Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-28
The Noble Beds Wrestling With
\ q. .Av Law and Timber
- .'~, Thieves.
Numerous Appointments An
nounoed-Revenue and
Treasury Matters.
A Variety OF General News.
CAPITOL NOTES.
Special Dispatch os 70 THl BEE.

SUING TIMBER THIEVES.
| WASHINGTON, April 27.-The sec.
retary of the interior will tomorrow
hear the evidence In the. case of the
Choctaw and Chickassw Indians
versus the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway company. The Indians,
through their attorneys, maintain
that In the construction of that road
timber was taken from their reservs.
tion for which they received no COM
pensation.
FoRFEITURE OF LAND GRANTS.
Counsel for the Central Pacific
railway company to day fled with the
secretary of the interior q brief In
which he appeals from the refusal of
the commissioner of tho general land
office to proceed with patenting of
lands to the Central Pacific railroad
company as tho successor of the Cali.
fornia q Oregon railroad company of
California. The question involved In
this appeal relates to the construction
to be given to the act Of July 25,
1866. Counsel for the railroad com
pany maintain that the forfeiture SEQ.
tion OF this action does not differ In
Its legal effect from the forfeiture
clauses OF other land grant acts which
have already been adjudioated by the
departments and the United States &C.
preme court.
APPOINTMENTS.
The president made the following ap.
pointments to-day: Wood, Ohio, to be
agent for the Indians at Q Quinnsult
agency, Warrington territory; B. a.
Jehnson, Minnesota, register of land
office ct Fergus Falls, MINI. John T.
Csrlin, Ohio, receiver of public
moneys, Bozeman, Montana; Patriot
Buckley, agent for the Indians of Tul-
alp agency, Washington territory;
Charles Willousby, agent for the In.
dians of Neah Bay agent, Washington
territory.
The president to day appointed
Isaac Brandt, of Iowa, VIM. b. Dean,
OF Minnesota, and John Kelly, of
Oregon, commission to examine
twenty-five miles of the Northern
Pacific railroad on tho Mlssoula divis.
lon of that road In Montana: also
Albert Ordway, oi Washington, d. O.;
G. Pomeroy, of Kees, New York, and
Aaron Craein, Of New York, . com.
mission to examine another section OF
the same rosd on the Rocby Mountain
division In Montana territory.
THE PEACE CONGRESS.
The forthcoming volume Of diplo.
mstic correspondence, now nearly
ready for public distribution, shows
that the invitation Of the United
States for q peace congress Of all ma
tions In North and South America
was accepted very promptly by nearly
every government to which II was
sent. There was none OF the dlplo.
matio delay usually attending impor-
tant propositions.
THE CABINET.
All members were present at the
regular meeting to-day. The session
lasted about three hours and was
mainly devoted to the consideration
OF new civil service regulations. No
conclusion was reached with regard to
them. They will be taken up again
for further confederation at the next
cabinet meeting.
IN TIE STAR ROUTE CASE
Ker finished his review of evidence In
the Bismarck Tongue river route and
after thanking the jury for their
patient attention began the general
summing up the points which In his
opinion had been established by the
evidence submitted In the case taken
a. Q whole. Adjourned until Monday.
UNFoUNDED REPORTS.
Captain Thomas MoGregor, First
cavalry, reports to the war depart.
msnt that he has made thorough In.
vestigstion and finds that the rumors
Of contemplated outbreak among the
Indians ct the willows on Columbia
river, w. T., are totally unfounded.
FEEDING THE HUNGRY. .
Indian Agent Cramuier, at Fort
Tottsn, Montana, telegraphs the
commissioner of Indian affAirs that
he has notified the Turtle Mountain
Indians to come there to receive sup.
piles. These are the Indians recently
reported as being In starving condi.
tion. Cramsier will distribute
among them 5000 pounds of -four
and 2, 400 pounds of pork.
REVENUE STAMPS.
The commissioner Of Internal rev.
enue says the supply of new tobacco
stamps as called for under the new
lsw will be sufficient to meet all dc.
mands. While the bureau may not
be able to supply all acquisitions for
these stamps made by manufacturers
and collectors of internal revenue by
the first Of May when the law goes
into operation, all applicants will be
supplied with suffi ,ient number to
meet the demands for stamps for cur
rent use. The large amount of stamps
called for In the requisition IL ex.
planned by the fact that collectors and
other applicants desire to secure a
stock to keep them supplied for three
or four months. The commissioner
says these acquisitions will be met
during the month of May.
rRnAsURY CHIEFS.
Assistant Secretary French resumed
the duties OF acting secretary of the
treasury, which, during his absence,
wore performed by Assistant sscre
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