The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

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mission made out with the former
name. the senate having failed to cor
rect it. Judge Walrond will use the
name the president and senate have
given him officially until the correction
is duly made. The officers of the new
court expect to reach MuSkogee next
Sunday, and court will open on Monday
morning, as provided by law.
SAMOAN SURVIVORS.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The secreta-
~ of the navy has cabled to Auckland
that the men of the wrecked naval yes
sells who are sent home are to come to
San Francisco.
HURRYING PREPARATIONS.
Renewed instructions have been sent
to San Francisco TO hurry forward the
preparation of the Charleston and
every effort will be made to get her
guns and carriages transported over
land at the earliest possible moment.
The guns are ready at the proving
ground at Annapolis and the carriages
are also about ready at tie Washing
ton navy yards.
EXPERIMENTATION AT SAMOA.
The navy department is making
every effort to secure an adequate rep
resentation at Samoa. Orders were
sent out to have the Richmond, Alert
and Adams sent to Apia at the earliest
Honolulu. all ready to sail when she
Goals and provisions and can reach
Samoa in month or forty days. The
Richmond is not in such a favorable
place, being at present in the River de
la Plata on the east coast of South
America and must go around
Cape Horn. The Adams is
under repairs at Mare Island.
California navy yard. Ten days or
two weeks will serve to complete the
repairs, and after few days addi-
tiOnal, consumed in taking stores and
coal. fhe may sail on her voyage, which
will take about a month. The Yantic,
now at Brooklyn, will be ready to sail
on the 10th inst, probably to relieve
the Richmond.
LAND COMMISSIONERS INSTRUCTIONS.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The COM
missioner of the general land office,
with the approval of Secretary Noble,
has issued to the registers and receivers
of the newly established land offices in
Oklahoma letter of instructions which
is of special interest to persons desiring
to settle in that territory. The most
important features of the letter of in
structions are the following:
You will observe that the statute re-
serves sections Is and SO in every town
ship for school purposes, and the proc
lamation reserves for government use
and control the following, viz: One
acre of land i'll square form in the
northwest corner of section 9 in town
ship 16, north range 2, west of the In
dian meridian in the Indian territory
and also one acre of land in the south
east corner Of the northwest quarter OF
section Is, township Is north, range
west of the Indian meridian in the In
dian territory. The remainder of the
lands are made subject to entry by
actual settlers under the general home
stead laws with certain notifications
Your attention is derected to the
general circular issued by this Off ce
January i, 1889, containing the home
stead laws and official regulations
| hereunder. These laws and regula-
lions will control your actions but
modified by the special provisions OF
the said act of March ., 1889, in the
following particular, viz:
IISI-4uO OOlLOO OA OAO I'll
page of said circular under the title,
Only one homestead privilege to the
same person Dermitteian is so modified
as to admit of a homestead being made
by any one who prior TO the passage of
said act had made a homestead entry
but failed from any cause to secure a
title in fee to the land embraced there
in, or who having secured such title
do so by what is known as the CON-
mutation of homestead entry with re-
gard to persons making home
Stead entries and failing to acquire title
Hereunder on committing them after
the passage of said act of March 2,
1889 The rule as to second home
steads is operative and will be en-
| forced in relation to these lands as
well as others.
The statute provides for the disposal
of these lands to actual settlers under
the homestead laws only" and while
providing that 1.-The rights of honor
ably discharged union soldiers and sail
ors in the late civil war as defined and
described in sections 1894 and 2 ,305 OF
the revised statutes shall not be
abridged makes no mention of sections
1906 and 2307 thereof, under which sol
dierS or their widows and orphans are
permitted with regard to the public
lands generally to make additional en-
tries in certain cases free from the re-
quirements of actual settlement on the
entered tract. 1t is therefore held that
soldiers or sailors additional entries
cannot be made on these lands under
said sections 1905 and 1907 unless the
party claiming will in addition to the
proof required make affidavit that the
entry is made by contract. It is therefore
held that soldiers or sailors additional
cannot entries be made on those lands
under sections 2306 and 2307, unless
the party claiming, will, in addition to
the proof required make affidavit that
the entry is made for actual settlement
and cultivation according to section
2291, as modified by sections 1904 and
23O5 of the revised statutes, and the
prescribed proof of the compliance
Herewith will be required to be pro-
duced before the issue of final certifi-
cate.
Third-It is provided in the statute
that section 2301 of the revised statu-
ties shall not apply to. these lands.
Therefore entries made thereon will
not be subject to communication under
that section. Any person applying to
enter or file for a homestead will be
required first TO make affidavit. in adj
dition to other requirements that he
did not violate the law by entering
upon and occupying any portion of the
lands described in the president 8
proclamation dated March %,
1889. prior to II O'Clock noon
April %, 1889. The affidavit to
accompany your returns for the entry
allowed. The statute provides that
TOWNSHIP entries may be allowed under
sections 1887 and 1888 under United
States statutes, but limits any such
entry to one-half section, of 800 acres
as the maximum, whatever the num-
her of inhabitants, and should applica-
ton for TOWNSHIP entries or filings be
presented by parties in the interests OF
| officers properly qualified te
make entry in trust fol-
| the inhabitants under the
provisions of said section 1887 you viii
note the applications on your records
| forward report thereof to this officC
and wait instructions before ALLOWING
any entry of the land. No rights IN
| der the tOwnsite laws can be acquired
| to any of the lands described in ths