The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-03-18
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Secretary Noble Renders an Important
Decision in Case Against the
Northern Pacific Railroad.

The United States, for the recovery q
hall HE pay for twelve years. The de
= Clslon IL adverse to General Swain
The case has been pending in the Cour
oil Claims for the last two or three years
The Secretary of the Treasury ha
awarded the contract for building a ney
wharf and repairing the old one a
Tongue Bend near Astoria 10 Fogta benz
4 sanderson OF Astoria at 81, ,925. III
has also awarded the contract for build
ing galvanized iron stOrehOuae at tn,
same place TO Paquet q Smith OF Port
land for 81 ,796.
Postmaster. General Wanamaker hal
mailed TO each postmaster IN the country
circular recognizing the important
service they have rendered as postmas
ters under the administration of Presi
dent II .rrison and begging that in the
lutur3 they will continue their interest
in the postal service and study to pro-
mote in every possible way its extension
and improvement.
Secretary Foster has amended his re-
cent circular issued regarding the killing
ot iur'bearIng animals in Alaska so as
10 permit vessels other than revenue
cutters, as heretofore, TO transport ma
tlves TO localities where sea otter is
found. 1t also permits vessels having
on board sea-otter skins TO file q mani
fest OF such skins at the first port OF en-
Try in the United States.
When Senator Call introduced into the
Senate joint resolution to suspend ap-
proval OF the lists OF swamp and over
flowed public lands in Florida until
further action OF Congress and asked for
it's passage, Senator Mitchell OF Oregon
moved to insert the proviso that nothing
in the resolution should be construed
TO extend TO any grants of land in any
state or Territory except Florida. The
amendment was agreed to, but the reso-
luton went over.
Treasurer Nsbecker, speaking OF the
drain OF gold that has been going on for
the past year or more, said it was largely
the work OF spectators on the New York
Stock Exchange. The export of gold
had the effect OF bearing stocks. By
selling the stocks and then exporting
gold the profit made on stocks not only
compensated for the freight charges,
insurance, ETC., on the gold shipped. but
lett profit. Then, too, as France and
Austria are in the market after gold.
spscie found ready sale on the other
side.
The Judiciary Committee OF the House
has adopted the report of the subcon-
mlttee investigating the whisky trust
The report recommends the duty on i'm
ported liquors be reduced from 50 to 81
per gallon, and that the tariff on all
goods be reduced whenever it is tound
they are being influenced by trusts or
combinations. 1t also recommended
that rectiiying establishments be made |
subject governmental supervision, and |
that all compound goods be stamped to
show their Components.
The Indian appropriation bill has been
reported to the Senate. 1t includes S.
796, 1886 for the purchase OF the Cherokee
outlet, making the grand total of the
bill $l6, ,43l 400. Among the items added
to the bill are $4,000 for the irrigation
OF the Navajo reservation, $4,000 for
negotiations by the Cherokee Commits
sion for the further purchases OF Indian
lands, $3.50, GOO for the payment of dam.
ages to settlers in the Grow Creek and
Wlnnehago reservations, SDuth Dakota.
and $2l6, ,000for Indian industrial schools.
At the request of the COMMITTEES of
ways aud Means, the Clerk of the House |
Committee on Appropriations has SUBJ
mitted a statement of the deficiencies {
and appropriations during the past five
years. 1t shows the deficiency app o.
orlation bill, as it passed the House at
his session, amounts to $21.2 9 1883. of /
which little more than $14,000, 900 was {
or pens ons. The deficiency tor 1894, I
exclusive OF pens ons, if it reaches the
average deficiency of appropriations for
he past tive sessions, will probably be :
'9,0o0,00O. For the five sessions, includ- ,
ng the present, the deficiency of appro. :
,ratlons have amounted to $47, 900, ,966. @,
n an average of $9, ,440, 1893, of which the }
argest was $l3 299, ,541 IN the first session
# the Fl ty. first Congress The pension g
eticlencies during the five sessions a
to $S4, 1925, or an average {
i b,S96, ,254, the largest being $29, 1885, |
9o IN the second session OF the Fifty ]
Irst Congress. the appropriations, ex
luslve OF miscellaneous matters. made !;
y the House at this session aggregate ;
5l3, 733, So, and this has been increased =
0 $5l9, 273, ,447 by changes made by the q
enate. q q
Secretary Noble has rendered an i'm
ortant decision in the case OF A. H.
'alton OF the Bozeman Mont. land dis q
rict against the Northern Pacific Rail- .
'ay Company, which overruled the cell .
brated Guiltord Miller decision in one "
Important particular. The Miller deci D
on held that lands within the Yakima a
indian reservation were not excepted
ON the grant to the Northern Pacific. r
nd that when the Indian title to the o.
anne lands became extinguished the @,
ght thereto would inure to the railway tr
)mpany under its grant. This decision. IS
lvolving portion of the Crow reserva. r
on, holds in effect that the lands in
uded within the technical reservation
the date on which the grant becomes al
tective are absolutely excepted from al
le grant, and in the event of extinction sy
Indian title they revert to the public p'
omaln. The Commissioners decision. o.
olding Dalton's homestead entry for re
mediation for the reason that the lands
'vered by it passed to the Northern Pa. th
fic road under its grant, is accordingly NJ
versed. This decision directly and in. al
rectIy affects large tracts of land in eli
ontana, the Dakotas, Idaho and Wash ar
gton. CO