Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-21
WASHINGTON NEWS.
A wyoming Judge Renders a Decision
Not in Conformity with Uncle
Sans statute Books.
The Government TO Institute Suit in Boston
90 Test tho validity of tho Bell
Telephone tRtenta.
MORNINGS oF rnE HOMESTEAD LAW


WAsnINGToN, Dec 20.--COmmissioner
Sparks OF the general land office, has re-
ceiyed letter from law firm at West
Plains, Mo, enclosing newspaper
paragraph stating tnat Judge Blair of
Wyoming instructed jury In recent
case that person who has made home
stead entry and commutes 1t, is not
guilty of perjury in swearing in the
second ease that he had not previously
had the beneni OF homestead
laws, and that In giving this instruction
Judge Blair decided that Il person who
makes and commutes homestead entry
does not thereby exhaust his rights un
der the homestead law. In response TO
this letter Commissioner Sparks says
II such decision has been made II will
have no eff ct whatever, unless 1t may
he to induce Ignorant persons to make
fraudulent entries, by section 2280 of the
Revised Statutes Says the commissioner;
One homestead entry only can be made
by one person, and by section 220s the
communication Of that entry To cash
does not enable him to make
another homestead entry and any decision
20 the contrary world be in direct viola
ton and contempt Of the statute, and
trlbuted to him 1t will not be recognized
or respected by this office.
TO TEST THE BELL PATENTS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20,-The govern
ment will soon institute proceedings In
b lston TO test the validity of the patents
granted the Bell Telo Ihone company.
Solicitor. General jerks has prepared
draft OF the bin against the company and
copies of 1t have been cent to Judge
Thurman In OHIO, to Judge Lowrey In
New York and to- other special attorneys
employed by the government In this. case
for their consideration. Action Will be
deferred until they have expressed their
views in regard TO the proposed bill.
A TEXAs POSTMASTER.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.--The president
to.d day appointed @. b. Peque, postmaster
at Pierce, Tex
INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-- The collec-
lions Of internal revenue during the first
Ave months of the present fiscal year
amount 10 $4S, zoos, SOC, being 1872, 900
| less than the collections during the corre-
spending period Of the last fiscal year
There was decrease # 50 GAL ,6l4 on
spirits, and increase of $507, 4s9 on to-
bacco, an increase of 81 ,O4l 1898 on fer
mented liquors, and the increased col
lee Tors from Oleomargarine up TO Novem-
Der 80 Of S225,299 The total collections
during November were SG75,7Gt greater
than those for November Of 1885. There
was an increase of Sl07,98 on spirits
| Sl99,0l2 on tobacco, and SlG6,05l on
fermented quors.
IN FAVOR OF THE TROOPS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 The court of
| al Inc IN 10 n q
| in favor of the Fourth brigade Of South
Carolina state troops In their suit against
the United States for the use of build
ing at Charleston by United States troops
during the war.
WARMERS BILL.
! WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-The following
is the text Of the bill introduced by War
ner into the house to-day;
Section !. That the secretary of the
treasury be and is hereby authorized and
required to invest 30 per cent. of the law
full money deposited with the treasurer of
! the United States at the date of the
passage of this act, and 90 per cent. of all
such money hereafter deposited for the
redemption of circulating notes of
national banks as provided by
section of the act OF June
20, 1854, and amendments thereto,
at market rates. The bonds so purchased
shall be held in the treasury in lieu of
such lawful money to secure the redemp-
ton OF circulating notes of national
banks.
Sec. 2. That interest on the bonds pur-
chased as required In the act as the same
accrues, shall be converted into
the treasury, and whenever bonds
at their par value exceeds the
| Of ,gr
notes of national tanks, for redemption
of which lawful money has been deposited,
the excess of bonds over such outstand-
ing circulating notes shall be cancelled
and destroyed.
Sec. 8. That the circulating notes Of
national banks for the redemption of
which lawful tmoney has been deposited
may be redeemed out OF any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated
and whenever in the judgment of the
secretary OF the treasury such circulating
notes cannot be redeemed out of the
money In the treasury without impairirg
its general efficiency, he may order the
sale OF as many bonds purchas d
and held as provided in this act as may
be necessary to redeem circulating notes
OF national banks as the same are pre-
scented for the redemption fund exceed
J ing 10 per cent of such outstanding notes.
Sec. 4. That no national bank shall be
required hereafter to deposit or keep in
deposit to secure circulating notes, Uni
ted States bonds to an amount exceeding
e'twentieth of its capital stock and
IN no case more than $40, 900, aud here
after all national banks snail be entitled
to receive clrculatory notes for such
bonds at their par value equal to the par
value Of the bonds deposited.