The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-06

WASHINGTON Notes.

WASHINGTON, June BIN the {
/, route trial to-day Merrick compared
| the evidence given by Dorsey and
| Rerdell and read copies from reports
of norsey's examination, calling par
/ ticular attention to tho number OF
II do not remember" answers re-
| turYed by the witness.
Captain John P. Walker, OF the
Third Cavalry, recently. court.
martialed and censured. has left Fort
| Apache without leave and Is wander
ing about New Mexico. He vii! be
arrested and examined by a medical
board as to his sanity.
Representatives Cobb (of Iidiana),
Duff and RosencraDs have, Through
their attorney. sent q Communication
to Secretary Teller, asking him not
to allow the fling or recording In
the Interior Department of q mort
gage made by the New Orleans Pa
ciic Railroad Company upen lands
originally granted the New Orleans,
Baton Rouge & Vicksburg Railroad
Company, and by the latter trans
ferred to the corporation first named.
The r1emOrialists assert that such
mortgage has oeen executed and is to
be used as q basis for the land grant
bonds: that the contemplated trans
action il in violation of law, and
there are grave doubts as to the right
of the New Orleans Pacific Company
to avail itself of this grant in any
way whatever. Caleb Dunn and
Ros encrans also filed with Secretary
Teller q protest against any
action on his part which
would result in the issuance of the
certificates to the Southern Pacific
railroad company for lands originally
granted the Texas Pacific company.
They assert these lands were declared
forfeited by the judiciary committee
of the House of Representatives of
the 47th Congress by that bill for the
consolidation of the Southern Pacific
and Texas Pacific roads by which
the former hoped to acquire shadow
title to the lands and was twice de-
feated in the house, and the Southern
Pacific could net by assignment from
the Texas Pacific company acquire
any valid title to the latter land
gr.Et.
' The commissioner of internal rev
enue decided that dies, rolls and
plates that have been used by the
government in printing labels and
wrappers bearing an internal revenue
stamp, cannot be returned to the
original owner.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
instructed the Collector Of Customs
in regard to the drawback on sugar
under the tariff act Of March 8, 1888,
the following rates until Sept.
LIST, 1888: First, on refined loaf, cut
loaf, crushed, granulated and pow
dered sugar, stove dried or dried by
another equally effective process,
and eighty-two-one hundredths
cents per pound. Second, on refined
coffee sugar, and about Nc. 20
Dutch standard in color, two and
hundredths cents
per pound. Third, On all refined
Z GRADES of coffee sugar, about No.
20 Dutch standard and below in col
Or, one and eighty-four one hun
dredths cents per pound. 4th. On
syrup resulting entirely from the re-
fning of the above enumerated i'm
materials: cents per pound.
on sugars will be subject
to a deduction of one per centum
and allowance on syrup to a deduc-
lion of 10 per cent. and prescribed by
Mean while a commission is to
be appointed consisting of George
sugar examiner. Boston; Ira
jr., special treasury agent at
New York, and one retiner to be Sc
Iected by the board of trade of New
York, to determine the proper rate of
on sugars and syrups un-
Ter the act referred to-.