The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-30

WARRINGTON, April 23.-At meeting
of the house committee on public lands
to-day subcommittee was appointed to
draft bill repeating the timber culture
act and revising the homestead laws.
The bill, tits said, will be tackled on to
an appropriation bill and pass readily.
WASHINGTON, April 22-Tte secretary
of the navy has sent the following COM
munication to commender Schleyin New
York in regard to'the Greely relief ex-
pedition:
NAVY DEPARTMENT, April q, 1884.
S1R:-The ships Theis, Bear and Alert
for the Greedy relief expedition Of 1884
being ready, you are ordered to take COM
mand of them and proceed to the coast
of Greenland, or further north if neces-
sary, and if possible find and rescue or
ascertain thefate Of Lieut.. Greely and
comrades. All officers and men under
your commad are hereby enjoined to
perform any duty at sea or on land which
you may order. No detailed instructions
will be given you, as full confidence is
felt that you have both the capacity and
courage, guided by discretion, to do all
that can be required by the department
or nation for the rescue of our imperilled
countrymen. With an earnest wish and
the highest hopes for your success, am
fraternally, w. E. CHANDLER,
[signed.] Secretary of the Navy.
ST. PAUL, April 23.-Mr. Hannaford,
general traffic manager of the Northern
Pacific, was seen this morning on the
report of special tariff rates given the
Milwaukee merchants to Montana,
Washington territory and Oregon. He
says that no rates have been given and
does not know how the report got into
the Pioneer Press this morning. But
the way he spoke and the noticed pre-
ceptible smile all over his countenance.
led the interviewer to believe that there
was some secret understanding between
the Northern Pacific company and the
merchants of Minneapolis, st. Paul and
Milwaukee. Nothing has been done or
said by the merchants of the two first
named cities since they visited vice-Pre-
sident Oakes about six weeks ago. Mr..
Hanaford asked if any of the large ship
pers like P. H. Kelley, Van slyke, Gid
den and Grlggs and number Of other
jobbers were dissatisfied or hadanything
to say. He said they were satisfied with
the present rate, and so were the Mil
waukee merchants. No direct informa-
ton could be pumped out of Mr.. Hanna
ford, but there IS undoubtedly an under
standing between the two which is not
known to the public.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-The house
committee on public lands took up to-day
the bill to tepeal the pre-emption and
timber culture laws. It is evident from
the sentiments expressed by the mem
bers of the committee that at least a
majority of the committee will vote for
the bill. Mr. Strait urged an amendment
to protect settlers who have not COM
pleted their entries or who have through
no fault of their own, been defrauded OF
their rights under these laws. He cited
instances of this kind where it would be
an act of great injustice not to allow set
tiers the benefit of the pre-emption and
timber culture laws to complete their
filings. There is no provision to protect
the occupants of unsurveyed land, who
are awaiting for the surveys before they
can make their filings. No action was
taken on the bill, and it probably will be
amended before final action is taken. A
proposition was presented to the COM
mittee to-day to provide for virtual re
peal of not only the pre-emption, but the
homested law. The point of it is that
every settler shall be obliged to pay to
the government 81 an acre for the land
after having occupied it five years, and
shall not be given patent until he does
80. On this proposition there was tie
vote, so it was not carried.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-The President
sent to the senate to-day the report from
the Secretary of State in reply to the res
olutions of the senate requesting inform
alton as to average production, consump'
ton, expectation and importation o1
wheat, rye, corn; and cotton in foreign
countries; their probable requirement.
of such products from the United States
and other information bearing on the
question of demand for the grain anC
cotton products of the United States.
The secretary, in his report, says the
calculations and estimates submitted
prove, as statistics can prove under the
circumstances, that the stock of wheat OF
hand in Europe at the close Of 1888 die
not materially differ from the stock OF
hand at the close of the previous year
that the wants of Europe are as great a
| in 1888; ard the demand upon the United
States should naturally be as great as il
1888. How long Europe may or cal
draw upon her reserve stock, or what arr
the exact considerations which contro
several countries, especially the Unitet
Kingdom, which may be said to regulate
the wheat markets of the world, time cal
alone develop. He also says that mos
liberal allowance for the wheat out-pu
necessary to the worlds consumption
shows that the United States should b.
drawn upon the present year for III, 600,
600 bushels in round numbers, agains
1893 OOO, 900 bushels from all other whea
growing countries. 1t thus appears tha
the United States, instead of being con
trolled, should be able to control al
foreign markets.
OTTAWA, Ont, April 22.-The fact La
transpired that before Duncan Mc1ntyr
left for England, he sold out his S5,OO(
600 worth of shares in the Canadian Pa
cific at 81. Rumor has it that Angu!
vice-president of the company, is ais
about to retire. J. ]. Hill, it will be RI