The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-03-21
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SAyNoA vi VI Ss -. AChNAer
living at jordan, Utah. Tuesday. play
fully pointed q double banell shotgun
at his brother. aged nine years. cooking
the weapon and at the instance Of the
latter. pulled the triggers. An uneI.
pected report followed. the elder brother
falling to the floor MORALLY wounded
both charges entering his abdomen
An in'ant in his arms at the time, es-
capped unhurt.
Major-Gensral John Pope. United
States Army. who entered the .servics
as u cadet in the Military Academy at
West Point, July l. 1888. from Ken
tueky. was on Tuesday officially retired
from active service in the United States
Army, on account Of age. aud in. accor-
dance with Congressional epaetnents
General Pope coutemplates living In
Cincinnati and making that city bis fu-
urr home. His pay as retired Mnjor-
General amounts TO the sum OF IS, eos
per annum, or $685. rs per MONTH, dur
ing his natural life.
Some OF the principal frauds devel-
oped under Commissioned Sparks ad-
ministration have been the stealing Of
tiuIbcr from public lands, In the case
Of this Sierra Nevada Lumber Compa-
ny, Of California, the special agent
found that the Co LPAny hal construc-
ted ext fumes anl several rail-
ways fifteen or twenty miles in length
for the sole purpose OF facilitating it's
tresPass upon the public lands. aud Co.
OO0, 900 feet were Identified as having
been cat by the Company. Depreda.
lions upon the public timber in Utnh
and Idaho Territories have been equal
ly extensive aud hLgrant. In WASH
inBton Terrstory and northeast Caliior-
mia lumbrrman have hired hundreds Of
sailors ond other transient and irres-
ponsib!e men to make fraudulent entries
on lands containing the finest and most
valuable timber in these sections. Tho
vigorous course OF the Commissioner 10.
wards the companies is having its effect.
Several allegations from the West have
been in Washington for the last few
weeks trying to postpone action in their
cases. or having the suits against them
dismissed.
The House Committee on Public
Lands agreed to report fnvoratly upon
the bill to repeal the presumption, limb
er culture aud desert land acts.
Representative Little introduced q
bill providing that the President mny
canse silver dollars to be coined on pri.
vate account in unlimited Quantities il
he shall succeed in reaching an ngree-
ment with at least two leading Europ-
can Nations to do the same.
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate: William l..
Trenholm Of South Carolina, one of the
Civil Service Commissioners. to be
Comptroller Of the Currency. in place
Of Henry W.. Cannon. resigned. John
II. Oberly OF Illinois. to be Civil Sery-
ice Commissioner, in place of Vim. l..
Trenholm. Charles Lyman Of Conn.
e%cticut. now Chief Examiner OF tn.
Civil Service Commission, to be Civil
Service Commissioner, in place OF Dor.
man d. Eaton.
The Secret Iry Of the Interior has rem.
dered n desiSiou reversing the decision
Of Commissioner Of the General Lnnd
Office OF November 18th, 1885, which
held that u person was entitled 10 but
one presumption right. he would not be
permitted to commute q homestead entry
iuto a cash entry, as this would be
equivalent to n second exercise Of the
same right.
Dir. Bland, o. Missouri. under in,
structionI from the Committee on coin,
age, moved to suspend the rules and
adopt the following resolutions.
That the House hill. $500 ''for thu
free coinage Of silver" DO made q spec.
ial order !or Saturday,, the goth and 27tl
rstant. Saturday the Ord of April and
that the same b. aguin tnken up Tues,
day, April 9th, after the morning hour
for the consideration OF bills reported 10y
the committees. and SO to cout nue. from
day to day until disposed OF. provided
that unless sooner ordered by the House
the previous question shnll DO pending
thereon, ut 3 o'clock THURSDAY, April
Sth; this order not to interfere with the
revenue or general appropriation bills,
except on Thursday. April sth, fixed ioI
inal disposition Of this order"
The motion was seconded, 06 TO 2s,
A brief debate en,urd, showing eonsid
cradle opposition to the motion.
Mr. Bland iutimated that the Silver
advocates would secure . vote on tile
bill IL they had to keep Congress in SEES.
zion all summer 10 accomplish that pur.
pose. The motion TO suspend the rule,
aud ndop. the resolution vas agreed to!
Yeas l79. nays 81. The announcement
OF the result was greeted with q round
Of applause from the silver men.