The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-23
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
THE CAPITAL.
GuiIeau'e Bones are NObOdy's.
The Yellowstone Park
Mataer-NOGes and
News.

Washington, THE story that the
government contemplstes paying 1900
for Guiteau's bones is moonshine. No
one owns the bones. The pretended
will of Guiteau. granting them to Dr..
Hicks has never been probsted ard prob
ably never will be. District Attorney
Uorkhill said, to-day, anyone who has
possession Of the bones has as much
right to them as anyone else.
Assistant Secretary Joslyn, of the in
terror department, has been criticised for
his action in the matter of the Yellow
stone Park. Says the letteEof General
Brisbin on the subject; sit shows what
his motives were for asssiliDg me. he
expected to make million dollars, ac-
cording to his letter, and if he could 90
this everything would be all right.
When he found somebody else was likely
to make money cut Of the enterprise,
then the whole thing was swindle. De
evidently Is very much preiudiced."
The secretary Of the interior is consid-
eriDR the advisability of modifying or
qualifying the recent decision of the case
of Phelps U.s. the Northern Pacific. In
this event, while the result in the partic-
ulsr cases involved, the Bitter Valley
lands will not be reversed, the scope Of
the original decision, as generally under
stood, will be greatly limited. 1t is in
timated that pressure has been brought
10 bear 10 secure this limitation. The
decision as publisbed seems 70 have
alarmed railroad men.
The Supreme Court oftheUDited States,
to-day, rendered an elaborate decision in
which it is held that section 65l of the
Revised Statutes, is not supported by the
authority, and that the enactment was
beyond the power Of Congress.
Washington, % Teller has ordered
stricken from the Phelps decision the
clause which has boon misconstrued, SO
the decision applies only 10 lands in
Bitter Root Valley.
The President has approved the agri-
culture appropriation bill and the act
amending sections 1926 and 1928. Re-
vised Statutes, so as TO extend the limits
CT the Jurisdiction ofjustices of the peace
in the territories of Washington, Idaho
and Montana.
James F. Gowen and John Cary, OF
Oregon. testified in the stsr route trial,
reia'ivelto the route from Canyon City to
Fort Dermott. During Csrey's exapina-
ton letter from Miner 70 witness was
read, wherein he is directed to purcha5e
the silence OF person in Oregon y ho
had besn sending to the department pro-
tests against continuance Of the increased
service.
The court of claims, to-day; rendered a
decision in the case Of Commander Jas
D. Graham, of the navy, to the effect
that naval officers, while travelling in
a foreign country under orders, are en-
titled to mileage the same as when travel
ling under orders in the United States.
Judgment was given for $50, $40 in favor
of ths claimant. The court overruled
the motion Of the government for new
trial OF the case Of Timothy Ford & Co.
Logsn's bill, reported to the Senate
with favorable recommendation to day,
requires telegraph companies to receive
dispatches from any persons or from any
other line, and transmit the same with
out faYer or prejudice.
The secretaries of stat and treasury
have sgreed upon the form of the new
Chinese regulations, to be- promulgated
in the circular from the treasury in day
or two.