Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31
Washington.
SOUTH CAROLINA WHISKY CASES.

SOUTH CAROLINA WHISKY CASES.
Washington advices of July Goth say
that the commissioner of internal reven-
ne had an interview with the president
to-day concerning the cases of
revenue officers in South Carolina
who have been indicted for
killing Amos Ladd. 1t is considered
certain the cases will be taken before
the Judge of the United States court on
a writ of habeds corpus. A telegram was
to-day received from Assistant District
Attorney Earl, mentioning that he will
be here Saturday.
HOG CHOLERA.
The commissioner of agriculture APP
pointed Prof Ithaca, of New York;
Prof. II. J. Detmars. of Chicago; DR..
Dyer, of Ottowa, Ill DR.. J. w. Noyter,
ofNew Albany, Ind; DR.. Albert Dun
lap, of Iowa City, a.; DR.. Hintz, of
Kansas, and DIR. Solomon, of Louisville,
n. c., as examiners to investigate and
devise a remedy for hog cholera. ~ = g
AGREAT SIOUX WAR. Il sAste s
Advices from Washington of July
18th state that the commissioned of
Indian affairs has received information
which comes from a trustworthy
half breed, who has just returned from
visit to the Sisseton agency, Da-
kota Territory, says while, there
he met and conversed with some Sioux
Indians from Standing Rock agency.
They % were Ncouriers sent with.
tobacco from the Sioux of the
plains n to invite the Sissetons to
join them in hostilities against the
whites; that already eight different
bands of Sioux had joined the. confed-
Grafton and that Sitting Bull, himself
lad made visit this summer to Stand
ng Rock agency where he spent three
or four days in disguise. Also that the
government had threatened toytake the
ponies from some of the Sioux and
Indians on the Missouri, which
would be resisted by all of those tribes,
and that general Sioux war was immi-
nent and would soon be announced.
Whether there is any truth in the state
ment made by Indians from Standing
Rock agency or not, | can't tell, but
they certainly made such q statement.
THE SILVER DOLLARS COMING.
A Washington dispatch of the Oath
says: Last Thursday the United States
Treasurer addressed circular to the
banks throughout the country, inform
ing them that they would be supplied
with as many silver dollars as they
might want in exchange for greenbacks
or treasury warrants, the cost of trans
portation to be borne by the Treasury.
There are about eight millions of these
dollars in the Treasury The second
day after the circular went out twenty
banks IN the smaller and neighboring
cities responded, their aggregate requi-
sitions amounting to $500 600. To-day
many new responses were received,
from the west particularly, and tonight
the acquisitions will aggregate 81 ,OOG,-
OO0 One bank IN Memphis ordered
100000. Treasurer Gilfllan expects.
that as soon as the other
banks at remote distances shall
have received the letters, orders
for silver in large amounts will be
crowded upon the departm ent. On &C
count Of the heavy expense of trans
porting silver dollars by the Adams
Express, an arrangement has been
made with the postoffice department
whereby all Of this new silver is to be
sent in pound bags as mail matter.
These expenses, which are to be borne
by the government by way of an in
ducement to the banks, will be only
one-ffteenth of what the cost of ex-
pressage would be. While Secretary
Sherman gives an eauivocal denial to
the statement that the greenbacks so
received are to be-usud for resumption
purposes, Treasurer Giiillan says they
are to be so used. b
PACIFIC RAILWAY LANDS DECLARED OPEN
TO PRE-EMPTION. BY. THE SECRETARY OF
THE INTERIOR.
In the Dudymotte case Secretary
Schurz decided that the Pacific Railroad
lands may be pre-empted. The decis-
ion says that nearly all Of the grants
made by the United States to aid in the
construction of railroads or other works
Of internal Improvement, have
annexed to them conditions, some
of which are conditions precedent, and
other conditions subsequent Such CON
ditions are found in this grant to the
Kansas Pacific. It cannot be denied
that congress had the right to make
the grant to said company absolute and
unconditional, but, in order to
secure the objects for which the
grant was made, conditions were
annexed. The company had the right
o accept or reject the grant, with the
conditions therein made, but, having
ccepted it, it is now estopped to deny
lei force and effect. One of those
1nditions. and the one under which
re applicant now claims the right to
of ho
,e company is, that all such lands, SO
.anted by the section, which shall not
sold or disposed Of by said company
rec years after the entire road shall
I'VE been completed, shall be subject
settlement and presumption like
her lands, at price not exceeding
.25 per acre, to be paid to such
ompany." While it. is true that
either of the decisions of the
lpreme court clearly and distinctly