The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-12
AROUND The CRIB /!
Col. Iackman Walks Off With
the Western Texas
Cake
Ana a Mississippi Legal Luz
n.inary is Chosen as secre-
tary Lamar's Conductor.
The "BaCkbOnev Patents Are
Halted Until the Calcium
Lights Begin 10 Burn!
MIR. Bayard Destroys the UNDER
pinning of n summer Ses-
sion of the senate!
John Sherman's Nose is Away
out OF joint, as are some
Onice-seekeTs!
CAPITAL NEWS NOTES.
secretary Lamar Hits the "Baci
homes 'IyINt the Eyes,

Secretary Lamar HIS the "Back-
bones 'rwixt the Eyes.
Washington, March 1l.-In accord
ancc with Secretary Teller's order,
dated March 2, the commissioner of
the general land Office issued three
patents to the New Orleans Pacific
Railway company for 679,2s7 acres of
land. known as the Backbone" grant,
and they were delivered TO VIM. II
Barnum by direction of John # Dill
lon attorney for the railway company.
Although Secretary Teller issued pat
ents for 679,287 acre. of land. the COM
pany, under its grant, claiHed l.00O,-
! 600 acres. Yesterday Secretary
Lamar issued the following order to
the commissioner of the land office:
wAsnIsGrox. n. C., Mefen ~, lss5.
all procecd1ngs'renliHc 10 the PATENT
inc of land to the New Orleans Pa
ciiic Railway company until further
notice. [Signedl l.. q. Z. LAMAR
In addition to the lands already pat
cntcd. the New Orleans Pacific kail-
yay company have lists covering
J3G,7O6 acres, which, under this last
order, cannot be patented uhul the
secretary takes further action.
MIR. BAYARD CALLS IN THE TREATIES
The Star says: Secretary Bayard
has taken steps for the formal with
drowal of all treaties pending u the
senate. This will leave the senate
with nothing to do but pass upon
nominations, aud the prevailing i'm
nressien now is the session Will not
mai more than two weeks longer.
secretary Lamar says his reaioh
for suspcnding action in the mater
. was to obtain the opportunity TO e.
anime fully into the merits oil Tie
company's claim.
TREASURY TALK.
The secretary of the treasury hau
large number of callers to-day, includ
inc three large delegations--one iron
Nav York, headed by Senator Bec'
and Speaker Carlisle; another iron
North Carolina, headed by Senate
Vance. and the third from Nirgim'
headed by Representative Barbour.
G Secretary Manning has appoihtc
- Eugene Higgins, of Maryland, chlei
tbc appointment division of the trea
ury department, in place of Trevi'
ofNew York, resigned. Higgins i
friend of Senator German.
HOW Is THAT ron NUN
400 yice-President Hendricks recent
apnlied to Postmaster-General WI
10 have friend appointed to the J.
sition of superintendent of Iree dell
srv at the Chicago pos office, to tn
tho place of the republican incumDe'
Mir. Villas, upon inquiry, learned !
aboye-named officer was usually =
= pointed by the Chicago postlnasl
- and so informed Mr.. Hendricks
could not Interfere.
GEN. BLACK,
The newly appointed commission
If nonsions. arrived here to-dass 9
- called upon the president anu or,
n tary Lamar. lie met WIN III "a,
~ welcome, and will assume ON
duties as soon as conuriheu Wy
senate.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
There was about the usual rush
FRS visitors to the White House tot
The president arose carly and at Q
NS2 betook himself to opening his II
which was unusually large. AS
of the clerks at the White House
IL oPresident Cleveland reoeivec
WE many letters ina day as eN-l'resl'
Arthur received in a week" II
AN ,a;r inference that many letters IT
10 amendments to office. Inc pI
AND aent ran hurricdly through his
y or and then began the reception oil
] uf tors, many OF whom had been wal
for some time. Among the en-
were congressional delegations
Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, North I
lima and Florida. The secreta
n, hc war called about noon and had
u no conference with the president, =,
rec O'clock the doors ofthe White i
LOO were throw a open 70 the public,
RIVE the president was kept busy rece
his callers for over an hour.
COL. LAMONT
said to-day that the reduction !
,rcc. clerical force in the White Hous
'Ioo made merely In the Interests oil 9
I at nv and theretorethe appointing
- ~ made were to i'll vacancies. IL
there might possibly be one o
more changes in the personnel
force, but that would be all.
ACTS. President Cleveland'S inaugual
the entire clerical forcS includi
private secretary, have been
engaged from o'olock(n the
EY. ing till midnight, and Y is e.