The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-09-17
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Captured Apaohes-Important Land
Observation-Disclosures Shortage.
WASHINGTON. Sept 10.-Ths President
has telexrspned Adjutant General Drum.
Acting Secretary Of War, ves,inx 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, in pursuance
Of this discretion, to-day teiegraplled Gem
cral Miles, who Is on the ground, and more
familiar with the surroundings than tho
Adiu.ant General can be, transferring this
discretionary authority 10 that officer. 1t
Is learned that General Miles will remove
Geronimo and his bucks a: Onca from Fort
Bowie, which is near the mountains, 10 Fort
Bliss, In the open country. This precau-
ton Is taken for fear the wary chieftain
might escape at Fort Bowie. where his
flight to the neighbOring mountains would
he easy. while he could elude his guards at
Fort Bliss and easily be captured in the open
country. At the War Department the idea Of
civil trial for the Apacfes Is secuted, NJ
no witnesses could be obtained to the
numerous murders by these Indians because
of difficulty In obtaining positive evidence
Ut guilt in the individual cases of the mur.
der. The Indians. like negroes, army OFF.
GERS say, resemble each other 30 much rs to
make identification of individuals difficult.
Besides, in all but few cases of murder,
there were NO living witnesses left, and
more than this, most Ut the butcheries 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 ex.
planning and pointing out the difficulties
likely to be encountered in civil trial. The
other ApacIes-thOse already i'm 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.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1O.-ln the case of
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company vs..
Benjamin v. Clark, Involving the right Of
said company to lands embraced within
that part 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 MuldrOw has Overru!ed 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
by reason of the existing Indian reserva-
ton.
In the case of w. ID. jarrett VS.. the Mis-
souri,. Kansas 4 Texas Railroad Company,
involving land in section II, township IS.
south range %, east, i'm 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 4 NeO-
slO Valley Railway. Acting Secretary
MuldrOw af,irms the decision of the 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 NeUsIlO Valley road has been
repealed by an act of Congress, the land is
accordingly awarded to the settler. A large
tract of land In Southeastern Kansas will
be affected by this decision.
BEECIER's SHORTAGE.
WAsHISGTON, 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 ut Port
Townsend, w. T., quantity OF opium was
seized there, aggregating about S4O.S 800 in
value. When Mr.. Beecler came here to
look after his confirmation before the SEN
ate. he left the Office in the hands of his
deputy. When he turned over his Office on
August lie had only deposited to the
credit Of theIrreasury Department the sum of
s35. 900. 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 hal
given no bond he had no right to handle
this money. The settlement consequently
sh0us: 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 a 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.