Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-13
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Dakota men who have been at work to
secure the revocation of Commissioner
5garks' order Of April 3 last, snspending
the issue OF patents, claim that they
have succeeded in convincing Secretary
Lamar of the righteousness of such
action, and that before many days he
will publicly the fact.
Senator Dawes, from the committee
on Inais=:i affairs, has reported tayorably
yanWyck's bill authorizing the secre-
tary of the interior, with the consent OF
the Winnebago Indiahs:in Nebraska, TO
cause to be surveyed and appraised il
forty acre tracts about $4,000 acres OF
the Winnebago reservation, and to. sell
the same to settlers and ailos the re-
mainder OF the reservation, except that
portion sold to the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha railway COM
pany, to Indians in aeveralty.
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Representative Gibson, chairman Of
NasyAH>2I
the house committee on expenditures in
the departments, has received replies
from the secretary of the interior and
attorney general to the resolution OF the
committee asking what money had been
expended BY their departments in the
Pan-I1leetric and Bell Telephone COM
= pany cases. The reply OF the secretary
OF the interior Gays, that $1,000 for print
ing was the only money expended by
his department, but counsel has been
retained for the prosecution of the gov
ernment's suit. No money has yet been
paid these counsel. The resolution
ton under which the committee is act
ing simply directs il to find out what
moneys have been expended by the gov
eminent in the telephone cases.
Army circles are considerably agitated
over the promotions that must follow tile
death Of General Hancock and the re.
tirement Of General Pope, which will
OCCUR next month. All the brigadier
gen srals are ambitious to obtain pro-
motions to these two ~yacaucies aud
several Of them are aetiye competitors
The contest for Pope's place has been in
progress for some time, the competitors.
being Howard, Terry Crook and Miles;
Ia selecting general officers it ia discre
tionary with the president whether or
not to promote by seniority. Thus, il.
filling the two vacancies, the president
may nominate any tRoof the six gsner.
oil officers Of. the line regardless Of their
lineal rank. Howard and Terry are the
senior Brigadier generals, the former
ranking the lattsr by three months.
The house committee on public lands,
at a special meeting Thursday afternoon,
agreed to declare the forfeiture Of the
Northern Pacific railroad Land grant as
te all lands III d erp5sitts Tint part Of
the line which was unconstFucted on the
4sh Of July, 1879, (the date on which the
committee conatrne the h SGting act to
EXPIRE, excepting from d operation Of
the forfeiture act right of way Of the
company to lands necessary to Its oper-
ations and all lands now within city,
town orsvillage sites, ard ail iands.pu
chased in good faith Of the railroad com
papy by actual settlers, not exceeding
$40 acres in any one case. In eases
where . s%ettler's purchase exceed 800
acres, he will be allowed one year IN
which to select therefrom d tract OF 800
acrssi and make proof before the local
land office, All amendment was moor
porated in the bill reducing the price Of
government lands within The grants TO
slips per acre.