Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-31

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Lns House Conmifsss on COINAGE
msl9nfs and Maasnrss win considsr
Daoknsrs bill 70 stop the coinage 81
s,ivsf oollsxs shortly after ths rsasssm
n1in9 o. UonRreoaL BIand, chairman Of
&c committees. Who VS. detained home
~ flineas, has returned 70 the city. ~
ssys ne VII oppose Buoknsr', biiI and
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senavv shssnas % she Grant Dem.
Guilty.
WAsHn0Tox, Dec. 2.-Ssuatof Sber-
man told Rspxbifeas reporter tonight
mat Ne had received letter from his
pr0socf, GenerI Sherman. In which the
latter said he woui& be in WASHINGTON
on saturday next, and incideRfaliy con-
soyed information that General Grant
vas 10 financial distress. The senator
sa1d he thinks VanderbiIs has taken the
course be has In this matter TO help
General Grant save his property, which
would, he Thought, be bought in BY
some friend or friends, and held fer
General Grants bensdt. He said 81
do not think Vanderbilt would have the
heart to aacrifioe General Granite prop-
erty. OF that he vouid dare to do % In
IN the fase Of pablie opinion senator
sherman expressed his sympathy with
Generai Grant.
EvsFs's Candidacy - he oppssea.
WARRINGTON, Dec. 29.-Prsminsut
friends Of the late Secretary Foleer,
gave out the news today that they will
oppose Evayt's candidacy for the New
York benatorship, on account of what
they characterize ~ his treachery 20
the late Secretary during the latter's
memorable canvass against Cleveland
for the New York governorship.
Dask fss Iegan.
Information was rooeived here today
that Daniel Hogan, Republican hold
ever Senator in the next Illinois LsQis-
iainre, will neither 90 into cascus NOR
viii he vote for General Logan, IL the
latter " the Republican nominee for
United States Senator. The importance
of HoRan's attitude lies in the fact that
Logan's future will In all probability BE-
decided BY q single vote, the Legislature
being evenly divided between the Dem
ocrats and Republicans. Il IL learned
that several years ago Hogan came here
with the endorsement OF prominent
politicians for the appointment Of
assessor OF internal revenue for the
Mound City district. Logan opposed
him, however, and he was defeated.
he returned home vowink vengeance,
and 10 10 said the present opportunity Is
one be has been quietly waiting for.
Hogan 10 an intense Republican, and
will vote for any member of his party
except Logan.
4 Mfntng Deeisisn.
In the matter Of the protest Of David
Mcneil ct al, against the Issue Of q
patent 60 j. A. Pace ct al, claimants for
the favorits Lode claim at Leadville,
Colorado, the Secretary Of the Interior
affirmed the decision Of the Land Once
dismissing the protest. Protestants Sc
sert that the claim should be forfeited
through the failure Of she claimants 70
expsnd at least 500 upon its improve
ment. The Secretary holds that pro-
testants took possession Of the claim ia
violasiop of the Law, which forbids such
relocation on holidays. He also finds
that claimants bad worked on the Con-
tinental claim. which aajoincd the Fa-
vorite, with Q view TO the systematic
development of beth claims. Work Of
this kind ON the Continental, he holds,
was work on the Favorite, and he
therefore affirms the dismissal of the
protest.
melton Denied.
Tie Secretary OF the Interior has
denied the motion Of the Central Pa
cific Railroad Company for q review of
the decision in the case of Harry Emer-
son W. the company. The motion was
based on the claim that at the timc the
company's grant was attached, the pre-
emption right had expired, and hence
did not except the land from the grant.
The Secretary held that, admitting the
expiration Of the presumption right.
there was nevertheless suosisting the
right Of the settler, founded upon his
settlement, which was q valid claim
against the United States that under
the Law could only DO forfeited in favor
of some subsequent purchaser, and
which, In the contemplation of the
granting act, excepted the tract frcm
the grant.
The Gotten Yield.
WAsHMarox, Dec. 30.-The Decem
Der cotton report Of the Department Of
Agriculture indicates smaller yield
than the returns Of the con iition in 90
tober. The average was "a against s.
In 1883, 81 in the great harvest of 1882,
and 66 in the disastrous season of 1881.
The returns of the condition IN October
and the prsduct In December have been
usually divergent this year. The first
Indicated Q larger crop than last year,
the latter product slightly lesso or about
80 per cent. Il 10 possible that general
disappointment at the outcome Of the
middle and top crop have made the De
cember returns unusually conservative,
but 10 10 certain that the rate Of the yield
will be much below the average.