Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-09-25
WASHINGTON TOPICS.

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The private secretary of President Arthur
states that the latter is as we'll as he ever
was, Notwithstanding alarming reports as
to his health.
The issue Of silver dollars for the week
ending september thirteenth was 4O3. $685.
the corresponding period last year was 4SO, ).
99S.
Acting Secretary of the Treasury issued a
warrant for $l66 $50 in favor of the Direct
| ing the secon nstallment.
Judge Gresham authorizes the statement
that he expects to remain Postmaster. Gen.
eral until March 4, Notwithstanding the ru.
mors that he has accepted the vacant judo.
al bench in Chicago.
Assistant Secretary Coon has been desig-
mated by the President as Acting Secretary
of the Treasury for ten days from the 18th
of this month. The designation of Coon
as Assistant Secretary by the friends of
French is considered somewhat signifi.
cant.
The commission appointed to visit Cen
trail and South America will leave on tce
10th of October for the City of Mexico f. ON
which city they will go to Central Anne "a
aud afterwards visit the principal count1; ss
in South America. The commission ex-
poets to be gone six months.
In formation has been received that Nor
ton, Minister to France, who intended to
have sailed for New York, has concluded to
defer his departure for two weeks. This
fact seems to efectually dispose of the re.
port that he was coming home to assume
the duties of Secretary of the Treasury, as
that Office will have to be filled within sew
en- days. 1t is said by Morton's friends that
he obtained leave of absence to come to
this country before the death of Secretary
Folger, and hisintention had no connection
with the vacancy in the Cabinet. Morton's
object in coming home just at this time is
to attend to some private business in New
York. It is stated positively now that
General Sharpe would not accept the Treas
ury portfolio.
Captain Healy, commanding the revenue
steamer COrwin, made report regarding
the cruise of that vessel in Alaskan waters.
He speaks of his efforts to prevent the
smuggling of liquor and breech-loading
arms to the natives at Point Hope in ex-
change for whalbone, and suggests that the
Collector of Customs at San Francisco be
instructed to limit the allowance of those
articles to each whaler.
Mr.. Neal, Solicitor oft the Treasury mott
fed the directors of the Garfield Memorial
Hospital that the Circuit Court of Pennsyl-
vania in distributing the estate of Jay
Cooke had awarded to the institution SILL
500 being the amount deposited with Jay
Cook & Co. on account of the Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans Home, of Washington,
the property which was recently transfer
red to the directors of Garfield Hospital by
act of Congress.
The Comptroller of the Currency has ap-
pointed ]. B. Sturtevant Receiver of the
First National Bank of Jamestown, d.
kota.
The Secretary of the Interior rendered
the following decision in regard to the lands
within the granted limits Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, released from reservation
for the Indians: First, that every section
within this leased reservation should be
sold at double the minimum price, So. so
per acre. With regard to the odd sections
it is held that although the legislative in.
tent in this case may not be entirely free
the sole purposes of the agreement to afford |
an opportunity for the speedy location and
constr uction of q railroad without trespass-
ing upon the rights of the Indians, vet in |
view of the doubt of the fact that when |
q definite location was made, the release |
did not become such as to restore the land |
to the public domain. concur in the opin-
ion of the Commissioner of the Land Office
and affirm the decision, the law in the case
having been substantially settled by num-
erous decisions of the Department in other
cases. In regard to the price of the odd
sections to be dispo sed OF, where the grant
as made declares that the alternate and even
sections reserved to the United States shall
not be sold for less than $50 per acre. the
Department is authorized to treat the odd
sections in the same manner as the even
sections are treated, and therefore they
should bear the SINE prices. He says it
could not have been the intention of Con-
gress to fix different prices for lands side by
side in common limits, and the Gov.
eminent by the same rules, is basing diff
ference on the net that some ofthe sections
bear odd and others even numbers in des-
gnating them, the description being merely
for the purpose of survey and Identification.
This decision applies to all cases where the
iisposals of lands within the railroad limits.
when the statutes require q double mini
mum rate to decide for the lands In alter
nate sections.
A vessel arrived at Philadelphia the
,ther day with 500 bushels of mussels
sticking to its sides and bottom. The
lry-dock paupers cleared them OF. Il