Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-22
EAST or THE DIVIDE.
WeEk for the People BY
Comnaisuloner sparks.
TAs Plna e ForSsIiurs Rsssssrted.
Fasal wsrk q a. Explsains shell
nal sf tie Boodlsrs Assembled
chuEsAnsn-IegaI Legion.


GsmsmHaslnnnE sparla A AfHrr fns anaRlzu.
WAsmzzaroN, Ost. "A. -O0mmiasioner
8paEka made rapoFt % me Secretary
Of fhe knteTinr upon iufuKmaaion re-
naiye6 80 the QanHrai land uffine, 30 the
eEant thai tha Mantama Improvement
Company waa making extensive depra-
/ dafians upon the uublis eiunber on the
ansnFgsEsd land LlonR The line % the
Northern Paeiao railroad, uEdeF an
agreement With the railroad company,
and thai private Surveys are being
/ made b. TIE timber oomuany. with he
view a. elaiming that the land dapradaf-
ed upon are the odd sections beionQina 90
| the railroad company and nol g tie
Uniked Hiaseg. 1hs Commisss0ueF IN
/ bis report. nrRez vlpoEoug pEoasoutian
aRain1t bakh companies.
/ He aaYa thas the questions Wbeahef
she Northern Panido Railroad C0mpauv
has legal rights 30 any of the lands
along enok portions Of iis road, 81 least,
nas located tn the time when the road
was required % he constructed, have
not bsan settled; that even II the eon-
/ psny ha such right generally, Il has no
right specific until the odd sections ere
deansd by . pa lio survey; that sueh
! sessions eannot Be- defined By private
Surveys and thal private surveys are
] unlaWfui. He Fooommonds that the
/ timbsE eompany Be- euioined from tres
/ paasinR apon the pabiio lands, and says
that nothing but She NEST active and
severe measures viii put STOP 70 ils
operation. Il raoommenda q criminal
| prosecution aeainsa ell persons con-
nee1ed With its alleged timber tFss-
paas1s.
ID another report upon the applioa-
ti0m Of ahin company 70 have certain
suits discontinued that are already
commenced, che Commissioners recem-
Easnds, instead Of disoontinuinQ she
enita. that they should BE- pressed With
tie Utmost viRor, and says THAI the pnb
lie land portions ol Montana. Idaho
and Washinaion Territories are being
rapidly denu6ed by q oi their valuable
timber. and unless the full foEos Of the
Government Il exertod 10 pot an imme-
diate stop 70 thees operations much Of
the pablo timber land In the sid Ter
ElsoFisa viii be nothing but barren
waste.
The ResfeaaaFe Plan ReaaseFeoa
WAsazRor0N. 0ot. 2l.--The interior
DepaFtment has IN contemplation q
plau by which The Efforts 20 forfeit the
uneaEnad land grants which were I'M
sncoassfui Ia the last Congress may be
successful through departmental action.
The law officers Of the Department
have the subject under consideration
and, Il the plan shall meet With the ap-
pFoval Of the Secretary Of the Interior,
e will be put into operation. Some
time age the Interior Department de-
sided thaf no land grant road should be
considered 70 have earned its graats
antil e bad hlsd perfected plat Of lee
entire road and Of the granted land
claimed. Proceeding from this decisioR
as q basis, Il ls suggested that q suit
may Be bF0nght against the Northern
Pacific road In which the Government
will maintain that 70 10 not entitled TO
any Of the iands which Il claims (fog
instance. in the grant from DMlufh 70
Puget SQUAD, becauae these lands were
net earned and q perfected plat for thas
part Of she route was not filed within
the prescribed time. This theory Of
eouFsa pFoceeds en- the assumption that
tho road could not earn any part Of the
land IL Il did not earn the whole grant,
and on shia theory the Secretary of the
Interior will doubtless be asked 10 de-
clare NE land forfeited aud open 70 SET
tlement.
Fatal wesk 81 an Rxpisaing she'll.
SANDY Hook. Oct. 2l.-Tho Ordinances
Board flred 12.inch mortar this fore
noon. The charge vas atty pounds of
powdex, and the shells were loaded with /
aand. This afternoon four shells were
b be loaded with powder. One she'll !
wnmn AflaN hw q aaf1fna aauwnaA Tmnas,k
King, and First Lientonani A. Metcalf |
supeFintended the work. After Alling
tue nrst shell and sorewing In the plug, |
Il exploded, blowing the soldier 70 |
pieces and fatally injarinQ Motcalf, who |
lived bat half en- hour. His body vas
fsarfully mAnRled, while that Of King |
YES picked up ID small pieces ID the |
vioiBisy Of The explosion. The clothes
Of both caught on Gre. several others |
we're slightly injured and temporarily
lsst their hearing. A. about ten or
twelve peKsona we're near the shell When /
it exploded, Il Il q wonder that no more
were killed, as the fragments Of the
ehell dew 10 eg sry direction. Il 10 sur
missed that some grains Of powdsE
lodged In she thread Of the hole In the
shell ana she plug being screwed In
hr0aQht ah0ut an explosion. This is
ths GEat fatal accident which has hap
poned duFing the last twelve years, she
length Of time the Ofdnance Board has
besn testing she guns here. Many guns
have buEzt but no cue vas ever iniarod
By such 81 sxplosion before.
Trial sR Rx-AldeFman mcCabe.
NHW YoHE, Ooi. 2l.-Ex-Aldsrman
McOabe vas aFrai0ned fer trial today
IN She Court Of General Sessions. There
Waa 4 large crowd of interested spec
tatoFs IN court, and the corridors lead
ina % TIE oO1rt we're thFonged With peo-
pie unable 70 gain admission. MeCabe
sat with hia wife and oO1neel IN front
Of ths bar. he looked pale and care
worm.
Whsn JudQa CowinQ loek bis seat sha
pietFiee Attorney called McCAbe'e CASE.
His eounssl asked for an sdjOuFnment
10 order that hia associate o0uAsai, who
uas arRalna . oass in another esurs,
miaht be present.
6hortlv after thla. che associate ooan-
eel, VIA. J. HoUe, made bic appeaFanea
"a ooart aud Submitted an afidsvit
made by Dr. Hammond, late Surae0n
oeneFal of the army, and recognised ss
Qood medal authority, deolArlug thai
M4AN1L - - NAAlAAl NaAlAAletAAAA -
pEoanhinR imhecillly. Olher like am
aAVita we're pEodused. Judge Cowing
anna4nced that b. Would have 4 iaFy
ampaneled 20 inquire into MoOahe'e
mental ennditioa.
ghe Preaessans RplscoDai coavenfisn.
CucAao, Ost 1l.--The chief pFnposi.
tiun discussed bY the Protestant Episeo.
ual Convention thia afternoon was the
res0lutinn Of DE-. ERan, cf New fofk.
40 nsnit the words protestant Epiaeo-
paIn from he title pasrs o. the Prayer
Rook. The opponante Of tha Measure
axaasd that this Waa tho sane proposi
tioa. IN = modiasd form, as thai defeaa
"a earlier tR the session - dFop We
sords cited from TIE name of The
ChuFeh. Othsfa argusd that tea Prayer
Book I'D nol belonR b tho kptseopai
Chureh aioae but % al Of ChFisl's
Oharoh. The v0le on Ne proposition
uae earried hy the diooasea. bai defeat
"a - ne lAy dalaeaaea A. he kpisoo
pal C1aruh rtquirsd q majority af both
TIE ciaEteal and lay dspuiiaa. Ne rsania-
aian was let,
The Rayal heGiaa n Aeaaian.
Pn1xKnHERmHA, Oet. u.--Tha annual
ansnfan a. aha mili3AEy order Of the
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