McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-05-08
CAPITAL TOPICS.
POSTAL TELEGRAPH i.

WI AAhb AOAASo'
POSTAL TELEGRAPH.
The sub committee of the house commit
tee on postofices and postroads having un-
to consider the bill providing for contract
system. Some of the committee coptended
that uniform rate should be fixed at 20
cents for twenty words and others held 20
cents too low to induce competent corpor-
rations to compete for the contract and
maintained that the maximum rate should
be- at least rs cents. The opinion was ex-
pressed that the full committee will adopt
tine latter figure.
MONEY ORDER OFFICES.
The postofice department estimate the
number of money order offices established
the present fiscal year at about 300, or
nearly twice the number of any preceding
year.
THE UTAH COMMISSION.
The report of the Utah commission,
made to the secretary of the interior, re-
commends the passage Of law giving the
first or legal wife the right Of dover or
some other equivalent interest in the real
estate Of the husband; advocates the con-
ferring of concurrent, civil and criminal
Jurisdiction upon United States commits
sion, aud suggest the ACCESSIBILITY Of a law
for appointment, by the governor or dis
trict Judges, of certain territorial and
county officers, now elective.
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH BILL.
The house committee on posioffices
and post-roads have unanimously agreed
| u,,on the bill "to secure cheaper telegraph
correspondence, - and directed Represent
alive Rogers to report 1t at the first oppor-
tunity. The bill is based on the senate bill
and consists of number of the provisions
of that measure, with amendments to
| others. The provisions creating the office
of fourth assistant postmaster general is
eliminated, as are all sections Of the senate
bill providing for the construction of t.
government postal-te]egraph system, in
case no contract is made with a company.
The bill provides that charges for the trans
| mission OF kilograms, excepting service and
government kilograms, be prepaid by tele-
gram stamps or stamped paper, and the
maximum rates for kilograms for twenty
words or less, exclusive of dates, address
| or signature, when the distance of trans
| mission Is 800 miles or under, % cents,
for every $50 miles or fraction thereof in
excess of / 800 miles an additional rate OF
five cents may be charged, and between
the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, Baltimore and Washington, and such
other points separated by short distances,
as may be from time to time designated by
the postmaster general, the rate shall not
be over 10 cents for day or night, provided
no rate exceed 30 cents for kilograms to be
transmitted by night, except as above
stated, when the charges shall be one-half
| the day rates.
| THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Some correspondence recently passed
between the department of the interior and
| Senator Plumb, chairman of the commit.
tee on public lands, with reference to infOr.
nation called for by the resolution Of
March 18th last, regarding the acquisition
of public lands by foreign corporations OF
syndicates, reports from special agents ac.
companying the papers. Special Agent J
NJ. Jones reports in relation to thirty eigh
claims in Estes park, Colorado, owned b!
the Estes Park company, "organized un'
der the laws of England and doing bust
ness in Colorado Arndham Thomas
Earl of Dunraven, appears to be one of the
chief functionaries Of the company. Thirt.
claims, the agent found, were secured fO
people who were never in the park at all
and the remaining eight were secured b!
people who made occasional visits and SHOW
of improvement. In no case was the Law
complied with.
RIVER AND HARBORS.
The house committee on rivers and har
rnrs has finished the river and harbor ap
!,rnpriation bill with the understanding
hat it may be changed at the final meeting
r. any change is made, the members say
" II be reduction of the more importan
appropriations. The total of the bill, a
completed, is $12, Al 900 for the Mississippi
from it's mouth to st. Paul; $500, 900 fror
the Missouri from its mouth to Sioux City
$500, 600, and $3.50, 900 for that portion abov
Sioux City, and for moving distractions
for the Ohio, from Pittsburg to its mouth
$500, eco, one third being for the improve
ment of the canal at Louisville. No appro
priations are made for creeks, and of tn
appropriations asked 105 were rejected.