The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-04-02

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MANKATo, March 25.-W. S. Smoot ot
Montana, is registered at the Mankato
house. He is purchasing stock for a
range on the Musselshell, Montana, and
has already bought between $500 and
5000 head of cattle, which he proposes
to ship between April 18th, and May LIST.
Mr. Smoot says reports from the various
cattle ranges as to how cattle have stood
the winter are conflicting, but he thinks
cattle have done WELL One stock man
says he has lost only eighteen head out
of 900 this season. MIR. Smoot prefers
the Hereford cattle, excepting possibly
the Polled Angus, for hardy and beef
making qualities.
CHICAGO, March 25.-United States
Senator Dwight NJ. Sabin, ex-assistant
Secretary of the Treasury John C. New
and John H. Clough, proxy for Senator
Logan, met at the Grand Pacific hotel
this morning. as a subcommittee of the
national republican committee, to make
arrangements for the national republican
convention, to be held in this'city June
Sd. They conferred with John H. Clark,
who represented the people of the musi-
cal festival Mr.. Clark told them it was
intended to erect stage in the northern
end Of the building, that would accom-
modate 1000 people. Sufficient space
would be arranged for the use Of the
press and the remainder of the area
would be used for the delegates. A
sounding board would be constructed
over the stage, and seventy boxes, hold
ing each five persons, would be construct
ed along the walls at the right and left of
the stage. Mr.. Clark said it was design
ed that the hall thus arranged should
hold 7 200 persons, these to include the
$50 delegates and their attendants and
the spectators. In thus fixing the capac-
ity of the hall the gallaries were not con-
sldered. These were the plans said Mr..
Clark, the festive people would adopt in
their preparation Of the building, in
which alterations could be made by the
convention committees, it SO desired,
between May 31st, and June Sd, the time
of the close of the festival and the open
ing of the convention. After hearing the
statements of Mr.. Clark the committee
went into executive session. After a
conference, the use of the building for
the convention was decided upon. A
local committee of arrangement was
then appointed and an adjournment was
AIKEN.
WASHINGTON, March 24th.-Secretary
Teller to-day sent to the house supple
mental report relative to the unlawful
fencing of public lands in Nebraska. The
report is special one by United States
Deputy Surveyor g. w. Fairchild, who
says: The whole country embraced in
| my contract (Northwestern Dakota) is
occupied and run by capitalists engaged
| in cattle raising. who have hundreds of
miles of wire fence constructed, enclosing
all the desirable land, including water
courses, to form barriers for their cattle
and prevent settlers occupying the land.
They also represent that they have desert
and timber claims upon the land they
have enclosed. Upon their fences they
have posted at intervals notices as fol-
lows: The s. of a b. who opens this
fence better look out for his scalp"
Fences are often built so as to close sew
eral sections in one stock ranch and
ranches are joined together from the
mountains clear round to the mountains
again. Persons going there intending to
settle are also notified that if they eettle
| on land, the ranchers will "freeze them
out" They will not employ a man who
settles on or claims land; he cannot get
employment from any cattle man in the
whole country. NV chief object in adj
dressing you is to report the wholesale
destruction of valuable timber on govern
ment land. This whole region is occu-
pied by men who pretend to own it.
There were thousands of logs cut last
summer and hauled to accessible points
to be used for fences, corrals. landing
shutes, and for building houses in Ne
braska and Wyoming.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-The commit
tee OF appropriations completed consid.
Grafton Of the pension appropriation bill
The measures appropriates S20,6s4 600
and provides that any balance of the ap'
preparation for the current fiscal year
that may remain unexpended June, 1884
shall be reappropriated. This balance il
estimated at sec, ,OO0, 900. The appropria'
tions in detail are-for invalids, widows
minor children and dependent relatives
and for the survivors and widows of the
war Of 1872, $2O,OO0,OOO; for fees and ex.
penses of examining surgeons, $500,
for fees for preparing vouchers, rent, fuel
lights, postage on letters to the executive
department and to pensioners, $174, 400
and for contingent expenses of pension
agencies, $4,000. The bill provides that
the act relating to claim agents and at
torneys in pension cases, provided June
10, 1873, be made applicable to county
arrears Of pay, lost horse, and county
land cases and pension cases in which
arrears in pensions are or shall be claim
ed or granted. Tine act referred to pro
vides that it shall be unlawful for any
attorney. agent or other person to de
mand or receive for his services in I
pension case greater sum than $l0) L
provides fee prescribed by law, ane
shall not be paid to nor demanded or re-
ceived by any agent or attorney in pen
sion cases until such claims shall b.
allowed. Upon allowance of arrears o
pay, lost horse, arrears of pension ant
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