Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-09-16
WASHINGTON NOTES.


Tho Captured Acknowledgements Land
Observation-Disclosures Shortage.
WASHINGTON, Sept tg.AThe President
has telegraphed Adjutant Geiieral Drua
Acting Secretary Of War, yssting him With
discretionary authority - to the present
disposition of Geronimo and his band
When the President returns he will decide
upon permanent place OF confinement for
these Indians. General Drum, inpursuance
of this discretion, to-day telegraphed Cen
! eral Miles, who is on the ground, and more
familiar with the surroundings than the
Adjutant General can be, transferring this
discretionary authority to that officer. 1t
is learned that General Miles will remove
Geronimo and his bucks nj once from Fort
Bowie, which is near the mountains, to Fort
Bliss, in the open country. This precau-
ton is taken for fear the wary chieftain
might escape at Fort Bowie, where bis
fight to the neighborlhg mountains would
Fort Bliss and easily be captured in the open
country. At the Wat Department the idea Of
civil trial for the Apacles is secuted, rs
no witnesses could be obtained to the
numerous murders by these Indians because
of difficulty in obtaining positive evidence
of guilt in the individual cases of the MUIR
der. The Indians, like negroes, army Off.
GERS say, resemble each other so much as to
make identification of individuals difficult.
Besides, in ali bit few cases of murder,
there were no living witnesses left, and
more than this, most Of the bntcheries took
place at night, under the cover OF the dark
ness. Court martial, therefore, is believed
to be the only proper method of trial.
This view is concurred in by the United
States attorney, who telegraphed here cx.
planning and pointing out the difficulties
likely to be encountered in civil trial. The
other Apaches-thOse already in the hands
of the Government and who were not on
the warpath with GerOnimO-will be sent
to Fort Marion, Fla. at once.
IMPORTANT HALLWAY LAND DECISIONS.
WAsH,NGToN, Sept 1O.-In the case Of
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company vs..
Benjamin V. Clark, involving the right of
said company to lands embraced within
that par. of the Crow Indian reservation re-
leased under an agreement of sale ratified
by Congress April II, 1882, and decided by
the Department September II, 1884, Acting
Secretary Muldr0w has oyerruled the mo-
ton for the review filed therein by said
company, holding that at the time of the
definite location of the road opposite these
lands they were excepted from the grant
by reason of the existing Indian reServa-
ton.
In the case of W. D. Jarrett VS.. the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company,
involving land in section II, township IS,
south range 2:, east, in the Independence
land district of Kansas, which lies within
the ten mile granted limits of the grant to
said company, and also within the ten miles
of the located route of the Kansas Il NeO-
sho Valley Railway. Acting Secretary
MudrOw affirms the decision Of tile General
Land Office, and decides by the priority Of
the grant to the last named company that
its rights took effect on the definite location
to the exclusion of the claim now made by
the defendant company herein, and as the
grant to the Neosho Valley road has been
repealed by an act of Congress, the land is
accordingly awarded to the settler. large
tract of land in Southeastern Kansas will
be affected by this decision.
BEECHERs SHORTAGE.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1O.-The apparent
shortage in his accounts has rendered the
Treasury officials somewhat anxious to hear
from ex- Collector Henry F. Beecher, son OF
the Brooklyn preacher, who, since his re-
lection by the Senate has not been heard
from. While he was collector at Port
Townsend. w. T., quantity of opium was
seized there, aggregating about $4O,SOO in
value. When Mr.. Bcecher came here to
look after his confirmation before the Sem
ate, he left the Office in the hands of his
deputy. When he turned over his Office on
August S he had only deposited to the
credit of theYrreasury Department the sum Of
$1,000, thus leaving an apparent discrep-
ancy of $500. 1t was ascertained that the
deputy while In charge had used that
amount in paying legitimate expenses Of
collection of the revenue, but as he had
given no bond he had no right to handle
this money. The settlement consequently
should be made with Mr.. Beecher. Re-
peated letters ana kilograms sent to Port
Townsend and all along the Pacific coast
failed to reached him. His accounts have
been held up as collectors bond never ex-
pires; he is still responsible for it. Mr..
Beecher was appointed year ago last
June, and had the Office until the Senate
rejected him the day before it adjourned.