Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-10-29
CAPITAL NOTES
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS

XPok AND IMPORTS. 4
Warrington. OCT. 29-rhe chief OF the t,
bureau of statistics reports that the t
:otal value of imports OF merchandise 4
Turing the twelve months ended Sep. q
30th were S57l 10000 and dur
ing the proceeding twelve months $685.
100000, a decrease of $s7, 100000. Values
Of exports OF merchandise for the w elye
were SIG, 100000 and for the
previous twelve months 1925, O0e, 600. A
of $2O,0OO,oOO !,
BOTHERED ABOUT CIVIL SERVICE.
Washington, Oct. 29-An intimate
personal friend of the president, who
talked with him IN the subject to-day,
says he is experiencing much difficulty
in the effort to re-organize the civil SER
vice commission. He is aiming to Sc
cure for that service three men who are
well known to the country, aud whose
names would be received as au earnest
of his purpose to give such character to
the commission as to give confidence to
the friends of the movement. He regards
reform in the civil service as one OF the
most important features OF his
administration. At the same time
the president is seeking men
whose appointment will satisfy the peo-
pie, whether friendly to the movement
or not; that it is in the hands of practi-
cal, reasoning men, who are doctrinaires,
and who will consider and suggest need
ed notifications to popularizs the re-
form in the execution of the law with
out impairing its benefits. The salary
of the position is only $4,000 per year,
and few men of prominence who possess
the qualifications named are willing to
make the sacrifice. The reason why
some of the many persons whose names
snsgest themselves to the public in con-
~nection With the place are not appoint
ed is because they have already declin-
ed. No appointment has yet been de-
termined upon. Among those who have
declined appointment on the commits
sion are l.. Sallonstall and Charles Cod
man, j of Massachusetts, and Judge
S~choomaker and E. o. Graves are among
3 those whose names are under consldera.
? ton.
APPOINTMENT.
! Washington, Oct. 29-The president
= to-day appointed f. Fl. Winston, Of II
: lInois, minister resident and consul gen.
d eral to Persia.
SOY PIERoE's REPORT,
Washington, Oct. 29-The annual re
port of Governor Pierce, of Dakota, wa
received at the interior department yes
terday. Secretary Lamar was at@th,
cabinet meeting, and for the rest of thu
day ct work on his annual report in hi
rooms at the Portland hence the Da
kota governors report was not taken t.
his desk. 1t is a voluminous document
lowering some fifty odd pages. Cover
nor Pierce is understood to have q re
: commended o lenient policy to the Wiz
: nebago reservation, and to urge tina
some consideration be given to tina
- large class of settlers on the publ
domain who are ready to prove up an
~ desire patents for their lands. He re
ports a general return of business pros
perity and the harvest of a good GRO
~ the past season. The report will not b
given out for publication until the score
tary has seen it.
VINCENT ARRIVES.
Judge Vincent, recently removed b
;. the presidents order from the positio
ofchief justice of New Mexico, arrive
~ in Washington this morning. A report
q er called upon him, but the iudg
- begged to be excused from making an
~ statement concerning his removal or th
defense he proposes to make. g
would" he says, she manlfestly lmprol
er for me to say anything about tt
T. matter before seeing my superior
a. office. / would be glad, however,
you would state as coming from n
that / have not had a word to say abol
the case for publication"
PLENTY DE FISH.
n. The fish commission er's car, whit
ri leaves tonight with cars for the supp
as of applicants in Iowa, Wisconsin, Oak
to, Montana, Oregon and Washingte
IA territory, carries q large number OF iii
g in excess of the amount required
~ meet the requests on file.
,r,pnpvocIS1 mIIr ,roD,tox,,
-. Ex-Gov. Ramsay, chairman of the Ut;
or commission, presented the report of Il
a commission to the secretary of the Int
"A rlor to-day. The commission say it,
now only a matter of time when polyg
my will become extinct, and recommel
the continuation of the same policy.
d. NorHE PATRIOT REWARDED.
W The secretary of the treasury tod
appointed Robert J.. Mayield, of Int
Fe ana, to be chief of the division in t
he Office of the Comptroller of the currenc
1or
liza Three Known to he Drowned.
lat East Saginaw, Mich, Oct. 29-It q
ed pears to-day that many of those repo
for ed drowned in the accident last mig
la, have been found. Besides the b
ly drowned last night, two others are mi
Is ing and are supposed to be browne