The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1882-06-03
TELEGRAPHIC.

TELEGRAPHIC.
Another California Discovered, in
Western Africa.
NEW York, May 2Sth.-A Heyald's
London correspondent says: Geographi.
cal and scientific circles are interested in
the accounts brought to England bv Can.
tain Burton and Commander Cameron
from the gold coast Of Africa. The form.
er states that on landing he found women
washing sand for gold aud earning from
haif to four dollars a day. They found
gold spangles after a rain everywhere in
the streets and roads. The country is i'm
pregnated with gold. 1t is hoped that en-.
terprising men will take the matter in hand
and make great fortunes, as Western Afri.
ca is another California.
Surrender Of Frank James.
ST. LOUIS, May 29.-The Post. .DisbatcA
Will publish statement this afternoon
showing that Gouernor Crittenden has
been in negotiation with Frank James the
past ten days for his surrender and that the
noted outlaw will be pardoned within a
week. Sheriff Timberlake and Police
Commissioner Craig, Of Kansas City, and
an attorney representing the James family,
accompanied by Frank James and three of
his friends, were in st. Louis Tuesday and
Saturday. 1t is stated that Frank James
has normally surrendered to Sheriff Tim.
berlake under flag Of truce and that Gov.
ernor Crittenden has promised a full and
unconditional pardon to the famous out.
law.
A Three Years. Prospecting Expedition
Organized for Alaska.
SAN Francisco, May a9th.-Edward
Schieffelin, a well-known Arizona pros.
pector and frontiersman, has organized q
party Of five experienced men, himself in
cluded, to make thorough prospecting
tour Of the valley Of the Tukon river in
Alaska. The party have ample means
A small, light draft stern. wheel steamer
has been built for river navigation and will
be taken on the deck Of schooner chartered
for the purpose. The expedition will leave
IN few days. Schietfelin believes tha,
Alaska is within a mineral helt which ex-
tends through South America, Mexico, the
United States and British Columbia as far
north as prospectors have explored, and
leaving Alaska unexplored, is disclosed
again in Siberia. The party expect to he
absent three years.
Hancock for Governor of Pennsy lvanin.
WAsHINGroN, May ,o.-It is reported
here that General Winfield Scott Hancock
Of Pennsylvania, the Democratic candidate
tor President in 1881, is to be nominated
for Governor Of Pennsylvania bv the Dem.
octats. General Hancock was the guest ot
Judge Jere Black, at York, Pennsylvania,
last Saturday and Sunday. A prominent
Republican from Harrisburg, who is now
IN the CITY, says there was a conference at
Blacks house Of many Democratic leaders
IN the State, and it Is believed that the OBJ.
ject Of the conference was to nominate
Hancock for Governor. This gentleman
says that Hancock's military record dis
counts that Of Beaver, and the fight be-
tween the Republican factions would make
his election pretty sure. Once elected
Governor Of Pennsylvania, it is believed
he will be in a straight line fof renomin.
alton for President.
Gigantic Railroad Scheme for Over
5000 Miles of Road.
New York, May ,9-Monday' G,uth-
&c Washington correspondent says: A st.
Louis gentleman named Hinton r. Helper
has bill before Congress providing for the
appointment Of a Commissioner to go to
Central and South America and inquire into
the commercial condition OF central States,
with view Of building railroad to reach
them. Belford, Of Colorado, introduced the
bill. This Is the small beginning for tire.
rnendous project which Helper hopes to
see carried through within ten years. He
hopes to utilize information obtained by
the Commission for the construction OF q
railroad beginning at the boundary oi
Guatemala and the Gulf of Mexico, TO con.
tinue southeast through Central America
into South America, and through Colun,.
bia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and the Ayen.
tine Republic, passing along the eastern
slope of the Andes. He would thus con.
meet with the Mexican system OF railroads
In process OF construction and fiom thence
to the United States, making direct line
Of railway from st. Paul tn the boundary
Of Patagonia OF more than 5000 miles in
extent.
Teller's Timber Ruling.
WASHINGTON, May e9-Secretary Tel
has made an important ruling in regard to
the construction hereafter TO be placed upon
the act Of June ;, 1878, authorizing citizens
Of Colorado, Nevada and the Territories to
to fell and remove timber from the public
domain for domestic purposes. The De.
partment has construed the words 'tOr do
inestic purposes" to mean the cutting OF
timber by individuals for their own use
and not for sale. Numerous suits have
bren brought and many are now pending
upon this basis. Secretary Teller holds
that to take this view is to defeat the very
intent Of the act, which was to provide
way BY which needed timber for mines,
mills and pioneer towns can be legally OBJ
tanned. He holds that any such use with.
in the State or Territory, whether by indi.
viduals cutting timber, or by mill or mill
men to whom it has been sold, is a con.
sumption tor domestic purposes protected
by the act. The timber cut, must b.,
however, of the size required by the DE.
partment regulations. This important de-
cision will materially change the course OF
proceedings in cases of timber depredaton>
both of the Interior, and the Department OF
Justice.