Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-19

SILVER, SbJ,2l1,lOO; currency, $lO1. 1000.
RAILROAD LAND CLAIMS ADJUDICATED.
More than year ago the New Orleans
& Pacific Railroad company applied to
the secretary of the interior for the trans
fer to itself of the land granted to the
New Orleans, Baton Rouge & Vicksburg
Railroad company by the act of congress.
approved March 8, 1871, presenting at
the same time satisfactory proof of the
transfer, as between the two COM
panies. Secretary Teller delay
ed action, in the expectation
congress might legislate upon the subject
matter thereof, but that body having ad-
journed without action, and there being
no reason for further delay of application,
it was referred to the president. In max
ing the reference the secretary said: In
view of the facts and of the law, l regard
the New Orleans Pacific railroad as the
Rouge o. Vicksburg railroad
by the twenty third section
of the act of March 30, 1871, to said latter
named company and to patents therefor,
in so far as it has earned, or hereafter may
earn, the same under that act with the ex-
ception below named, and recommend
that you accept 318 miles Of said road, less
and exclusive of IS miles of the line of
New Orleans, Baton Rouge
& Vicksburg road. extending
from New Orleans Il Shreveport
to which sixty miles of the New Orleans
& Pacific road has withdrawn its claims
and right to receive the lands under the
22d section of said act. and that said pat
cuts for such lands, as may have been
earned by construction, be issued to the
New Orleans Pacific Railway company,
exclusively. Nevertheless of the lands
along SAID sixty Eight miles, on their COM
phance with the law and regulations IN
such cases made and provided, these pat
ents will, of course, be subject to the rights
acquired by any person or corporation
prior to the act of March 3, 1871"
The president to-day returned the papers
in the case with his approval of the rec
concentrations made by the secretary.
This action in favor of the New Orleans
& Pacific railroad, now owned and oper-
ated by the Texas Pacific railroad, is final.
VOLUNTEERS SCARCE.
The life saving authorities are meeting
with great difficulty in securing volunteers
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probation recently placed upon the Law
making appropriation for that service by
the treasury department. According tc
the recent decision, volunteers cannoi
be paid, except for service rendered in
actual cases of marine disasters and say
lug human life by them, and Is not consid-
cred as entitled to pay.
TO PAY DUTIES UNDER PROTEST.
In response to inquiries from the col
lector of customs at various points, tbs
secretary of the treasury has instructed
them that the duties should be assessed
upon the full invoice value of merchandise
conveyed by invoices, stating the
value of goods free on board al
a foreign port of shipment, that is the
value, including charges, costs and com
missions, without regard to the provisions
Of section seven of the new tariff act
which abolishes duties on such charges.
He suggests that importers pay dutie:
under protest, so as to protect any right
they may have in the premises. The 9ues
ton whether an estimate may properly be
made in such cases by The
appraising officer to cover charge:
and commissions, and whether such
amount may thereupon be deducted from
the invoice value, is reserved by the sec
rotary for future consideration, and until
after he shall have received reports in re
gard TO the matter from proper officers.
TROUBLE AMONG THE CREEK INDIANS.
Indian Agent Tufts, from Muskogee, In
dian Territory, telegraphs the commits
sioner OF Indian affairs that unless troops
are sent to the Union agency at once
there is great danger Of fight between
opposing factions of the Greek Indians
The war department has been advised O
the impending danger.
MORE LAND CLAIMS.
Ex-Governor Low, of Iowa, to-day no
| tifeds the commissioner of the genera
land Office that he viii file with the United
States supreme court .on Monday next
petition for d mandamus to compel thu
commissioner TO state an account between
the United States and the state of Iowa
under the per cent. clause of the act 0
March ., 1S45, which provides for the ad
mission of the state into the Union
The state claims per cent. net proceed
of the public land disposed of by militar,
warrant location upon an estimated basil
! OF $1.25 per acre, that being the face vaIu
| of the warrants. 1t is understood the sec
ond section of the act of March 3, 1857, j
mainly relied on by the state as authorit
for right TO claim an account. The attOr
ney general has been requested to defeni
| the commissioner.
REDUCTION IN HELP.
On account of the decrease in the order;
for stamp printing for the internal reve
nue. service, and consequent reduction O
work at the bureau of engraving and print
| ing, considerable reduction in the fore
employed in that bureau will soon become
necessary.
TO TURN STATES EVIDENCE.
The president on recommendation o
the citizens committee who have been In
vestigsting the charges of collision be
tween the thieves and detectives of thi
city, and of Judge Wylie, before whom tn
prisoners were tried, has pardoned Murph
and Leary, the three-card monte mer
The citizens committee wanted these me
pardoned so that they might use them a
witnesses before the grand jury in the cas-
against the detectives.
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.
The Eureka Consolidated, of California
has made an assessment of 81.