The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-09-27
WASHINGTON.
spOrtant Report on the suez Cana

important AkePOrt ON the SueZ Canal.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 26.-The government
printing office has just issued advance copies
of the valuable report of Professor j. E.
Nourse, Of the United States navy, on 1.-THE
maritime canal of Suez from its inauguration
Nov. IL, 1859, to the year 1884" This work
has been prepared under orders of the bureau
OF navigation of The navy department. It con-
tains information which is probably not Access
sible elsewhere, at least in the English lam
gusge. Professor Nourse had at his disposal
the correspondence of the president of the
canal com any, the reports OF the commanders
of eleven United States steamers, and mas be-
sides made a very thorough personal investiga-
ton. He thinks the expectation may be iusti-
he'd that the opening of a canal across cur own
isthmus will produce the results which have
attended the building of the SUez canal, a re-
vival of our commercial marine and of those
closer relations with the western shores of
America and with Eastern Asia, which belong
essentially to the United States.
Maine Cases in the U. 9. Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, Sept 26.-The docket of the
United States Supreme Court for the October
term has just been completed. The following
are the Maine cases by number and title:
No. 1879. The Pennington Village Corpora
ton, plaintiff in error; Eben F. Pillsbury
Maine Circuit.
No. 423 James B. Dingley and Fuller Ding
ley, as Dingley Brothers, wide No. 524;) Yves.
ley M. Oer and VIM. FL. Oler, as W, Nj Oler
& Co. Maine Circuit.
No: 424. W. NJ. Oler and VIM. A. Oler as
w NJ Oler & Co., plaintiffs in error wide No.
1889 James B. Dingley and Fuller Dngley. as
Dingley Bros. Name Circuit.
131st Bond Call.
The acting Secretary of the Treasury this
afternoon issued the one hundred and thirtv
first call for the redemption of bonds, The
call is for 100000 of the per cent loan of
1882.
Frauds i'm the Navy Department.
Secretary Chandler says that no officer has
yet been selected as president of the naval
court OF inquiry to investigate the navy de-
partment frauds, that position having become
vacant by the assignment of Commodore
Jouett to command the North Atlantic souad.
ron. The Secretary says that there is no idea
OF abandoning the investigation, but that when
the proper time comes the court will be re-
convened and the investigation will be pushed
as rapidly and thoroughly as possible without
connlctng with the prosecution by the district
attorney.
Crops i'm Europe.
+. N. Mason, consul at Marseilles, has sent
to the Department of State the following: sThe
harvest OF 1884 has been plentiful in Europe.
The situation is nearly the same as that of 1880
with difference that there existed then no
large available surplus from the preceding
crop, circumstance which must now be taken
into serious consideration as a consequence of
the remarkable crop OF 1882. We may also
~SoSA
or 20 per cent inferior to that of 1882, Europe
will stand in less need than last year for
foreign produce. There is not probability
that the prices OF cereals will rise to the rates
of two years ago."
General Notes.
The Spanish consul at Washington has re-
peatedly protested against the presence of the
Cubans at Key West to the authorities at
Washington and Madrid Gomez and Marceo
are holding meetings in furtherance of their
plans to raise funds to carry on their campaign
in Cuba.
Lieut.. NJ. A. Shufeldt, of the navy, SOD of
Rear A dmiral Shufeldt, has returned to Wash
ington. He has recently been making explor-
ations in Madagascar, and taking great many
interesting photographs of the natives and
scenery of that country. He will make report
to the navy department on the subject.
Mr. Cannon, Comptroller of the currency,
says that the affairs of the Marine National
Bank of New York are in a fine condition,
and he proposes dividend of ten per cent.
IN favor of its creditors about the first of Octo-
Der.