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A. 0. U. W. . ■; lANNUAL MEETING OF GRAND LODGE OF MINNESOTA AND DAKOTA. Report of the Grand Master Workman— Tin- Order in a Flourishing Condition— Suggestions as to the Improvement of Its System of InsuranceAnnual Report of ilie Grand Receiver and Other Officers. The Grand Lodge A. O. U. W. of jj Min nesota and Dakota commenced its annual session yesterday morning inWorkingmen's hall, on Wabashaw street. There was a large representation of delegates present from all parts of this state and the terri tory of Dakota, and great interest was manifested in the proceedings. The day was devoted mainly to the re ception of the reports of the grand officers. The report of the supreme representa tives was first presented. It was simply a report of the proceedings of the national grand lodge, held in Cincinnati in June last. Report of the Grand Master Workman. Following are the portions of the report of Grand Master Workman Levi that are of especial interest: Brothers: One year ago yon conferred on me the unsolicited honor, the highest in your gift, of grand master. I now return to you the authority and trust you thus confided to me, hoping you will find that the duties thereby imposed, have been ful filled. So far as I have been .able, I have given careful personal attention to all the duties of the oilice, including correspond ence; except, daring the month of Janu ary, when afflicted by the most grevious visitation of the Divine Workman, I was compelled, for a tiui3, to accept the kind assistance of our grand recorder. Any de lays or omissions arising during this period will. 1 have no doubt, be overlooked by my brothers, as you will recognize that in more senses than one, 'The night com eth when no man can work." You intrusted to my government in this grand jurisdiction, upon my accession to oilice sixty-nine lodges and about 2,200 members. The only accurate data fro 5 which to estimate members at that time is the amount paid on relief call No. 2, $1,098 50 which indicates L'.lliT. Of these, however, No. 70, Fergus Falls, was already substan tially dead. I found it impossible to re vive it, and therefore withdrew its charter. Lo Iges at Owatonna, Still water and Gran ite Falls were also on the verge of disso lution. The first and last have been placed, I believe, on a good working basis, and the other I hope may yet be, although it still requires help. I now return you eighty-one lodges and about 2,600 members. Thirteen new lodges have been organized during the year, five in Minnesota and eight in Da kota. A detailed list of these lodges will be found in the report of the grand re corder. I also place before you the report of the deputy G. M. W., who organized and instituted these new lodges. DAKOTA. The supreme lodge at its last session, having attached the territory of Dakota to this grand jurisdiction,! deemed it my duty to organize lodges therein. The work has been prosecuted with as much vigor as cir cumstances would permit, and appears upon the list of the new lodges added |dur ing the year. APPEALS. Only one appeal from any subordinate lodge has been taken during the year, and in this the decision below was affirmed. Another appeal was attempted, but aban doned or settled. The difficulty in the latter case arose out of an attempt by one brother to garnish the sick benefits of another. I now men tion th matter -imply because in my opinion, under no stances, should such an attempt be ever made, or coun tenanced. Sick benefits, as well as bene ficiary funds, in our order, should be ever sacred to the purpose for which they are primarily intended, and authorized by our law, ad be in no event subject to the pay ment of ordinary debts. The oider in this jurisdiction to-day is, I am satisfied, not only in numbers and financially but also in health and esprit du corps, in better condition than it has ever been; and with care in the selection of grand officers (including such deputy and a medical director) who will give their best efforts to the work, I see no reason why the membership of our beloved order in this .{rand jurisdiction could not, with entire safety, bo largely increased during the coming year. • Notwithstanding the large number of new members who have come to us during the year, the record shows that there must have been several hundred brothers, who have fallen from the ranks. While this to a certain extent in all orders, associations and insurance organizations, must be so, as a ale, I do not think our loss in this regard, unexpected or too large. On the whole I am inclined to think, that wo seldom lose a brother in thiswise worth preserving. That by means of suspen sions, we are frequently relieved of un healthy lives or those over age. In such cases the attention of subordinate lodges should be called to the importance of not attempting a reinstatement, but of avoid ing it whenever possible. In no case should we increase our members at the expense of our probable death rate. Our order in this jurisdiction, so far as its pur poses as an assurance organization is Con cerned, is now I believe upon a sound, healthy basis. Its insurance of the safest, cheapest and best. Every effort should be made to keep it so. At the same time I am not content with the present status of its social or lodge features. Why should there be such apathy in attendance upon lodge meetings and in the performance of lodge duties? I venture to say that in no other matter in whicn my brothers had each §2,000 of their own money invested, requiring as this does careful and considerate attention and management, would they permit, as many of them seem willing to do, any other person, without their aid or assistance, counsel or advice, to handle and do with it as they please. Each member should feel it his duty and pleaure, to give sufficient of his time to lodge meetings, not only to insure the safety of his own insurance, but also to assist his brothers in looking after and caring for theirs. I hope some means may be speedily found to infuse this very necessary, spirit into most of our subordinate lodges. Our method of insurance which has so well stood the test of time, is certainly worthy of the little expenditure of time and money required to uphold it. There to-day exists in England at least one such order as ours, with a membership several times that of the A. O. U. W., which has lived a valued life, filled' to overflowing with the smiles and joys of orphans and blessings of widows during several cen turies. We are fighting in t - the ranks of progress, in the heart of civilization; we battle not for its glories or its pomps; our aim is higher and nobler; we strive to assist the poor and needy, to strengthen the weak and lift up those who fall; to wipe the tear from the face of sorrow; to soften affliction, and help to make life, at its saddest, bearable. Let the brothers ©f Min nesota, in this army, beat no retreat. ".' . CONSOLIDATION OF LODGES. I desire at the same time and in the same connection, to call your attention also to a principle which should be a basic factor in the organization of lodges as well as in the I enforced retention of the lodge organiza tion; that is that a strong, active lodge is an advantage to us; a weak inactive one, a disadvantage; one healthy lodge is of more value than many sickly ones. When a lodge, as a body, becomes feeble, unless speedily revived its feebleness will soon become characteristic of its individual members. Some easy and practicable method should be provided for the con solidation of lodges in the same town or city. Two lodges should never be permit ted where one would answer, and some ad ditional legislation might be advantageous looking to the disorganization of weak lodges and the direct affiliation of the members of such through the officers ofthe grand lodge or other subordinate lodges. It may be that our lawsin this latter partic ular are already sufficient. But I desire you to consider the same. I also ad vise that our law be so changed that, hereafter, no subordin ate lodge charter be granted to a less num ber than twenty charter members, each of which have never before been members of the order. That new lodges be charged the exact cost of supplies furnished by the grand lodge, and in addition, pay the grand lodge a charter fee of §100. That this fee be paid to the deputy who organ izes and institutes the lodge, provided that it be required of him that he attends at least three nights after initiation and in stallation, instructing the new lodge in both the secret and business work of the order thoroughly. I would suggest that probationary dis pensations for the formation of lodges of ten, or any number less than twenty, be granted by the G. M. to be good for one year, or until the numbers have been in creased to twenty ; # that the fee therefor be s.~*i>. and that in case within the year the .lodge has not obtained twenty members it be disbanded and the members thereof re main card members of the grand lodge. To this end sections 35 and 37, "Laws of General Application," would require amendment, as well as some others. DEATH LOSSES. During the year ending Jan. 31, 1883. there have been fifteen deaths officially re ported to the grand lodge as occurring within that time and one occurring prior thereto. Two deaths reported last year, being assessments Nos. 1 and 2 of 1882, were collected and paid during this year. We also paid during this year death loss for which assessment No. 18 of last year was made. The lust one, so far known to us. in fact not yet officially reported, is that of Wm. K. Noble, of Franklin lodge No. 3, St. Paul. Both he and Bro. Geo. H. Hamilton, of Minneapolis lodge No. 12, who died during the year, were members in good standing of this grand lodge. They are at rest. We have paid during the year nineteen death losses. We have made and collected sixteen assessments. We have no assessments for November, December or January, and will have none for February. PRESENT LIABILITY OF GEAND LODGE. With the exception of the possible lia bility arising out of the Manson case here inafter referred to. and the Noble death, there is now no liability upon the bene ficiary department of the order in this jurisdiction. THE BEPOBT OF BEO. WM. CHENEY, GRAND BECOBDEB, deserves, as it will receive, your most care ful and considerate attention. Showing, as it does at a glance, the present status and prosperity, and the past growth and success of the order in this jurisdiction, as well as its prospective future advancement, it is a document worthy of the able, effi cient and zealous officer from whom it emanated. Very much of our past success, of our present prosperity, and of the as surance of our future well-being, is dHe to the very valuable and untiring efforts of our present grand recorder. Entirely fa miliar with the duties of his office, always ready to work himself for the good of the order, the business of his office has suffered no neglect at his hittids. With the comple tion of the new beneficiary register, upon which a great deal of his time and labor ' has been expended, he will have brought order out of chaos. I think .no Cimmerian night could have been darker than were the incomprehensi ble mysteries and affairs of that office when Bro. Cheney first took possession. Bro. Cheney has prepared at my request, and with considerable labor, a tabulated statement, showing the number of mem bers in good standing in each lodge, in this jurisdiction, and the average age of each lodge, as well as the average- age -of the order in the jurisdiction. The average age of the order, 38.6, is one of which I feel we need not be ashamed or afraid, es pecially when we find the average of the new material brought into the order this year in new lodges to be 32.8. I desire to call your special attention to the report of our MEDICAL DIEECTOB, Dr. Talbot Jones. It evinces that careful, conscientious and able consideration of the important duties of his office, which have so signally marked his tenure of this posi tion. His consideration of the importance of careful medical examinations, and the manner of their attainment, meet with my entire approbation. More especially those with regard to the manner of employment, appointment and payment of local medi cal examiners, tho compensation of the state medical director and restrictions he advises as to the conduct of special depu ties in the organization of lodges. I desire to impress upon you the importance of in creased compensation of the medical di rector. The one at present is paid a mere pittance. I commend also to your careful consid eration and to that of every member of the order in this grand jurisdiction, the com ments of the medical director upon the dangers attending a careless or negligent attempt to increase our members at the expense of the death rate, and more espe cially from those dangers arising from taking into the order promiscuously or with out careful scrutiny, persons whose habits, avocations or hereditary predispositions are liable, according to the best scientific and statistical lights we have, to* lead to a shortening of the expectancy of life and a consequent increased average of deaths and assessments. That portion of his re port which deals with the result attained in this grand jurisdiction in the reduction to a minimum of death losses, and our comparative standing in this re gard, with other grand jurisdictions of our order, and with other orders and old line life insurance compa nies, and his suggestions concerning the same will not fail to challenge your atten tion. It is certainly gratifying to me, as I know it will be to you, to note that while the percentage of rejections by the medi cal director has increased to 7*2 per cent., the death rate per 1,000 has decreased to 6, and that we now stand in this latter particular equal to the first among our sister grand lodges and best as surance associations, and superior to most of them. As Dr. Jones' scholarly attain ments in medicine entitle his suggestions to your most careful consideration, I hope each of them will receive the same at your hands. I would advise you, by law, to take from the grand master the right to make of himself an organizer of lodges. Let him alwajs exercise this power by deputy. You will find that it will conduce to your interests and the welfare of the order. Let him, however, be responsible for the ' THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE,. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7 1883. material his deputies bring in, for the morale, the health and the fiuancial status of the order, and give him power in ac cordance with this responsibility. At the same time give him substantial assistance and support, and a sufficient fund at bis disposal to command ability in deputies. On mature reflection, I am not able to agree with my worthy predecessor, that the grand master should receive a salary. I believe you will always be able to find good men willing to take the office, and do their best for your interests, if you will provide simply for all proper and neces sary expenditures. Let the offitfe seek the man. Report ofthe Grand Receiver. Herewith I have the honor to submit for your inspection this my sixth annual re port of the condition of affairs in this office: BENEFICIARY FUND. To balance on hand at last report.... $7,463 45 To amount received during the year.. 34,014 • ) Total $41,477 45 By vouchers paid 38,500 00 Balance on hand '.. $2,977 45 GENERAL FOND. To balance on hand last report ....... $1,210 55 To amount received during year from G.R 4,871 52 To amount received on deposits 116 00 $5,698 07 By vouchers paid 3,766 63 Balance on hand $1,931 44 RECAPITULATION. To balance Feb. 1,1882, in beneficiary fund $7,463 45 To amount to credit of same fund during year 34,014 00 To balance Feb. 1, 1882, in general fund 1,210 55 To amount to credit of general fund during year 4,487 52 Total cash receipts §47,175 52 By vouchers paid B. P..$38,500 00 By vouchers paid G. F.. 3,766 63 $42,266 63 ' Net balance $4,908 89 Which belongs to the following funds: Ben. fund $2,977 45 Gen. fund 1,931 44 There has been received for interest from "The Bank of Minnesota," and its predecessors, the sum of (226, of which $116 was handed the grand recorder for credit of general fund. j The balance, $150, which is less than one-third of 1 par cent, of the cash received during the term just closed, is allowed the grand receiver ' as a salary. Respectfully submitted, . J. J. McCabdV, Grand Receiver. The report of the grand recorder was submitted and adopted. From this it ap pears that during the year 1882 there were fifteen deaths and there were sixteen as sessments issued. Three of these assess ments, viz.: Numbers 1, 2 and 3 were for deaths which occurred in 1881, and two of the deaths were paid from surplus with out any assessment, so that there have been only thirteen assessments for deaths oc curring during the year. Warrants have been issued for the payment of all the deaths covered by these sixteen assess ments, and also for the two paid from surplus. We have paid nineteen death claims during the year, amounting to £38,000, four of these being for deaths which occurred during 1881. This is the lowest mortality since the first year of our existence as a separate beneficiary jurisdiction, and is a testimony to the value of our present system of su pervision by grand lodge medical director, and also an indication that we are getting rid of our unhealthy risks. The report of the grand medical director, Dr. Talbot Jones, recounts his work during the year, showing fifty-five applicants re jected for cause, mostly intemperance or predisposition to consumption. He con cludes with a number of recommendations designed to increase the efficiency of the examinations and decrease the death rate t in the order. ' "\ , The grand lodge adjourned till this J morning in order to allow the committees ! time to examine the several reports. The new officers will be elected and installed to-day. The session will begin at 10 • o'clock. Effects of Cigarette-Smoking. Dr. J. C. Mulhall, who is connected with the dispensary of the St. Louis Medical j college, has an article in the Courier of I Medicine on the subject of '"Cigarette j Smoking," which has more than a passing \ interest for those addicted to the practice. He considers the subject as distinct from | other forms of the tobacco habit. The i cigarette-smoker, he says, inhales the smoke, which "passes into the respiratory j passages, and it is this one and sole fact ! which is at once the pleasure and vice, of j cigarette-smoking." The pleasurable ir- i ritation caused by contact cf the smoKe with the larynx and windpipe differs great ly from the kind of tobacco used, and cigarette smokers usually have strong likes and dislikes in choosing. Dr. Mulhall says that from his own experience, and from a great number of observations made upon others, he is satisfied that the smoke in process of inhalation is taken as far as an inch into each bronchus, coming in con tact thereforo with four "cough-spots," the bifurcation of the trachea, its posterior wall, the under surface of the vocal chords, and the inter-aryte.=soid commissure. It is estimated that the smoke thus . comes in contact with four times the extent of mu cuous membrane that it does in ordinary smoking, and hence the absorption of nicotine is excessive. • The desired narcotic effect is obtained by the use of much -less tobacco than in other methodsv in which the mouth alone is ordinarf ly used as a smoke chamber. From examinations of the respiratory pas sages of many smokers, the conclusion is drawn that inhalation is the chief evil. Morbid signs are more marked in those who use cheap cigarettes, and the doctor remarks parenthetically that all the cigar ettes manufactured in this country belong to the class that is cheap and* rile. He does not consider the constitutional' effects of this vice more serious than that of to bacco as ordinarily used, except that there is economy of time and tobacco, much more nicotine is apt to be consumed. The chief evils of the cigarette habit are considered to be that its mildness and cheapness induce the habit of smoking in the young: that its enormous "demand has led to adulteration; that it establishes in smokers the habit of inhalation, aud there by intensifies the narcotic effect. Kansas Legislature. Topeka. lias., Feb. 6.—The senate this morning adopted the house joint resolu tion instructing the attorney general to be gin proceedings in the supreme court against the C don and Kansas Pacific rail ways, wilh a view to breaking up the con solidation of these companies. A concur rent resolution asking congress to pension military prisons was adopted. Another asking that Mexican war soldiers be pen sioned, was defeated. The Loudon Crystal Palace company has assumed entire control of the Handel festival in June next, when the chorus will include 3,500 voices, and the orchestra will consist of . about -125 picked players, fifty-eight "cellos and about fifty double basses, the wind being, as usual, doubled, and, in some instances, trebled. The fes tival will be conducted by Sir Michael Costa, the veteran who directed these cele brations ever since they were first organ- j ized. COMMON COUNCIL. Street Improvements Ordered--Awards of Contracts Confirmed— Police Bead quarters— Bids for the Iron Span of tlie WaliashtiAV Street Bridge. The city council held a regular meeting last evening and transacted the -following business: BOABD OF PUBLIC WORKS. This board was directed to do the fol lowing work: To construct a Bower on Seventh street, from Minnesota to Robert street; also to construct a sewer on Fourth street, from Robert to Minnesota street. The same board is to investigate and re port as to widening Grove street from Broadway to St. Paul street, to a width of fifty feet; also as to grading Whithall street from Westminster street to Payne" avenue; also as to grading Edgerton street from Nellie street to Maryland street; also as to constructing a sewer on Stillwater street, from Grove street to Somerset street; also as to grading Eighth street, from Locust to Kittson street; also* as to grading Magnolia street, from Burr street fo Edgerton street; also as to grading Aurora avenue from Jackson street to Can ada street; also as to widening the street on the south. side of De Bow, Risque & Williams''addition to St. Paul; also as to opening a street fifty feet wide through lot 3, block 1, Warren '& Winslow's addition; also as to a change of grade on Franklin street from Elm street to Irvine park; also as to grading Fourteenth street from Jackson street to Canada street; also as to grading Niagara street from Magnolia to Maryland street. ;*,:.:' CONTRACTS CONFIRMED. The council confirmed the following contracts, awarded by the board of public works: To J. J. Palmer, paving Seventh street; to Andrew Jaicks, for paving Jack son street trom Seventh to Ninth streets, $5,190; to Andrew Jaicks, for paving Sib ley street from Sixth to Seventh street, for §5,700. MISCELLANEOUS. A communication was read from the mayor recommending that steps be taken to remove the police headquarters to Market hill, and the same was referred to a special committee consisting of Alder men Dowlan, Johnson, Roberts, Starkey and Smith. The request of D. D. Merrill for a lamp in front of the Baptist church, and one in front of the Mission chapel in East St. Paul, was referred to the committee an gas. . . :]- '■ ;. *.;. ;, The request of Richard Chute et al., to vacate an alley in block 13 of Ewing & Chute's addition was referred to the com mittee on -streets. The city engineer having reported that the first pier beyond the island supporting Wabashaw street bridge was in a bad con dition, the council directed that the (engi neer have the pier repaired. Joseph Guion resigned as constable of the Fitst district, and William Scully .was selected to fill the vacancy. The award of the board of public works of the contract for paving Wabashaw street to A. H. Perkins, was confirmed. The fire commissioners were directed to purchase one four-wheeled hose cart to re place hose cart No. 4. The fire commissioners were directed to make certain changes and repairs in hook and ladder house. A fire alarm box is to be placed on the corner of Fourth and Sibley streets, and on the corner of Carroll and Josotte streets. Forty-five dollars are to be returned to Caroline Nelson for the payment of an erroneous assessment. The city clerk is to give the necessary notice for the excavation of Franklin, Hancock and Madrid streets in Bell's ad dition to West St. Paul. The council determined to purchase the lot ou the northwest corner of Eighth and Minnesota staeets for$9,000 for an engine house. .' :;; An oil lamp is to be placed on Lafayette avenue bridge, and a gas lamp is to be placed in front of Armory hall. The following bids were received^ and referred to the committee for constructing the iron span of the Wabashaw street bridge next south of the three new spans ordered a short time ago to be constructed: Horace E. Horton, §8,745; Missouri Valley Bridge company, $9,150; and with some changes the same company offered to do the work for $8,850; Milwaukee Bridge and Iron works, §8,850; Raymond & Campbell, $9,850; Canton Bridge company, $9,650; Pennsylvania Bridge company, $9,500. The Hoosac Tunnel audits Cure. The annual report of Manager Locke gives the following particulars ®f the care taken of the Hoosac tunnel: A gang of miners take care of the roof and sides of the tunnel, and two gangs work on the track in the tunnel and one mile from the portals on either side. Under this arrange ment no stones have fallen on the track for the past year, nor in the five years preced ing. The amount of loose rock found is gradually diminishing, but this system of inspection will have to be continued many years to insure safety. On account of smoke in the tunnel it is difficult to arrange any signal except that which will make a noise, and for that reason none but tor pedoes have been consibered practicable. No train is now allowed to enter until the one preceeding it on the samo track has passed out and no train is allowed in on either track while there is a passenger train in the tunnel. As busi ness increases it wil be necessary to uss signals. A telegraph operator will have to be stationed at the center, dividing the tunnel into blocks. In order to carry out the above successfully, the atmosphere must be reasonably clear, and the whole tunnel must be lighted. Within a very few years the natural increase of business will' require that trains shall De drawn through the tunnel by smoke-consuming or coke-burning engines. Then the elec tric light, which is of little or no benefit in smoke, should, when the tunnel is kept clear of smoke, be used to illuminate every foot of the track, so that signals may be used to about the same. extent as in the open air. During the year 63,578 eastern bound and 64,030 west bound freight cars were hauled through the Hoosac tunnel, making a total of 127,608. Of these 61,995 of the east bound and 36,653 of the west bound cars were loaded. A total of 12,900 trains .as passed through the tunnel, dur ing the year, of which 4,000 were passenger and 5,107 freight, making'an average of forty-one trains a day. A total of 117,496 eastbound and 110,654 west bound passen gers were carried over the road during the year, and 1,043,660 tons of freight were moved. - '"■ The average birth rate per annum in France for the period between 1872 and 1880 has been calculated to be one birth for '■'-'• inhabitants, which is by far the low est birth rate in Europe. For the different countries the birth rate is as follows: Rus sia, one birth for 20 inhabitants; Germany," one birtfa for 2>: Austria-Hungary, one birth for 26; England, one birth for 27; Italy, one birth for 27; Spain, one birth for 28; France, one birth for 37. If the yearly number of births for any thousand inhabitants be calculated, we have precise ly the same result. We have, in France, 26 births per 1,000; Belgium, 32; England, 35; Austria, 38; Prussia, 38; and Russia, 50 CAPITAL NOTES. [Western Associated Press.] Washington, Feb. 6.-—• The president has withdrawn the proposed treaty with Mex ico, providing for the retrial of the Weil and LaAbra claims. . ' Secretary' Chandler has informed the committee of naval affairs, that in his judgment nothing at the Annapolis 'acade my demands the attention of congress. He had no official information of any trouble. The resolution of inquiry was thereupon tabled for the present The senate. sub-committee on education and labor began this morning'taking testi mony concerning the relations be tween labor and capital, and : the condition of the laboring classes. The only witness examined was Robert D. Layton, grand secretary of the Knights of Labor, an organization embracing, he said, some 67,000 members, and having branches all over this country and Canada. All who are or have ever been "wage" work ers are eligible for membership, and none are excluded except lawyers, bankers and rumsellers. Mr. Layton did not conclude his testimony to-day. The condition and grievances of working women will be in quired into by this committee. Miss Alice Blaine, daughter of ex-Secre tary Blaine, was to-day married "at her fa ther's resicence in this city, to Brevet Col. John G. Coppinger, United States army. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Chappel H. Matthews, at the Catholic church, and was witnessed by a brilliant assemblage of ladies and gentlemen prom inent in Washinton society, among them President Arthur, all the members of the cabinet in the city, the justices of the sn - preme court, a large number of senators and members of the house of representa tives', and nearly all the members of the diplomatic corps, together with the ladies of their respective families, and many offi cers of ,the army and navy. Col. Coppin ger, now .on Gen. Pope's staff, is in spector gen eral of the department of Mis souri, with headquarters at Fort Leaven worth. His army positon is major ©f the Tenth regiment, infantry. THE BIVEB AND HARBOR BILL. The house committee on commerce has practically completed the river and harbor bill, though some matters of detail and ar rangement remain, and the item for the Mississippi river will not be finally fixed in the bill in advance until the report of the j special Mississippi river commission is made. LAST YEAR'S RIVER-AND nABBOB BILL. The commerce committee has carefully examined each of the ninety items ob jected to in the report of the secretary of war. concerning last year's river and harbor bill, and in some cases has recommended appropriations for the same objects. The committee does not make recommendation for beginning new works, but favor ap propriations to carry forward improve ments on which the government has al ready expended large sums,as for instance, at ' the harbors of Baltimore, Savannah, Galveston, Oakland and such other points as appear from the engineers' report to de mand appropriations. With the excep tion of the Mississippi improvements the amounts recommended do not exceed 30 per cent, of the engineers' estimates. The whole amount called for by the bill will be about $6,000,000, exclusive of the Mississippi river appropriation. GEANT TO BE PLACED ON THE BETIBED LIST. The house committee on military affair^ has practically agreed upon the terms of th^bill to place Gen. Grant upon the re tired list of the army, with the rank of general. The chairman has been instructed to prepare a report in favor of the bill, to be submitted to the committee on Thurs day. The minority report will probably be signed by two or three members. SENATOR FERRY AXD BROTHER. Gossip About, th* Ferry It-iys, Win. Hare 'lust Made a '.Political tint Business Failure. ;; ■ | Chicago Tribune. Feb. 4. J The firm of Ferry & Brother is composed of Thomas W. Ferry, United States senator from Michigan, and his brother, Edward P. Ferry. They are manufacturers and dealers, wholesale and retail, in lumber, lath and shingles. They conduct exten sive mills at Lake Harlow, Montague, and Muskegon, Mich., and employ about 600 men. The firm was organized in 1842, the title then being Ferry & Son. They manu factured last year about 35,000,000 feet of lumber, 5,000,000 lath and 5,000,000 shin gles. The firm owns immense tracts of pine timber, a silver mine at Parker City, Utah, some ore beds, and large quantities of real estate. They are interested in the Grand Haven Steamboat line, and are sup posed to be the owners of the Michigan Barge line. Their mines were fully equipped at a great outlay of money. Senator Ferry began his political career in 1850 in the Michigan legislature. He was afterwards a member of congress, serving four terms. He was elected United States senator to succeed Jacob M. How ard. Senator Ferry has also served as vice president of the United States. As speak er of the house he became acting vice presi dent upon the death of Vice President Wil son, serving from Dec. 20, 1875, to March 4, 1877. ''a-."THE FATHER OF THE FERRY BOYS," said a gentleman who knows the family well, "came to Chicago a great many years ago as a missionary. He made a trip to Mackinaw, and on his return told Mr. B. W. Raymond that he saw an open ing for a store . there, and Mr. Ray mond trusted him for a stock of goods. That store was the founda tion of his fortune. He made money, and invested it in pine landsbought an im mense acreage in the course of time, but a good deal of the timber was near the water, and was not as good as that inland. He established himself in the lumber busi ness in Chicago, and for a long time the firm was Ferry & Son. When the father died, he left a will under which the' boys were to pay so much a thousand stumpage to the estate. I don't recollect the price, but it was considered pretty high in those days. However, when the prices went up, it left a good margin. After the old gen tleman's death the firm . became Ferry & Bro.,and they have been in the business for twenty years. At first their affairs here were managed by a very competent man, and they made money. But he died, and they lost his services. Since then the busi ness has been conducted by others, who may be just as reliable, but they haven't as much experience, and not as much trad ing has been done a? in _ years gone by. Senator Ferry looked after the .Chicago business, but since his entrance into poli tics hasn't given it as much attention as he otherwise would have done. His brother has a machine shop at Grand Haven, and at one time injured his mind by overwork. Their head book-keeper here some years ago turned out to be a defaulter, and they lost something through : him, . but how much I don't know. They owned two . or three vessels, which brought their lumber here, and also a mill at Black River and another at Grand Haven." A Tribune reporter had a talk last even ing with a gentleman who is pretty thor oughly posted on the business done by the Ferry Bros., in Michigan. Said he: "Only Edward and United States Senator Ferry constitute the firm. * I predicted this fail ure five years ago, and I think it will prove a very bad one. The agents of -the firm here were E. P. and T. W. Ferry, who acted as cashier and manager.; The prop erty here and about $100,000 worth of lumber was sold to Cutler of Grand Haven, some time ago, to secure him for the money which he loaned them from his bank. You couldn't expect anything else than failure from the manner in which they did their basiness. One neglected it and sailed into politics; the other, Ed, went into Utah and started in mining, which proved a mine for the burial of a good business. Lumber is a branch of trade that demands close at tention. It is a business that can't stand neglect, and it will not run itself. The Ferrys had enterprise. They built the little town of Montague, opposite White hall, where they had an interest in two mills and a store. I am afraid that the bequests left by their father will never re alize a cent. It i3 the natural out come of neglecting, a profit able business. They owned a mill on Black lake, between Muskegon and Grand Haven. They were cutting the last of their pine on their land on White river this winter. They own immense tracts of timber lands which are now exhausted. You will find that Senator Ferry, though he is a first-rate man, has run his career, and that he has reached the end, and that the boys ha»e wasted a handsome patri mony left by their father. The only thing I am afraid-of is that innocent parties are seriously hurt by this failare. There are others interested with them in business, and the Ferrys went on issuing notes, for which their associates are equally liable, and no one knows to what extent these notes have been issued, and here is where the rub comes in." /; .',..5 Detroit, Feb. —A dispatch from Grand Haven says Edward P., one of the firm of Ferry & Bro., while refusing to make any statement concerning the affairs of the firm, declares the report concerning them greatly exaggerated, and declares he shall devote himself to the senator's re election, after which he will make a public statement of the liabilities of the firm, which will present « the matter in a much more favorable light. He claims to have ascertained that the banks at Flint hold $30,000, two-thirds secured by good in dorsements, and the balance by attach ment levies. TOHN WAGENEB, DEALER IN WOOD Al COAL. Office on Seventh street bridge an.l corner of Twelfth slid Robert. Orders received by tele phone. * ' '■ COSTUMES THEATRICAL AND USIPUDE EMPORIUM ! Ho 10 West Third Street, 81 Paul I respectfully invite the attention cf ladies and gentlemen to my large, most complete and elegant stock of new Masquerade Costumes, for balls, parties, theatrical performances, old folks' concerts, tableaus, &c. Masks at wholesale. Country parties, send for list and prices. P. J. G-IES-E^. 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Remember, St Panl passengers leave the Union Depot at 7:25 a. m. and 5:30 p. m., and leave the Union Depot at Minneapolis at 8:10 a. m. and 6:80 p.m. '.'■■,'. ■'.': Fare always as low as by any other route, and baggage checked through. Ask for year tickets via this route, and be sure they read via Albert Los and West Liberty ' B. F. Mills, General Freight and Passenger Agent, B. t C. B. & N. Bailway. • A. H. Bode, General Traffic Manager, M. a. St, L. Bailway. E. St. John, General Ticket and Passenger Agent, 0., B. I. & P. Bailway. The city office of the A bert Lea Route is Minneapolis is at No. 8 Washington avenue, oppo site Nicollet house, and in St. Paul at corner Third and Sibley streets I LKADIRG- ■ BOSIfilS. MEN ST. PAUL •-" . MllsTN. ARCHITECTS. E. P. BAS8fOKi>, Sermi A-nar. Kin'.; 1 ,-ii<Un« H. S. TKEHGf-NK, O. E., li) Gilfllten .*.:..... A. D. HINSDALE, Presley Block. A. M. RADCI.IFF, Ingersoll Eloc_t. ' J. 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J All persons interested in the assessments for constructing stone gutters on east side of Minne sota street, from Fifth to Seventh streets; Opening and extension of Cayuga street, from Cayuga street in Edmund Rice's Second Addition, to Mississippi street; and for Opening and extension of Thirteenth street, from Cedar street to Wabashaw street. WILL TAKE NOTICE, that on the 25th day of January, 1883, I did receive different warrants from the City Comp troller of the City of St. Paul, for the collec tion of the above named assessments. The nature of these warrants is, that if you fail to pay the assessment within THIRTY DAY* after the first publication of this notice, I shall report you and your real estate so assessed as de linquent^ and apply to the District Court of the county of. Ramsoy,' Minnesota, for judgment against your lands, lots, blocks, or parcels there of so assessed, including interest, costs and ex penses, and for an order of the Court to sell tha ame for the navment thereof. 27-87 " GEORGE REIS. City Treasurer. COiNTBACT W0KK. Grading Ellen Street. Office of the Board of Public Works, > . City of St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 26th, 1883. > Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Public Works in and for the corporation of the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, at their office in said city until 12 m. on the 6th day of February, A. D. 1883, for the grading of Ellen street from Rice street to Dale street, in said city, according to plans and specifications on file in the office of said Board. A bond with at least two sureties, in a sum of at least 20 per cent, of the gross amount bid, must accompany each bid. The said Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. '"'.■'■:■-.'.'■ JOHN FARRINGTON, President Official: R. L. Gorman, i<7-37 Clerk of Public. 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