Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-26
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Ofioial figures from the Denver mint
gives the mineral output for Colorado
,r 1886 as follows: Gold, $5.000,o 600; sii-
vsr, 81 ,3Oo,6O0; copper, 100000; leaa
ssa.36I,0oo; Tots, $22 SOL, 600.
The Northern Pacific, has reduced
freight rates 60 cents per 100 pounds, re-
gnrdless Of classification. These were
reduced to one-half Of the minimum
rates, which are GO cents from ST. Paul
and 90 cents from Chicago.
Washington Special, c3d; The senate
committee on appropriations to-day
aaished the consideration Of the post
office appropriation bill, and MI. Plumb
will reportit Monday. The only i'm
portant amendment are the following:
$4,000 added to the appropriation for
increasing special mail facilities to mako
connection with Cuba, Eyes amend
msnt, in substance, is adopted APP
propriating $S0o,000 for the foreign mail
service; and last years provision, that
no more than $4,000 shall be nsed for
the~e extension cfthe free delivery service
il r~s-adopted.
The Mark Lane Express in It's weekly
review OF the British grain. trade, says:
The weather is milder, and late seeding
il being rapidly pushed. Occasional
showers would be welcome. It is feared
the wire worm will prove troublesome.
All vegetation Is sexceeding backward,
Business during the week has been Of d
holiday character. Trade in foreign
wheat u little slow, but prices are
firm owing to small imports. The
prices Of corn favored sellers. There
were two arrivals and two ssles, two car.
goes withdrawn and mono remain
Trade forward is very firm. On Mon
day there will be no market.
Secretary John Gilmer Speed ant
Vice-Presidents Henry Sturgis Russell
81 Boston, and John r. Whitley, o
london, representing the American ex
hipition which is to be held IN Londo,
next year, have been in Chicago the pss
week. One object of their visit wa
to select well-known and at the sam
time representative gentlemen Of th
great west to act as yiee.presidents Q
the proposed exhibition, in connection
withsother distinguished men from dl,
Trent portions Of the country. N. Z
Falrbank, q wealthy packer of Chicago
acsepted the honor rendered him, and
ex-Sfov. Fnrnas, OF Nebraska, will 40
for the far west. 1t is understood th
Ra,itic slope will also DO represented
q iasoftlie features OF The show will h
an Indian village, peopled BY ola
workers from Arizona and New Mexico
There is likely to be d great lam whs,
the big grain feot reaches Buffalo. From
Chicago alone there are forty-fye Dor
not lnclnding some ten or twelve lin
prapeilers. The cargoes 81 Ghis flee
aggregate 5,o8s. 900 bushels Of grain. Th
Milwaukee hpet swalls the number q
grain-laden vessels bound from Lake
Michigan thither to 119 and increass
the a%tnountof grain to nearly 900, 100
busheis Then$shere ia a large quantit
81 Wheat en- route from Detroit an,
Toledo. to say nothing Of several miIlio
bushels that will move ont Of Duluth q
lag up-heet reaches there. Tho com
bsned storage capacity Of Buffalo els
yators amounts to less than 5000 90
bushels. aid there is already nearl
100000 bushels in store there. Cor
sequsntly ID looks al ii grain vessel
were likely to suffer considerable; dela,,
10 di~soharging their cargoes aud parsi
cnlary since the blockade at the straits
has rnadait possible for almost the er
tire feet tosssriye at Buffalo IN q body
John Nv. Hayes. member 81 the esn
erai executive board Of the knights q
iaborisays no progress has been mad
toward q settlement III the difaoultie
bstwecn the strikers Of the Gould system
and the railroad officials. He says th
reports cent out BY the railroads thu
they are handling all the freight they
war.s to every day are untrue. Tn
soada are all blocked up. and wha
freight is run ont goes under the pro
tection OF deputy sherifs ani
militia Hayes says that the uncallet
Tor massacre Of innocent people by th,
deputy sheriffs was instigated BY th,
railroad authorities. They knew the,
could not get the help of the state militil
until some act Of violence was commit
sed. They, therefore, got together /
gang Of rouehs, who brought on th,
trouble, andSthe governor then ordered
the militia 81 the scene. He fnrthe,
says that lawyers employed BY ths
xnlghts Of labor have now in their pos,
session ample evidence to convict promi
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