Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-09
EASTERN NEWS.
...oc,ArEp PRESS DIsPArcHR

1900 Louisiana, Minnesota, Miasis-
-; Nebraska, Oregon, Washington
w;scousiu. Al compared with the
~. snded June 80, 1882, the statement
49, an increase of 35.212 In the num-
ssof entries, cash sales, original home
.J entries and timber culture entries,
"a 2 N6 e3A in the number Of scres en-
S The amount received from cash
- ;ncreases from $3.313,84 In 1882
80 "a 999 in 1883, or more than 18
", sesnt The number of preemptions
"a other filings, and Of applications 70
.s.hass mineral, timber and State
.nSs in the Same States and Territor-
- was q. 1850, and the amount Of fees
1870. 4,656 in number, and the
sConnta we're respectively $49, 591 and
a. "a The amount of fees and COM
r;ssions paid on account OF original
sn-restead entries in 1882 was e456, 661;
~ Iss3 Il vss &572, $50. In Oregon cash
10 increased from $3.50 acres, at
&c eco 10 IS. 666 acres, At $128,500; bat
Sorsstsad entries fell of LIS, $50 acres
Iii I76 acres, and the timber culture
s..,;ss So O68 acres to s., 46 acres. In
WsshinQton Territory, however, there
- ! remarkable increase not only IN
ss.h saIes, but in homestead and tim
-, culture entries. Cash sales increased
S,nm T.2l4, acres, at $107 ,645, to LIE, l06
go. at &57l ,946; original homestead
sotriss from 23l 1872 acres to 6.778
acres, and timber culture entries from
s5W acres to lab, Alp acres.
Army Omeers Greatly Exercised.
WARRINGTON, August There 10 20
iuQ TO he q funny fight in army circles
vheu Sheridan comes to Washington.
n js said at the War Department that
0chofeld who ia now at the head OF the
Dspartment of the Pacific, and Pope,
Who 10 at the head Of the Department Of
the Missouri, under Sheridan, will both
uy 70 stay where they are. Neither Of
them wants to remove to Chicago. Soho
Geld ia one of the biggest men socially
on the Pacific slope, and Pope u the
king bee in Kansas and Missouri.
Neither could cut very wide swath in
Chicago for long time, and neither
cares to 90 there for that reason. Han
cock is cut out of the fight apparently.
nobody showing disposition to disturb
him. Sheridan will not come here I'M
I'll the LIST of October. bot the fight
against removal to Chicago will begin
several weeks before that date. Enter
ing upon another branch Of the subject,
War Department man said: Carpet
Knights who have been attached to
Sherman and who have been stationed
here for several years, are greatly dis
turbed by reason OF the impending
change. Several of them have been in
Warrington for years drawing colonel's
pay, when in fact they are captains, and
they dislike to 90 back to their reRi.
msnts They are social stars here, and
they draw 5000 year. They do not
contemplate with equanimity Q re1uc-
tion to $500 and banishment to the
frontier. Sheridan will probably bring
his staff from Chicago, and although Is
il probable that several OF ShermAns
clerks will be taken care Of. there are
several who will have to resume their
proper rank and place In the 6sld.
A oaiet Ebert - RtieA Asaey frsn
shc Government.
WASHINGTON. August 7.-Under the
treaty with tho Creek Indians, made in
1856, Congress appropriated 100000 10
pay those Creeks who we're loyal during
the rebellion for losses sustained in con-
sequence OF prosecutions and depreda-
tons committed ON them by Greeks Who
sspoussd the cause Of the Confederacy.
Subsequently COmmiegion was ap-
pointed 70 ascertain and report the char
scter and amount of the damages tins
sustained. With the liberality that
sharacterizes such bodies, when the
Government 10 70 pay the amount Of
the awards, the commission reported
that the damages sustained were 81 ,90O,-
600, and recommended that that amount
b appropriated. Congress, however,
paid No attention to this extrava9ans re-
port, but this fact has not prevented oef
tain lobbyists from putting forth efforts
70 obtain the full amount Of the award.
GOOD WORK BIZ COMMISSIONER PRICE.
Nothing further was done until after
tie departure Of Secretary Teller last
week, whom agents appeared ct the de-
partment and urged that the contract
b approved. In order to stop this Of
fort 70 obtain from the treasury the
large sum of money, TO which there 10
believed TO be no claim. Commissioner
Price. when the matter was prosontod
10 him last week, wrote history OF the
ease and protested against Affirmative
action ON the part Of the department.
The COMMISSIONER vigorous paper was
forwarded to Secretary Teller. at Den
YER, and copy laid before Assistant
Secretary Joslyn, for that officers infor-
nation. The character Of the parties
pashing the Greek claim, and the fact
that their efforts wero made only during
Ne absence Of the chief OF the interior
department, were sufficient 20 excite
suspicion, IL not 20 condemn the scheme.
GssA News tor Washingtsn Territory.
OnAnA. August III. E. White, Of
CAieaQo, Assistant General Slperin-
tsndsnt Of the Railway Nail Service, left
Omaha today for Helena, Montana, 10
make arrangements for forwarding
nails TO Warrington Territory via the
Utah and Northern Branch Of the U. =.
b Deer Lodge, and thence BY stage 10
The sast end of the Western Division Of
the Northern Pacific, BY which route
several days will b gained over the old
route via San Francisco and steamers.
4 Candidate ter Cever1ee Uecoanss
81. Paul, August wv. w. AonAir,
nominated for Governor BY the late
Democratic Convention, declines 10 90
can't tho nomination, and hts su0ceooOr
Win be chosen by the State Central
Committee, which h not yet appointed.
Thrsseh Passeagevs.
81. PAUL, August 7.-Passsngsrs TO-
day by the Northern Pacific for Port
hnd: James Ricksnbaugh and Edward
Oud, Of Fulton. Mo-, and Isaac Cord,
6et Joseph, Mo.
Terrible Tragedy In Maryland.
BAlrrAoRx, Aug. IA special from
Rsistentown, Md. gives the following
partieulafs OF q tragedy ct Bloomfield.
Wofthingtop homestead. Worthington
valley, two miles from that place: One
Of ths most friRhtful tragedies was en-
ao1ed last night that ever shocked this
community. The invalid wife Of Louis
Lawrence Conrad, q we'll known Balti-
more lawyer, in ds Of insanity caused
b. disease, shot her husband aleeptne
By her side through the head. killing
him instantly. The affair in all its de-.
lails 10 sad and shocking. Mn. Coarad
b % cousin Of samuel Hosen, Who 10
emily killed Charles RusRlsy while IN
Howard county. She u also cousin Of
John Jolly and John and Richard Johns,
brothers. who committed suicide. All
vsrs suffering from insanity at the time
~ The tragedies-
asrAereA His Father.
PrrrsBulo. Aug. IA special 70 The
Pest says that another murder oCcuEted
l. ~ L.