The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02


still stands the old building where General
Braddock stopped when on his way 10 Fort
Duquesne, which he never reached.
jan TCRPEN.
WASHINGTON, August 3l.-Judge Durham,
First Comptroller of the Treasury, has re
turned from Deer Park aDd.was nj the De
partment to-day. He said there as no new
developments in the case OF TO court of
Commissioners of Alabama 'Clan4 The ac-
counts of the court are being losely ex-
amined. Messrs. shellaberger 4nd Wilson
called on the Comptroller to-da. in behalf
of the attorneys who practice before the
Alabama Court, and asked 10 = given an
early hearing in regard TO the pending ques
ton. They represented that rigid enforce
ment of the COmptroller's ruins that most
OF the present force Of the cour. sSere illeg-
/ ally employed could work great hardship to
/ many deserving persons having claims be-
fore the court which could nof be finally
! considered if the court is being< <rppled in
| the clerical force 70 the eNteIE reported
The Comptroller said he was perfectly will
ing to hear them, and would reverse his de-
| cision If shown any warrant OF saw for the
| employment of the force in Dispute.
The period of forty days fxedty the Pres
| ident in his proclamation ordering the
! moyal Of cattle ranches from tie Cheyenne
and ArapahOe agencies, Indian ItlitOry, eX
| pires tomorrow. The Secretary OF the IN
| terror has received advices from the Territory
| indicating the purpose OF the ranchers to
! comply with the terms Of the PROCLAMATION
to the best of their ability. and thousands of
head OF cattle, are now on -ooS en- route to
| other States and Territories. W Is not be-
lieved that the services of the military forces
Will be required to complete the evacuation
| Of the Territory.
FoUEH-cLAsS PoSTNASTERs APPOINTED.
The acting Postmaster General has ap-
| pointed the following fOurth-class POstmas-
tiers:
ohio-At Neptune stephen Howick; Os-
| good. ID. NJ. Brenton.
Indiana-At ReifisbUrg, Harrison Burgess;
| BARRIERS Mills, {. 4. swain Denver. T. VI.
Griffith; Geneva, Ignatius Hook; Laconia,
Lewis Bvrum; Waterfront Mills g. S. Cas-
| tellar; Oaktown, Joseph w. Maliet5; Birds
eye, G. J. Mayfeld; Benham's Store, John J.
| Bird EdwardspOrt, William II. Shively;
| Roanoke, :. 4. Labilieux POint Isabelle II.
| ;. Hale; MarengO, George Baltz; Affords
| vile, John S. Heorick; MerrillSville, Marion
| j. Pierce; Patronsville, :. VI. Savage; Marco,
+. p. Jarrells; Oxford, A. II. MrGuire; Car
Isle, &. VI. Snapp; Laketown, Arthur Jones;
Nenia, c. y. Wales Fairmount, Thomas p.
Latham; Wheeler :. 5. Reed AmbOy, J. +.
| Zimmerman: Bath, James s Fowler: Poneto.
| J. Hartwedge; Hobart, George Stokes.
Illinois-At Parkside, NJ. Saunders; Staun-
ton, Cornelius Godfrey; Moweauquea, b.
Scarlett; Ocene, B. j. Roberts; Tower Hill,
H. X Bains; Grand Ridge, William Jones;
| Walshville, Charles J. Engelman.
REMOVAL OF FENCES on THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
An impression is said to prevail among
the cattlemen that the order of the Presi-
dent of August IA, calling for the removal
of fences on public lands, will not be en-
forced. 1t is stated at the Department that
this order will be enforced TO S.e letter, and
with the full force of the military, if neces-
sary.
POSTAL REGULATIONS ~ PORTUCAL.
The Portuguese Government has informed
the POstoffice Department that, owing TO
the prevalence of cholera in Spain, and the
possibility of its Introduction through the
mall no registered sample or package con-
tanning wOOlen in any shape, sent via Spain,
will be received or delivered in Portugal.
VOUCHERS DIsAILOwED.
Judge Maynard, Second Comptroller of
the Treasury, in passing on the accounts of
| J. .. Skinner, Assistant Surgeon and Acting
Medical StOrekeeper Of the United States
| Army, disallOwed three vouchers aggregat-
ing S5O5 for portraits of deceased Surgeon
| Generals of the army with their frames,
which were certified by Surgeon Hunting
ton, Curator of the Army Medical Museum,
! and approved by the Surgeon General. He
|
| which may exist in the method of making
| these purchases, he does not think accounts
for them can be allowed on the proofs pre-
sented. 1t is sought. he says to make them
chargeable to the Medical Museum appro-
priation for 1888, under the following pro-
| vision:
For the Army Medical Museum and for medical
| and other works for the library Of the Surgeon
| Generals Office $4,000.
1t holds that expenditures should be held
| strictly to the objects mentioned in appro-
| priations, and that if this were allowed il
would set a dangerous precedent, which
might lead TO indefinite expenditures for
portraits of officers connectedi with the Bu-
reaus of the War Department.
FENCE REMOVALS.
1t is not the intention of the Secretary of
| the Interior to issue any general order re-
garding the removal of fences from public
| lands, but it has been determined to deal
| with cases of violation of law specifically.
II IS believed that better results will thus
be obtained than from general order, which
| would be looked Upon a proclamation
binding upon no one in particular Special
| agents of the Land Office are under instruc-
| tiOns TO report to the department all cases of
illegal fencing and instructions looking to
| the removal of fences will be promptly
| furnished for his guidance. In each
! case where an agent is able to eff
feet removal he is directed TO do so,
| ana Wnen necessary lnlleO CidlcS MdrSIldiS
| are TO be called upon, through the Attorney
General. This action taken to-day, upon
the report of an agent, showing that large
tracts of public land are illegally fenced in
| in Southern Colorado adjoining the Kansas
line. \ letter was sent to the Attorney Gen
eral requesting him 10 cause the United
States Marshal to remove the fences.
: PENSION CLAIM DECISION.
Second Comptroller Maynard has made a
decision in the case OF the claims of soldiers
for arrears of pay and bounty, who have
been honorably discharged, but who are
charged upon the military records with de-
sertion. He says that ''in case where SOL
| dicr has been marked the rolls and
ported as a deserter, and it appears that
| within Il reasonable time thereafter, and
while the war was still progressing and the
army engaged in active hostilities against
the enemy, he voluntarily returned
| to his company and regiment and
was Internationally received into
| the service or was received on conditions
| which have been fulfilled not involving for
felt of pay, and he subsequently rendered