Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-18
copies AT WASHINGTON
u,cr41 REPORT OF TEE LAND
IN OKLAHOMA.

Appointments Made by the
A'..,dent- supreme Court Decisions
o.ss of John Smith why the
si..msr nono0a0y was Not Sold.
,,oroS, May 14.-Among the su'
-aDrt decisions yesterday was No
preus ".se Of Wallace Douglass, plaintiff
&c. Du' ". Charles W. Lewis ct al, in
in efr0' .nnreme court Of the Territory Of
errcr ico. Judgment was affirmed with
New sn,uion by chief Justice Fuller. The
costs ice announced allotment Of JUS.
chia !TsrIsn to the sixth district. Ad.
i or until October
,,gyeroN, May lathe President
W. the following appointments to-day:
a%n Z. Plummer OF New York, George
%"a.btou OF St. Louis, Jesse Spalding OF
S|', o. and Rufus b. Bullock OF Atlanta,
No government directors OF the Union
u :Sc railroad; Alvin Saunders OF Ne
is".ta. TO be a member OF the board OF
pmssStration and election in the territory OF
IT. ". H. Lyon OF New York, to be a
u y"mber of Indian commissioners; Bennett
= Gillespie, to be register OF the land Office
y ONeill, Neb.; 8. c. Cartwright OF Ne
%S'ds, to be superintendent OF the mint at
rarsop City, Nevada.
There was q great crowd Of callers at
..a ,bits house, to-day. A delegation con
.'.;0c NJ Samuel R. Stratton, N. j. Carey
~ Sam. W. Hoyt, OF California. Mayor
10 Lashmont, OF Portland, Capt.
W. Itwood. A. C. II. Stoddard, of Ne
WI oUd A. j. Sampson, OF Colorado, had
vaus ,;sVs With the President.
'H% w. .,srks detailed from the general land
nv n 90 to Oklahoma to assist the land
O O@S.Is at Guthrie and Kingfshsr, have re-
"ISad 10 Washington. They state that at
~."Ia.hor 800 entries had been made up
hln ESr;Jov. and at Guthrie 1000. The
o.iI Number OF quarter sections in the
territory is 10000.
rhs treasury department has received a
1,I.r-am from Gen. Miles at San Francisco,
living official particulars of the robbery OF
:, vmaster Wham in Arizona. 1t does not
rs.r from the story as told in the asso-
lated press dispatches.
'I Among the postmasters appointed to-
a,v nv the President we're the following:
lanes s, Dryden, Coronado, CAL; Chas. w.
pausr Fort Collins, COL; Jas. H. Shep-
SSrd Idaho Springs, Colo: Geo. w. Dobel-
Sr, Yuma, Cali James II. Scott, Sterling,
Co., 1855.
The case of John Smith convicted in the
United States district court for the south
arm district Of California of q violation OF
faction 2,139 OF the revised statutes OF the
Tnitsd statee in selling whisky to Indians,
and sentenced July IL, 1888, to two years
IMPRISONMENT in the county jail and $500
6pe. the President has granted a pardon
On The ground that the prisoner has now
served eight months of his time, is q feeble
Old man, very poor and unable to pay his
6ne. |
The United States steamer Monocacy
VAS to have been sold by auction to-day
at Yokohama, but an order from the navy
ievsrtment had been ~telegraphed stopping
The sale. The Monocacy is an old wooden
vessel which has been on the China sta
tCu so long that it would not be sale to
Undertake to bring her across the Pacific
bthe United States. Several times the
dSartment has decided to sell her, but
be order has always been revoked at the
ht moment. Not long ago a board OF
amusement wasIordered, but, after doing
their duty in the matter of appraisement,
the board recommended that the Monoc-
sy be repaired, and for this eason the
Gale has been again postponed.