, 1886-05-13
PickIngs.

The supreme court Of the L. S.
has dismissed the three Snow polyg-
amy cases for want of jurisdiction.
1t has also repealed the mandate in
the Cannon polygamy case, and set
aside the former judgment and dis
missed it for want of jurisdiction.
The indictments against the
wealthy government timber thieves
of Humboldt county. California, have
been summarily quashed. The lands
in question are valued at S3,000,000.
Had these thieves been poor they
would have been sent to the peniten-
tlary.
Senator Dolph has proposed an
amendment to the bill making ap-
preparations for the support
of the army. He desires 20
provide for an appropriation of $780,
600 to pay the expences of military
expedition for the exploration Of
Alaska.
Nelson Bennett was here Thurs
day. He says it is the intention of
the railroad company to have forty
miles of road completed above Ell
lensburg by December first The
bids for the work are in, and the
contract will be let at the meeting of
the Board of Directors, May 18th
Yakima Farmer.
The marriage of President Cleve-
land and Miss frankie Folsom will
take place about the middle of June.
There is no reason to believe that the
wedding ceremony will be performed
at the White House, but on the con
trary there is q general impression
that the wedding will be q private
one, at the brides residence in Buffalo.
The date fixed for the marriage is at
a time when congress will not be in
session, SO that the president can
leave the city for a few days without
any discomfort
Tho Cheney Sentinel says the n.
z. II. Il. across the Cascades will be
of the cog wheel rail system. which
is the invention of a German builder,
and is now in successful operation on
the Alps. Its advantages over the
switchback system is that it costs
only about one half as much, and the
outlay for maintenance is not nearly
as great. According to the provis-
ions of the proposals the work must
be finished and turned over to the
operation department before the eud
of the present year.
Governor Foraker sent special
message to the Ohio Legislature a
short time ago suggesting as worthy
of Legislative consideration the fire.
quency with which wealthy people
avoid taxation by making false re-
turns of their property to the asses
sors. This incensed society" in the
state capital 10 such an extent that 1t
has resolved to boycott Mrs. Foraker,
and in pursuance of that resolution
many of the alleged first families"
of Columbus did not attend Mrs
Foraker's last reception. The COVER
nor and assessor will know where the
shoe pinches.
The Toronto Globe, in an editorial
on the seizure of the American fish
ing vessel, Adams, says there seems
to be no room for doubt that the
master of this vessel acted illegally,
and that the seizure was properly
made The people of the United
States did not know what they were
doing when they abrogated the
clauses in the Washington treaty,
and they find now that their fisher
men cannot pursue their business
proftably unless they are permitted
to take or purchase bait on ouI
shores. For the sake of Canada, for
the sake of the Empire, we hope the
Imperial Government, if they inter
fere in this business openly or secret
ly, it will be to help us maintain our
rights, and not to thwart, hamper or
restrain enforcing the terms of the
treaty.
Many interested occupants of school
lands will be pleased to learn that
Sparks rulings az ainst the occupancy
of school lands under the land laws,
including sections sixteen and thirty
six is likely to be set aside by Secre-
tary Lamar, so far as it goes to pre-
vent occupancy and cultivation with
out injury to the land. Mr.. Lamar
will probably come to the conclusion
that occupants of school lands must
not be prosecuted unless they injure
or detract from the value of the pre-
misses The above report is given on
authority of Lamar's assistant jerks
of Washington, d. @. There are
cases where Sparks radical ruling
could be used to perSccute school
land occupants without benetiting
anybody, and for that reason it is
likely to be oyerruled by the Secre-
tary.
Seattle P.-L: Our exchanges show
that q very large proportion of the
precincts in the several counties
throughout the Territory will vote
upon the question of prohibition un-
der the '.local option law in June
next. The general expression is, also
that nearly everywhere, except III the
largest towns, the saloons will be
closed. 1t is to be hoped that, where
ever the vote may be in favor of pro-
hibition, the law will be strictly en-
forced. There has been entirely too
much laxity il this regard in the
past Too many laws are now on the
statute book that are openly violated.
Let the laws be enforced or repeal
ed" Is 4 safe maxim. The Post
IRteHjgeacer takes tEe position that,
the question Of revenue,
enforcement Of the law AMI other
cognate matters, high license is
most favorable 10 tho business inter
ests Of Seattle, but in case the major
ity should vote fer prohibition, it
will demand that the law be en-
forced.