Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-11
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/ As41rl 81 ms C1t1ed c41teN has os4-
.nisssd TIE three SaoR poiyRamy eases
iog want Of iariadiefioa. Il has als1 ~
peeled ahs uaadate In fha Cannon
Folyeamy e4se, ~ sside the fornsr
luaeuent and dismissed Il foF uani of
I iu1isdiciion.
TIE IaanaFg oFdinanee IIlesaa.
Ihe SlpEene C0aFs has decidaa Cass
No. l1ek, Wo Lee. aprelIanf. ". the
SnsEld ef the ouunty 81 san Franciaen
a11 Ne. i2a, Jack Wo VI. TIE aama.
Plaintiffs were eonFio1ed under tie ar,
alnanae 81 the city ard countv uf San
kfancisoe prohibiting he carrying On
q . laundry u . frame baiidina. and
Nare naniencsa 70 prison. The Supreme
Court holds the ordinance 10 be q die
cricinafion aaainst he Chiness and
fherefore illegal and q violation of
TIE k1uFteenfA Amendment % TIE Con,
skitufion. Tue decisions of TIE lever
courts are reversed and tha oasas rs-
manaed with directions 30 discharRe ne
prisonszs from custody.
ssne Plain slaeemenas from uommss-
siener spaFAs.
The Commiasianer 81 the Gsnaenl
laRd Of1ce, To bis resunnaa 70 tha Sen.
ate resolution ealing for the nnmher Of
special agents employed IN his ofIiee
and their duties, gays that il ahs IN
creased foros recommended Ia his an
unal report be granted. he eatries sas
pended bg bis order Of April 5. 1855. viii
BE- investigated and disposed af il About
= year and half. A f1res psroanfaas
Of thess sntEies. ~ THINKS, i frauda.
lent. Ihe proportion of naw Gases that
vii require suoh Investigation win Be
naus6 less than il lhosa pgerions %
April 5, 1885, since the order 81 snspsn-
slon has had tie e4eet % materiaily
eheckinR The making % compleaion 81
fraudulent entFise. 4 was tbs eass with
Nhieh tfands oould Be parpetrated nnder
existing laws and tbs immunity offered
By the hasty Issue Of patents. he saws.
that encouragea the maxine Of hetiisous
and lka6dulel.t entriea TIE certainty
of thorough investigation Would re
strain Hnch practices; bni great frnnd /
mnal inevitably exist % lona a ahe nn
portunity Of frand Is preserved in tke I
laws and 90 long as Il d hoped By pro
enreFa and promoters Of fraud that az. /
aminatlons may BE- impaired o. sap 1
pressed.
The Commissioners reneWs hia reeoua-
me1dali0n that the presumption, com
muted homestead, timbor olllaro. tim.
Der land and desert land laws be re-
Qealeo, and says the questions broadly
stated are whetAoE She public land shall Il
Be protected and "a honest acquisition
Of tifie thereto Insisted upon ora dis-
honest appropriation thereof BE- allowed.
Ihess qoosti6ns oannot long remain In
abeyanea. With the present hesdles.
rush Of speculation and monopniv. ths
puolte CONAN will Be absorbed IN
period of time 90 brief that even the
preventive measures against fraud
and misapptoprialion may soon Be too
late % save any considerable portion OF
the public lands for homes for fhe peo,,ls.
Tie Commissioners closes bis commu.
nioation with the statement thai his
general information leads - she oonolu-
sion that no large amoant Of public land
remains IN the Western States and Ter
ritorles eass Of the eatilo beil Whioh "a
actual settler can take up without 6rst
buying on . speculative claim OF voidina
some invalid entry b9 contest procesd-
ingss while within The cattle region ID Is
notorious thai aotual settlements are
generally prevented and made pFacti
oailY impossible outside the proximity
Of towns thFoaRh the unlawful aontrol
Of the couniry maintained by CORPORA
aons. TIE demand for free lanAa for
hOues for American oitizsns, Whiah is
daily increasing Ia intensity, can no
longer be met unless the uupafsnfsd
lands now unlawfully held o. claimed
can be recovered 10 sue public domain
and future Illegal and fraudulent appfo-
prietione can be daoisively stopped.
mait Contracts Aef.
WAsHNeroS, May l0.-seoona Asais-
taut Posimastar-GenerAl Knott today
Jet contrasts for carrying mails on tks
taeiho Coast - foiiowsi Route t3,0z3,
from Portland Or to Vancouver. W.
T., twelve miles ana back, SIX times a
week, In a steamboat $500 per annnnst
roate 4s,079, from Portland. or. Is
Cascades, W. T., sixty six miles ana
back. 10 steamboat, thrse tiues 8 veek.
S3010. Both contracts were iet 10 The
Oregon Railway 4 Navigation Con-
pany. Route 43,080. frOm Seattle 81
saekman, Mitchell. N.bbaYiile 10 Colby,
and return % Seattle, 68 miles, equal to
8 miiss and back. IN steamboat, lei e.
W. d. Ella Of Sesitis, e $50.
The Essae n standard Dallara.
The issue Of standard silver dollars
from the minis durine tha week snd8d
May ssh last. vas e377 ,975 The issue
during the corresponding period of last
year vas t7s3 999. Shipments Of frac-
iioual silver coin from the Mats slnes
May LIST amount - ssls.s29.
4 New National mank.
The CompiroIisF Of the currency To-
day authorized The Amsrioau Exchange
National Bank, d Chicago, Ills. 10 BE-
gin business with aoaplfal % 81, ,o00. 900.
A Msnsfer Pesatien.
Representative Morrow has received
& monster pa,ition from she Kniehis ol
Labor Of Oalifornia. Il il over fWo
names of over City Thousand persons
Every state, ooaufy 81 munioipal oalooF
and every Knight 81 Labor of California
has his name an she petition. Every
mait adult Ia many Of tbs o9uniias o9
the stats has put his name 20 ID. Il
prays for actisu on the part cf oonarsas.
eithef By appropriate legislation o. snon
change Of The present treaty with China,
as may Be necessary 10 prohibits The
further immigration of Chinese 70 TIE
unitsd States.
a DlspaIed Eavensfsn.
Commissioner Of Patents Montgomery
today FsadeFed an impoEtsnt decision in
the ksaaavs ihomaa pAient casa, The
commercial importaae8 81 th8 iugan.
tisnr she right 90 which ~as at Issue, lies
ID the alleged ability % eliminats ~ iia
uss phosphorus from metal tFeata4 by d
TIE Bsssensr pFooeaG II uas haid thai
Reese perfeofed his invention at least
Ien years balare Thomas came with hia
application. The patsnt 10 Resa6. bsu-
ever. IL directed . BE- Withheld until
tie question Of abandonmemf b. Reese
bssofe he alisg of bis appIicsti0n fer 3
patent, tbus making Il pablie property.
la settlsd.
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