Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-27

Vest ana Lieutenant Wednamy, called
on Governor G. William Devereaux,
Vice-Admiral Salmon, General Cameron,
Rear Admiral Maxwell and Colonels
Craster and Robertson, and thanked
them in person for the marked and
spontaneous tribute of respect paid by
these officers at the funeral of Admiral
Chandler, assuring them that their con-
siderate action was deeply appreciated
by the American residents in the East
and highly esteemed by the Government
at Washington.
LAND SUIT RECOMMENDED.
The Commissioner OF the General Land
Office to-day recommended to the Secre-
tary of the Interior that suit be instituted
in the name of the United States, to re-
cover about 200, 900 acres of land situated
between Raccoon Fork of the Des Moines
river, and known as Des Moines river
lands. Under authority of the Land De-
parLment a large number of settlers, be-
tween the years 1866 and 1860, made
entry of these lands, but the Des Moines
Valley Railroad Company, acting under
authority of the State courts, has been,
for some time, actively engaged in dis
possessing them. A bill, having for its
object the restoration of these lands, WAS
assed in the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth
Congresses, ,tbut it did not receive the APP
proval of the President. 1t is said that
the Iowa delegation in Congress is unani-
mously in favor of the course recon-
mended by the Commissioner.
THE CHIN .KIANG RIOTS.
Under date OF February 20tn, Captain
McNair, at Shanghai, reports to the
Secretary of the Navy particulars of the
riot at Chin Kiang. He transmits an
estimate of the value of property de-
stroyed and photographs of the principal
places damaged. The photograph de-
picting the British Consulate shows a
large stone building, greatly damaged, {,
with broken windows and yawning gaps
in the walls. The greater part of the
property damaged was British. The ek-
innate of the entire damage done is
$103, 900.
THE GRAND TRUNK IN FAULT.
An order was to-day made by the In
ter-State Commerce Commission, setting
forth that information had been lodged
with the Commission to the effect that
the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada has
violated and is still violating, the inter-
state statute in divers particulars, and
CltlDE tu6 VI cdlu IdllIOdu W dp-
pear before the Commission at Wash
| ington on the 4th of April to answer con-
cerning all the matters and to submit to
in estigation.
POSTAL ORDERS ARRANGEMENT.
Pursuant to the authority contained in
the Act of Congress approved January
80, 1889, the postoffice department is
now conducting negotiations with various
| foreign governments with which an ex'
change of money orders is maintained
with the view of securing their consent
to reciprocal increase of the maximum
amount. To-day the Postmaster.Gen'
eral and the Hawaiian Minister, H. A
| P. Barter, signed a convention establish.
ing new limit of 500 for orders be-
tween the United States and the Ha-
waiian Islands. During the year ended
June 80, 1888, the amount of money or
ders issued in the United States for pay.
ment in Hawaii was $4,50S. On the
other hand the amount OF orders drawn
in Hawaii for payment in the United
States was $25, 1854.
THE ADAMS TO BE ovERHAULED.
The U. S. S. Adams, which recently
returned to the United States from
Samoa, was put out of Commission at
Mare Island Navy Yard to-day. She
will be put in thorough repair.