Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-10

ahasl Be dispatehaa. Theaa aelsqafss
are - BE- appointsa bv ths varioas sai-
tie etSWsr8 associaliens. tha Govtraors
q States and Territories. the Slats and
Nalionai OepaFlnanta of tie BsArda af
Agriculture. agEicalguFal eelleoes. I've
steek exot3nRos and too live stocs aafi-
ealtEFal pEass Ihe meetings are g b
hela while the Auarioan Fail Saock
shes = at il HEIGHT Al the railroads
oeae9fing a. C1iekaa viii grant refused
rates of fare durinR that sxhlhition.
Tne Rartner q On Cnnnaa
CEctoo, Or. 9.-N. q. Nseld. q part
ner 70 NE vel knagn pAckiaR hcuso a
!. q kerRlssn 4 Co, u Ia CanadA. He
has issued h0Eus Wareheuse reeeipts for
peopls agRreEatinQ 4t0o.o01, and has
pgsetieally ruined the arm. T6e ioss
vii fail allaRoihef On the banks. &lo0 600
bstnz On q single New York hank. q ne
banks hers Wao loss By Il. = szid q prem
inent director. -ars all riohand vii net
knew The los
Nseld left faF Canada niebt before
lasa. No enc has heard from him. He
y g nne- looking man, abnai Is ysars of
a0o. he uAa mAnaRiu9 paFtnef IN the
arm 81 J. O. FeFauson 4 Co.. which vas
very Old and Fioa and came oriRiaaliy
from Indianapolis.
No particulars as an have vet hssn
/ obiAined conserving the failnrs of Fer
guson A %. Ferguson l. locked in hts
private once and refuses 70 taks aay
statement 20 ascertain exactly the en-
tent of the failure that hiss oVeFtaken
the firm. The arm is an old and stood
high. Ihsy owned q warehouse ana
this Was made regular q short time
aga. IL 10 stated that Nseld issued 4
nembeF Of fraudulent Warehouse r.
ceipts and that the Chioaao sud Nes
Aork banks loaned money On them % an
extent not stated. Naeld vas one OF The
directors of the Chicago Board of frade.
The dEm uss oomposed 81 :. Q. Fer
Ruson. =. D. Ferguson. 0oodbody. %
Liverpool, Neald, a0n-in-iaw, and
Howard. son in-law. The latteg had
hia headquarters 10 Neg ToFk, and
lr0m that place manaRod ehipmenta
For shat reason sume banking was done
there. fhe New York Corn ExahAaRs
Bank il the heaVisal losor. its Losses bs.
inR plsced 81 shout $4,000, Withoat
BeeaFiiy.
NsaIs 4 sksssd % have been ths oauss
Of Tie failure ol hla fnther-in. lag some
years AGO. MFa. ]. q. FoFRuson, how
eEess waa very wealthy, and loane
money - starr the house up. she no9
holds mortgage on H. The dafaiea-
tiOn is great. u ia prosnmed thai Il
started With no really diahoness mo-
tive. bat the buyers receipts we're soon
beyond he oontfol, and before be left
be had 8ank everything oct Of sight
The houss Of }. q. ketgnson q o.. h
one that has been extensive for twenty
nvo years. Is vas IL txists nee Ia In
dianapolis b. fore Ohiosao uaa = pack
ina centre. Neeld married daughter
Of J. q. kesgnson, whom be has now
ruined through bic alleged efookedness.
The Fiscal Year n the Lasd Omes.
WAsamaroN, Ooi. 9.-Commiasioner
Sparks af tne General Land Once has
submitted 10 the Secretary Of tue Int
siof his report Of ths SEPARATIONS IN bic
of1oe for tbs last haeal year. AZ the
outset the Commissioner SAYS: "tn my
previous report. referred 30 the impef-
alive need Of 9 reform in the admiais-
tration Of the public land laws, 10 the
end OF protesting pnblic interest rather
than ministering % the advantage ef
upuoalatio1 ana m0uUpuly eithcr pris
vate OF corporate. Ihs steady parposs
IN which 1 have endsavored 20 reject
the aims Of ali good men. has been for
the Profession Of the public domain
and ita preservation for inhabitancy By
actual cuitivat0Fa. TO whom Il FiQhtfuily
belol Rs. The evideneea ef aidespread
persistent land robbery. laid before you
IN my last report. wers furnished hy the
officers and agents appointed BY tbs
last administration. The developments
during ths pasl year, under The agencies
Of the new administFatisn, have iusti-
hed every word said 10 my last report I
The sales, entries and selections Of
publio land uBdsr the various acts Of
Con lFesa, SAYS the report, emesaees 20
.967 acres, and, Of she fndian isnds,
l.l32 696, making q total OF Ria .563
aeress which is AZ inersass over Lass
yoAf Of ]. l.l29 o50 acres. Toe publio a0f.
vsys rep0rlsd during tha year ambraesd
500 376 acres. Oa this aubiect the
IN ths Territory of Arixona have been
surveyed, principally 10 ne southern
aud osntrai portions Of The IeFr itoFy.
A0out 100000 acres have bee sar.
Vsyed IN California. and about $500.
coo 10 Colorado. Concetning the sur
veys in % GRADE toe report says thai
the survey 10 ths soutssrn ssstion,
known as she " plains" which is large
ly dominated BY cattle corporations,
vas Fetarnet and surVsyed several years
AGO. However, no mJnaments existed
and there is no means Of identifying the
Subdivisions Of tno sections, OF even the
locality Of the townships. IL Il Of TIE
utmost importanos that pfompl steps
be taken 30 fuiiy ascertain the oondi- |
tons Of she pn5iIo Surveys IN thss
State. II Dakota, the eastern half Of
the Stats has been sarvsYed, exoept 10
TIE portions along tns international !
boundary line Of the Turtle m0antain
region. The surveyed area Of fhis Ter
ritoFy ia about 100000 acres. Ia
Florida. the Surveyed area Il Sl.6la ,635
aoros; 10 Idaho i0,25s 90 sores; in Mo
nesotA, a, ,83I .587 acres; IN Nevads, u,
$1,000 acres; IN Monsana, ie9000.0o0
sorea; and 10 NsW Mexico, Sl,o00.O0o
sores. Ia speaking Of the Surveys IL
New Mexico, the Commissioned quotes |
from sne report Of Mr.. Julian, 6arvsyof /
GsneEal Of New MeKieo, IN which be
expresses ths opinion thai he Terrific
~ will have 70 be rs-anfssyed on as-
cunt Of previous inaooataey %
frand. Tee afea ot the enrteyed land /
10 Wyomiug ~ estimated a. 4I.O0ooU
aoFes. Tue eauniry, tho FepoFt says, i
Oeeapiad chiefly b cattle companies
WOO e1utfDl tle AAu4 4toAA tas aAl4sEAl /
under The desert and other entries.
The work of Che oilsee ia Festewed as
lenath, ahoWine that 3as7 cases of eu-
tries we're investigated, of uhloh 1865,
embFaeinR II 500 acres. were oanoclled
a. frAnoulent and 1855 Gases. oontala-
inQ - 600 acres, have been hsid for oOn-
sallat1on. TIE Commissioners says thal /
his attention has been called " 81 .ioo I
unlawfui enclosures, eoataininG moFe 1
taan 6,fi0uO acres, and thzf /
prooesdiaR8 % compel the fsnoyai %
lenses have been rooommendsd IN 81
eases, involving 600 COO acres. Agents
rsp.Yt e5 inei0sares removed fresh 4
i.S74. 80 acres. and ~ inelosuFes, CIV
ertua lNo0VQ aorts, Were reHIoved /
with1as fos0xs % khs egaft. II sewers
sasss no arsa II gives and 10 one sase
the amount of fenoinE is stated ~ l39 /
niles. Iwo hsudKed and foFly ssgsn /
sasss. embgaeinG 8,7t00U acres, are 4
peadfna examination. The total area /
over Whied feneea have been o. are nos
hntra Fernov a Il Z ia af5 anfaa. nInT1fV /