The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-04-22
NATIONAL CAPITAL news.
Sanders Will Introduce a Mineral
Land Bill, Differing from
Carter's.
Hon. w. A. Clark and Major Ma
ginnis, Rightful Senators,
Will Give q Dinner.
Tho Spokane Land Case Hung Up-A Hell.
ena Case Decided-The Senate Pass
% the Worlds Fair Bill.

"ASnAN0IONS AU1A As-lOpoCAuAsI AsI-O0C'
retary Noble to-day affirmed the decision OF
the Helena land officers cancelling the des-
ert land entry of Eliza G. Elliot. in section
4, township 6, range 10, of the Helena dis
trict.
Sanders is preparing bill which he will
introduce in the senate at.aE early day re-
garding the mineral lands in the Northern
Pacific belt in Montana and Idaho. The
bill will differ widely from that proposed by
Representative Carter, and will declare that
the company shall not have title to the min
eral lands, whether they have been listed
and patented or not. He says that the
terms of the grant expressly provided for
non-mineral lands and that in case the
lands have been patented to the company
and are found to be mineral the company
has no right. His bill will provide that these
lands, whether they have been heretofore or
shall hereafter be found to be mineral
lands, ghall be declared public lands and
subject to the mineral land laws.
Representative Hansbroagh to-day in
troduced a bill regulating the fees of the
United States district attorney and marshal
in Montana, providing that these officers
shall receive the same sum as that paid in
other states.
Senator and Mrs. Squire tonight gave a
dinner to Warner Miller and wife at the
Arlington. Among the guests were Mrs.
Miller, daughter of the ex-senator, Senator
Allison. Senator and Mrs. Jones, Gen. and
Mrs. McCook, Representative and Mrs.
Flower.
Senator Moody of South Dakota, says that
the river and harbor bill, when it comes
from the house, will be amended in regard
to the upper Missouri or the states of South
Dakota, North Dakota and Montana will
furnish six votes in the senate to cut down
the appropriations for some of the other
sections Of the country. The 1900 miles of
upper Missouri, with only 100000 for im-
provement, is very distasteful to the men
from the states which the river traverses.
Messrs. Clark and Maginnis, the demo-
cratio tsssimants for seats in the senate
from Montana, will give dinner on
Wednesday night to the democrats of the
senate who supported them in the recent
contest. Many prominent democrats from
Montana and elsewhere will also be present.
The dinner will be at fashionable hotel
and promises to be an unusually elaborate
affair.
The order which Secretary Noble signed
the other day, for hearing to determine
the status of 1GO acres of land in Spokane
Falls once occupied by Enoch, the Indian,
will be promulgated no further than the of
fee of the clerk in the department. who now
holds the document. The entire delegation
from Washington has consulted with the
secretary and given him such a presenta-
tion of the case that he has withheld the
order until the parties interested can appear
before them and give a complete statement
on both sides of the case. On the showing
made at that time he will decide whether to
disturb the title to such valuable property
while the case is drawn through the long
road of the department and the courts.