Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30
Late Eastern News.

day decided to report the bills FOR
feiting land grants opposite the I'm
completed portions of the Norther,
Pacific, main and branch lines, ant
the Atlantic Il Pacific railroads
Senator Plumb, Chairman of the
Committee, says it is impossible t.
calculate the number of acres in.
volved. In both cases some lane
was taken up before the charter was
granted, and in the case of the At.
lantie Il Pacific, the road was no,
constructed in the direction contem
plated originally. The Senator
thinks the forfeiture of the Northern
Pacific will amount to $4,000, OOC
acres and the Atlantic & Pacific to
5000, 900 acres. Senator Slater
author of the bill providing for for.
fixture of the land grant of the
Northern Pacific Railroad says the
actual number of acres forfeited
along that line will be 100000,
which is 5000, 900 acres less than
proposed by the House Committee
on Public Lands. Senator Slater
bill further provides that lieu lands
hereafter selected, if occupied by
bona fide settlers, shall be sold al
81 25 per acre, for 100 acres.
Not One to Tell the Story.
ST.. JOHNS, N. S, May 24.-The
following are the only details oh.
tainable of tle loss of tho French
brig Senorine: The vessel left St.
Male on the 1st of March,, not the
5th, as previously reported, laden
with salt, provisions and a general
cargo. and bound to st. Pierre.
She had u ships company of nine
hands, aud all told, ffty-three pas.
sengeIs. About the Goth of April
she was signalled in drift ice on the
eastern edge of Great Bank. A few
days after a strong gale arose from
the south and southwest, and with
various changes and veering, con.
tinued into May on the same date.
In the first week of May her buoys
and sides were crushed in by the ice
and she sank without giving any
warning, carrying down every soul
on board. The British clipper
Consuelo passed by the ship shortly
afterward and picked up sufficient
debris and general wreckage as
to identify with certainty both the
vessel and her actual doom.
The Consuelo took on board some
beds, trunks, baskets and clothing,
that doubtless foated out and up
from the crushed and collapsing ves-
sci.
Butler Refuses Nothing.
New York, May 22.-General B.
F. Butler accepts the nomination Of
the National Anti Monopoly Organ
ization for President of United States
Following is The letter of acceptance:
GENTLEMEN:--I have the honor to
receive your courteous note giving
me the ction of the Convention at
Chicago on the 14th instant, as the
representative of anti-monopoly.
The honor Of designation by such o
body as their candidate for the Pres
idency of the Republic cannot be to
highly appreciated. Concerning
the resolutions, l need only to add
that if the votes of the electors shall
intrust me with the executive powers
of that high Office, each of them will
he fully, justly and theoretically
used to make every measure relief
to the people and reform in the Gov
eminent as pointed out by your plat
form Of principles. Accept for your.
selves personally my most grateful
consideration. B. F. BUTLER.
Tamna.y Dsnecrats
NEW YoRx, May 23.-Tammany
hall was crowded tonight, tho occa.
sion Of the meeting which, the adj
vertisements said, wae the first gun
for the Presidential canvass. Til.
den's name evoked long continued
cheers whenever mentioned. Con-
gressmen Blackburn and Hurd
we're the principal speakers. Morri-
SON sent letter reiterating his we'll
known views. Speaker Carlisle, in
a letter, said: "Since the close OF
the war more than four-6fths of the
internal revenue taxes have been
abolished, while the tariff remains
substantially unchanged. Indeed,
on many articles of necessity in COM
mon use among the people the rates
of duty are higher now than during
the war, while on nearly all of them
the duties are much higher in pro-
portion to the market value of the
articles than they were then. Taxes
on the vices and the Injuries of the
people have been greatly reduced,
or entirely abolished, while the
taxes on the necessaries of life and
tools and implements of labor have
been retained, and in some instances
increased. Under this policy com.
merce has been INSTRUCTED, the cost
of production increased and the
earnings of labor con6scated. Sta
bility in the laws affecting the indus
trial interests of the people is abso.
lutely essential to the continuous
and rapid development of our re-
sources, but stability can be insured
only by doing as nearly as possible
exact justice to all whose interests
are affect by such legislation"
successful Steam Piovving.
FARGO, OAK, May ga number
ofheavy wheat growers from all parts
of Northern Dakota were here o-day
to witness an experiment in blowing
by steam, and expressed themselves
quite enthusiastically over the result.
The engine drew eight plows, turn
ing o sod four inches thick as evenly
and we'll as could be done by horse
power, at a rate of over 25 acres a
day. twill make a new era in wheat
growing, as it will enable farmers to
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