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The Illinois legislatura has passed a bilí ; vlded that no telephone cotnpany símil charge j nore than $3 per ninitU when one telephone j s ns (1, and 18.50 when more than one is used, uní lixing the toll mi messages from one town to anothcr at 1Ü cents. okant's dedioation. Gen. Grant has written the dedication íor lis forthcoming work. The dedication is as : [ollows : "To the olfieers and soldiers engaged in the war of the rebellion and also those enraged in the war i:i Mexico these volumej are dedicated." __ - j WILI, DBFEND RIEL, F. X. Leinieux. M. P. I'., and Chas. ! riek of Quebee, have been retained as counsel to derend Louis Kiel in bis coming trial in the northwest, they havlngbeensentforby prominent Frenen Cánadkm gentlemen who volunte-red to meet all expenses ineurredby equnsil la bis defense, EVA 1IXO DL'TIEfl, It bas been ascertained that large quantities of goods manüfftctured in Europe have been üeretoforeimported from Canada at ports upon our frontier whlch were invoiced in Canada at original European values, and whieh have been passed at United S(ate3 custom houses without addition being made to ralse invoice prlces to the market value of goods in Canadian markets. These goods, it is uulcrstood, werenotdestined for the United States at time of shipment from the European eompany of manufaeturing, but wcre lmported into Canada for the purpose of being sold in that country either íor ; tion or export, as circumstances might require. The Secretary of the Treasury ha3 issued a circular calliug attention to the matter. EX-SECHETAHY FRELIXGIIUTSEN DEAD. Ex-Seeretary of State Flelinghuysen died at . nis home in NWark, M. J., on the ÍOcj inst. llismindhad been a partial blank for six weeks, and he di.d without recognizlng any member of bis family. Frederlck Thcodore Frelinghuysen belongeJ to the distinguished Nciv .Icrsc'v family of Frcllnghuysens. Hewas boni in 1817, grailuated at Kutger's .cqllege, and was admifte.l to the bar in 1839. His iirandfather was a soldier of the revolutiouary war. a delégate to t'je continental congress, and a United States senator. Hls ancle Theodore was the WWg candidate fortae vice-presidencv in 1S-41, when Henry Cliiy was the candidate for president. Frederlek Theodore was appointecl attorney-geoeral of New Jersey in 1861, and was reappolnted in U(i. In ! ter war he was appointed t tl 11 a vacaney in the United States senate. In 170 he was regularly eleeted to the full term. December 12, 1831, he was appointed by President Arthur secretary of state to succeed Mr. Blaine, and held that ofiice tmtil thé t-nn of the president espirad He h4 been Blek most of the time' siiiee hé retired from the state department. OF INTEREST TO I.ASI) IIOI.!)ERS. The commissioner of the general land office has Í83Ued a circular reg.irdiug suspension of final actlon on tlmber culture and land claims in a ntimber ol western ïte-i and territories, ' whii-h Ís canstng a great cont"OTersy and decUedopp sition fio:n ageuts and attorneys e:i gaged ín securing pateütfi !or claimants. It is claimed to be a grjat hardship to settlers ■ wishing to prove U] knd and borrow (nQnéV tú : continue improvemenU. Commlssloner Sparks saya the order was intended for what he called ''infeeteJ dlstricts." He has dozeus of lrticis from residents of such distriets provlng the order. They say Ín m-.inv regious not one entry iu lifty Ís bona fide. He says: "Tlmber entries ars alm 58 1 uuiformly ' uleut. Now it is to cateh these people that I have said that wewoaldsa'pend final actionon ' claims. I believe fully one-half of them were frauduieut. ín tliis wav I believe I have f aved to the public donniin fully 1,(XX,003 acres since A])ril 8. The charge has been made that the order wa politieal and geographical in character - that the South was excepted. I Whul we are really a f ter is to prevent the public domain froüi jióinjj into Ihe hands of ranchmeu and speculitors. A bona fide sett'.er ean , b nniw just as much money on his certifícate of entry or bis duplícate papers as he can úpon a patent. The BOUth was exeepted because the bulk of fraud is uot in the south. Thère is five'tiine as much ten.itory u the nfi.rth that Is not lucluded iu the order, Michigan, Wiseonsin, lowa, Bsarly all Mlunesota, N'ebraska and Kansas are not includrd, and in two of those states, Michigan and Wisconsin, I know there is fraud tliat we ought to look after. When I am batislied that there is good iairh on the part of a setiler there will be io difliculty iu his getting a patent. 1 shall satisfy myself bv means of special ageuts and dete.t'ves whom I ean thorougly trust and upon them I shall put such c'.iecks and counter detection as will inake it absolutely certain that no false swearing or fraud can secure a patent.