Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-06-20


ana uhish haa been planted d : uuu.-
bsE e streams - ksunsylgania. Vir-
uinia. Iennasa. Alahana amd North
C1roaina. in tba iasl tuo ~ threa yaars.
= nou bsiaN taken b. an4lale il Vari.
o1s lec1htie& Quite . nnmoef e
Specimens have heen taken recsnflv =
the hobslona River In he v1cinity
of Marien, FiEEinia. Sonaa e them
nla1suf9 ever eirhteen inches n ianGt1.
11la slgEam waa a1cekNa With soarlinE
CailfoEniaa IN he 1rriae q 1sSk
A eentIle Virlsry.
Saxz bsxR, Juns fo.--roaaV tha Ter
EItorial Sapseme Court a8ruied Ne
iudRnnen1 o. the IAird DissEief Ooart
sustaining he riEhi of Ne appointess
g 1oEet1of Murray % Ne oiaeaa of
Aerxiforaal Andituf and TreaauFer
aealnsi The Aernon hsld-oesR inoom-
Ne Nss rae Ia.
CEExEzER. Wyo.. Juns i9.--Tbs pro
posed Egpsal of tha desert land acl en-
genaefs strong oppasiiion amone resi-
dents q TIE Territory. Tue Laramie
Aoomeraag sasa Col, james A. George.
apeclai aeent q the Land O1ea. one of
sparks's owE appointees. Is cirealAtine
. protest. agaluaf ths repeAh which b.
reason of cl1Sial cncouracemcnl Is
oeinR generally signed b. he people.
me protest. viii travel al ever the Ter
Eitory foE signatures.
overland g aala.
WAuuraroN, June 1a.-Ths Ssosstary
Of the lnberioF has aen4 b senator
sherman, ehairman of tha Senate Con-
mlttse On Foreign Affairs, q letter trans
mltslnR very eompsssa report made b
Major Heweil. Superiniandsut Of the
Geoiollcal Survey, il asoufdance with
The bill inlEodnoed some tima sinca %
tasililate the saetlament and develop
mens of the resources of ALASKA and 30
open an overland nnmmsFniai route BE-
tween The United States and Asiatie
Russia and Japan. This report is 80
eompaaied By two large maps. MAJOR
houell 8zya that q railroad q feasible
over this vast extant q eountFy, and
thai the dificnltisa 10 Be- oRasoome are
not particularly greater than thoae
which hays already been mastered IN
constructing The ntinental roads
already IL operation.
He says she distance from Northern
Montana % the BehFinR Sea Il 200
miles. This distance, for eonVeaianoo.
q divides into three parts as gollowss
From some point on the N1rthezn Pa
CHE kailroad Ia Montana % She head-
waters Of Peaea FiveEi from the bead
W4leaa OF Peace river % the hoaduategs
Of TIE fakon; from tha haadWaieEa Of
the Yukon . Bozae point on the shores
Of Behring Sea.
The report then gives q general Dc.
ecTipti0n q the regian throagh which
the proposed road would pass and tells
ct the geological foFmation and general
pfospseta Of tue eoontEy Tor asttlemoBt
and business. In q general way the re-
commendation is that the proposed
road shall follow the bed of the streams.
instead Of The plains, where il would be
necessary 10 span many Gulohea. Ad-
vantage is taken Of the report made b.
The explorers who we're sent by the
Woatern Union Telegraph Company IN
1850 % map cot 3 Fouta for thas COM
panY 10 run les lines.
Passed ~ the senate.
Among the bills passed By she Senaie
yestaTday we're the follouinR
A bill for the announcement Of
American merchant marine and q
promote postal and commafeiai fola-
lions with foreign countries, (the FRYE
billl, providing for the payment af 30
cents per mile for Carrying foreign
mails Of the Uniied States. The sub
stance Of the bill has already been a.
taohed as Z Senato amendment to The /
poaloihaa appropriation bill,
Bill TO provide for the sale Of the site /
Of Fort Omaha. Nebraska, salo o. re.
moval Of the improvements thereof, /
and for new site and construction Of /
suitable buildings thereon.
Bill authorizing the Secretary Of the /
Treasury 30 pay 30 che First National /
BaAk 81 Portland, Oregon. 38,2t8, nd- /
vanced BY the bank 20 the contractor /
for the construction Of the United i
States Revenue Cater CorWin, on 90.
ourlty Of a payment 10 be made By the 1
United States. Ia this Oase, The con-
tractor having failed, the Government.
itself, finished the vessel f0E less money
than vas due The oontraetofl.
Bll 90 Increase she efiicienoy OF ths
army Of the United States. [This i
Loean's amended bill. Ihe original
bill provided for an Increases 81 che
army, and this provision gave rise 10 4
protFaoted debate il tho senate come
weeks ago. In It's new form that fea.
lare Of the old bill has been omitted /
fFom ths amended bill.
K.aayint bad.
Bogroa, jane Is. - Edwin Percy
WhipPle. tke eszayist and rsvieaer, Is
dead. He had been ~ for several
weeks from pneumonia.
TAs Condifisn ef ReserYasioa Indians.
WAsHmor0s, Jane ls.--Sonator Har-
rison, from the Commits on Indian
Affairs. today dlsd . supplementary re.
port regarding the Investigation Of tha /
condition Of the Indians 10 Indian Ter
Fitory and ether reservations. The re-
port says regarding the CTow, Greek
and Ntnnebaeo reservations IL Dakota /
Territory that thsFe are absat 1850 IN.
dams drawing Kafioug there. Ihs /
trolble which the gnb-aommittae, eon
sistina Of Senators HarFison, Ingalls,
and doses of Arkansas, we're sent 10 IN /
qaifo into, Rrau 0ut Of the throwing /
open 70 settlement by order sf Presi.
dent Arthur Of certain lands embgased /
IN this reservation and she anbee /
queut revocation Of thaf order By Proai. /
4Nat NlatN&aA4s O4 t4D NaHIEu4 AUt 1
report eaya. "Ihe eommitfea are Of the /
0plntoa that the reservation = uuch |
larger than ia needed and can b wisely |
used b the Indians residing thereon, |
but u The lands are oovunantsd "
tFeaiy With them Wo eannof repoaseas |
them wtthon1 The consent Of ths In /
dians. We believe % b entirely pEac- |
tioabte % procure fbo consent of tho In |
diana 30 reasonable Reduction Of she
reservation as yell aa u tho greater one
lying wsst q ths Miss0uFi river. An
attompt in that direction has aifn4ay
been tnauQnrated and the necessary
legislation hss beea passed b the Sen
ate, bat tho committes believe that aet-
tiers ubo went upon he lads thrown
open 10 asttiement b. she Execntive
order of February n, 1856, and 10 aood
faith made settlements thoreoa. are an-
titled 10 BE- protested as fnily a. possible
from Ne eonsequancss of this unfor-
tanats eomplie4tioa."
In regard 20 the Grow Creek FeaerVa-
ton the report reaommeods that Is b
Rxduced 70 sash proportions as - eaa-
bic ths Indians 20 use what they retain
and sest the titles IN indiyidnais. n
TIE cplnion - the eommiiiee ths con
ssderati0n 81 $4,000, given b Me1sra.