New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-07-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.

The 18th of July was celebrated in
Washington with It's usual din of fire
crackers, torpedoes, calcium lights,
and variety of new tangled explosives,
devil chasers, etc., which modern inyen-
tive genious ever invented was thrown
upon the market. The air was thick
and sulphurous throughout the day, and
night, and the morning papers have a
list OF about the usual length of acct
dents more or less fatal.
The Presidents fourth of July was
the quietest day he has spent in Wash
ington. The day was observed as a
holiday by nearly all of the members
of the Cabinet, and the President was
untroubled by visitors of any sort;
therefore he was able to go through a
very large number of official documents
awaiting his attention, and to make
up his mind in regard to considerable
number of appointments. The Presi-
dent, is. however, getting pretty tired,
although he looks as well as ever, and
applies himself as constantly as posi-
bic to his official duties. 1t is said to
be the Presidents's intention to spend
few weeks during the month of August
in the woods of Northern New York,
where he can have absolute rest amid
primeveal solitudes. He has in view
place thirty miles from the railroad
where there is but a single hotel. This
will be occupied by himself, and one
or two friends alone, and while there
he will be as completely cut off from
the world as was ex-President Arthur
when exploring the Yellowstone.
Miss Cleveland, whose we'll advertis-
ed book will be out this week, proposes
to soon visit her home in New York
where she will remain probably two
months.
AS has been anticipated, Mr.. NAL
colin Hay, the 1st Asst. Postmaster
General of the United States has had
to resign his Office on account of i'll
health. 1t is his intention to leave in a
few days for Colorado and Wyoming.
Mr.. Stevenson who has been selected
to succeed Mr.. Hay was born in Ken
lucky. in 1885, and removed to Bloom
lngton, Ill.,. when sixteen years of age,
where he studied law. He held vari-
Gus state judicial offices. and was a
candidate for Presidential elector on
the Mcclellan ticket in 1864. In 1874
he was elected to the United States
house OF representatives. As a dele
gate to the last Democratic convention
ne voted on every ballot for Joseph E.
Mcdonald, and was member of the
committee appointed to notify the nomi-
nees of their selection. He has been a
warm friend Of Postmaster-G General Vi
las for many years. Mr.. Stevenson is
man OF powerful physique, and is said
to be we'll equipped for the discharge
OF his new duties.
An agent for the citizens of Arizona
called upon the President last week,
and presented petition asking him to
remove the Indians from the San Car
los reservation in that Territory to a
locality further from their native
haunts and lairs. He showed that the
attempt to keep the Apaches on the
reservation mad proved a disastrous
failure, and he gave a history Of their
various outbreaks. Some decisive
measures must be taken with regard to
these Indians, and it is probable that
they will be rendered harmless by re-
moval to another reservation.
Gen. Sparks, Commissioner of the
General Land Office, has had COM
pletc list of all the cases, where the
public lands have been improperly
fenced made out with a statement of
| the present status of affairs. In all
these cases the parties have been mott
fed to remove the fences. In some in
stances they had consulted attorneys,
who have held thatEa reasonable num-
Der of openings in the fence is sufficient.
In such cases the openings are guarded
and to all interests and purposes fences
still exist. The total amount of land
that has been appropriated in this way
is between one and two million acres.
| A very common way of stealing the
public lands is for some man to hunt
out good water hole or stream and to
so locate his presumption claim as to
take this in. He can fence this, and
then he practically has all that joins ii
for many miles around, for the land
in much of the western territory is
worthless except where there is water.
Then again it is common thing for a
cattle kinp to have his cnyv.hnvs moko