Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-14

cSfs say, Will be considered q oor.
'enps, and vii be treated accordingly.
tommissiOBer sparks, Order
WASHINGTON, April ls-Commias;or.
er Sparks. of the General Land Ofies
To-Day sent the following coDu1nics'
tisa 10 the Register and Reeeivsr :.
"slla Walla, W. T.: -
GESTLEdES:-On March nth a tals-
gram vas transmitted to VOC. with an
orneial lSt,er, advising Won ~ %
amendment of the terminal tirni, -
eas sithoraEal OF land in your district
Of definite location of the linz ~ -
Softnern Pacific Railroad, and Won
instructed, IN effect, that the rail-
ROAD company would be permitted 10
s=.eot Ianos under its grant within such
e1teuufo limits. Ii appears that this
change was ASKED FOR in the interest of
certain alleged purchasers FROM the
.al4Sdy company of lands not subject
70 se!ectl9i. or sale By the company, un-
ger tne order of the Commissioners of
lae Land Office, of August 6.IsS1, fixing
Ase terminal limit OF the said withdraw
al Ny attention having been called to
the matter By complaint referred to
me sn the 1th instant, b. the Secretary
0. tbs Interior, alleging that the inter
ests or the settlers upon i49, go acres
OF iand we're pfeiudiced By this action
10 favor of the purchasers of 1000 acres
from the railroad company, am salts
ned that the action OF the 10Th ultipo
was taken under a misconception OF the
pGrp1rt OF the letter from the Secretary
OF the Interior of the 18th uitiua ,, in
reply to letter of the preceding day
from the Commissioner of this Office
asking for instructions in the premises.
The Secretary stated that the fixing
of the terminal limits was a matter of
mathematical ascertainment. and if a
correction was necessary to truly rep
resent the grant on either side of the
road, this Office was competent to make
1t. such limit was fixed BY the Commits
sioner's order of August 6, 1881, in &C.
cofdsnce with the rule used in the ad.
Iustment of early land grants and gd-
hered TO from that period to the present
time. IL Is not shown that any error
was made IN the ascertainment of that
limit In the present case. 1t was clearly
not the purpose of the Secretary to
change the rule for fixing terminal
terms nor to authorize the exteRsioA of
the withdrawal of datinite locations be-
yond such terminal limits, which we're
already liked by mathematical ascer-
tslnment in which no error is discover
ed The instructions of March 20, 1885,
therefore. being erroneous, are hereby
revoked
Speaking on this subject to-day
Sparks said The or
der of March 2Cth ought not to have
been made. Ii brought into the land
grant what thought should not have
been brought. Then my attention was
drawn TO the matter by the letter of
After conference with the
Secretary l decided 81 revoke that or
DER"
Ii is stated at the Land Office that the |
amount of land involved IN the change
Of limit was III, 600 acres, and that two
thirds of it had already been patented
to settlers, thus placing il beyond the |
reach of the railroad company.
BAD for the Northern Pacific.
The Railroad Journal saws the North |
ern Pacific earnings for March show a
decrease OF thirty per cent compared |
with last year. The gain from Febru
AIRY to March was ninety per cent last |
year only twenty per cent this. The |
season has not opened favorably with |
roads.
our Littie War Ended.
WASHINGTON, April l3.-AdmiraI Jou-
ett telegraphed Secretary Whitney to-
Day the situation in the Isthmus is uu-
,hanged. Trains run across regularly |
without molestation. II il the general |
opinion among officers on duty at the |
Navy Department, that the marines re-
sently sent from New York will leave |
A spinwall on their return home within |
The next two weeks.
The Day on Wall street.
NEw YORK, April l3.-Governments
are quiet and unchanged, except 3's, |
which are : higher. Stocks opened |
With rush by shorts to cover, and by |
bulls to Increase their holdings. First |
prices generally were to 4 per cent. |
higher than close on Saturday. Early |
wers accompanied by un- |
usual excitement. aud further advance
IN prices generally. News from Europa |
was interpreted as indicating war inevi- |
liable. Early dealing gave promise of |
IN extremely a; tive and excited market |
Tor the day. About IL the market be-
same more quiet and quotations became |
weaker after the first hour. and until |
The close there was not a single feature |
Df special interest. Closed about Satur |
days prizes.
An Infamous order Revoked.
WASHINGTON. April l3.-Gen. Sparks,
he new Commissioner of the General |
Land Office, today sent letters 10 the |
Register and Receiver OF the Land |
Office at Wslla Walla, W. L, revoking
he order made March Goth allowing the
Northern Pacific Railroad to change its
ines of final limit between the towns
IF Wallnla and Dayton. in Washington
Territory, SO rs to include ether lands
lnder its grant within this extended
limit. The Commissioner says il APP
pears that this change was asked for in
he interest of certain alleged pur-
,hasers from the railroad company of
ands not subject to selection or sale by
he company under the order Of the De-
Dartment of August 10th, 1881. fixing
he terminal limit Of the said with
travail. Complaint vas made by W. II.
Reed. af Walla Walla, that this order
preiudiced the interests of settlers on
As, go acres of land in favor of pur-
shasers Of 1000 acres from the rail-
road company. The Commissioner is /
Of opinion that the order was made
Under demonstration of the letter of |
Secretary Lamar of the 18th ult., and |
that the limit of the road was fixed IN |
accordance with the old established |
rule OF officers, and IL Is not shown that |
any error was made in its ascertainment |
II that limit in this case. The line Of |
the road remains unchanged.
stock Quotations.
Ngw YoRK. April IS.-United States
Ss. l01x; &s, ll2ls; fs. i2lS; Pacific
Sc, l24. American Express 9lls, Canada
Pacific 361l. Canada Southern 30. Ceg-
trail Pacific 3l4 Burlington l23ss, Lack
.Dsnver& Rio Grande l06IS,
Erie l2s<, Hannibal&St. Joe no., Kansas
4 Texas I7S<, Lake shore 59I, Louis
vile 4 Nashville 81. Michigan Central
S., Northern Pacific Tx, Northern
Pacific preferred S1, Northwestern
9I5s, New York Central 80, Oregon
Railway and Navigation 65, Oregon
Transoontinental u. Oregon Improve
ment 70, Pacific Mail SIS, Panama 81.
Rock Island ll5ik. 81 Paul -, Tex4s
Pacific 10SS, Union Pacific "a, United
States Express 50. Wells Fargo Ito.
Western Onion 5T5s.
The aieney Market.
NEW YoHk, April 13.-Monsy. easy
at per cent: closing az /: prime pa
per, t'd5; exchange bills qniet, higher,