Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-08


az the end Of the current year and TO
fund the remainder in collateral trust
5 per cent bods, parties having already
agreed 70 take these bonds.
Railway suiiaIus.
CHICAGO Oct. The Rai},oay "a. in
toDorrovs issue in explanation of the
table showing the total number Of miles
OF new railsay track laid from January
LIST 20 Ost0ber lst, IN thirty one States
and Territories, to be bat 1850, will say
that the preliminary work Of perfection
OF organization, Surveying. obtaining
night OF way and constructing roadway
and sopersiraeture all occupy months
and sometimes years before fraction
of track laying appesrs- So, while 1886
has already been marked by great re-
vivsi Of eeofidsnre and bv su extended
toward railway building, the
year will end With less track added than
IN the previous years Of depression.
Harrison Cannot Practice.
WssHrsoTos. O,t. The Secretary
OF the Interior has made decision
upon tbs appeal Of Luther Harrison,
sx- Assistant Com missioner OF toe Land
Office, from the order OF Commissioners
Sparks denying 10 him the right to prsc-
toe as an attorney before tbs Interior
Department, under the terms Of the act
of June lst, 1872. which provides that
II shall not be lawfal for anv person ap-
pointed after june ist, 1872, "a an off
Ger. clerk or employee In aRy depart
ment, TO act as IN lsel. attorney or
agent for the prosecution Of any claim
which vas p ndine In the department.
While he was sach an officer. nor 70 aid
in the prosecution OF any such claim
within the two years next after he shall
have ceased to have been an offi,er or
employee. 10 his appeal Mr.. II ,rrison
held that the act applied ouls to the
prosecution Of claims for money, and
that u had no application to practice
before the l. md Oifiee, except IN Eases
involving the payment Of money. and
IN bis case 10 had no applioatIsn what
ever, because he vas a third Glass clerk
At the late Of the passage Of the act.
He declares that bis employment was
continuous until the lat instant, al.
though his salary had been increased D..
promotions, which we're made by new
appointments. Ia his op,ni1o, after
citing tbs act, the Secretary holds that
10 applies TO all departments and in
cludes every class. Its design is to eie-
vate the public service, that 1t may in
spire public confidence The act plainly
implies that 10 IL not suitable nor seemly
for an employee shortly after his de-
parture fro q service IN the depart
ment TO appear before TIA. dep4 rtmeAt
a. prosecutor OF claims pending there
IN against the United States while be
was A member OF IL.
The Secretary also holds that the
GASES prosecuted IN the Land Offise for
claims to titles are not exempted from
the operations OF the act. and he points
out hsw an employee. II 80 disposed.
might abuse his opportunities while 10
the d. partment to profit, as, for in
stance, devoting his time not 10 ad
v.noiug a speedy an Just settlement of
claims against the Government during
his term of office. but 10 preventing
such settlement and pittine them ia
such shape As TO enable him TO reap
some profit by their unjust settlement
after his term shall have expired. In
inclusion, the Secretary holds that the
act also spplies to persons like MIR. II 81.
rison. who, although Ia Office at the date
Of the passage Of the act, received new
appointments OF oemml ssions SIN oe that
date, or who have been nominated ley
the President and confirmed by the
Senate.
This opinion applies TO all persons
who have either resigned or been dis
missed from any department during the
present Administration, and 10 heavy
blow to a great numb q Of persons who
nave em's ,rked in the business of pro
scouting claims before the department..
IL was adopted after consideration in
the Cabinet. and II Is TO be presumed
will afford precedent for the other
Cabinet 9th sers In directing practice
before their departments.
mind Tom
RICHMOND. October LII the United
States Court today, ia ises Bond and
Hughes presiding, a decision was ren
derei in the case of Blind Tom, the col
ored pianist. Teis 10 suit in the name
Of Blind Tom. through his mother,
Charity Virgins. against Charles A.
Beshune, who was for msny years
Toms guardian, receiving the accounts
and earnings of Tom, aud attending to
their proper investment for himself aud
heirs, that Bethnne be requirtd to sur
render possession of complainant and
pay into Court money to defray the ex
penses Of the suit. The motion was
overruied without prejudice to plain
tits right TO renew she same. Ii vas
further ordered that the injunction
granted restraining the de-
BethuRe, from removing plain
tiff beyond the limits Of the State b.
opntinued in full force unless the Per
IN ission Of one OF the Judges Of the
Court be irst obtained.
italian Ceanterfeiters Arrested.
WASHINGTON. Ost. Chief Brooks,
Of the Treasury secret service, with the
assistance of several msm oers of the
CITY detective and police force. this
arrested five IL llians. tvo OF
whom were women, for passing coun-
terfeIt coin. Tney live on a rented farm
ia neigh boring county Of Maryland,
aud have been in ths habit OF coming
into market, apparently as innocent
huckst-rs or purchasers. They are OF
the lowest GLASS of Italians The case
has been under Investigation for several
weeks aud the trap WAS sprung today.
al the risk of losing some OF the gang,
On account OF numerous comp aints
among the market men OF toe amount
Of counterfeit coin passed on thsm and
The subsequent anger that the crimi
nails would be frightened away.
Late this afternoon three N re msm-
bsrs Of the gang, also Italians, we're
captured. A visit to the farm hoase re-
suited In finding soma letters which de-
veloped the fact that the spurious coin
came from Cincinnati.
The Rock springs A0air.
CHEYKNNr Wvo. }. Oct. The grand
Jury Of Sweetvster County found no
indictments ac sinst the Rock Springs
rioters. IL made the following report:
I'VE have diligently inquired into the
at Rock Springs on the "a
day Of September last, and though ve
have examined large nua Der of wit-
nesses. no one has been able TO testify
10 a single criminal act committed by
any known white person on that day.
Whatever crimes may have been com
mitted there, the perpetrators thereof
have not been disclosed by the evidence
before az. and, therefore. vhile We
deeply regret the circumstances. ve are
wholly unable. acting under the ooliRa
tons Of our oaths, to retarn indict
tn. h.. .. "a, nj rad tnfx. the