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DENVER, December 27th Following is a list Of
the k He'd in the snowslide at the Mendoza mine,
near Telluride on the oath J. s Bond c. S Her
rick, Thomas Dunegan, VIM. Taylor, John Davis,
VIM Applewhite, +. Slater, Lewis Huckns.
At Silyerton a terrific wind-storm set in on the
18th, raging furiously for six days 1t proved the
most disastrous 10 life ever known.
OF the five seriously injured at the Nirgiuius mine
Friday three have since died-msking nine in all
YESTERDAY miner named B,rt Walla was buried
in q snOwslide at the head Of Clement creek. He
cannot be found till spring.
Yesterday two men, NAMES not learned, were
caught in a snowslide Irontown, and carried
IL, 600 feet down the side Of the mountain. When
eXtricated they were frozen from the waist down.
They cannot recover.
A train Of twenty Ave freight cars at Monument
wis overturned by the high wind Of the 25th and a
number of cattle killed
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NEW ORLEANS, December 9th. - Archbis
perche died at 9:20 tonight
FrIshtfuI Gas Explosion

BUFFALO, December 27th.-A terrible gas eXplo-
sion occurred at a French restaurant tonight.
Workmen had been fixing leak in the street main,
and 1ne of the stop-cocks under the sidewalk vas
left loosely closed Gas collected, which was ignited
by lamp. The head waiter, named Purcell, was
knocked senseless and internally injured, and Chss
Rel ard cook, seriously cut in the head and body.
Two Mattresses were badly cut in the head. The
dning-room, bar and fixtures were demolished.
Loss 81 nnn
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DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.-OFFICE AND
Z Residence, No. 323 } street, between Third and
Fourth. Hours TO 10 a NJ, 3 10 aud to P. n.
Office OF City Superintendent OF Public Schools at
same place. sel.4plD1
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CHICAGO, December 27th.-The Irish question will
be likely TO give Carlisle some corcern before Con-
gress ends. There is impression that Finertv
Kept c1f the Foreign Affairs Committee because Of
his pronounced position on the Irish question Cox,
another champion Of Irish rights, il left of
chiefly, and possibly solely, because young Belmont
is left on that committee Irishmen look at Young
Belmont holding the proxy Of his father, and one
need but TO ment,O' the name of August B9lmoat
to an audience Of Irisbmen to learn in what esteem
he is held Irish-AmericAns will be pretty certain
to say that Carlisle, to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, at least, has adopted the policy Of :" the
Irish must ~ y
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Vy-STREET FOUNDRY, BETWEEN FOURTH
WI and Fifth. Cast Iron Founder. Manuiact-
urer of all kinds of Cast and Rod Iron Rulings and
Fences. All Building Castings made TO order.
s54plm
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BOsToN, December 27th-The will of Professor
Sophocles after several private bequess, gives the
rest of his estate to Harvard College perml-
nent fund, to be known as the " Cousantius fund, -
I'm memory of an unce Of deceased
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CAIRO December 9Th thirteen hundred EGyp-
tian troops have arrived at Khartoum from Fashoda-
They met no resistance on the way. The garrison
at khartoum now numbers 1000 female slaves cap
tured BY Ell Mltdl, after Staying htbahist, their
chief. a slave who recently escaped from +, poied
reports that FL Mahdi il in great fear andlhas sent
his family TO 4 place Of safety The ueighboriuC
tribes have refused TO help him. An emisssry Of
RI Mahdi has arrived at Minich, forty miles above
Cairo and has declared that it was his intention 70
pruepCd To AFRO and HuCJa a.
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Trade Between the Unt'cd states snt
Cuba.

MADRID, December 27th.-A decree has been ga
zetted abrogatng Ar:ice Of the decree of March
u 1865 whereby goods from the United states nay
duty in Cuba il they had been bgou h iu foreign
ships even when arriving under she Spanish Gag
The preamble Of the decree states that the objects
are TO define equitable conditions ot reciprocal trdo
between Cuba and the Ia tied States without prtiu-
dice TO the uteriOr revision oi the tariff and place
the commercial relations Of Spain and the United
states on sound basis. The decree becomes opera
tive thirty days after its publication by the Spanish
Cousuls in their respecfiyc localities
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N ENLIST, QUNN's BUILDING, NggzA
4 northeast corner Fourth and JfsS5Sssssss=ssss
streets. Artificial Teeth inserted on allNLII1y
bases. Improved Liquid Nitrous Oxide Gas for
painless extraction Of teeth. je25.ti
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MfIL.L.INE 6 RYi

AIRS. f. KATZENsTEIN mas JUST RE
M ceivcd an invoice Of new STYLES IN Hats Bon
1e.s and Trimmings for the Holiday Trade. Finest
ever eNhibiteI 10 the city Don't forget to call at
No 625 j street. Orders from the country promptly
attended TO- o7-lpi
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scanaaIlzLng a nea.I Woman

CHICAGO, December 27th,-A Times special from
Indianapolis slys Having been charged with the
murder Of his wife, in sui, brought by her father
at indianapolis, Captain johnson produced under
positive orders from the Court sixteen letters from
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PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
DIR. GEORGE PYBURN.
C.. DART. VI. D.,

NFFICE AND RESIDENCE, NORTHEAST
" Corner Eleventh and streets Hours-9 to 10
A. NJ, l to and to SPIN dl2-1m
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HOME AND ABROAD.
DOMESTIC NEWS.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES 10 rHs RzcoBp-uNioS.l
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DENTISTRY.
DRs. RREwER & s0UTHWORrp,

~ ENTISTS, SOUTHWEST CORNER .es-z=4Eaa.
Of Seventh and streets, in BrYtes ffssssss,75g
new building, upstairs. Teeth extracted, <III1Y
without pain, by the use Of improved Liquid Nitrous
Oxide Gas aulB-4plm
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CAPITAL HOTEL, l.,
CRAMEN- N-O,
CORNER SEVENTH AND x STREETS.
BLESSING & GUTHRIE, Proprietors
E2F Free Omnibus to and from tine Cars. "a
jy13,tf
Nd z M I- I'D L 1sT 1S-

= - CENTS FOR A GOOD SQUARE MEAL
D Sacramento Restaurant, Nos. Sl7 and 3l9
street between Third and Fourth (three blocks
from the Depot. Street Cars pass every five rlin-
utes-ask the conductor where to stop. Ice Cream
and Cakes, Is cents. Fine Dining Parlors for Fam-
lies. Open Day and Night.
jy1Stf j. D. SMITH, Proprietor
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FOREIGN NEws.
Prohibition in Regard 30 American
FaIted Meals

oided 70 prohibit the importation Of American
salted meats until the Chambers have pronounced
upon the hill which the Mil lister Of Commerce will
introduce at the next session. The prohibition does
not apply to the ports II Havrc Nantes and Bor-
deauX, where, however, all arrivals viii be sub
iected to rigid scrutiny, The Chamber of g M
merce viii bear the cost Of inspection.
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BRIDGEPoRT (Coun.), December 27th-Captain
Hunter, John Stewart and John Mayham. members
of the Salvation Army have been arrested. charged
with violating a city ordinance by psrading the
streets Hunter declares that the army will parade
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C. L. wHITB. A. L. HART.
HART d WHITE,
a TToRNEYS AND CoUNsELoRs-AT-LAw-
~ Offices at the southwest corner of Fifth and J
treets, Sacramento, California ie25-
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MISCELLANEOUS,

ay4He ATTENTION UF H0uSEKsEPERS AND
! the putlic in general is called TO the following
facts:
The value Of Baking Powder is determined by the
amount OF gas it contains and the freedom of the
article from any injurious ingredients. The GIANT
BAKING POWDER is absolutely pure, and con-
tains about one-quarter more gas than any brand
OF Baking Powder in us5 tins coast Three
cans of GIANT BAKING POWDER are equal TO
four cans OF any other brand. Study economy and
use none other. Your grocer will furnish you with
a sample can free. Tryit,
FACTS.
san Francisco, July -, 1888.
BOTHlN MANUFACTURING CO.
GENTLEMEN: The sample OF GIANT BAKING
POWDER you handed me-, also samples Of the fol-
lowing brands of B liking Powders purchased by me
10 open market, have tested for total quantity Of
available gas with results as follows:
GIANT 1876 cubic inches per ounce avOirdupois
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7. 4. kNEDER. NJ. D..

OFFICE, SOUTHWEST CORNER SEVENTH
{ p and streets, Sacramento. Office hours: 9
to Il, to s. tOS. dI-tf
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NEW HAVEN Comm, December 27th.-Phy,iciaus
state that they viii be unable to tel for fortyli.ht
hours il amputaton will be necessary in the cases Of
the nine frCs.bittau sai.ors
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DIR. DE DERBY

EAS REMOVED To THE SOUTHWEST COR
III ner Of and Sixth Streets Glasonic Build
ing street entrance). Consultations in English,
French and German. All Professional Calls promptly
attended to day and night. Office hours-l0 A. NJ.
to u NJ; to (, and TO P. NJ. dS-lm
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q SQUARE plAno
q ECoSD-HhED IN GOOD CONni-EEA
y lion, ;or ss'e cheap, at Warerooms offffTfi
L. a. ggARNER. No $50 s sTREEF
oS-lDT
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WASHINGTON, December 9th. - Patents were
granted to residents Of California yesterday fol
lows Marion J. hmick, San Francisco, automatic
gas regulator Patrick II. Koony, San Francisco,
safety tender Tor cars; John Dolbeer, san Fran
cisco, logging engine: to same logging locomotive
Frank ". Fuller, San Franc SEQ, automatic belt
shiter for elevators Cas- ius c. Pal uor, oakland
two patents for refrigeratiug apparatus.
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NEW ORLEANS December 27th.-The first train
crossed the Atchaftaya bridge, the Texas Pacific
Railroad, December Goth. The structure is now
completed and trains crossing it regularly.
Work on the bridge, which is situated 100 miles
west of New Orleans, was begun in September, 1881
Death Of n Veteran of the War of 1912
RICHMOND (Va.), December 27th.-Peter X. Nor
gan, aged 9s, veteran of the of 1872, is dead
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1856. F. FOSTER & co., 1888.
pOOK BINDERS, PAPER RULERS AND
& , Blank BOOK Manufacturers, No 319 street,
between Third and Fourth Sacramento. jy2O-sptt
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was Non nornmIItaI.

BERuN, December 27th.--It is said tha; during
the ys; Of the Crown Prince to the rope, the latter
repeatedly referred 10 questions concerning the
Church, but the Prince declined % commit hiIus Elf
on that srhieot
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DIR. T. Il. REL

7 ENLIST NO. Cos STREET &C.
Sacramento California. IfYSzssfs1
m29-d A1IlJ
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IsRs. NELLOGG Il G0ss.

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, SOUTHEAST
Z corner Second and X streets. Office Hours
9 to 1920 A. NJ; to 4, and TO P. NJ. Residence,
913 N street. between Ninth and Tenth. m23 4ply
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DIR. A. Il. BRUNE,

DHYsICIAN AND SURGEON, GRADUATE OF
4 the University OF Berlin, Germany. Office and
residence, No 52l street, between Fifth and Sixth
Sacramento. Office hours-e to IL A. ", to and
70 SP.H .i1-d
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Three Men Caved On


GIBARDvnLE pa, December 27th.-Three men
digging for coal near here were buried by falling
earth to-day. One was fatally, the others seriously
injured.
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Hanged for Murder RrprIeved for slxt!

GLOUCESTER (Uass }, December 27th.-The Para
goD, ffty-dve days from Trapani, has arrived, with
the CROW badlY fr0sthit en-.
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". II. PEERsON.

n. III. PEEkSOE,
HENTIST, AIS STREET, BETWEEN sf9-=ssass
PFourth and Fifth, Sacramento. Art iSSssszzssssS
fetal Teeth inserted on Gold, Vucante OLCILTy
and all bases. Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas ad-
ministered for painless extraction Of teeth v14-lm
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pRIsCoL.
ROOT, NELSON & CO.,


HNIoN FOUNDRY - IRON AND BRASS
I Founders and Machinists, Front street, be.
tween n and o. Castings and Machinery Of every
description made to order. jy244p1m
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nR LnY FnNn WaN.

nFFICE AND MEDICINE STORE, NO. 926
~ Third street, between and J. By the pulse
be can locate disease Consultation free. He uses
no poisonous drugs, but roots and herbs, natures
medicine fcl man Call and see him d1l-lm
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ATTORNEYS At LAW.
YOUNG, Young 4 BUSN.
w. II. BEATTY ii $. C. DENs
CHARLES n. POST. HENRY &
EDGERTON Il POST,
A. L. HART.

A TToRNEYS-AT-LAw, NO eo4 SEVENTH
Of the State. jyl0-4ph
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~. n. .HUGHsos. II. D.,

HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office, southwest corner ot Seventh and J
streets, in Brytes new building, up stairs. Resi-.
dence, southeast corner OF Seventh ana streets,
Sacramento Office Hours: I to 8 and to P. M. ];
and on Sundays only 7 TO FL je25-4plm
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HAVANA, December 27th.-1he sanitary condition
Of Havana is improving Only ten deaths from
yellow fever occurred during the week ended yeser
day. The cases were scattered among the popuia-
tion, and were not confined to the shipping and
military hospitals, as they are usually.
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HcaItI, OF the Cyar
shock Of Earthquake.

ST. PETERSBURG. December 27th.-The health OF
the Gar is improving and the pains ana intlamma'
ton caused by his recent accident rapidly sub.
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CORNEK SEVENTH AND SITS, SACRAMENTO
Office Hours:
Miss Dr. Kellogg Miss DR.. Goss-
Q to 10 A. NJ s TO A. NJ.
u to ? p. ". to 5 P. "
6 TO P to 8 P. N. s26-
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G. NART, u. d,
DaYSICIAN AND SURGEON HOMGOPA-
thist)- Residence, No. 6l2 Fourteenth street
Office, No 627 J street lover Dale's) Sacramento
Cal Office hours-l0 to II A. NJ; 2 to 4 P NJ; 62C
to SP Special attention given to diseases of the
heart and lungs. dl21m
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ST. JOINS (N. F., December 27th.-Advices from
Harbor Grace state that the Orange procession yes
terday, while passing Ships Head, was fired upon
by a crowd. At first the OrangeulCu thought the
irng from powder guns carried by their friends,
until they saw their fall. Four men
hlled-two Orangeman and two Roman Catholics.
Eight reported mortaly, and eighteen 10 twenty
slightly wounded Head Constable Doyle is among
the wounded. There is u in the out 'reak at
Hartor Grace but the neighborug town OF Carbo-
near is in state Of the widest frenzy oven LOCO
men parading the streets and preparing to
march to Harbor Grace. Crowds are hUrrying up
from the whole extent Of the north ot Conception
Bay to the OF disturbance. All business places
closed, and most private dwellings, protected
by bars and bolts. The police dispatched from ~.
Johns reached Harbor Grace last mig I. II the not
breaks ont anew, the law officers will be pOwerless
TO protect life and property It is rumored that
the Government has Cabled to HsifaN for troops
and ships. the Carhonear contingent
marches to Harbor Grsce the result viii be terrible
TO contemplate
The Chinese Question in Canada.
TORONTO, December 27th.-The Trades Congress
has unanimously resolved that the future welfare Of
the working people of the Dominion require the
prohibition OF mportatIous Of Chinese laborers.
For 6trtbcr Dispatches sec Second PaGeI
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HELVETIA HOUSE,

! ENIFTH STREET, BETWEEN AND X, SAC.
| Al ramento, T. A. SCHUYLER, Proprietor Mr..
Schuler, is an old hotel keeper in this city, and
would be pleased to meet his old friends and patrons
! No pains will be spared TO make this house the best
| second-class hotel in the city.
HELP FURNISHED FOR DslsYMsH AND BREWERS.
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WANTED, LOST AND FOUND.

Advertisements of I've lines in this department
Inserted for % cents for time three times for 50
cents, or rs cents per week.
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ISECOND DISPATCHl
speaker Carlisle and the Irish Question

NEW YORK, December 27th.-General Grants in
iuries are less painful hut his right leg is very much
SWOl tn
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sanitary Condition Of Havana.

SEErEC (Bohemn), December 27th.-A sew
shock Of earthquake was felt here to-day. caus
the inhabitants TO flee to the neighhoring hills
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CHARLES +. PlNKmAM, W. D..
DR.. NIXON,

nCULIST, AURIST AND PHYSICIAN FOR
Diseases Of the Throat. Office, 1921 street,
corner Of Fifth, over Sacramento Bank, Sacramento,
Cal. Hours-9:30 70 u l. NJ; to P. NJ. Sundays
$50 to II A. M; to P NJ. iv1-d
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EN-Prestdent Grant Hurt.

NEW YORK, December 27th.-General Grant, upon
leaving home to-day slipped upon the ice and fell,
receiving severe shock and seriously iniuring ;
thigh. Frederick Grant, his son, says he has seen
the surgeons who attended his father, but they
unable to determine whether the injury was danger
GUS. They say, however, that the limb will be par
alyZed for the time being No bones were broken,
and the superstition is that bruiss Of the sciatic
nerve sustained The General, Immediately
after the accident assisted to his bed where he
has remained ever sicce, lying in position, on
his back While the injured les is most painful,
the Generals health is otherwise good and he is
even comparatively cheerfal under the circum-
stances. The surgeons anticipate nothing serious,
but at the time predict that IL will be several
weeks before the General Will be able to leave his
house.
ISECOND DISPATCH.1
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CHANCE FOR \
COOdEnVeS sim ent

a.. .AC-oUNT OF INTENDED RE RENSyAL S.! OF OF,
Brewery, the buildings and improvements Of said
Brewery, together with about 3 acres of land, for
sale at q bargain. Apply to n. THIELEN, PRO.
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MAnnACE a. nKiGGs. NJ. %.


~ FFICE AND RESIDENCE, NO. 2I2 } STREET
Z Sacramento.
TO 9AH
once Honrs II A. NJ. to 2 P. n }je124p.i
$3.50 10 P. N.
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Receiver TO be Appointed.
VIII Pay His Creditors.

OMAHA December 27th.-Oficers of the st, joe
enver and Western Railroad are here taking steps
regard to the appointment Of a receiver for that
a fss
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20 LET Or FOB SALE.

Advertisements of five lines in this department
inserted for IS for time three times for 80
cents or rs cents per week.
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TNoR SALE-FINE FARM, $50 ACRES, egEs
on Railroad, near town; large bearing SsYS
Vineyard and Orchard and part in Grain s-sANs
living water; plenty wood; plastered house ; good
fence; live stock and implements Low price,
5000. Particulars, Inquire of CARL STRoBEL,
81 j street Sacramento. Cal. d22-6t
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BOsroN, December 27th.-C. H. ward the boot
nd shoe manufacturer who failed for 81 500 coo last
ummer, has mortgaged his entire property for the
The Worthington advance., 1883-01-04
"A Circular to Land Officers

The following circular hsa been received
at the different land Offices:
General L4nd Office, Washington, b, c.,
Dec. ~, lSs2.-ro Registers and Receivers,
United States Land Ofl1czs: Your attention
is called to ssc. 8, of the timbe. culture act
of June II, 1878, which provides that If at
any tune alter the ti'ins Of said affidavit,
and prior to the issuing Of the patent for
said lard, the claimant shalt fail to comply
With any ofthe requirements ofthis act, then
and in that event such land shall be SUBJ
ject to entry under the homestead laws. or
~ oome o. her person under the provisions
OF this act provided, that the party making
claim to said land, either as a homestead
settler OF under this act, shall give. at the
time OF filing his application, such notice to
the original claimant as shall DO prescribed
by the rules established by the commissioner
OF tho general land Office; and the rights Of
the parties shall be dstefmined as In other
contested cases.''
On the l4th ultimo the honorable secre-
tary of the interior held in Frank Rundys
appeal, Oberlin, Kan, that this statute Re-
striots contests against q prior timber cul-
ture entry 10 ono who seeks to enter the
land covered thereby under the home
absence of such application there is no
right OF contest. nor does preference right
sttach under section of the aot OF MAY il.
1880. You are there fore dire cled to dismiss
all contest suits now pending
in your otiioe against timber culture en-.
tries coming within the parview of said de-
cision. The filing of the application a!ore-
said 10 condition precedent to the right OF
contest under said statue, and the party 90
applying must bs qualified to make an
ehtry.
These instructions are not to apply to en-.
tries contested on the ground of fliegality at
inception: (e:e Case of Wallace Benedict
W. Frank D. Bower, decided by the honor.
able secretary OF the interior, Nov n. 1882.
In the Reporter, December number 1881
Very respectfully, N. O. MCFARLAND,
Commissioners,