Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-10
David Davis Moves on North Car
Ohna to Increase the Burr
denS Of Life.
A Pair of Important Decisions
Involving Large Tracts
of Land.
The Voice of the People and
It's Power on Petitions for
Mail Exp edition.
Tho EHsct of tho Now Law on
Banks- General News.
CAPITOL NOTES.
Special Dispatches TO THR BEE.
THE TULARE LANDS.

CAPITOL NOTES.
Special Dispatches TO TuR BEE
THE IULARE LANDS.
WAsnINGToN, March 3.-The secre-
tar, I, { Ihe interior has decided case
involving claim of the nEate IF Calf
fornie to q tract Of land ot about 100,-
600 acres lying upon the borders of
Lake Tulare. The decision approves of
the Creighton survey and awards the
land to the state of California under
the swamp laud grant act of Septem-
ber 28th.
THE FALL OF DAVID.
David Davis will be married at
Fay etteville, N. g., Tuesday morning
next. The bridal party will start for
California the same afternoon stop
ping few days In Bloomington, Ills,
enroute.
THE M'aARRAHAN CLAIM.
The secretary of the interior, upon
the application of General Eppa Hun
ton and Colonel M. L. Wood, counsel
for William McGarrahan, directed the
commissioner of the general land OF.
fee to certify to him the proceedings IN
the application of the New 1dria Min:
ing company, to enter three parcels OF
lsndso twenty &C :es, each within the
limits of the ranch Panoche Grande,
In the state of California, known as
the McGarrahan claim, with an order
to suspend further proceedings until
the matter shall be passed upon BY
the secretary. The commissioners had
dismissed the appeal taken by NECTAR
rahan, but the action OF the secretary
under the rules of the department.,
brings up the who'o matter for review
by the secretary Oh ito m'rits.
APOLOGY To THE FL.G.
Secretary Fre!iughuyse sen has learned
from the consul at Csiraco that imme-
diately after tho Valencia was fired
upon he called upon the governor In
relation to the matter and found that
he had already begun an investigation
as to the firing and the regulations by
which 1t became possible. Til, was
conducted by the attorney general and
the offense was found to be- due to the.
old regulation Of the SINE of slavery
and passports and to the fault of the
police who had not Immediately pre-
sented the Valenoia's fort pass to the
military guard. The responsible off.
Ger OF the police has been punished and
The regulation charged 30 that firing
shot by the fort Is now prohibited.
The governor has expressad regret for
the occurrence.
BANK TAXES.
The question as to when the tax on
the capital and deposits of banks, and
bankers and national banking associa-
tions will cease under the operation of
the act of March 3 to reduce internal
taxation, has not yet been decided.
No decision will be made on this ques-
tion until case arises. The statement
that an opinion has been requested
from che attorney general is incorrect.
1t Is the opinion of certain officers of
the treasury department that under
section 13 (Which prescribes that the
repeal OF the existing laws enumerated
Ia this act shall not affect any right
accrued or accruing) 1t will probably
be held that such taxes must be levied
for the period ending March 3, the
date of the passage of the act. Unless
this ruling shAll prevail, national
banks will have to pay tsxes on cspi-
tai and deposits to January l, and
and other banks and bankers to De-
cember l, giving the latter an advan-
tsge of one months taxes.
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE"
| In hn 10 49,. - L
examination of the inspection office
papers was resumed. When the read
ing of petitions had progressed sew
eral hours the court endeavored to
bring IT to an end, declaring petitions
filed after orders for expeditions had
been fled were worthless. Ingersoll
replied at length, asserting that the
petitions justified the orders. They
represented the will of the people.
"What people2" enquired the
court
Ingersoll (holding up the peti-
tion)- The persons who signed this
petition.
The court (contemptuously)- oh.
Ingersoll asserted every signer was
entitled to as much consideration as IL
he had been president OF the United
States. That was his idea of the re-
public.
The court replied that this thing OF
calling law meeting the voice of the
people was doing injustice to the
phase.
Merrick said so might the voice OF
the defendants have been called the
voice of the people when they asked
their share In the distribution of the
mail funds.
The reading of papers continued up
to adjournment.
A FALSE ALARM.
Blaine, in an interview to-day con-
corning the report last night that an
attempt had been made to shoot him
on the way returning from the capitol,
said there was TO truth In the report
further than on the night In question
he in company with Representative
Mckinley took carriage at the capi.
tol and rode to the Ebbitt house from
! whence he rode home alone. Next
day Mr.. Blaine heard that one Of the
panes of glass on the carriage haG
been broken into fragments and scat
tered over the seat. Both Blaine and
j Mckinley assert the glass was moi
: broken while they occupied the car
. riage and have no means knowing
how or whan IL wan hroLar