The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-12-16

Nnen, however, through this restored con
ened into boarding places Is returned tt
patlon win probably disclose a. safe patti
abundantly sufficient to meet o every require:
Inent OF our increasing population and Of
business. In the pursuit of this object we
and temporary ~expedients, determined to be
content with nothing Tess than a lasting
ana comprehensive financial plan; In these
SCRABBLE delay in dealing with this subject,
instead of being injurious, will increase the
p1ofabilities Of wise action. %
PostOffice Department..
The report of the postmaster general con-
tains a detailed statement Of the operations
of the postottice department during the last
fiscal year, and much interesting inforna'
ton touching this important branch Of the
crepancy than usual between the postof1co
receipts and expenditures Is the expected
and unavoidable result Of the distressing
the country during much Of the time covered
by the postmaster generals report. At q
date when better times We're anticipated It
G Tas Stiwa ae tS BY s sotnp Predecessors Sas 81 Ssn thar 1s sas
would be a little, over $780, 600. II
amounted, however, to q little over $6,O00,-
600. At the same time, and under the in
made for the current fiscal year ending
June 80, 1884, which exhibited a surplus Of
revenue over expenditures Of PAS II;
but now, In vieW 1T. the actual receipts
rent fiscal year already expired, the present
postmaster general estimates that, at Its
close T 1astsae % It I Surplus Se a deficiency
OF nearly $4,000, 900. Tn postoface receipts
for the last fiscal year amounted to $75, 500,
933 16 and its expenditures to $S1, 074, 1O4. 80.
This postofice deficiency would disappear OF
carried free fhrOnOh tho mails an 3fpm ct
which is upward Of 800 tons Of seeds and
grain from the agricultural department.
The t sti.. number luz Der ao Of 2 goM IF fsnd in ,s sae
was 6S,403. an increase Of 1.2S4 over the
preceding year. OF these $500 We're .presi-
Dental, an increase in that class of 204 over
offices were added during the year to those
already existing. making a total Of $40 cities
June so. 1893. Ninety-three other cities and
towns are now entitled to this service I'M
der the law, but it has not vet been &C
corded them on account of insufficient funds
to meet the expense Of Its establishment.
The railway mail service not only, adds to
fees, but it is the especial instrumentality
puts the smaller and way places IN
the service on an equality In that regard
with the larger and t terminal = ho OUNCES fssref n9as
much attention from the postmaster
general, and, though It Is gratifying to know
that it is in a condition OF htg eticlency
anu great USSlulucSS, L duu ACu W BIC WAN
the Postmaster general that there Is room
for its further improvement.
The Navy Department.
The report of the secretary Of the navy
contains a history OF the operations OF ms
a most gratifying condition Of the
personnel Of our navy, He presents a
satisfactory account Of the progress when
sels and makes a number Of recommended
lions to which attention is specially In
vited. During the past six months the de-
mands for cruising vessels have peer many
calling for vessels to protect Ameri-
Costa Rica, Honduras, Argentina and Bra
Til; Y naa re ene eeao the co on 5 ama'r pre sa nen Of
one or more ships. With all these calls
upon our navy 1t became necessary, IN or,
der to make up a sufficient fleet to patrol
the Boring sea under the modus vivendi
agreed upon with Great Britain, to detail
to that service one vessel from the fish
commission and three from the revenue ma
rine.
The following vessels Of the new navy
have been completed and are now ready
for service: The double turreted coast de-
Tense monitor Miantonom nnaor the Mo4 douele
the armored cruiser New York, the pro-
tected cruisers Baltimore, Chicago, Phila-
ddelphia; Newark, San FRANCISCO, Charles
tpoit. Atlanta tia eu ana boStS %ork dae efu cenco 1e.
Bennington, Machias, Castine and Petrol,
the dispatch vessel Dolphin, the practice
vessel. Bancroft II the dynamite gunboat
chias, Detroit and Castine have been placed
in commission during the current calendar
year.
The second de- i battlesbips
and Texas, the cruisers Montgomery
and Marble head and the coast defense
Terror, Puritan, Amphitrite and
oSannL Ill 0f vuhfnh yri11 hn a1
one year; the harbor defense ram
Katahdin and the protected cruisers CO.
lpmbia,, Minneapolis, Olympia, Cincinnati
prior A to July T. !. { the G 1irst. si ssi BATTLE.
ships Iowa, Indiana. Massachusetts and
which will be completed Feb. /,
1896. and the armored cruiser Brooklyn,
year. 1t Is also expected that the three
gunbOats authorized by the last congress
will be completed in less than two years.
Immigration,
The superintendent Of immigration
ports that during the last fiscal year there
arri tSdso at G 9ar ports No 59s Immigrants;
We're returned to the countries from which
public charges. The total arrivals were
The admonitions Of the last two years
our public health and the demon
danger Of the introduction Of con-
the subject Of national quarantine
with increased interest. A more general
and harmonious system than now exists,
acting promptly and directly everywhere
means to shield our country from the in
yasion Of disease and. at the same time
having h2 a due regard to the rights and duties
Sen Coast Defensea.
1t is gratifying to note that we have be-
gun to attain complex results in the com
and fortification entered upon eight years
ago. A large sum has been expended, but
the cost Of maintenance will be %inconsider-
struction and ordnance hi at the end Of
ment viii have nine 'I2-inch guns, twenty
to-l be m ana tah'e cB enn li stittge snd guns sa.r| Esaay
and ~seventy-tlve 12-inch mortars.
The manufacture of heavy ordnance keeps
Pace pace with sTa,I e9ree1 It. ne fSa but to render these
prepared Tor them. rTogress has been made
IN this TINS dbtr v c and # is desirable that
provide tor the UNINTERRUPTED p arts snti,n
Abolish the Fee System.
The report Of the attorney. general con-
proceedings of the departlne1 1T OF Justice for
the past year, together with certain recon-
Gus subjects, I cannot too heartily Endorse
the proposition that the fec system, as
applicable to the compensation Of United
States attorneys. marshals, clerks OF federal,
courts and United States Commissioners.
should be abolished with as little delay as
possible. 1t is clearly in the interest Of the
community that the business Of the courts,
both civil and criminal, shall be al small
and as inexpensively transacted as the
ends of justice will allow. Tn system is,
therefore,, thoroughly vicious which makes
ppol the volume of such business, and thus
creates a conflict between a proper execution
OF the law and private gain. which cannot
dom Of the citizens, an Irresistible tempta.
ton to the unjustifabie expenditure OF