The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-04
NEWS OF NATIONAL INTEREST.
Land Office anairs-InsJFuctIOns to Rear
Admiral Jouett-The New Debt State
ment SnIplus Only SIG. .AIS,OO2.

WAsHIEGToN, April 3.-The Commissioner OF the
General Land Office has ordered that final action
in the Land Office upon all eutries OF the public
lands except private cash entries and such scrip
locations are not dependent upon acts of settle
ment and cultivation. be suspended IN the fol.
lowing localities: All lands west OF the first me
rdian Of Kansas. all west of range l. west in Ne
brasks, the whole Of Colorado Except lands in the
Ute Reservation: all lands in New Mexico Mon
tans, Wyoming and Nevada. and that portion OF
MINI esOta north of the indemnify limits north oil
the Pacific Railroad and eass OF the indemnify
lines Of the Chicago Minneapolis and Manitoba
Final action in the Dand Oflce is a'so ordered
TO be suspended upon all timber culture entries
under the act OF June ,, lS,7, which have not
already been examined also in all cases of desert
land entries.
Secretary Whitney, late this afternoon. tele-
PTsphed TO Pensacola TO Rear admiral James G.
Jouett. who sailed to-day from New Orleans with
the United States steamship Tennessee: "In a1di-
uon TO the force under your command in the
steamships Tennessee, SwRtora, Alliance and Ga.
lena, all of which sheuld be at Aspln wall on your
arrival, you will be reinforced hy about 200 ma
Tines despatched today from New York by the
steamship Ctyof Paris with tents and camp eq nip
ace. To provide for contingencies, further supplies
will be sent at once. The duty you are called
upon TO perform calls for the rc,se OF great dir
crotion. The object of the expedition is the per-
torrance by the United States of their engage
ments to preserve the neutrality Of and keep open
the transit fromColon 10 Panama ;sand, further TO
protect the lives and property of American cit
izens. The circumstances, as understood, from
which the necessity for the expedition
has arisen, are. in general. that a steamship
belonging 10 Americans has been seized at Colon
by an armed force and goods in transit taken
from her, her officers ard the American Consul
imprisoned and the transit across the isthmus In
terIupted. With the consequences involved in
past acts you are not concerned Your sole duty
is confined TO seeing that free and uninterrupted
trsnsit across the isthmus is restored and main
tanned and that the lives and property OF Amer
ican citizens are protected IT, on your arrival at
the iSthmus, order shali have been restored and
tie Colombian authorities are adequate to the
protection OF life and property and the mainten-
snce of free traffic, you viii interfere in respect
with the constituted authorities, but report an
await orders. You have no part TO perform in the
political or social disorders of Colombia, and il
will be your duty TO that no irritation or IN
friendliness shall arise from your presence at the
isthmus. The incidental exercise OF humanity
toward American citizens In distress must be left
TO your sound discretion"
The Secretary OF the Navy hiss received applica-
tioDs fiom nearly all the naval officers tnat are