The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-13
Afternoon Dispatches
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having been made to the Commissions Of
the Land Office to construe the act otJunc
%, 1874, for the relief Of settlers on rail
road lands 40 as to permit the Union
Pacific Railroad Company to select lands
cuntaining coal and iron in lieu oil the
agricultural lands proposed to be released
in favor OF actual settlers, the Commits
sioner replies TINT the act Of 1pne lisst
provides that nothing therein contained
shall BIZ 80 construed ~ 10 enlarge or ex-
tend any grant OF any such railroad.
Your company receives all itS coal and
iron lands without diminution on account
Of the claim OF any settler. 10 allow you,
in addition, to surrender lands purely
agricultural and take the reserved coal
land Of greatly increased yalne would, in
my Judgment, materially enlarge Your
grant, and would therefore DO in express
violation OF tho act under which the
claim il presented.
A general order from tho War Depart
ment with reference to carrying out
tho provisions Of tho net Of Congress,
approved February ~, 1875, to provide
for the relief Of persOns suffering ,isQm,
the Fayages Of gfasRhOpPerS upon Gle
Western frontier, says; II is ordered by
the President that the commanders the
Departments Of the Platte, MissOuriand
Dakota shall cause to be made M soon ~
possible an enrolment Of the inhabitants
OF the States and Territories within those
Departments, who have been rendered
destitute by tho rayages, which enrOll-
mcnt will, IN fur ~ practicable, group
families together, giving tho name of
each person entitled to relief; children
under II years to be rated separately APP
pliCAutS for supplies should have slate
ments on tho blanks furnished them Of
their resources convertible with safety
10 their families into tho supply Of food,
and the names Of such persons, as may DO
found to have resources 40; CpnYcrtable
shall not be placed on the rolls until such
resources are exhausted,
The Ways and Means COMMITTEES to-
day agreed TO amend tho now reyenuO bill
no that melatlO will pay sugar duty.
The Senate by vote Of : yeas TO ~
nays reiusch to order to third reading
the Portland, Dallas Il Salt Lake Rail
road bill. Cameron ppd Flanagan were
the only Senators who voted in"tlle atlr-
~" pro.;Jor, L,suom;notodD " Rail
q. r''Il'c,or ~ r"stoT. II Dotrnit Mich
~ H Su ,h !" debate In ,t%o Sonat" tnaIav
nm ill., por,Io"J Sa,ias & SsIt Inke RaiI.
."o " Iii A. ErolhSbuvsar s";d thc
,nmmittc~ an RaiIrpa11Is s Jnring th,. ses.
sinnlLaI hSinre ihon, In mr. seven hills
''s"v;I;", Ior .nhs;Ii,s ria "ommilt""
III "nms;,i"soJ ,ho'" "oraf"lIv anil SnG
,""ri orsnnentp and bSi concluded thnt
,hov n",sII ""t .Smart INV " these kiIIs
t"vyo,o III IN H. S"nsi" Nfonv nj +ho
Ill tSSs ,r".,nJ Io anil hoI m6ni,eIy
mn '" ' mari, ,5on III" o""n "Jcr consider.
ntinH '' - '"" Wv WV ''
ma rnolter NJ the communication ioi
,hn " Ifoi"" paciIc RSilrood @%n,n"ny wns
n "a '" ~ IL" .nSincts hsiorS ,ho Cahimrl In.
Jaw Law '" anI n" 'liGSrent member. present
Nv o"y 1ros,"L ,Scir inIiviiunI view, ,,non tho
~ NJ presids"t' Dillon thoI,vh
r ISnba n mi XIX III ,hn SscpNtS Sjt1s ,i
~ ,Lo ST Tre"s,,ry ~ 'lecidS what recommend.
a III Il" vi m"kn In CnnGrcsa ON The
.',IJ"o, /, .,om nm, ~nlik~1v that snmo
n o..yM"smort viii %c oSr."J nEom Lctwe"n
thc "aycrnncnt nnd 1hN Railroad Com.
wv n,n"iIoJ s"",o oLon""s Yro modo
"'Hb ofis " oGar which viii Iva mara no.
a"uinTIn han III" "ronos;iion nav nj
L L"rJI',r biS iiis tho,I~ht wonlIb e prefer.
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