The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-12-03

which the department. hOluS that the en-
tries were fraudulently made In the In
the purpose of obtaining control Of all the
valuable redwood timber lands In that
county. and that the foreign corporation
was aided In its work by a firm In Cali
f0rnia and men employed by that firm.
The secretary in his letter TO the Attorney
General cliaracterizes the scheme by which
the patents were obtained rs an extensive
conspiracy, eliminating in monstrous
fraud"
PosTMAsTERs' SALARIES
The claims OF old postmasters of the
minor classes, serving between 1854 and
1874, for REIMBURSEMENT OF their salaries Is
again in the courts. Controversy has long
existed as to the Interpretation Of the law.
The rule OF REIMBURSEMENT adopted by the
department. results in defeating the claims
OF some seventeen Thousand claimants. A
test case was brought in the supreme court
OF the District 10 compel the postmaster
general by mandamus to allow these claims.
The court OIL Saturday, Mt the conclusion
Of the argument OF Asst. Atty. Gen. Bry-
ant, who appeared for the postmaster gen.
case. The questions involved arc to be
settled by appeal to the supreme court of
the United States. There is million or so
In the cases IL the action OF the department
can be oycrruled by the courts.
CARLISLE.
There Is some talk of running Mr.. Car
Isle for the senate in case the fiftieth con-
gress should not re-elect him speaker but
this Is specializing on a very remote con-
tingency and insufliciently considering
some obstacles. That Mr.. Carlisle will be
the speaker of the next house Is very gen.
orally expected. Ii he should not be, the
proposition that Kentucky should elect him
senator, which Is kindly volunteered by
persons who are not kentuckians, would
involve the defeat or Mr.. Beck, who is
popular in Kentucky and influential I'm the
senate and, taken altogether, is pretty
large and important man TO sacrifice. When
the last senatorial election was struggled
for between Messrs. Williams and Black
burn MIR. Carlisle was willing to accept the
senat0rship but not willing to enter the
campaign rs an active candidate. lie would
have to be very active candidate to beat
MIR. Beck, and t is doubtful IL he would
consent to try to beat so important a men,
Der OF the Kentucky democracy.
THE PRESIDENT.
Although several of the annual reports
have been issued, more are still incomplete,
and manly OF the government officials are
deep in statistical tables and summaries of
the years work. The president has since
the 18th inst. been almost entirely absorbed
In the preparation OF his message, and lie
dislilleS so much to be DISTURBED that when
cabinet minister called ut the white house
he did not see the president. The business
was not of vital importance. SO the presi-
dent excused himself Lass year he did
not attend Vice President Hendricks fu-
neral because the presidential succession
had not been provided for and many of his
friends felt that he ought not to expose
himself TO the dangers OF travelling when
there was no person designated by the con-
stitutlon or the law 10 succeed him. Since
then the presidential succession bill has
been passed, and the president has no
hesitation In leaving the city on trips OF
no = ac
to attend the funeral of his predecessor.
The general assemblies OF hnlgnls Oh
Labor i'll the stock-yards district of
Chicago held meetings Sunday eve
ming and resolved to obey the order of
Master Workman Powderly to return
to The ten-hour system. AS it is under
stood that train loads of new men are
to arrive, there will doubtless be gen.
eral scramble to obtain work. The
packers stand pledged to retain and
protect the men recently engaged.
A filibusterius scheme designed to
establish q new republic in the Mexican
states of Sonora, Durango, and Chi
huahua has been outlined by an ennis
sary at Dallas, Texas. Cutting is said |
to be one of the leaders of the affair. |
Three members of the executive COM |
mittee are priests, one of whom is now |
on his way to Rome for conference |
with the pope. In confederation OF the |
above story, it is stated that the Mexi-
can military band has received tele- |
graphic orders to return from Texas |
without ar1-;'
n deliberate attempt was maze,
Tuesday, to poison Phil Armour, the |
Chicago packer. A boy delivered TO |
his cook, at his residence. Il sample |
package of buckwheat flour contain
ing enough strychnine to poison fifty |
persons. Through the vigilance of |
the butler the scheme was frustrated. |
A stranger overheard the conversation
of two persons who delivered the pack
age to the boy, they. mt the time, re-
that IL contained poison and
that If he (Armour) was gotten rid of,
the strikers at the stock yards would
be able to gain their point.
Alfred Eubanks, who died thirty
years ago at Madison, Ca, left plant
alton valued at $40, 900. Eight brothers
who claimed the property have ever
c,n 1;t;cat,a,, |