Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-19
The Withdrawal Of Lands Be.
fore the Line is Located
Declared Imperative.
The Lobby Vigorously Work
ing for Higher Duties
On Steel.
Tho National Board Of Trade In
ing AID Whining with Con-
gressmou.
Progress OF Work on the New M. x-
can Treaty.
CAPITAL T
Special Dispatch to TIM ,xx.

LAND DECISION.
WASHINGTON, January IL. The sec
rotary If the interior has received q
question of much Importance tosetlers
on lands within the limits of railroad
grants, where settlements have been
made after the withdrawal of the lands
and before thedate of definite location
of the line of the road. The secretary
holds such Withdrawals imperative
against settlers, and that settlers
are protected by the statute up to
the time the line tf the road Is fixed.
1t appears preliminary Withdrawals
have generally been made in years past
for the benefit of land grant railroads
before the definite location of the
roads, and that settlement rights had
been excluded ftom the withdra wal tf
the lands. Large amounts Of land
have been Withdrawn for the North.
ern Pacific, Southern Pacific, Atlantic
q Pacific, Texas & Pacific and New
Orleans q Pacific roads. Secretary
Teller's decision opens such lands to
settlement and entry under the home.
stead and presumption laws Of the
United States.
MAIL CONTRACTS.
Judge Lawrence, first controller of
OF the treasury, has rendered q de.
oision in the case Of + @ appeal OF a
sub contractor for carrying the mails,
from the &c;ion of the 5 xth auditor in
wtbhO!ding from him compensation
for his service for three months, for
the reason that while he had fully por-
formed tho service, the original. con.
tractor had failed to perform the ser.
vice under another contract. Judge
lawrence says: The effect of the
statue and regulation of the postofict
department on the subject is, that the
sub contractor is entitled to authorize
payment for service from any quarter
when mis- contract id fled and MOTTO
given to the proper auditor before the
balance Ia certified therefor In f.vor OF
the original contractor.
A CHANGE OF OFFICERS.
At meeting of the light house board
to-day, Woe Admiral Rowan wa.
chosen chairman over General Poe,
by q vote OF 8 to 4 the secretary of The
treasury casting the decidinig vote.
H NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE
favor q department of m aud
the establishment Of postal telegraph
and telephone by the government.
THE JEANETTE BOARD
Will hold q secret session Monday to
consider a preliminary report. 1t has
been charged that Bartlett and COM
panions were kept in Siberia for the
purpose If preventing their testifying
regarding the DeLorg Collins trouble.
TIE board will not finish Its labors
until these men have testified under
oath regarding the matter. The board
will report to congress at this session.
THE TARIFF ON Steel.
The senate finance committee to-day
gave further hearing to III. N. Oliver,
of the tariff commission, in regard to
the metal schedule proposed by tho
commission. A prominent member
of the committee thinks It. is very
probable the committee will decide to
bring in an amendment to their pend.
ing tariff bill to provide for making
two classiications of steel and impose
a higher duty on bars, ingota, etc.,
made of higher priced steel than on
blooms tf less costly material.
H AssAssIN's noNKs.
Rev. DR.. Hicks, spiritual adviser of
Charles Guiteau, has executed a legal
instrument transferring to Surgeon
General Crane all his right and title
to G%uiteau's body. The paper recites
the clause of the will by which Guiteau
bequeathed his body It D.: Hicks
and 1t bears evidence of acknowledge
mens before q justice of the peace.
Surgeon General Crane was unable at
present to give any information of the
final disposition of tho assassin's re-
mains.
COMMERCIAL BANQUET.
At the banquet given by the Ma.
tional board If trade tonight, one of
the principal objects of the entertain.
ment was to bring members of con.
gress into personal contact with repre-
sentatives tf commercial organic, atoms
of the country. In this respect the
banquet was entirely success fdl.
RESERVATION LANDS.
The land ohi 20 LIS preparing a decis.
ion which will enable persons to enter
lands in the recently ceded Ute reser.
vation upon the same conditions az
those who settled thereon pyior 10 the
act OF July %, 1882.
THE MFNICAN COMMISSION.
The international committee ap-
pointed to negotiate a commercial
treaty between the United States and
Mexico Is making satisfactory progress
in the work. 1t 10 learned the free
lat haG been agreed upon, which, al
though it does not greatly increase the
number of articles imported free into
the United States from Mexico, does
nevertheless, remove q number Of un-
necessary duties. Among the articles
upon whose free importation Mexico
lays particular stress, is sugar not
above No. 16 Dutch standard in color.
This is sought not so much
with view to immediate free