St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-05-01
POSTAL TELEGRAPH.
Another Contract Bill Prepared by
the House Committee.
Differing from the Senate Bill in Many I'M
pOrtant Particulars.
Interesting Particulars of Preparations
for the New Orleans Exposition.


$3.50, 900.
Henry W. Cannon, Minnesota, has been
selected as successor to comptroller Knox,
and James H. Connolly, Illinois, to be So
licitor of the treasury. Connolly is the
present United States district attorney of the
southern district of Illinois.
THE TELEGRAPH BILL PROPOSED.
The House committee on post offices and
post roads to-day unanimously agreed upon
a bill to secure cheaper telegraphic cor
respondence, and directed representative
Rogers to report it at the first opportunity.
The bill is based on the senate bill, and
consists of number the provisions of
the measure, with amendments to others.
The provision creating the Office of fourth
assistant postmaster general was eliminated,
as are all the sections of the senate bill pro-
viding for the construction of a government
postal telegraph system, in case no contract
is made with a company.
The section of the senate bill relative to
rates is considerably amended. 1t provides
that the charges for transmission of tele-
grams, excepting service of government
kilograms, shall be prepaid by telegram
stamps or stamped paper, and the maximum
rates for kilograms of twenty words or less,
exclusive of date, address and signature,
when the distance of transmission is 1,500
miles, or under 25c for every $50 miles, or
fraction thereof. in excess of 1,500 miles, an
additional rate of 5 cents may be charged,
and between the cities of New York, Phila-
delphia, Boston, Baltimore and Washington,
and such other points separated by short dis
tances, as may be from time to time desig-
mated by the postmaster-general the rate shall
not be over Is cents cay or night, provided
that no rate exceed SO per cent. for a tele-
gram to be transmitted by night, except as
abeve stated, the changes be one-half Of the
day rates. All words shall be counted, ex-
cept the date, address, and signature, and
for every five additional words or less, one
fifth additional rate may be charged.
The provision relative to penalties is
amended to read: ''For failure or neglect
to promptly transmit any message, the con-
tracing company or companies shall be Ii
able to the parties injured thereby in the
penal sum of $100, with the actual damages
sustained by reason thereof, to be recovered
by the party injured in civil action before
any competent Jurisdiction.
A provision is inserted that no contract
shall be made with any company which has
not 1 900 miles of telegraph in actual opera
ton. The postmaster general is directed to
make all necessary rules and regulations for
carrying out the provisions of the proposed
act
The secretary of war has directed Major
General Hancock to cause national salute
OF twenty one guns to be fired on Governors
Island, in honor of the Siamese Embassy
which is expected to arrive on Sunday.
The increase of sales of public lands DUR
ing 1888, over the preceding year is as fol-
lows: Number of entries ss,3S1, acreage
10,92s, ,976, cash received So, 377, ,43O.
BADEAU AND FREELINGHUYSEN.
The secretary of state stated to-day,
that as to the letter of Gen. Badeau,
all communication between him and depart
ment of state were in writing, if any atten-
ton were given the subject,i it will be by pub
fishing the correspondence.
NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
The following is the report of committee
on appropriations, on the bill to provide for
the celebration of the worlds industrial and
cotton centennial exposition at New Orleans.
The committee on appropriations beg leave
to report that two years ago the cotton plan
tiers ass3eiation Of the United States deter
mined TO hold an exposition of cot
ton, its culture and manufacture,
in some city of the cotton belt, to celebrate
the Tooth anniversary Of the manufacture
and export of cotton from the United States
The city of New Orleans was finally selected
as the place, and December 1st, 1884, the
time for the Inauguration of the exposition.
In order to enhance its importance and lend
it dignity, congress passed an act of approval,
February 10th, 1888, entitled, can act to en-
courage the holding of worlds industrial
-and cotton centennial exposition in the year
1SS4.' The conditions of that act were in
substance as follows: The exposition was to
be held under the joint auspices of the United
States, the Cotton Planters association of
America and the city where located. This
exposition was to embrace all conditions of
culture and man nufaeture, and included all
the arts Of manufacturing and products
of the soil and mines, that the exposition
should be national and international in char
acter, that the president should appoint six
commissioners recommended by the cotton
planters association, and seven upon the
part of the stockholders, said thirteen COM
missioners to constitute the board of man
agement The said board of management to
prescribe all needful rules and regulations S
for the proper celebration of the exposition;
that no compensation should be paid the
board of management by the United States,
and the United States should not be liable
for the expenses attending said exhibition
That the president should, at the proper time,
make the necessary proclamation for open
ing said exposition, and should invite for
eign nations to be present and participate
therein.
Sections 10 and II Of act provided for the
preparation of medals, of awards,
etc, at the United States mint, and
for the admission, free Of duty, all
goods, manufactures and articles
designed for the exposition, except in GER
tain cases of sale within the United States af
ter the exhibition. Such in substance is the
act of Feb. 10th, 1883. 1t was closely mold.
ed after the act of Sept. 9th which provided
for the exposition held at Philadelphia In
1876, as to its terms and conditions. Those
terms and conditions have been fully and
exactly complied with, and nearly $7OO, 900
has been raised by the city of New. Orleans
and the state of Louisiana, subscriptions to
stock and by donations.
Substantial and commodouous buildings
have been erected. The main building is
the largest ever erected in the world. It is
quarter of mile long and one-ffth of a
mile wide, but vast as it is, and other build
ings are, containing exhibition space of
1,7O0, 900 square feet, yet even now, eight
months before the gates are to open
nearly 1900, 900 areapplied for. Individual
exhibitors alone have asked for 900, 900 square
feet, which is nearly 200, 900 more than oc-