Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-02-01

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Woods, Gray and BIetchfor5, Mr.. Geo.
Bancroft, Senator Sawyer, Representative
Hit, Assistant Postmaster General and
Judge Butler, of Indianapolis
CARD RECEPTION,
Secretary and Mrs. Frelinghuysen gave
e card reception at their residence this
evening, which was largely attended in
spite of the rain. Mrs. Frelipghuysen
was assisted in receiving by her daughters
the elder Miss Frelinghuysen presiding
over the table in the dining room. Mrs.
Frelinghuysen received her guests in q
toilet Of black sasi2 and silver broeade,
Miss T, eliughuyseR wearing . silver gray
dress relieved With Iac9 founces, and Miss
Lucy ErelInghuysen white silk rufled
with lace; Mrs. Brewster was attired in
white Grape with fails Of opeawork en-
! broidery; Nine Preston, OF Hayti, wore a
fame colored satin and gold brocade;
Countess Sewenhaapt, Of Sweden, silver
gray satin brocaded IN black; Yisoourfess
Hogneiras, OF Portugal, black
! satin dress with IoR aorsage and draperias
OF black lace; the Russlaa minister's wife
| Mime Dessrune, wore q black gold brocade
ana ornaments of large turquoise; Coun-
tess Darschot, of Belgiem wore crimson
satin with panels of heavy gold brocade;
Mime Cooley, of Chill. was a5.ired IN white
silk embroidered with white jet, and Mrs.
Garter, wife of the Hawaiian minister,
trained dress of black velvet with point
lace fschu. Mrs Pendlston's dress was
of electric blue ottoman silk and bro
caded velvet, and Mrs. Bowen, of Col
orado, rose colored brocade and
Spanish lace. Mrs. Miller, of
California, was attired in white MORE en-
broidered with white jet;; Mrs. G. ".
Steele, wore shell pink ottoman silk with
front of chene brocade; Mrs. Dorsheirner.
black velvet with front of gold and
white brocade; Mrs. j. G. Cannon, tur-
quois blue brocsded satin with trimmings
Of point lace AID large boquet Of roses;
Mrs. Ransom W. Durham, black
velvet trimmings of point lace; Mrs. His
cock, lilac brocaded satin combined with
white satin, and embroidered with pearls;
MRS. Leopold Morse, a trained dress
of mahogany velvet with satin
front embroideredin cclored baa2s and
ornaments of very large diamonds; Mrs.
Felix, of Chicago, pomegranite silk, with
bands of gold brooade and trimmings Of
fine lace. Among those present were Al
torney General and Mrs. Brewster, Misses
Mathews, Senator AIdrioh, the Haytian,
Swedish, Portuguese, Russian, British,
Belgian, German, Hawaiian. Brazilian,
Argentine and Chilian ministers and their
wives; Senators Miller, Bowen and Pen
dleton; Representatives Steele, Durham,
Millard, Hiscook, Morse and Phelps; Mr..
LownGes, Hon. Horatio Burcnerd and
Lieutenant Buchanan.
Justice and Mrs. Woods gave the last Of
their series of Thursday evening recep-
tions to. night, and the attecdan was IN
usually large.
Western Associated Press.
FORFEITED LAND GRANTS.
The house committee on public lands
has decided to report the bill declaring the
forfeiture of the entire land grant Of the
Oregon Central railroad, line proposed
between Astoria and Portland. The for
feiture to be declared on the ground that
the main line of the road, and for which
the grant was made, was never
constructed. There were 1885,
900 acres in the grant.
BREEZE.
During the discussion in the senate on
the Gree1y relief bill, Secretary Chandler
was quite severely criticised. Senator
Salisbury thought it wes the duty of the
secretary of the navy to execute the laws
as enacted by the Legislative government
and if he had any suggestions TO make,
they should be made at the right time. AS
soon as the senate had adopted the proVls
ion to which the secretary was opposed,
that gentleman had set to work to counter
act the effect Of the senete's action. While
willing to concede to the seoretary Of the
navy all his due, Sau!sbuy
trusted that the time would
never come when the United States
senate would abdicate its functions and
place them in the keeping OF me secretary
OF tn, navy or any other body. SeAetor
Mcpherson alluding to that portion Of the
bill granting an unlimited appropriation,
said that when the Jeannette had been
for year and hal in the northern seas,
unheard of, condition of things existed
not unlike the present. The then secre-
tary of the navy came before congress
and was able to furnish estimates of the
cost of the relief expedition and the
amount called for was freely given.
He saw no reason why
congress should not place
some limit to the amount OF money which
the secretary of the navy might use for the
work. AS the bill stood it would give that
secretary the power which congress ought
never to give any officer of the govern
msnt. When the bill was first discussed
senators were heard objecting to this want
Of limitation in the amount to be expend-
ed, but since that time the senate seemed
to have discovered that it was not a prop
er thing to do to interfere With the secre-
;ary of the navy in any thing on which he
had set his heart. As the bill stood
it was one which for sublime
audscity and bold impudence had never
| been paraIleled in either house of con9reSs.
He wished il understood, without any res
ervation whatever. that the secretary of
the navy did not seem TO com mprehend that
| the people OF this ooul try had not imp It
confidence in him. Senator Allison stated
that this bill had no. en- iatt from tae
! ave- from fha