The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-08-12
RIVER AND HAIR Dor BILL,
The Great On, nib us improvement Bill
Was Approved After p Careful Scrutiny
of It's Merits.

The Great On, nib us improvement Bill
Was Approved After p Careful Scrutiny
of It's Merits.
WASHINGTON, Aug $40 TN associated
press reporter the president said this morn
ing that an examination OF the liver and bar
Dor bill, in the light of facts presented to him
by Gen Newton chief of engineers OF the
army, and Gen. Burke, of the engineer corps,
with whom he conferred on the subject,
has convinced him that on the whole the in
forests of the government demanded its APP
proval. Gen. Newton, whose knowledge OF
the condition OF the present WAITS and the
necessities of the future was based Ola &c
ports made to HIM by the engineer corps OF
the army assured the president that OF the
items in the bill all but eighteen in number,
comprising less than per cent Of the amount
appropriated, were merItoflOds Beyond 4ues-
tion and while he in no manner condemned
those he was unable to give positive Opll-
ion because of lack Of complete information
concerning them. The president made rs
thorough an examination Of these ltema as
possible, and although with such reports
as were at hand he had been unable to
absolutely satisfy himself as to their charac-
err he found that all appeared to be for the
continuation OF work already begun and now
n course OF construction The president
said he had gone over the bill IA fully as the
data at hand and the time permitted aim for
that purpose allowed, and while some of it's
provisions, not included in items above
mentioned, were probably objection able, he
was satisfed that most OF the improvements
provided for wefs Of great Importance and
he had found that th. las9 which would en-
sue to the government tr0H. the 4cteriora-
ton of existing works in case of further
stoppage would be very serious. and that
tho amount of money, estimated by the
war llcartment at not less than $500, 900,
which would lie required to protect and pre-
serve the work nlfe44g begun and in prog
ress. upon which many iniilioEs have already
been expended, would, in case OF i failure
to continhe it now. exceed by about S4OG,-
600 the amount appropriated in the bill for
items which, in the judgment OF the govern
ment engineers, might be at"2ecessary
Hon G.. K. Davis will deliver he grafton
at the opening OF the Minneapolis xposi-
ton.
Mrs. Jane S. Rittenhouse OF st. Paul
died suddenly at bayfield,, Wis, where she
went a week ago to visit friends. Mrs.
Rittcubolse was well known in st. Paul,
where she has resided for the past twenty.
six years.
George Perry, formerly STATEN agent ut
Brainerd aged about forty, who ~cpt TO
Omaha from Denver IL few days ago III
search o; n position as cook, was fonnd
dead in his room with Il bullet hole through
his head, having cSn:mitted suicide lie
was out OF money and dependent. 1t is
believed that his son lives in st. F@ u.
LanG Commissioner Sparks reports the
following patents issued from Minnesota
land offices from April 3, 1885. to j une
q, 1856: Benson, 500; Crookston 1877;
Duluth, 633; Fergus FaE Is, 7sS; Redwood
Falls, 463; st. Cloud, G15; Taylors Falls,
1GS; Tracy, 426; Worthing ton, 37S.
Sullivan p. BRENNAN, an old res ident,
| dies at st. Paul.
Postmasters appointed in Minnesota:
Boyd A. H. Larson, vice Larson, resigned;
| Olivia D. Haire, vice White, resigned.
Vermont elects state officers, legislature
and congressman Sept. Z.