Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-28
The Noble Reds Wrestling With
a O. .WPLaw and Timber
- .'r, Thieves.
Numerous Appointments An
nounoed-Revenue and
Treasury Matters.
A Variety OF General News.
CAPITOL NOTES.
Special Dispatch os 70 THl BEE.

SUING TIMBER THIEVES.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-The sec.
rotary of the interior will tomorrow
hear the evidence In the case of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians
versus the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway company. The Indians,
through their attorneys, maintain
that In the construction of that road
timber was taken from their reservs.
ton for which they received no com.
p%ensation.
FORFEITURE OF LAND GRANTS.
Counsel for the Central Pacific
railway company to-day fled with the
secretary of the interior q brief In
which he appeals from the refusal of
the commissioner of tho general land
office to proceed with patenting of
lands to the Central Pacific railroad
company as tho successor of the Gall.
fornis q Oregon railroad company of
California. The question involved In
this appeal relates to the construction
to be given to the act Of July IS,
1866. Counsel for the railroad oom-
pany maintain that the forfeiture SEQ.
ton OF this action does not differ In
Its legal effect from the forfeiture
clauses OF other land grant acts which
have already been adjudioated by the
departments and the United States &c.
preme court.
APPOINTMENTS.
The president made the following q
pointments to-day: Wood, Ohio, to be
agent for the Indians at Quinnsult
agency, Washington territory; B. q.
Johnson, Minnesota, register of land
office at Fergus Falls, MINI; John T.
Carlin, Ohio, receiver of public
moneys, Bozeman, Montana; Patriot
Buckley, agent for the Indians of Tul-
alp agency, Washington territory;
Charles Willousby, agent for the In.
dians of Neah Bay agent, Washington
territory.
The president to day appointed
Isaac Brandt, of Iowa, VIM. b. Dean,
OF Minnesota, and John Kelly, of
Oregon, q commission to examine
twenty-five miles of the Northern
Pacific railroad on the Mlssoula divis.
lon of that road In Montana: also
Albert Ordway, oil Washington, d. O.;
G. Pomeroy, of KEGS, New York, and
Aaron Craein, Of New York, . com.
mission to examine another section Of
the same rosd on the Rocby Mountain
division In Montana territory.
THE PEACE CONGRESS-.
The forthcoming volume of diplo.
mstic correspondence, now nearly
ready for public distribution, shows
that the invitation Of the United
States for q peace congress OF all q
lions In North and South America
was accepted very promptly by nearly
every government to which It was
sent. There was none Of the dlplo.
matio delay usually attending impor-
tant propositions.
THE CABINET.
All members were present at the
regular meeting to-day. The session
lasted about three hours and was
mainly devoted to the consideration
OF new civil service regulations. No
conclusion was reached with regard to
them. They will be taken up again
for further consideration at the next
cabinet meeting.
IN THE STAR ROUTE CASE
Ker finished his review of evidence In
the Bismarck. Tongue river route and
after thanking the jury for their
patient attention began the general
summing up the points which In his
opinion had been established by the
evidence submitted In the case taken
a. q whole. Adjourned until Monday.
UNFoUNDED REPORTS.
Captain Thomas MoGregor, First
cavalry, reports to the war depart.
ment that he has made Q thorough In.
vestigsiion and finds that the rumors
Of contemplated outbreak among the
Indians ct the willows on Columbia
river, w, T., are totally unfounded.
FEEDING THE HUNGRY.
Indian Agent Cramuier, at Fort
Totem, Montana, telegraphs the
commissioner of Indian affairs that
he has notified the Turtle Mountain
Indians to come there to receive sup.
piles. These are the Indians recently
reported as being In q starving condi.
ton. Cramsier will distribute
among them 5000 pounds of -four
and 2,400 pounds of pork.
REVENUE STAMPS.
The commissioners Of internal rev.
enue says the supply of new tobacco
stamps as called for under the new
lsw will be sufficient to meet all de-.
mands. While the bureau may not
be able to supply all acquisitions for
these stamps made by manufacturers
and collectors of internal revenue by
the first of May when the law goes
into operation, all applicants will be
supplied with q sufi ,ient number to
meet the demands for stamps for cur
rent use. The large amount of stamps
called for In the requisition IL ex.
planned by the fact that collectors and
other applicants desire to secure q
stock to keep them supplied for three
or four months. The commissioner
says these acquisitions will be met
during the month of May.
TREASURY CHIEFS.
Assistant Secretary French resumed
the duties OF acting secretary of the
treasury, which, during his absence,
wore performed BY Assistant Score
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