Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-12-07
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.

where It is to begin its work.
According TO the decision by the SUI
preme court the great akes are high
seas. THIS decision was made III sui
under an act nf congress for the punish
ment Of offenders on the high seas.
Gray and Brown dissented.
Carlisle has ordered the release OF
the Russian conyicts arrested at San
Francisco, and so notified the Russian
minister here. The cOnvicts found
were political prisoners, and according
to our la could not be detained.
The issue OF standard silver dollars
frouI the mints Of the treasury office FOL
the week ended November lS was ;63l,-
600; for the corresponding period last
year, 1865 764. The shipment Of irac-
tlonal silver coins from the lst to the
18th inst, aggregates s575, ,404.
Assistant Secretary OF the Interior
Sims has rendered decision holding
hat surplus lands in the Shoshone oT
Wind river reservation, in Wyoming.
can be leased for grazing purposes, and
that the leases should be made for five
years or three years at a minimum. All
informal bids already received will be
re lected.
The appointment OF jeremiah J.
Crowley as supervising special agent OF
the treasury department, vice A. X.
Tingle, resigned, to take effect Decem-
Der ID, will be officially announced from
the treasury department "robably dur
ing the coming week. Mr.. Crowley is
at present treasury special agent in
charge of the Illinois division, with
headquarters at Chicago.
Officials OF the pension bureau are un-
usually reticent regarding the announce
ment that the bureau has unearthed at
| Buffalo, \. Y, wholesale scheme for
deirauding the office. The publication
at this time they fear will hinder them
in bringing the guilty persons to justice.
The Post announces the name Of the
person who has been carrying on this
scheme to be w. Room Moore, who was
formerly special examiner of the bu-
reau in Washington. 1t is believed
Sl50,000 has already been paid fraudu-
lent claimants whose cases were engi-
neered by Attorney Moore.
Secretary Gresham has received a
complaint from Chinese Minister Yang
Gu that within the past 10 days China
man living in a small town in Western
North Carolina has been chased to the
mountains for no other known reason
except his nationality, and that he was
believed to have died from exposure.
An investigation is being made OF the
facts OF the case by the United States
district attorney for the western district
Of North Carolina. If the facts are as
stated, reparation will probably have to
be made by the United States. Recent
dispatches from North Carolina state
that the Chinaman was believed to be
insane and was wandering in the woods,
and that his assailants had been ar
rested.
Attorney General Olney has appointed
Edward Walker. OF Chicago, a special
attorney to represent the United States
in the case Of the suit against the COM
missioner OF View South Wales to the
Worlds Fair. Among the exhibits OF
New South Wales were lot OF gold
nuggets. These were attached by a
travelling circus company which had
recently been in Australia and alleged
that through the defective quarantine
arrangements OF that country the circus
company had lost many valuable horses
They sought to recover on the nuggets
uf the New South Wales exhibit. An
examination OF the law here discloses
the fact that foreign government can
not be sued in q United States court
without its consent. Even il this point
were not conclusive, the government Of
New South Wales in the circumstances
is guest of the United States and en-
titled to immunity, even ii the allega
| finnG ca ia ~. ~ lASt n nj int tal trI,
The case will probably be dismissed il
pressed.
Commissioner of Pensions Lochren
has issued the following important order,
simplifying the practice ol the burden
in the adjudication Of claims under the
famous act OF June y, 1890: pension
certificates issued under the second sec
tion of the act OF June 81, 1880, will no
longer specify particularly the disabili-
ties. In such certificates, where the
maximum rating of SIP per month is
allowed the certificate will state it is for
inability to earn support by manual
labor. Where less than the maximum
rating is allowed the certificate will
state it is for partial inability to earn a
| living by manual labor. Whenever in
the case OF pension granted under the
said section at less than the maximum
rating and higher rating is subse-
quently sought, the application for such
higher rating shall be considered and
treated as u claim for an increase, and
not as claim for new disability, and
the increase, il allowed, will commence
from the date OF medical examination
showing an increase OF disability"
Between adjusting the accounts OF the
North American Commercial Company
with the treasury department, and the
claims OF the treasury department for
81, ,S62 600 against the North American
Commercial Company, the natives OF the
seal islands in the Arctic ocean stand a
good chance of starving this winter The
North American Commercial Company's
accounts to the extent OF 24,0O0-S4000
for coal supplies to the United States
revenue cutters, and 100000 for supplies
furnished the natives-are held up. The
commercial company is seriously con-
Sidering the advlsability OF withholding
further supplies to the natives unless
the accounts already presented are
passed. The whole matter, rs previously
stated, has been referred to the attor-
uey-general for consideration, and il
will probably find its way into the
courts. In the meantime much solicit
rude is ielt for the fate of the natives.
who entirely depend upon the supplies
furnished by the North American Com
merial Company for substance.
The new regulations for issuance OF
certificates OF residence to Chinese.
under the provisions of the amendatory
act recently passed by congress, have
been submitted to Secretary Carlisle by
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Miller. According to their provisions a