusted accounts and
claims 9 On y hand July ], 1883, was Il, 1928, Of
bounty. To these were added during the
year q, 740 new claims, of which Il, 919 were
Tor arrears Of pay and bounty, and "a, 1858 Of
these old and new claims were disposed Of
during 4',na e. the year Tb leaving 1SnagH 4s s9S+ ninadi ! listed
that congress erect a statute of limitations
which will bar all claims growing out Of the
late war not presented within n or two
Secretary Gresham is investigating the
charges made BY j. J. Barker, formerly
clerk in the office Of the first controller Of
president asserting his ability to prove that
great frauds have been committed in that
office In the allowance Of claims and &C.
counts. The secretary gave a hearing to
First Controller Lawrence and Barker, and
as q result OF the statements of Judge Law.
A0ASO -uA0OSNASuhAN 6aNS Ol0OAo " q ~
investigation of Bankers alleged connection
with the fraudulent claim, which passed
through his hands, but which was stopped
by another clerk In the anne Office. The
question to be determined in this branch of
the investigation is whether Barker had
of this claim.
Paymaster General Rochester, in his an
nual report, say The amount available for
the fiscal year was SIS, 1870, 1851 total amount
dlsbnrsed, SIS, 25o, $50; leaving a balance Of
81, 929.4 Al. He commends the present sys-
TEN Of repositories for public funds. He
regrets the discontinuance Of the deposito-
ries at Santa Fe and San Antonio and rec
oinmends their re-establishment. He also
recommends an appropriation Of $175, 600 to
be made for the mileage of officers for the
douhtedly be a deficiency In the appropria-
ton for the present fiscal year unless great
restrictions are imposed in the issuing Of o.
ders. that contemplate the payment Of mile.
age. It is again recommended that the law
officers over land grant roads should be re.
pealed. 1t Is urged that the paragraph. in
the army regulations f%orbidding an officer
from hypOthecating or transferring his pay
account not actually due at the time should
ba enforced and no longer treated as a
dead letter.
VIOLATING n NDIAN TREATIES.
, 1Il0 CcldVo 1lulhA COlluulLGOc, u WHICH
MI. Dawes Is chairman, has returned from
its visit to the Indians of California, au.
: thorized under the senate resolution, and
after the election will continue the investi.
CATION in the Indian Territory. Some inter.
esting facts were discovered in the Round
Valley reservation in Northern California.
This reservation consists of 103, 600 acres.
, or this the Indians themselves only occupy
about s, 900 acres. The rest of the reserva.
tion, which Is a fine grazing country, is oc'
cnpied by herders, apparently without the
? consent of the Indians, who pay nothing fol
the use OF the lands. Herders are required
! to pay so cents an acre for herding privi'
legeS Immediately outside of the reserva
ton. A democratic congressman from Cal
ifornia has several thousand head of cattle
thus grazing free on the reservation. As tc
the Mission Indians IN Southern California,
Z 1t was found that the treaty with them had
been constantly violated.
/ II MERIDIAN CONGRESS-.
:, The international meridian conference
held its final meeting Saturday. The min
NJ utes OF the proceedings were submitted ant
J approved. An official copy of the proceed
: ings will be delivered to the government OF
the United States, and will no doubt b.
| made the basis of a treaty upon a resolution
adopting the meridian Of Greenwich for
universal initial meridian. Only one ma
ton voted in the negative. San Domingo
} France, and Brazil abstained from voting
The proposition defining this was almosI
unanimously supported. Before adjourn
ing President Admiral Rodgers stated that