Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-21
a Fresh Supply If Raw Recruits
Forwarded to Western
. n'i'' Forts.
The st. Louis Diamond Snug,
gler to be Put Through
q Cours, Of Law.
Argument In tho Star Route Trial
-Compromislug a Cssr, Etc.
CAPITOL NOTES.
Special Dispatches 10 The Bnn.
RAW SOLDIERS

RAW SOLDIERS
WASHINGTON, April 20.-About
half of tho seven hundred recruits
mentioned yesterday as being en-
route for regiments In tho Indian
country are destined for the depart.
ment of Columbia, the restoration to
the public domain Of a part Of the
reservation occupied by Chief Moses.
The band In Washington Territory
has created much dissatisfaction among
the band, and threatening rumors
have reached Washington. Secretary
Chandler ~telegraphed the navy do.
partment that he will be In Washing.
ton on Wednesday next.
WASHINGTON, April 20.-1wo hun.
bred aud twenty-five recruits have
been ordered to Fort Smelling, MIMI,
for assignment to the Fifth, Fifteenth
and Seventeenth and Eighteenth In.
f,ntry; ninety to Fort Douglas, Utah,
for the Sixth infantry, and twenty
fvo to Fort Wipgate, New Mexico,
for the Thirteenth infantry.
The secretary of tho treasury has
rejected the offer of compromise In
the case Of Caendet, the St. Louis
jeweler. He has directed that the
money already received from Caendet
he restored pending hearing Of the
suit against him.
SETTLING A DIFFICULTY,
When I. B. Keogh succeeded Rob.
ert N. Douglass ~ United States mar.
shall for the western District of North
Carolina, Douglas refused to turn over
to his successor certain official records,
alleging that they were neces.
sary to settlement Of his accounts
with the department Of Justice.
Thereupon the attorney general di,
reoted the United States attorney for
that district to make an effort to have
Douglas indicted on the charge of oh.
structing government property. The
presiding judge Of that court Is the
father.in-law Of Douglass and an at.
tempt is being made to bring about q
settlement of the difficulty. After
July lst the general land office will
print itn decisions sixty or ninety
days. A copy of the civil service
rules, as adopted by the civil service
commission, yet subject to the presi-
dents approval, was to-day Furnished
to each member of the cabinet now In
the city, to enable them to examine
the rules thoroughly In advance Of
formal confederation at cabinet
meeting.
DECISION QUALIFIED.
Secretary Teller to-day addressed .
communication to the commissioner o!
the general land Office, In which hi
says: "My attention has been 70
Gently called to certain expressions Of
opinion touching a void entry occur
ring In my opinionof February IL last
In the case Of Julia d. Graham Va. the
Hastings & Dakota railway company
The question under consideration In
that case related solely to a prim,
fscie valid homestead entry of RECORD
at the date of the railroad grant, ant
when the oompany's right thereundei
attached. 1t was, therefore, unneoes
sary to discuss or consider the quen.
tion of a void entry" The secretar,
directs that the senencs, "void Of
voidable," In the decision, be atrickel
out, In order that 1t may conform
strictly to his intention, which was I,
deal only with o valid entry. TIL,
sentence thus eliminated has cause,
the department considerable annoy
anoe.
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF sCIENC
CLOSED Its session this afternoon I'D
journing until Nov. Is next, when
session will be held for purely scien
ti6o purposes ct Yale college.
FISH IN THE SEA.
The rumor having been circulate
that a valuable part of the commil
sion's fishery exhibit, which wa
recently shipped to London, had bee
lost at sea, Prof. Baird, Of tho fs
commission, said that somo OF I'll
boats and other articles, not of pres
value, which had been slowed on tn
deck of tho ship, had been washe
overheard In the English channe
and that this was the extent of IL
loss.
IN THE STAR ROUTE TRIAL,
Ker for the prosecution continue
his argument. In explanation of
point In his argument Ker display
q map of une of the routes to Il
jury. The foreman protested tn
NJ far as he was concerned they we
ell photographed upon his mind, al
passed the map to another juro
Ker then proceeded to review Brady
order upon the routes, taking the
up In their order. Before he hi
concluded this branch of hi, arg
ment court adiourned until Monda