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ill r\ i- J4 i lis & New "Di Eeview. JOS. BOBLETER, Publisher. NEWTJLM, MINNESOTA. The President has concluded not to pisit New England at this season. If ae had'gone to Boston, Havard would Dave given him the degree of L. L. D., according to immemorial usage. The population of Brooklyn, N. Y.J by the federal census of 1880 was 566, 563. The compilers of the new ilirectory of that city, just published (which contains 175,761 names), es timate that the present population is 768,075-an increase of 201,412 in less than six years. The Atlanta Constitution, noting the fact that very little headway has been made thus far in the efforts to prevent the overflow of the Mississippi River by levees, says that "it is evi dent that the river improvements of the future must be on a much larger and more costly scale than anything that has been attempted in tha past, but it is now pretty well settled that the country at large does not propose to foot the bill." The royal princes of France lately banished from home, had taken their precautions against unfor.=een events. The Duke de Chartres had secured a mortgage upon his property in Paris of 650,000 francs. The count de Par is had borrowed 3,000,000 francs up on his land at Eu. The Duke d'Aum ale had raised 12,250,000 francs up on his landed estates, and the amount, more than three millions of dollars, is supposed to be invested in England and the United States. Fire insurance as carried on in some Swiss villages is an illustration of pub lic spirited communities. The com munal authorities, instead of treating insurance against fire as a concern for each householder's care, insure all the buildings, the church, houses, sta bles and sheds. The insurance of the entire village is met by one single pol icy and the cost is cheerfully met by a slight increase in local self-taxation. The plan is a useful form of socialism which might be feasible in small vil lages in this country, where the condi tions are favorable. Is is simply mu tual insurance in another form from that in general use. Apropos of the decision by the su preme court of the distiict of Colum bia, that Indians are virtually foreign ers, Senator Dawes, chairman of the committee on Indian affairs of the senate, was not surprised by the de cision. He said our relations with the Indians were anomalous and ridicu lous. When we fed them they were the wards of the nation when we made treaties with them they were foreign powers, and when we wanted their lands they were without rights, like the bears or buffaloes. The only way to settle the question was to pass a law dissolving tribal relations and declaring the Indians citizens of the United States. Senator J. S. Morrill, of Vermont, whose late illness, it was feared, would terminate fatally, enjoys the distinction of having served for a long er period in Congress without inter mission than any man at present in either branch of our national legisla ture. His service in the House of Rep resentatives began on December 3, 1855, nearly thirty-one years ago, and continued to March 3, 1867, when he entered the Senate, where he has re mained ever since. His present term will expire on March 3, 1891. He has, therefore, been in Congiess, with out any break in the continuity of seryjce, already nearly thirty-one years, with nearly five years of his term unexpired. An American correspondent who has resided in Europe for more than a quarter of a century, thus sets forth the ultimate result of the present con test in Great Britain: Reason over it ridicule it, turn and twist it as they may, intelligent Englishmen cannot help seeing that a bill like that intro duced by Mr. Gladstone and beaten in parliament, and now relegated to the people for their action, is the first step toward the federal British republic which will be one of the mighty pow ers of the future. Let "the name and dignity of De Vere stand so long as it pleaseth God hut let not even the most loyal of conservatives nor the most hesitant of liberals flatter him self that the road on which the nation has entered leads elsewhere than to pure democracy, with all its institu tions. A child stems the current of a mountain brook by a dam of mud and stones he goes away proud of his work but when he returns to gaze at it, it has been swept away not a trace of it can be found anywhere. So will it be with the work of those who try to put back the march of progress in Condensed General flews. Interesting Domestic Episode. Fred Bcsse and Mrs. Theodore Wolf ar rived in St. Paul in search of their respec tive wife and husband. In March last Mrs. Bosse and Theodore Wolf eloped from Chicago, and have been living in St. .Paul. A warrant was issued from the municipal court for their arrest on the charge of adul terj and officer Scheffer detailed to serve it. Mrs. Bosse was found in rooms at 1 23 West Third street, and Wolf at the Van Hoven live stork establishment. Both were brought to police headquarters, where the wives and husbands met. Mrs. Bosse, who is a very pretty woman, fainted away, and this happening at just the right mo ment, her husband relented and agreed to forgive her and take her back to Chicago with him. Mrs. Wolf had a talk with her better half, and, upon his promising to be more loving in the future and to send her enough money each week to keep her and their child, the complaint was withdrawn. Bosse and his wife left on the noon train and Mrs. Wolf on the evening tra in for Chicago. Reserved School Sections in the Territor ies. Land Commissioner Sparks, in reply to inquiries by Delegates Voorhees and Toole, of Washington and Monta na territories, respectively, relative to the policy of the department in respect to prosecutions of persons occupying reserved school sections in the territories, says: School sections are not subject to appro priation by any person after survey, but it is not the practice of this office to recom mend prosecutions against bona fide set tlers who go upon such lands with a view of ultimately purchasing from the state when admitted, and a grant thereto chall have been made, but only in cases where parties are despoiling the land of timber or other valuable produce, or when persons, firms, corporations or combinations are usurping the use of such lands unlawfully, inclosing them or otherwise, dominating their control to their public injury and the deprivation of the rights of others. Another Fraudulent Treasurer. Jame3 A. L. Wilson of Philadelphia, treasurer oi the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal company, has defaulted in his ac counts to the extent of$178,000. The tacts are that an over-issue of bonds to the amount of 615,000 was made under the thirty-year mortgage loan of the company of July, 1856, for $2,800,000. The loan matures immediately, and, preparations having been made for its extension, the re turn of the bonds for certification at the office would have revealed the over-issue. ^Treasurer Wilson did not appear at the of fice, but on his desk was a note containing a confession of guilty knowledge of the fraudulent transaction. He left the city, it is alleged, in company with Henry V. Les ley, the foimer treasurer, under whose ad ministration the overissue was made. Wilson is sixty-five years of age, and for thirty years has been connected with the canal company, having been its treasurer since 1883, when he succeeded Lesley. Financial Condition of Yale College. President Porter gives the following re port of the condition of the funds of Yale college since the last report, five years ago. During that time the university fund had been increased 162.000, and the academy fund had renewed accessions of $165,234. Out of this $31,000 had been paid for real estate. During that time the gifts had been the Sloan physical laboratory, worth from 50,000 to 60,000 the Dwight building of the ?ame value Lawrence col lege, worth 50,000, Kent chemical laboi a tory, worth 70,000 to 73,000. The theological school fund had been increased $152,000, and the Sheffield scientific school fund 13,000. The bequests to all the de partmen ts amount to more than 1,600,- 000. This includes a share of the Sheffield estate, which is somewhere between 500,- 000 and $700,000. The total income dur ing the last college year was $lb7,540,and the expenses 167,233. John Owen Snider of Hartford City, Ind., has been walking eighteen hours a day on an improvised track for two years, to wear off several layers of flesh he imagines has grown on the soles of his feet. He has now walked 60,000 miles. The Garfield statue, by Niehaus, which cost 9,000, will be erected in Cincinnati during the summer. The statue with the pedestal is twenty-seven feet high. The prominenc3 attained by Frank Her ald, the Nicetown pugilist, has at last been recognized by the great America champion, and a match between him and the new as pirant is on the cards. Sullivan said re cently: ''I'll give anybody a show. This young fellow, Herald, may be better than the others, but I think I'm better than he. I'll meet him when Pat Sheedy tells me to, and if Herald can best me, all right." Edward McGill, publisher of the Court Journal, a law paper, who was indicted by the grand jury of general sessions on a charge of criminal libel against the United States Mutual Accident association, iias been arrested and will be prosecuted forth with. The members of the committee on privil eges and elections say that their action on the Payne case will not be reconsidered that it was taken after due reflection, and that they are prepared to sta nd by it, and will give their reasons when they ma ke their report to the senate. P. C. Tonner of Pomona, Cal., bought 400 acres cf land a few weeks ago "for 2.000. Since then a great oil well has been discovered in that region, and he has been offered 500,000 for the property. The marquis of Lome will contest the Seven Oaks division of Kent in the coming election as a Gladstonian candidate. The conference of the Irish Methodist church by a vote of 137 to 22 has condemned Mr. Gladstone's home rule policy. The prospects of Dawes' Sioux reserva tion bill in the house are growing gloomier day by day. I is true the report of the Indi an committee has been made a continuing order from day to^d y,but as the house nev er reaches the calendar from day to day the committee seems likely never to be heard. I will not have any place in the order of business which Carlisle, Morrison ar.d Hand all are to arrange, as appropria tion, land forfeiture and interstate com merce bills seem likely to take all the re maining time the'liouse is likely to have at its disposal. Despite this lack of time, however, it looks as if the Springer bill for the division and admission of Dakota would get a show. Postmasters commissioned: Wisconsin: Balsam Lake, W. Coark. Minne sota: Ramstead, P.Hanier. New offices establishedMinnesota: Buck's Mills, Becker county. Gen. John St. St. John says a prohi bition amendment would be adopted in Pennsylvania by 50,000 majority. George Cleveland, of Edgerton, Mass., found a curious coin, of date 1302, in the Avoods near the town. Mrs. Julia McNary of Marshall, HI., haB gone stark mad from reading too many foolish dime novels. Col. Boudiqt, the well known Cherokee Indian, has been persuaded by his hand some wife, who was a Washington girl, to cut off his long barbaric locks. His hair is now very closely cropped N. B., -was firedby the reflection of the sun's rays from a ot of new tin cans upon the woodwork. Pp 1 At the Pennsylvania republican state convention, Col. D. Hastings presented the name of Gen. James A. Beaver for gov ernor, in an address warmly eulogizing Gen. Beaver and reviewing his war record. Bea ver was nominated by acclamation. The ticket was completed as follows: Lieuten ant governor, Wiiliam T. Davies: audit or general, A. Wilson Norris secretary of in ternal affairs. T. Stewart congressman at-large, Gen. A. Osborne. The Cincinnati Price Current prints the result of special investigation with refer ence to the probable production of wheat in this countrv. I makes the aggre gate of the winter crop 295,000,000 bush els, against 212,000,000 bushels last year. Spring wheat is estimated at 140,000.000 bushels, against 145,000,000 last year.' The quality of the winter grade is reported to be better than last year. The question of local option was voted on by the citizens of Washington Territory. Each precinct was to decide wheth er intoxicating liquors were to be sold within its boundaries. In all the cities the measure was defeated by a vote of 3 to 3. In the small towns the measure was carried by the same proportion in vote. From the terms thus far received it is be lieved that local option has a majority in the territory. Mrs. Grant has been paid another 250,- 000 installment of profits from her hus band's book. At the New Hampshire Democratic Con vention, Thomas Cogswell of Gilmanton was nominated for governor on the first ballot. A resolution was adopted indors ing the efforts of President Cleveland and Congressmen Morrison and Carlisle and their Democratic colleagues to revise the tariff laws. The obsequies of David Davis occurred at Springfield, 111. The services were ar ranged by the family in accord with the quiet, modest tastes of the deceased. Nev ertheless, so general was the mourningthat the funeral assumed imposing proportions. Freight rate3 between Chicago. St. Paul and Minneapolis are in a very demoralized condition, and an open rupture is almost expected at any time. The Burlington & Quincy has withdrawn from the St. Paul agreement, because it did not care to have its land tied in Northwestern business while its competitors were engaged in de moralizing rates to the upper Missouri. Assistant Secretary Smith, of the treas ury department, to the surprise of every one, as all thought he was a fixture at least aslongas the present administration is in power, resigned his office and left for St. Paul to take a position as solicitor for the manitoba road, which he accepted some time ago. Mr. Smith, in explanation of this change, says that he has come to the conclusion that a man of his age^ without any money has no business" in politics, and that while ho has enjoyed his position in the treasury de partmen t, he could not afford to decline so tempting an opportunity to go west and grow up with the country. The salary he is to have is more than double what he re ceives from the government, a'id the op portunity for advancement is nothing here. Mr. Smith is a very young man to occupy the position he has been holding, as he is only a little more than 30years of age but he has had considerable exnerionce, and had developed an executive ability which caused him to bo chosen by Mr. Manning as the executive officer of the ticnsury. Since he has been here ho has made himte'f popular and respected,and although helms endeavored to override the restrictions of the civil service reform law, that was what he was selected for. is a tall, fine-look ing man, with sandy hair and moustache, and looks ten years older than he leally is. I is understood that Smith M. Weed of New York is responsible for the appoint ment. Mr. Smith is a native of Clinton county, N. Y., and is a nephew and law partn er of Smith M. Weed. Hewaseduca t ed at Lafayette college, Pa., and studied law with his uncle and practiced at Pitts burg. In 1882 ho was elected to the New York legislature, and became the leader of the Young Democracy in that body. Dur ing the presidential campaign of 1881 he was chairman of the New York state Demo cratic committee. Helena, Mont., Special Telcgran, June30. The contract for the construction of the Helena & lied Mountain railway was let to day to Donald Grant of Faribault, Minu., and forty teams will begin work to-morrow morning trains to be running in ninety days to the mines ottheSt. Paul syndicate. According to the railroad gazette th?re was a total of 93 tra in accidents during May, in which 23 persons were killed and 170 hurt. As compared with May, 1S85, there was an increase oi 3 1 accidents, of 15 killed and of 105 injured. The five months of the current year to the end of May, show a total of 432 accidents, 157 killed and 653 hurt an averaze per month of 86 accidents, 3 1 killed and 131 injured. The earnings at Sing Sing prison for Ju ne are 19,912, and the expenditures $13,- 878, leaving a profit for the month of 80.- 024. At Dover, N. H., George W. Ynrney, one of the pallbearers at the funeial ot Mrs. Baker, sank down as he was helping to carry out the casket, and died instantly of heart disease. Hon. Tim Tarsn ey of Michigan, and Hon. Tim Campbell of New York are the wittiest Irishmen in congress. The president has nominated Hugh Smith Thomps on of South Carolina assistant sec retary of the treasury, vice William E. Smith, resigned. Congressman Randall, inthehouse, fierce ly denounced Chief Signal Officer Hazen for attempting to have a certain amendme nt smuggled into the sundry civil bill. In the deficiency bill reported in the hou the widow of the late congressman Ranki.i of Wisconsin gets $4,580, her husband's salary. The presiden has paid his dog tax and reg istered Mrs. Cleveland as the owner of one French poodle named ''Hector." Dr. John S. Billings, curator of the army medical museum and author of several standard works, sailed for Europe to de liver the annual address before the British Medical assciation. This is the first time an American has ever been invited to ad dress the association. Knu te Nelson is renominated for congress by the Filth district republican convention at Brainerd. Among other items in the deficiency bill are the following: pay E. A. Grant, late postmaster at Fargo, Dak., for clerk hire during 1879 to* 1882, inclusive, 6,- 900 Henry Frink, late United States mar shal, Wisconsin, amount of judgment for costs recovered of him in the case of the United States vs. Christian Sallentine and others, 95 to Lucien B. Crooker, 351 Van Schaick & Co., $6,333 Otis K. Glover, receiver, $1.65 W. Jackson, re ceiver, $632 the Sioux City & Pacific Rail way company, $82,765 to enable the sec retary of the interior to make an allotment of lands in severalty to the Crow Indians in Montana, $2,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and the money to be available until june 30, 1887. Col. Colville,* of the "old First" living about a mile below the city of Red Wing. was severly gored and bruised in the legs and breast by his bull. The colonel being a cripple was unable to get away from the brute, and was at his mercy until help ar rived from his hired man. Ha was attend ed by Dr. Jaehing, who says his injuries are very severe, but not fatal.^5 %j. '4 The public debt was decreased by $9,- 061,897 during June. JMGEESSIQML^ SENATE.A conference repo rt on the pen sion appopriation bill was made and adopted. The house recedes from its dis agreements. After a long discussion, the senate insisted upon its subsidy amend ment to the postoffice bilL The motion that the senate insist on its amendment was agreed to33 to 12. The Democrats voting with the Republicans in the affima tive were Messrs. Brown, Call, Eu3tis, Gor man. Payne and Pugh. The senate then, on motion of Mr. Plumb, took up the president's veto of the bill to quiet titles of settlers on the Des Moines river lands, and Mr. Evarts ar gued in support of the veto, saying: "The objections to the bill were tersely and com prehensively stated. An examination of the subject had satisfied him that the president was right in returning the bill without his approval SENATE.Tne senate passed over the president's veto, by a vote of 15 to 34, the bill for the relief of the settlers upon the lands bordering upon the Des Moines river. The nays were: Brown, Butler, Colquitt. Edmunds, Evarts, Gray, Hampton, Haw ley, McPherson, Miller. Piatt, Ransom, Vance, Vest, Whitthorne. The vote was of great interest, in view of the curiosity felt as to how far the Demo crats in the senate would feel called upon to back the administration. Evidently the latter was the last thing in the minds of either side, for Beck, Berry, Blackburn, Call, Coke, Eustice, George. Jones of Ar kansas, Maxey and Walthall, Democrats, voted for the bill, and Edmunds, Evarts, Hawley and Miller of New York, Republi cans, against it. Senator Evarts' enthu siastic opposition to the bill is due to the fact that several New Yorkers, amongth em two members of congress, are interested in these lands. Mr. Beck introduced a bill to authorize the postmaster general to appoint and re move postmasters f the third class (who are now appointed and removed by the president.) The senate, by a vote of 33 to 12, decid ed to stick to th-ir amendment to the postoffiie appropriation bill, providing 800,000 a ye ir for the transportation of the ocean mails. Senators Plumb, Ma hone and Beck, the committee on confer ence, came in the next afternoon and rec ommended that it be abandoned. They backed squarely down from the position they had 'repeatedly taken, and without an explanation as to their reasons for do ing so except that the house committee re fused to recede, surrendered the point and abandoned the long fight. HOUSE.M r. Blount submitted the con ference report on the postoffice appropria tion bill and it was agreed to. The sen ate recedes from the amendment which au thorized the postmaster general to con tract for inland and foreign bteamboat mail service when it can be combined in one route, where the foreign office is not more than ,200 miles distant from the do mestic service, on the same terms as inland steamboat service. The senate also re cedes from the amendment increasing by 80,000 the appropriation for the railway postal car service and from the foreign mail service (subsidy) amendment. SENATE.Senator Edmunds introduced a bill which, if it should become a law, will invest in the president thcsolepowerofa p pointing a large number of officers, whoaie now appointed "by and with the ad\ice and consent of the senate." Among those are: "Postmasters of all classes, collect ors of internal re\enue, collectors of cus toms and certain ports and all other cus toms officers, all territorial officers except judges of the supreme courts, all distiict attorneys and United States marshals, In dian agents and district land officers." There was a singular scene in the senate a few days ago. Mr. Morrill is confined to his house by a serious illness. Learn ing that the open executive session resolu tion was to be called up by Mr. Hoar, he sent for Senator Mander&on, A.ho is one of the finest orators in tho senate, and asked if he would read his remarks, which had been prepared some months ago. Mr. Manderson consented. Spreading Mr. Mor rill's manuscript before him he delivered it with more energy and eloquence than usu ally jnarks the spe^hes of the lather of the senate. This is believed to be the hrst time that a speech was ever delivered for an ab sent senator. HOUSE.T he three reports of the com mittee which investigated the telephone scandal were presented, the Democratic re port being accompanied by a resolution exonerating the attorney general and all the other officials concerned. A joint reso lution was adopted providing for the ex penditures of the government for ten days, this being the close of the fiscal year. The consideration of the sundry civil bill was resumed. Mr. Henley, from the committee on In dian affairs, reporte 1 a substitute for the house bill, providing for a commission to investigate and audit claims for Indian depredations. SENATE.Mr. Sawyer presented the pe tition of Pomona GiangeNo. 9, of Fond du Lac, in favor of the oleomargarine bill. Mr. McMillan presented a petition from M. Dwer, secretary of a farmers' alliance representing 2,000 farmers of Windom and Cottonwood counties, in favor of the same measure. Senator Wilson presented a letter from T. J. Dennison of Carion, Wright county, Iowa, warning the senate that the passage of the oleomargarine bill was an absolute necessity if the republican party was to carry Iowa this fall. Mr. Edmunds criticised the house for its uniform delay in passingthe appropriation bills, and said if congress could not bring itself into better fashions about this bus iness he rather let the wheels of govern ment stop by refusing to pass this joint resolution. The resolution was amended extending the time to fifteen days, and was then passed. The senate resumed the con sideration of the legislative appropriation bill. After along discussion the paragraph for the office work connected with the publication of the records of |the Rebel lion was retained, but with provisions re stricting the publication to contemporane ous events of the war, and directing the publication of the evidence in the Porter case and the report thereon by J'udge Ad vocate General Holt. The bill was report ed back to the senate. Some amendments were agreed to and others left for further action. HOUSE.M r. Pays on presented reasons why the Des Moines River Land Bill should be passed over the president's veto, which, he said, was based on a total misapprehen sion of the facts of the case and the end sought to be accomplished by the measure. The vote on the passage of the bill, not withstanding the objections of the presi dent, resultedyeas, 161 nays, 91not the constitutional two-thirds vote in the affirmative. The following Democrats vot ed in the affirmative: Messrs. Allen ^Miss.) Barksdale, Barry, Bland, Burnes, B^num, Caldwell, Camp bell (Ohio), Carleton, Ccbb, Crain, Cui bertson, Daniel, Dockery, Edriage, Fish er, Frederick, Geddes, Hatch, Henly, Hoi man, Jones (Tex.) Kleiner, *Laffoon, Lanham, Lawler, Lowry, Matson, May bury, Mills, Morgan, Mupphy. Neal, Neece, Say era, Skinner, Stewart (Tex), Stone (Mo.), Tarsney, Taulbee, M. Tayl or (Tenn.), Tillman, Townshend, Van Eaton, Warner (Ohio), Weaver, (Iowa), Wellborn, Wilkins, Winans, Wise, Wolford and Worthington. The republicans voting in the negative were Davenport, Johnso n, Ketcham, Mil ler, Ramney and Sawyer. The house then went into committee of the whole (Mr. Reagan in the chair) on the sundry civil appropriation bill. VHs John Porter Restored to tho Army. Washington Special: The gen ate passed the house bill for the relief of Gen. Fitz John Porter by a vote of 30 to 17. Five republicans voted in the affirmative, name ly Cameron, Hoar, Jone3 (Nevada), Mitch ell of Oregon and Bewail and Riddelberger also voted for the bill. Sabin and .Stan ford, who were absent would have voted in the affirmative, and were paired. The debate was without special incident, except that the sharp criticism of Senator Plumb on the conduct and motive* oi Southern senators in voting for Porter's relief drew a heated protest from Senator Butler, who said Plumb's Insinuations were unjust and ungenerous, and if made in any place other than the senate he would denounce them as false and coward ly, and would promptly resent them. Mr. Logan offered an amendmenfctop'ace on the retired list every volunteer officer who received wounds producing total (lis bility. RejectedIS to 29. Mr. Logan offered another amendment providing places on the retired list for Union officers who lost an arm, a le_r or an eve at the battle of Bull Run. Rejected. The bill was then brought to a vote and passed, as follows: YE4S30. Beck. George, Pugh, Berry, Gibson, Ran som, Blackburn, Gorman, Iliddleber^er, (rep.) Brown, Gray, Sewell, (rep.) B.itler, Hoar, (rep.) Vance', Call, .Tone*. (Ark.). Ye^t, Cameron, (rep.) Jones (Nev.V (rep.) Voor hees, Cockrell, McPherson, Walthall, Coke, Maxey, Whitthorne, Colquitt, Mitchell, (Or.), (rep.), Wilson, (Md.) NAYS17. Aldrich, Hale, Palmer, Allison, Harrison, Sawyer, Conger, Hawley, Spooner, Cuilom, Ingalls, Teller. Evart s, Logan, Wilson (Iowa), Frye, Manderbon. The bill passed the house on Feb. 18 last. I authorizes the president, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to appoint Gen. Port er to the position of colonel in the army, the same rank and grade held by him at the time of his dis missal, and authorizes the president, in his discretion, to place Gen. Porter on the re tired list of that gradeGen. Porter, how ever, to receive no pay, compensation or allowance whatsoever prior to his appoint ment under this act. The Demands or the Knigh ts of Labor. Ralph Beaumont, James Campbell and John J. McCartney, the committee of the Knights of Labor appointed at the meeting of the general assembly held at Cleveland, have sent a letter to Speaker Carlisle. Copies have also beon sent to Representa tives Randall and Morrison. The letter states. The committee was appointed to -visit Washington and ask the passage of certain bills, for which petitions bearing 500.000 signatures will soon be pre sented. The bills are: Repeahns the timber culture, pre-emption and desert land acts, for the adjustment of railroad and other land grants forfeiting all rad road land grants, the conditions of which have not been strictly complied with or ganizing the territory of Oklahoma open ing a portion of the great Sioux reserva tion to settlement prohibiting aliens from holding lands in the United States, making presidential and congressional election (lays holidays, and punishing bribery directing the disbursement of at least $200, 000,000 treasury surplus and substitut ing treasury notes for bank notes re tired. In making these requests, the com mittee say, we feel that wo are not enumer ating any new doctiines, but we find the groundwork of nearly every one of 1 hem laid down in the Democratic platform adopted at Chicago in 1SS4, on which the present majority of the dominant party was elected. We are not asking anything from the dominant paity, only to fulfill the promises that it made to the people. We only look to you and your party to see that (he measures are brought forward and submitted to the house for its action, and we are willing to trust them to the good judgment of the members regardless of party. Great Decline In Foreign Exports. The bureau of statistics has issued a statement, showing that our exports o' merchandise continue to decline, while the imports of foreign merchandise show a de cided increase over values for the precedin year. For the eleven mont hs closed with May our exports of merchandise foot up 623,431,670, a decline of 70,275,065 compared with the same period of the last fiscal year, and a declineof over$215,000, 000 compared with the eleven month* ending May 31, 1881. For the pas! six years the average value of merchandise exported for ea#h period of eleven months ending with May 31 was $718,700.23], so that it will be Been that the exports forthr eleven mont hs just closed fall nearly 100-, 000,000 below the average. The value ol foreign merchandise imported duiing the past eleven mont hs was $5S1.1,12,842, an increase of $33,000,000 over the saint ^gmonths of last year. The excess of mer chandise exported over that imported foi the eleven mont hs was 42,268,838, against 865.492,058 for the corresponding period of the preceding year. An examination ol the movements of gold shows a lac loss for the past eleven months.the amount ex ported having been $34,572,048, against 820,354,650 imported, a net loss of ovei .814,000,000. In the same mont hs of the preceding fiscal year our exports of gold were $7,735,900 and the importR $26,- 461,933. The exports of silver were $27,- 648,088 and the imports $10,638,008, the excess of imports being about $11,- 000,000, against about $14,000,000, for the eleven months of the preceding fiscal year. The total value of merchandise, coin and bullion exported for the period named was $685,651,806, and of that imported, $618,135,560, the excess of exports beino $67,516,246, against $161,256,497 during the eleven months of the fiscal year oi 1885. Wisconsin Fourth Class Postmasters. The following fourth-class postmasters were appointed a few daj-s ago: Dougl Centre, Marquette county, Wm. H. Aloore, vice Joseph H. Toomer, resigned Randolph, Dodge county, John S. Light oner, vice John G. Stacks, removed Cedar Falls, Dunn county, C. Smith, vice Da mon E. Barber, deceased AVaterford. Ra cine county, William Sanders, vice W. Sanders, resigned Wrightstown, Brown county, John Ruel, vice Alphonso J. Mor- Andrews, vice Benjamin VV. Andrews', de ceased Pound, Marinette county A Brooks, vice John A. Wagg,resigned Buffa^ lo, Buhalo county, Nicholas Weinands vice ^v? a count aum W. L. Schmidler. vice Jacob C. Schmidler, resigned Norman Ke. waunee county, A. G. Schaner, vice John H. Dishmaker,e resigned Lon Rock Rich- "'.ir.Buror^McDonalde Enreka WWJ x? Winnebago county. vice Abro- Wo county William McGooly, vice Lester E Chappell. removed Ox Bow, Jacks on county Frank O. Hollis, officeestatffed babin, Richland county, Bert Marshall of' fice established Strasburg, Langdale coun ty, Anton Sensenbruner, office established Meggara, Manitowoc county5 Henrv& Zi 2 U8 coaltWohf MaitoS W Sh established heD ffic Saint Jaco b, Milwaukee county. er, ofnee established. g, faf.j"nde^^bt fcJns. JR* S'3' Fisoh" wcn o/phUadelphia is $60,. I Y.V v* jyv^V**S5Y**'sr-'^TW''TfissMir? MINNESOTA STATE KEWa Congressm an Nelson Renominated. At the fifth Minnesota District RepubU" :an convention, held at Brainerd, C. F- Kindred pre- siding. Hon- Knute Nelson was .renomina- ted for congress by acclama- tion, the Tra v erse delegation not voting. Am.ong the res- olutions adop- ted are the fol- lowing- Resolv- ed, That wein- .sist upon a ma- terial and ju- dicious reduc- tion of the tar- iff, especially where it bears heavily upon the agricultur al interest. We appro ve of the action of our congressmen in voting for the consid eration of the only bills that have been presented to congress looking in that di rectien. Resolved, That we highly appreciate the services of Hon. Knute Nelson as our rep resentative in congress. The extensive territory and vast interests of this district devolve upon its representatives extraor dinary labors, and Mr. Nelson has per formed his duty with fidelity and honor. riie Second Regiment's Sham Battle at New Ulm. The Second Regiment Minnesota National Guard was in camp for over a week at New Ulm. Brown county. A battery of light artillery from Fort Snelling and a com pany of cavalry from St. Paul, were present and participated in all the disj lays. The soldiers were reviewed bj 1 Fire caugat ia Holhen's furniture store it Heuning. Otter Tail county, burned a ieed store adjoining the latter/owned by M. E. Clapp of F-rgus Falls, and George ftolaten's lur/e store and residence, besides seveial large ban.s and out buildings. All the contents of tno furniture and feed stores were destroyed. No insurance on 3tock. Three sellers of buttcrine were tried in Minneapolis, found guiity and fined. Napoleon Zcvigny, a pas.senger on the night train from St. Paul on his way to C'rookston. was robbed of $120 and a ,ol watch valued at 80 as the train pulled into Wilmar. W. E. Poe 's residence ne ar Canon Falls is burned loss, $3,000. At Faribault a judgment has been en tered against Sen. A. A. Ames, in favor of Gen. B. Butler, for $37,813.80. and an execution was issued by the clerk of the district court. In nothing has the Second regiment, late ly in camp at New Ulm, displayed so much improvement as in the target practice. The interest displayed was remarkable, and it was mere difficult to make the men leav the range than it was to make them shoot last year. During the six days' shooting there were men on the range constantly. One feature of the target shooting this year was t-he numb er of officers who qualified. At the last encampment very few were awarded the state decoration. The scores made are phenomenal. Corporal Walker of Company I) earned off the honors, he mak ing 48 out of a possible 50. Several men made scores of 47. Company again add ed fresh laurels to its record, and it has the best standing of any company in the Minnesota National Guard. Thecompa ny Qualified sixteen men as sharpshooters and nineteen,as marksmen out of the 45 who ill Ot. The Treston Democrat, late und the maii.tigement of 3. K. McKenny, has been soi.l to Sheriffs. A. La ngum, who willtrans ior.n it in to a stalwart Republican paper. V.rs. A. Mutsler died of fri-ht at Per hnm. bin-rose from a sir-k be to ascer tain the whoreahou's of a fire kindled hv l.or children ai.d fill back dead. A cow of Gariott Arrowood's was kihel ly l.ghtmngatfcwan Lake,and atthesa.ne t.mo 1 1 in. lightning struck the gianory, set ting it on lire. John McGinty'sgrotery at Waver!v was burred. Lo. 2,000, in-uranrc, si.80". inec-.ty 1*1| and jail were also binned. -No i::stnaot\ i-aif.b Tmutman, while iidin- on a si 'r.a'o in his mill at Perha m, had his h-it icut off. C* 1 Gov. Hubbard and staff, and were highVy complimented. A correspondent gives the following ac count of the last performance: The sham batt le was the attraction. Ear ly in the afternoon thousands of people wended their way to the camp. At 4 o'clock the troops prepared for the sham battle. The fort was located on the hill west of the camp. I was commanded by Col. Mead, with three companies of infan try and one gun. Col. Bobleter command sd the attacking party. I consisted of five companies of infantry. Light Battery and the cavalry troo p. Theattackingforce iv as stationed about dne-half mile from the fort. The boom cf the battery guns an nounced the opening of the engagement. The attacking force advanced and began tiring upon the pickets of the enemv. The enemies' skirmishers were then reinforced, and they drove the attacking party back to the main line. The battery then opened fire, and it was answered by the gun from the fort. The booming of the cannon, th. rattling of the musketry, the sharp com mands of the officers, the movements of the men, the clouds of smoke, and the fierce dieors ail combined to bring memories of battle to more than one old veteran. The enemy's fl.irmibhcrs drove the attacking force back to the main line. Col. Bobleter then ordered ,i charge. The brigade and battery mc*ed slowlv up, and as theenemy began to move, the attacking foice moved forward in double-quick time. The roar of t'.e artillerv and the bursts of the musket ry wer? almost deafening. Many of the troops fell to the ground, and the iimbulanie corps removed them to the ho-pital tents. The cavalry pass ed aiound to the rear of the fort to cut off the escape of the cnemv The latter letreated to the fort in disorder be fore the charge, and with a victonousshout I he attacking force passed onward to the fortifications and took possession of them. Tho immense crowd of spectators shouted themselves hoarse and excite.nent wasata 'ever ho it. The victorious troops,' ]*n '''civ up the fort and the battle was con cluded. I was the most BUcee-.Hiul and i uctive affair of the kind that has ever \iken place in tho northwest. Col. /aeon levievved the regiments :')e last time and the dress -ade was the best that has been given. target shooting has concluded. So wis been the interest that a large number of men have bten unable to have the use of the range. Uilty-five men have been qual tiol as sharpshooters and 163 as marks men. This is about twice as manyasquali ned last \ear. The men cheetred every thing and everybody, Col. Bacon being par ticularly fa voied. The regiment broke camp and proceeded to St. Peter on aspecial train, where it will parad e. Gov. Hubbard and staff left for St. Paul, and the light battery start overland for Fort Snelling. MA for pa- The ft ireat The perpetiators of the allegod robbery on the naseenger train weie arrested at N'ew London, Kandiyohi countv, and were taken to Willmar and arraigned before Justice Miller on the charge of robbery in the first degree. They gave their names as Thomas Hall and Robert T. Simpson and had their case adjourned until July 6.