The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-01-03
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Orsgsn vs. United States Land Case
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The Even
ing Star says: The democrats of the
house are preparing themselves for an
other discussion of the tariff before
this congress expires. The clerk of the
ways and means committee, Mr.. Tai
bot, has been set to work to get up in
formation relating to the senate bill,
part of which is for the use OF the SEN
ators in attacking the bill between the
second and twenty-frst Of January,
and part for use In the house little
later on. Preparations are active
for a determined fight on the bill
within the limited time fixed
TOR debate. Some democratic
senators are sanguine enough to think
they can defeat the measure in the party
by square vote, but this hope is not
very generally entertained, but the de-
mocrats in the house expect certainly
to defeat the bill there. No meeting
has been held to consider the policy to
be followed, except that informally the
democrats have come 10 the under
standing that when the bill come to
the house they will have to discuss it.
The secretary of the interior to-day
rendered decision in the case OF the
state of Oregon VS. United States, In
which is involved about &c. 800 acres
of landin the Lakeylew land district,
comprising what is known as swamp
land list No. 5. 1t appears from the
records that these lands Injured to the
state as swamp lands under the act of
September %, 1850. and extended by
the act of March II. 1850. Prior to
certiication, the greater part of these
lands were sold by the state TO various
parties in large bodies on the
reports of special agents of the depart
| ment, certification was finally made.
Subsequently it was reported to
the department that the reports of
Special Agent Ankeny and State Agent
Whitaker were false and fraudulent
and that a large part of the lands de-
| scribed in the reports as SwampS were
really high and dry. An investigation
was ordered and Special Agent Shakel-
ford was directed to make a personal
examination. His report shows that
| list No. 5, over $4,000 acres,
can in no wise be classed as
swamps and that of the latter amount
over 20 900 acres are situated on hills
and steep mountains OF sage brush des-
erts. This report Was duly verified
and an oral hearing ordered, in which
the state was represented by council.
1
evidence and the law applicable to the
case and finds that the certificates by
| Secretary Teller were procured by
frauds and that had he (Tellerl known
the facts in the case as they have since
been developed the certificatiOns
would never have been made. The
secretary orders the Qualifications
set aside and directs the
commissioner of the general land Office
to prepare another list which shall
contain only lands known to be swamp.
AS to the other lands AN investigation
IS ordered and such lands on the list as
are found to be not swamps are ordered
to be restored to the public domain,
subject to any rights which have at
tached to them under the laws.
A small vessel no larger than plea
sure sail boat, in which young men
living in this city cruise on holiday eX-
cursion down the Potomac was anchor
ed off Sixth street wharf to-day after
an ocean voyage of nearly 5000 miles.
The vessel which Is named the La
Libertado" was built by its commander
Captain Slocum in Rio Janeiro, Brazil,
to convey himself, wife and two chill
dren back to America, the bark
AQuidneck, in which Captain SlOcum
sailed to Brazil having been lost on a
sand pit in Rio JanierO harbor. The
La Libertado is thirty-five feet long
seven and a half foot beam, three and
half deep and has only a canvas COW
cred deck house to afford protection
against the weather. She left Rio
Janeiro July "a, last, and after stop
ping at Bahia. Pernambuco and several
other ports reached Norfolk, Virgin
, ia, two weeks ago. The little craft
weathered some heavy seas in the
tropics and brought it's occupants &c
this city in good health and apparently
, none the worse for their dangerous
, trip.
, Chairman Britton. of the Inaugural
committee, says that it has been prac
, tically determined to have no carriages
in the procession except those for the
occupancy of the retiring and incoming
presidents, the new vice president and
, the joint congressional committee
Word has been received from Colorado
that one hundred CON boys and band
will leave Denver to take part in the
, parade. They viii be dressed in the
characteristic style of the plains and
will leave under the name of the
Harrison and Morton Club of March
, ing Cowboys.