Omaha daily bee., 1882-10-26
CAPITAL NO!ES.
Special DISPATCHES to THE BER,

CAPITAL NO les.
Special Dispatches to The BER.
IMPORTANT To PENSIONERS.
WASHINGTON, October %. A
Secretary of the Interior Joslyn EN-
dered a decision Of the utmost i'm.
portance to a large Glars of applicants
for pensions. IL holds in effect that
seven years absence may he taken as
proof presumptive Of a soldiers death,
and such proof ahs'l warrant the
issue of q peusion to his family 1t
other requirements have been com
piled with. This decision is a direct
reversal of the practice hitherto pre-
v,i'ent in ths pension bureau. Posi-.
tive proof of a soldiers death was re
quired, which in many cases it was
impossible to produce.
ARTHUR PAYNE,
for whom warrants we're issued in
connection with the attempt to bride
Juror Brown, of the star route jury,
was arrested and srraigned in the pc.
lice court this morning. Bail was
fixed at $1,000. The government in.
tends to have a full hearing in the
police court of all circumstances in
the case, 30 the public may judge OF
the merits of the prosecution. 1t lie
b,lieved defendants will wave exam.
iuation when called for hearing and
let the case go directly to the grand
jury.
AMONG THE ICEBERes.
Lieutenant D ,uenho wer continued
| his account Of travels of the Jeannettt
crew before the board of eng liry to-
day. Travt ling improved some
about July Alb, and ab Dui two miles
were made that day. July 9Th, there
was q great movement of Ice and trav'
cling became very bad. On the 18Th,
the captain announced he had mad,
twenty seven miles the past week,
against thirteen the previous one
July 16;h, land bore south to south
west aud our course was directed to it
On that day Collins killed q Boa
which furnished a g'oi meal for tbs
entire party July % h. Up NJ, tn,
weather cleared aud land was plant!
visible. We shift. d to an immens,
Zoe and advanced u miles, towar'
land aud camped at IL p, m. At Q ?
m of the 90 b q mountain suddenl
sppssrsd fow.ripg over TIE fog "a
party pushed for shore, and after tn
hours' work got the sleds and boat
upon some fit pieces of Ice inside tn
outer line of grounded ice and campo
for supper. This was ut the foot @
the island, the land being too stee
to afford q camping place, About z
m. that day tho captain with all hand
hoisted the American ensign and to-
possession in the name of the prssider
of the United States, calling 1t Bsr
nett island, aud ordered Cnip
to give the parry all. the hbsrt
they wished on American sol
Next day parties were sent out I
shoot b,ros. Lrge numbers wer
obtained aud distributed among tn
tents. July 3lst, Dunbar aud tn
Indians we're sent out to explore tn
southeastern island. Divine service
we're also held. Dunbar est ablished
cirp, August b, on the southea
face Of the island. At this time tn
weather was foggy and raw, and
considerable numper of the par,
we're sick with diorrhea from estil
birds, Up to this time the dogs ha
been allowed one pound of pennies
each per day. Ga this day twelve
them were crippled and of no furtn,
use. They ere shot and buried
the water. August 6 h, boats Wei
launched and We started on our tri
from Bennett island. Court ad )url
ed until to morrow.
POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS.
Hearing OF arguments in the polit
cal assessment Case wss continued
the Uaited States supreme court tn
afternoon. Martin Il. Smith, I
counsel for petitioner, replied at son
length to the argument Of the sOlic
tor general, aud was to day, as yeste
day, repeatedly interrupted by one
tions from the bench. La his arg
ment he said, "rhe law for prote
tion of an enrolling officer p~rotec
) him only in the discharge Of his dut'
It makes distinction between his of
eial and his private life. If he GO
INTO trouble over a game Of cards
10 not under protection Oh the law"
Justice nj ller-"rhat i. trns. I'll
law protects an enrolling officer on
while IN the discharge of his duty
but a clerk in one of the department
Is always on odi,ial duty a far as b
need of protection 10 concerned. i
: need it as much at one time
another. Oppression may be exc
oised upon him out in the street
well as when he is in his ofi,e,"
Smith-"But, yol honor, the Ia
says he shall not give of his means Z
political purpoSes,even when he desir
to give aud is anxious to give. TIL
is not protection
!, Justice Miller--The law does n
say he shall not give, bat that he shl
not give to another officer of the 90
ernment He can give to anyboi
else if he chooses. / sm not partic
laIly a civil service reformer, but
all know how these voluntary cont
buttons are made. The object of Il
statute evidently vas to protect
subordinate from the exactions of |
superior. by making it a misd emean
for the former to give the latter al
money for political purposes. Th