Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-06
TELEGRAPHIC.
Inquiries Regarding the
Status Of Land Grants.
EXPECTATION THAT MANY GRANTS
WILL Be DECLARED FORFEITED.
Fast Railroad Time Between Chi
cago and San Francisco.
CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS
CONSIDERED.
Irregularities Of . CLERK In the
Interior Department.

ESPECIAL TO THE skrTINEL.l
w~AsHrserox, May 5.-The Commits
sioner Of the General Land Office is daily
receiving . large number Of inquiries re-
garding the status Of various land grants.
This seems to be the effect Of the equivo-
cal position Of the last Congress relative
TO the disposition Of the public lands and
land grants 70 railways. - well as the
many decisions Of the Secretary Of the In
terror on these subjects. There seems to
be . very general expectation that many
Of these grants will be declared forfeited.
and thousands are ready to enter a. soon ss
they are thrown open % public domain.
These inquiries come from Michigan,
California, New Mexico and from along
the Northern Pacific road. and II clerks
in the railway division Of the General
Land Once are KEPT constantly busy ar
ranging them.
Fastest Time ON Record.
CHICAGO. Nay 5.-A special freight train
which left here for San Francisco, via the
St. Louis ana San Francisco Railroad. ar
rived at Halstead, Kansas, at 8 o'clock last
night, making the run Of 4s7 miles in II
hours and 3 minutes, being the fastest
time on record for the distance. From
HAlstead the train will go over the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe road to Deming,
and thence by the Southern Pacific TO San
Francisco. The train consists Of 16 cars,
each carrying 40, 900 pounds. Eleven Of
| them are laden with tobacco from this city,
and 1t is obliged to run through at the
rate Of 20 miles per hour.
Fatal Accidents I'm Mines.
KALAMAZOO, Mich, May 5.-A special
from Ishpeming, in the Lake Superior
iron region, says two men were killed q
the Champion mine last night. They were
knocked from . skip into the shaft by
falling ice. They were dashed to pieces al
| the bottom Of the pit. A fireman ct the
\ Mitchell mine was buried by = run last
night. II will take at least three days to
recover him. All three leave large fami-
lies dependent upon them for support.
Depression in Trade.
READING, fa., May 5.-The Philadelphia
and Reading iron mill shut down to-day
for one week, on account OF the depression
In trade and the lack Of orders. The pud.
dlers ct the Reading Iron Works. who had
asked an advance in wages from 50 so 70
- IS per ton, and we're refused, now Offer
70 return to work u the old rates II paid
semi-m0nthly. The company holds thu
matter under sdvisement.
Irregn1ARisies In AccowntS.
WASHINGTON. May 6.-The First Comp
trollse d The Treasury. in N examination
Of the sccounts o. D. Joseph. late dis'
burning clerk In tho Interior Department,
has discovered certain Irregularities In
~oonneotion With the accounts Of the Freed
mans Hospital. II u alleged that part Of
the appropriation Tor clothing for that In
stttution was paid ont for The salaries Of
of1eers.
Nsetine ~ Irish.Anssssans.
CuoAoo, Nay 5.-ArrAngsmsnts wsrt
msds last night for s meeting Of Irish.
AnsRieaus Tomorrow night for The pur.
pos Of resifying The sotion Of The phils-
do1phiA C~onvention. Addresses will b
mado by Alexander Sullivan, President 81
the 1rfsh National League. Mayor Harrison
and Edward Dsorr6.
Appofn1msnts.
WAsuxogor. Nay B.-At : special meet
Ing Of The Cabinet this aftsrnoon. Ill the
members present.. The Owl ssrvios rssulA-
lions wess AnalIy oonsidezsd. md will
probably b promulgated this afternoon.
The Prssidsns hes appointsd The follow
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