The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-23

WASHINGTON, April ia bill was in
troduced in the senate by Mr.. Slater to-
day to forfeit the unearned land grant of
the Northern Pacific The unearned
portion is chiefly in Oregon. The bill
provides:
In all cases where persons have settled
upon any lands affected by the grant, but
herein forfeited, or have made improve
ments thereon with a bona tide intention
Of purchasing the same Of the Northern
Pacific, and are not entitled to enter the
same under the pre-emp,tion or homie
stead law, such persons upon proving the
same to the satisfaction Of the commits
sioners of the general land office, shall be
entitled to enter not more than 100 acres
of the land for settlement or improve
ment at the rate of-per acre, provided
that in all cases where parties or corpo-
rations with the permission of the
Northern Pacific, are in possession of and
have made improvements upon any of
| the lands herein declared to be forfeited,
and are not entitled to enter the same
under the provision of the act, such
parties or corporations shall have
months in which to remove any growing
crop, but within which time they shall
| also be entitled to remove all movable
| improvements from said lands. IN all
cases where the Northern Pacific COM
pany have selected, or shall hereafter
select, lands in place of lands within the
limits of said grant, but expected from
the operation thereof, all persons who
were or shall be entitled to purchase 165
acres of land to be by him selected of the
| Northern Pacific railroad company. by
paying therefor the sum of Sl.25 per acre
shall have twelve months i'll which to
make payment therefor after the seiec-
ton of his land by said company, the
said 100 acres to include the settlement
and improvement OF the settler claiming
the benefit of this section.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-Lieut. Harber
and Scheulze are in the city completing
the report of their search for Chipp and
the remains of De Longs party, and will
| submit it to the secretary of the navy
early next week. 1t will be a valuable
and interesting contribution to the liter
ature of the Arctic, and Will be accom-
panied by maps and charts showing the
topography of the country around the
the Delta of the Lena which is one Of
the largest rivers in the world. Both
Harder and Scheulze take the position
| that Melville and Danenhowcr should
not be blamed for not searching for De
Longs party, as it was several months
after their arrival at the Siberian settle
ment before they knew where they were.
The natives could not understand them,
and they could not understand the ma
tives; they had no means of ascertainin@
their latitude and longitude, and, until a
Cossack came into the settlement, they
were as much lost as if they had been Oh
an ice cake floating in the open sea.
Their physical condition was such as to
unfit them for exposure. being starved
and frozen, and they had no means Of
prosecuting the search had they been
able to do so.
WAsH1NGroS, April 16-The pr'babilit,
is that no measure regarding the count
ing Of the electoral vote will he passed at
this session of congress. This may turn
out unfortunately, as there is no certain
assurance that complications concerning
the election Of president may ensue, es-
pecially if there should be three candi-
dates in the field, which according to
present appearances is not unlikely to be
the case. The senate has already passed
the bill on this subject. which was drawn
up by Senator Hoar, and the republican
majority in that body may most natural
ly he expected to stand by that bill. The
house shows no disposition to consider it
but, as has been mentioned, has deter
mined to take up for action on the 22nd
instant the bill reported by Mr.. Eaton, of
Connecticut, and which makes the Two
houses, in joint convention with each
senator and representative entitled to one
vote, the arbiter of any disputed points.
With the overwhelming democratic ma
| iority in the house this would give the
| control of all points which might be rails
ed to the democrats If the house passes
the Eaton bill, the senate of course will
treat it Just as the house is treating the
Hoar bill, and the counting Of the elec-
toral vote next winter must proceed un-
der such laws and regulations as now ex-
list on the subject.
ST. PAUL, April l6-The Northern
Pacific company have no intention OF
building a. road from Mcdora to the Black
Hills. The idea has been under consid-
Grafton for some time, but the aspect Of
the country Is forbidding. The plan has
been given up. Another course has been
| looked on more favorably, which is from
Mandan and Fort Yates, and then i'll a
straight, south westerly direction. The
latter way is longer, but the road would
run through comparatively level coun-
try. Should road be built from Medora
| to the Black Hills, it will be built by
some private parties or company. and not
by the Northern Pacific.
| It Is said that such a scheme is on foot
However it may not be a part OF the
Northern Pacific plans, and doubtless is
not. A line to the Hills from any prac-
ticable point on the Northern Pacific
would prove to be a paying investment.
| An immense volume of business awaits
the coming of the first railway to that
fertile and productive district.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, April T.-Mi>s u. NJ.
Winslow, lately sister OF charity, lee
tured again tonight to women alone On
her experience as Sister Inez in con-
vent in Baltimore. Two men attended
the lecture, which occasioned great ex-
element The ex-sister charges minor
alities on the part of priests well known
here and in Baltimore. She alleges she
holds a letter from priest approving her