The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-07

SOLD 81 ALL
WtseN''>esl'e nv S1tSFs TebVTes
them, II made by responsible parties
ana upon iair terms to the Indians The
department would not assume he re-
sponsihility of settling controversies
that might arise between the different
parties holding leases, vet it would
endeayor to see that parties having no
agreement with the Indians were not
allowed entrance with those who had.
Fenlon's reply to enquiries, described
the Cheyenne and Arrapahoe Cattle
company as an organization having
headouarters in New York, OF which
the officers were Il. w. Raymond, presi-
tent; AT Child, secretary and treasurer,
ana witness as general manager. The
property of the company consisted Of
witnesses lease and that of Mulialy,
covering together 064, eco. It's capital
stock was sl,000,000; it had sold
bonds at par to the amount of $4,000
receiving cash from every purchaser,
and among the original incorporators
the estate of Peter Cooper had $3.50 600
worth OF bonds and the purchasers Of
the bonds had received a stock bonus
equal TO GO per cent. of their purchase,
the remaining 40 per cent. being paid to
witness and Mullaly as consideration
| Tor their leases and the rest of the stock
remained unsold.
Each witness testify that he did not
pay or promise any consideration to
any one for securing the leases, and
did not know that any payment,
direct or indirect, for such purposes
was made by any one else, nor had any
! employe or officer of the government
any interest, direct or indirect, in the
leases or in the cattle.
LIBERAL LEASE N)
The secretary OF the interior sent to
the senate to-day information concern
ing the lease ofthe Crow Indian lands
in Dakota, from which it appears that
j. 9. Wilson, of Kansas, and John d..
Blake, of Colorado, deposited with the
interior department the lease of por-
ton of Crow reservation, containing
l,5OO,M0 acres of grazing lands
aud some mountainous lands in addition
thereto, for $4,000 per annum, the
lease to run ten years. The secretary
did not approve the lease, but sent an
| inspector TO look into the matter.
SWANS TRIAL,
Very title progress was made in the
Swain court martial to-day Nearly
every question asked was objected to BY
one side or tho other, and what little in
formation was obtained had no special
interest.
sALES OF POSTAGE STAMPS
for the third quarter of 1884, was $l0,0l7,-
74S, or S5I3,002 less than during the cor
responding period in 1883
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
The annual report Of the Mississippi
river commission was to-day transmit
ted to congress. In speaking of the
construction works and 10 trring to
flood which occurred in the lat
ter part of last February,
the report says: The river remained
high for a long period and but little
work could be done before the LIST of
July. he damage to the work was, on
the whole, less than might have been
anticipated, The dy kes sustained much
less injury than had been the case in
former years, due, no doubt, to the
improved methods of construction which
have been adopted. hut thu revetment
work, much OF which has been LETT in
an inCompl te state, suffered severely.
during the present season nil damage
has been repsird. The fund available
Will be about exhausted by January l.,
1885, and though il is hoped aud eX-
pected 10y that time the seasons work
Will be left in much better shape than
heretofore, yet much more sati factory
results bright have been secured had
the appropriation for that purpose been
greater. Tho caving banks within the
limits under Improvement are very eX-
tenSiNe and the means ut the disposal of
the com mission have not hitherto been
adequate to complete their protection.
The caving of these banks has given Sc
rlOus trouble, necessitating many
changes, and in many instances
has jeopardized tho whole
system Of construction works
20 put into control and deepen
the navigation of the channels. This
danger will continue until the banks are
secured, which will incur cOnsid rubIr
expenditure, aud should DO completed
in one season.
REDUCED, AND TO BE DISMISSED.
Gen. Hazen, chief signal Off rer, has
reduced Sergeant Otto HOltnOrth, or the
signal service, tn the ranbs, aud formal
ly recommended his dismissal from the
service, for riiiing Lieutenant Greely's
private papers. The recommendation
Will be approved.
OUR LONDON EXHIBITION,
The Star says: The governors of
twenty states have been written to to
express their desire to cooperate in
making the American exhibition, to be
thorough exposition Of arts, msnutac-
lures and products of the United States.
j. .Gilmer Speed, the agent here, has re-
ceived very general assurances from
public men OF their hearty support of the
resolution, now before congress,
providing for official participation In the
exhibition by the government. With
this in view II is proposed that the gov
erment exhibits now at New Orleans
be shipped to London in a public YES
sci.
THE FRIsoo's TERRITORY RIaHT-oP-wAY
The house committee on Indian affairs
has decided on favorable report, ex-
tending the line of tie St. Louis d San
Francisco Railway company, that they
may have the right-of-wsy for the con-
struction of q railway through the In
dian Territory. The bill extends the
time two years from October last.
n REVENUE CIRCULAR.
The commissioner of internal revenue
to-day issued II circular, which was at
iirmed by the secretary of the treasury,
in gard to tho assessment and eXpor-
tation OF spirits.
NOMINATIONS.
Postmastor-A. ID. Acres, at Wichita
Falls, Texas.
STAR CHAMBER.
The senate cOmmlt,eo on foreign re.
| latiOns has decided to report adversely
on the resolution looking to the diS.
cussion OF commercial treaties with
open doors. The Nicaraguan treaty
Will probably be reported Thursday.
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