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CONVICT LABOR.
Pointed Questions Put TO Manning
by the Labor Unions.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-On the 18th
inst Z. w. Oyster, president OF the feder-
alton of labor unions, sent the following
letter to Secretary Manning:
81 have the honor 10 transmit herewith
a copy of a preamble and resolution adopt
ed bv the organization Tuesday evening
lest taking it for granted that a decision de-
filming the policy of the government in rela-
ton to contracts for public works has been
made, and being deSirOuS of securing the
most reliable information on this fubject so
as to be enabled to intelligently and fairly
discharge the duties imposed on me by the
enclosed resolution, l respectfully request
a copy of your decision concerning the pub
lie building at Peoria. H., and also a
copy of the protest Of MeSsTs. Straub & Co.
of Buffalo against awarding the contract
for this building TO prison labor contractors.
on the ground that they would employ such
! labor in its erection. The preamble and
resolution referred to were adopted On the
evening OF the 4th inst, ard were as fol-
lows:
Whereas. The platform of princi-
pies of the federation of organized
trades and labor unions of the United States
and Canada declares that the national
/ eght-hOur law is intended to benefit labor
/ anu W IL pclAA4s va AtS DnuCIS.
and that the decision of its true spirit and
intent is contrary to the best interests of the
nation; that prison or contract labor is a
SPECIES OF SLAVERY
/ in the worst form; that the system of letting
out national. state and municipal work BY
contract tends to degrade and impoveriSll
labor, and that the contract system OF labor
should be abolished, and
Whereas, The Knights of Labor and
other organized bodies of workingmen have
embodied the above declaration in then
platform. and
ss'Whereas, 1t is reported in the public
press that the secretary OF the treasury
! has decided that the departments
should not dictate the means By which con-
tractors are TO perform their work on public
buildings and that they are at liberty tC
employ if they see fit the most degraded OF
all labor, prison convict labor; therefore,
resolved, that the president OF this body be
directed TO inquire into the truth OF
said newspaper reports and If he indi
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26
An mUnusuaIHOnOr.

New YORK, July 25.-Rabbi Browne, as
q personal friend and admirer of Gen.
Grant, this morning preached a sermon
eulogistic of the deceased in the temple
Gates of Hope, in this city. He said: L
wish to say from this sacred spot that the
Jews have lost great friend in the death
of Gen. Grant. l know great deal of irri-
tation was at one time caused by Order
No. IL and in reference to that order
will speak the whole truth Last April
you may remember, l wrote an article
on the subject, quoting my conversation
with President Grant i'm his cottage at
Long Branch. Aug. %, 1875. Gen. Grant
later read my communication to the press,
and said to DIR. John Newman: i con-
slider it now my duty to make known a
secret that have kept these twenty years
and locate the responsibility upon the
proper parties that have come to me from
Washington direct. protested against it,
but had to promulgate it against my will. !
shall make this statement in my book like
WISE MI. Newman communicated that
message in the name of Gen.
Grant the following Monday in his
own home Grant was providential
man and was carried proyidentially around
fine world. SO that all races and religions
should see the noblest American. Moses
liberated 5000. 900 of people, his OWL
brethren, from Egyptian bondage. CRAM
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Lnndon,s shame.

LONDON, July 25.-The Pail Mall Gazette
afirms that the movement against the Lon
don trade for the corruption of young girls,
provoked by its revelations, continues to
grow, especially among the working classes
in England. Despite this assurance, how
ever. il is evident that with the exception
of few eminent clergymen, working under
temporary stimulus, no eminent man coun-
tenances the agitation of the matter. Rev.
Mr.. Spurgeon still discourses from his pull
pit upon the wickedness of London. In his
latest sermon he said: ''If these iniquities
continue, what is there about London that
it should stand when the palaces of Keyan-
jik have fallen? When
the power of the Pharaohs passed away,
Egypt became the meanest of nations.
What is there about our boaStful race,
whether on this or the other side of the
Atlantic, that we should expect to monopo-
lie the favor of GOd?"
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them correct to prepare a protest
against said decision and submit the same
to this federation for such action as it may
deem right and proper" To this letter of
the president of the federation, Secretary
Manning has made the following reply:
Referring to your letter of the 18th inst,
l have to reply that in determining
to whom should be given the
contract for stone and brick work
for the additional story to the Peoria,
H., postofiice the department was gov
erned solely by the bids, having in view the
greatest economy. Brainerd IL Co. bid to
do the whole work for S15,4 ,425, and this
was S. less than the proposition of the
next lowest bidder. Beyond this there was
no thought of defining the policy of the
government in relation to contracts for
public works"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26
Cattle Shipped to EGgEand.


WASHINGTON, July 25.-The demand
for American cattle for the markets of En-
gland seems to be steadily increasing. Con-
sui Ryder of Copenhagen. who has been
studying the British cattle market. sends the
state department some interesting facts
about it. The United States and Canada,
he says, furnished about One-half
of the livestock imported into Great Brit
ian during the past ten years. The impor-
tation of beef from the United States to
England began only about ten years ago.
In 1874 the number of head Of cattle sent
from the United States to England was
200. By1S77 it had jumped up to 11.00O
and by 1882 it reached 155, 900.
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offices Giving Ont.

Special to the GIobe.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-It is under
stood that the president has about reached
the end of his list of offices that are to be
taken care of this summer. There remain
only dozen internal revenue collectors to
tell the tale, about as many collectors of
customs and about One-half the
presidential pOStmaSters. He will
continue 10 make few appointments
of pOstmaSters during the next few days of
his stay here, and hopes 10 get away within
the next ten days. There are number OF
minor positions at the various ports OF
entry which are to be filled as soon as pos
Siblc, probably before his departure. This
when done will about end the distribution
of presidential Offices until his return in
September.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26
Want to Trade With America.

LONDON, July 25.-A deputation headed
by Mr.. Tenant, NJ. p, yesterday urged
upon Consul Fred Stanley, secretary for the
colonies, the necessity of the government
fulfilling the proposed trade convention be-
tween the British West Indies and Amer
lea. The deputatiOn pointed out that
America was willing to accept West In
dian produce upon favorable terms; that
America and England were the only
markets these colonies had and that they
would be reduced to starvation unless al
lowed to trade with America. Lord Dun
raven, on behalf of the colonial secretary,
replied that the government had only re-
Gently taken office, but the colonistS'
claims would receive the utmost attention.
The government, he added, was already in
curing into the matter.
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The Live stock Plague.

New IBERIA. La, July 95.-The plague is
still prevailing to an alarming extent among
the live stock in this perish. On the
broad prairie west of this place the decom-
posing carcasSes are so numerous as 10
vitiate the atmosphere. Steps are being
taken to nave the carcasses disposed of by
burning. For this purpose large quantities
OF oil and tar have been sent 10 the infected
districts. The malady has carried of hun
dreds of horses, mules and cows. Ii is re-
ported that several persons have been at
tackled with the disease, of which one case
resulted fatally. Similar advices are re-
ceived from Cypre Bayou, Teche and on
the prairies.
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Trouble with Jones.

SpeclaI 10 inc UIODe.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 25.-The
mugwumps i'll indianapolis, who have filed
charges against p. NJ. Jones for violating
the civil service rules in making appoint
ments, confidently declare that from the
assurance of friendly consideration given
them by the president they be-
lieve they can prove enough
against Jones to cause his removal from
office within asmonth. I4,was announced
to-day that an inspector will visit Indian
apOlis soon to begin taking testimony III the
case, and the Mugwumps are now busily
engaged in collecting evidence to prove
their charges. Mr.. Jones is the friend for
whose appointment Vice President Hem
driclxS heUped So niteOuSly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26
Mary AudersOza,s plans.

LONDON, July 25.-1Ir. J. G. Taylor.
who was so seriously injured recently in
the act of making the Myles' leap, in the
causeway scene in colleen Bawn, is re-
covering. He will accompany Mary An
derson in her next tour through the United
States. After this tour Miss Anderson will
return to London. 1t is announced, how
ever, that she will not go upon the stage
next year, but will go to the continent for a
prolonged sojourn. 1t is even stated that
Miss Anderson has declared that it is pos
sible she will remain off the stage for some
years after her visit to America.
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Mexican sympathy.

CITY OF MEXICo, July 25.-A meeting
of American citizens for the purpose of tax
ing action regarding the death of Gen.
Grant will be held here early next week.
The tone of the Mexican press in referring
10 Gen. Grant is highly sympathetic. They
eulogiZe Gen. Grant as true and faithful
friend of Mexico and unSelfishly devoted to
the interest of this republic. 1t is noted
here with pleasure that almost tine latest
public words spoken by Gen. Grant were
those of friendship for this country.
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He Courts am InvestiCation,

WASHINGTON, July 25.-Prof. Hilgard
said to-day concerning his suspension from
the superintendency of the coast survey
that he did not care to have the matter set
tied by the newspapers or to enter into
controversy on the subject, but that it should
be settled in the department where it
belongs. If his Office was wanted he could
stand dismissal without murmuring, but
he objected 70 going out under a cloud with
charges of irregularities which had no
foundation. The books and records of his
office, he said, would speak for themselves,
and he was willing to abide by the result
of their thorough Investigation.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26
Complaints Against the Mp.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-COmplaint has
been made to the interior department that
the Montana Improvement company had
assumed the right to prevent lumbermen
from cutting timber on the even and odd
sections within the grant accorded their
road, and had also assumed the right to cut
all the timber on the even and odd sections
of the grant. This company is said to be a
limited partnership. more than half the
stock being held by the Northern Pacific
RailroBd company. The matter is under
consideration by the secretary and 4 special
agent will be sent out to Montana to inveg-
tigate the complaints.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26
An Error Corrected.

Mt. MCGREGoR. n. Y, July est
having been stated in some quarters that
the remains of Gen. Grant would lie in state
here during the interval before his removal,
1t is desired the statement be contradicted.
On the morning of the removal the public
will be permitted TO review the remains,
and not until then. This afternoon a COM
mittee OF citizens of Saratoga called upon
Col. Grant and requested that the generals
remains be removed to Saratoga, TO be in
state there in the Spling parks. The re-
quest was declined. The family has ac-
mansion at Albany while the remains are
in state there. In New York they will be
the guests of w. j. Arkel.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26
Driving Them Out.

LONDON, July 25.-The Prussian decree
ordering the expulsion of Russian Poles
from Prussian territory continues to be rig
orously enforced. Those who have ac-
quired property and business are being al
lowed reasonable time to sell out, but all
the Russian Poles found without regular
business employment, or without titles to
property, are ruthlesSly arrested and con-
veyed across the frontier. A large number
of this latter class have already been driven
out of the more easterly provinces of Prus-
sia, and many drafts of the same class
reach the frontier every day.
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Big Fire ut Paris.

PARIS, July 25.-The Batignolles quar-
ter of the city was visited by fire las
evening. The confagration occurred in a
district occupied by carpet warehouses,
carpet shops and other workshops of vari-
ous kinds, and was not extinguished TILL
buildings covering five blocks had been de-
stroyed. The loss amounts to several
million francs. One fireman was injured,
and it Is feared that as several are missing
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26
c1ar.inna,s mnrements.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-The president
contemplated leaving Washington next Sat
urday on his vacation. The death of Gen.
Grant has made it necessary for him to
change his program. He will not leave
town for that purpose until after the burial
of the eX-preSident
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CHALK AND WAITE R.

1t is said that millzman out in Colorado,
the other day, saved boy from watery
grave. The boy, we presume, had fallen
into one of his milk ashington
Hatchet.
s'How is this, Mr.. Heifer?" said Mr..
Greatheart to his mill1man yesterday morn
ing. '"This is the first time you have
brought my milk for week"
''Yis, sor; Ohm sorry. sor."
''Sorryl'' said Mr.. Greatheart. 'sYou
may be sorry, but that don't do any good.
What was the matter?"
9TH pump wor frozen, sol. Washing
ton Hatchet.
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Clerks win Not Contribute.

Special TO the Globe.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-The committees
which have been appointed TO raise cam
paign funds for the Ohio and New York
elections make rather slow progress. They
find the work much more difficult than it
was year or two ago. Instead of eStaD-
fishing headquarters and working openly,
as Clapp and his associates did in the last
campaign. they are very quiet in
their methods. Most of their
work is done by calling upon
the clerks at their homes or waylaying
them upon the streets and in Out-Of-the-
way places. They accomplish very little,
however. There are two or three reasons
for this. One reason is that the clerks are
afraid to contribute. They recognize the
fact that in many cases the new heads of
bureaus would welcome the opportunity
which this course would offer for a re
mOval. Another reason is that they are
thoroughly tired of the bondage under which
they have been in this regard. and are ready
to take advantage of any incident which
will relieve them of il. Still another rea-
son is the desire for economy. They rec
ognize the fact that they are liable at any
moment to be thrown out of their positions
and are therefore ecOnOmiZing as they never
have done before. Ii is pretty evident that
very little money will go out OF Washing
ton for campaign purposes. a few of the
more determined clerks will go home to
vote, but only few.
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DIR. Shrady interviewed.

Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK, July 25.-Dr. George S.
Shrady was seen this morning just as he
was leaying for his country place on the
Hudson. lie said to your correspondent:
''Gen. Grant died absolutely without one
parOXysm of pain. He breathed three
times. his eyes opened and closed, his
hands relaxed their tension, and
ne was dead. The affection of
Col Fred for his father was something
touching. DIR. Douglas, and myself went
to the cottage and told Col. Fred that we
should like to have an autopsy. We have
had that in view from the first diagnosis.
The diagnosis was correct, and we wanted
other physicians to come and make an au-
topsy without one comment or suggestion
from us. In the body there was the stub
born fact, and we wanted it laid bare
to the eyes of others. for them to
make a report perfectly independent
OF us. Col. Fred said that he and the rest
of the family were opposed to it. 1t could
be of no use to science, for no one who was
able to Judge had criticised the treatment.
He and the family were perfectly satisfied
with the case he said, and nothing more
could have been done than was done, and
this was all that was necessary. NO" he
said, II cannot see father cut in any way.
The matter is repugnant to me, and L hope
you wont insist" Then the matter ended.
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NOW York,s Mortality.

New YORK, July 25.-The record of the
weeks mortality shows for the seven days
ending at noon to-day there were 1,094
deaths, against S96 in the same week last
year. In no week in 1884 did the number
of deaths reach 1000, the highest being
99O. The highest number of deaths ever
recorded in ordinary seasons was that OF
the week ending July 6, 1872, in the dread
full heat of that summer, when the record
reached SOL
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The nTunster EsanIz.

LONDON, July 25.-The refusal of the
Bank of Ireland to concede assistance to
the Munster bank has aroused the fierce in
dignation of all the Irish Nationalist. The
Nationalist newspapers threaten to organ
iZe q crusade against the bank, ''as for
eign corporation whose notes the Irish Deo-
pie should refuse, demanding gold" United
Ireland, Mr.. ParnelPs organ, declares that
the Bank of Ireland is source of danger
to the country. ''It is endowed" declares
the United Ireland, ''with extraordinary
powers, which are used solely for its own
aggrandizement and the detriment of Irish
trade and credit. 1t is not an Irish bank,
it is merely branch of the Freemason's
Orange lodge. OF its eighty officers and
agents, but eight are Catholics"
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CIeveIand,s vacation Postponed.

WASHINGTON, July 95.-The president
contemplated leaving Washington next
Saturday on his vacation. The death of
Gen. Grant has made it necessary for him
to change his program. He will not leave
town for that purpose until after the burial
nf fba av-pracidnpt
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NOT Quite N 1Touth.sPay.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-The amount
due Gen. Grant, as an officer on the retired
list of the army, which will be sent to Mrs.
Grant by the treasury department. is little
less than one months pay, there being no
authority TO allow pay beyond the actual
date of his deceaSe.
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A Squirrels Nest in a Locomotive.

New I OK sun.
While repairing a locomotive on the
Mount Washington railroad the other day,
the engineer found that the piston rod
would not work, and on examination he
discovered that the cylinder contained
nearly three quarts of cherry stones, de-
posted there by squirrel which had built
its nest in the fre-arch. In going to the
cylinder to deposit the nuts, the squirrel
had to pass through the CRATES into the
fire-arch, through fue to the smoke arch,
through the exhaust steam-pipe to the
steam chest, and through the steam port
hole into the cylinder, travelling forty tees
aaph vVaV
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Editor Macdonald Named by the President
Receiver of Public Moneys at
ST. Cloud.
No Action On the Consolidation of tn
Surveyor Generalship of Minnesota
and Dakota.
Valuable Government Improvement
ut tDetroit--Delayo of Biermann's
Commission.
The Upper Mississippi Convention
The Clerks and Corrup-
tion Funds.
Northwestern Notes.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON. July 25.-''On whose
recommendation was Colin T. Macdonald
appointed as receiver of public moneys at
ST. Cloud to-day?" the GLOBE asked this
evening of a Minnesota man who has been
a vigorous opponent of Kelly and Doran.
"0h, at p. ii. Kelly's, of course" he re-
piled. / don't think there are any appoint
ments of importance made in Minnesota
that are not on his recommendation"
He seems to be having his own way,
doesn't he?" was the queried response.
Eyes. he does. for fact" he answered.
''Well. I'm glad somebody has been
found that can have his own way with the
administration"
The interior department still delays ae-
tion on the proposition for consolidating
the surveyor generalship of Minnesota and
Dakota. Gen. Sparks, commissioner
of the land Office. said this
evening that he thought it possible
the action might be taken before the de-
parture of the president. but the chances
now We're that it might go over until after
his return. Sparks appears to think well
of the proposed consolidation and will
probably favor it. Comptroller Cannon
left this evening for the New jersey coast
where his family are summering. The
| first assistant postmaster general will, 1t IS
understood, make a number OF appoint
mentS of fOuTth-class
PoSTMAsTERS IN MINNESOTA
within a day or two. The government Of
fetal in charge of the Lime Kiln crossing
improvement near Detroit has reported TO
the department in favor of widening the
passage 100 feet, making it 400 feet instead
of 500. He states that the present work
will be finished in year, and can be used
next spring. This will be interesting to
Minnesota grain growers, as it gives yalu-
able paSsage-way TO the ocean for North
western grain.
''What has been the cause of the delay
in forwarding the commission of Collector
Biennann?" the GLOBE correspondent
asked of one of the officials of the revenue
department
Simply minor inaccuracies" he replied.
The bondSmen were good, but there
were some inaccuracies which made
it necessary TO return for correction. "
A good deal of interest is felt here in
the proposed upper Mississippi convention.
The fact is so clearly recognized that the
upper Mississippi has been neglected i'll the
distribution of funds for river improvement
that any effort in this line will have the sup
I port of great many people.
Capt. X. Blakeley of st. Paul is IN thS
city.
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InHonOr OF Burns.

LONDON, July ga movement has
been started to organize Burns clubs through
out the world for the purpose of holding a
centennial celebration in honor of the
Scottish bard at Kilmanoch next year.
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Orders 10 Jouetf.

WASHINGTON, July y25.-Admiral Jouett,
vino has been in Central American waters
for some weeks. has been ordered TO collect
the vessels OF the North Atlantic squadron
and proceed with them to the coast of
Maine. He is also ordered to exercise the
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The Old Guard 10 Attend.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, July 25.-The gov
ernors foot-guard of this city, the oldest
organization i'm the state. will attend the
Grant obsequies. The company has been
in active and continuous service since I77I.