New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-18
NEWS NOTES AT TIE CAPITAL
SENIOR DE LONE EXPECTED TO EXPLAIN
THE ALLIANCA AFFAIR.
ELECTRIC E1oys FOR NETWORK HARBoR-AN
IMPORTANT PENSION DEcISioN-IANDlN"
OF STEAMSHIP PASSENGERS


Wash!ngton April l7.-Sehor DUpuy de Lone 'he
new Spanish Minister to the United states VIII san
from Havana April 90 arriving In New-i'rA
four DAYS later \ dispatch received from MIN To-
day said that he woui probably be in Washington
on Apr, %. Secretary Gresham Is awaiting ms ar
rival with some interest as ne believes tnat Sehor
De LON. vii be prepared to make an explanation
OF the A,l!aEch Incident as a result OF MS instIuc
tons bgtore leavinE MSdrI - am h his It would ap.
near that the State Department does not reSaT the
incident as Sos o w any G,orn:y to he spanish
Government to acQuaint ltsc.f WIN a, he iac's IA
formation is derived that the Spanish 'i2vcrnmtn MT
vii rest ~ case upon the & % Hjcb Grc
UPON ;he Inerchantnan. that tho after was N IN"
jir!siic;lonai limits of cuba. and that as cons.
in cnlcavor!ng TO stop the Adanga
The Hvlrcsraphc Once Of the Navy Department,
in its hu..etIn FOR this week, announces that on
Apri % an experimental system Of ten electrically
lighted spar buoys VIII b. established on the edge
%! Ciodney and Bayslle range channels. main en-
Each buoy vii, We Surmoun,ci by ,an;ern. pro
,ected by an IRON Gaze. containing a l"-candle-
P fbr souih sc Of me hanncs VII be back with
white lights those On ne n9rth sac fed NV, wIn
wiz be placed at intervals - 22' feet in Inc win
the electric huovs OF the present. Sys,m on , ,nc
W The charnei or the Experimental buoys the
% LnG rnEe channel one vii be moored Alongside
- Bays.ie range Gu, buoy. ana another alongside
,,o r. exnrrinentl, sys,. n VI. he operated IN
the day. ana No present system a. night Masters
ycsses coar OF the submarine c4bcs o; the sy@
,cm ana 90 TAX pari!cuar c.rc not - apfN2 10.
within the red section OF nc North SANDY HOOK
beacon Ign, between bearings -ou'h", :; by ~cs'
iaT[g?uaT Cab b a foucd innvcTca,y masters are
requested /, clear by a sh.p-rope. ana not 10 cii
the cable.
A decision has been rendered by the Secretary
,f.fs .-sF. Nv
claims fled by persons after attaining th"ir sixteenth
wear FOR or on account % whom no claim has hc ~
made during he rer'ol oil ,t,t si ,r,,,
causes originating IN the service ana Inc OF "ut}
This decision is Of importance a. lnvoVing inc ~
icct@i cialns The Secretary holds that the clause
''childrcn under sixteen year OF Nc" - Hrs
limitation act OF March g. ls7s and are not Tor
feited by nescct % me 1hg rSa o,non, ., In
rroase which this decision VIII Involve. u j. stll
T i 'asn"i, n sch Cscs are now pealng b.
fore the Interior Department
Collector Klbre,h. Of New-York was at til"
Treasury Department to-day IN Response 10 Il te'"-
graphic summons for tho purpose 90 discussing
with Assistant Secretary Hamu the details u IN
York after SHUTDOWN 70 come T. ,n"l do * ".,hol.
v.aitinp over night al quarantine. The department
mas always been ready TO grant ths provision hui
hen@sys OF II t. ovng to he r7Dabe
ana additional danger ~ collision "r othrI a. Iu'''
Assistant Secretary Hamlln sad late ms att"rig.
after several hours consultation with collector nj
brcth that all questions relating T. ~" 'hihh. o'
passengers ana baggage AZ New YORK atttt sun
down had been satisfactorily settled, ana mat th'
plan would probably be announced tomorrow
1 Additional inspectors hav" been allowed "h''h
was the principal question al lssu"
The Supreme Court to-day heard argument j"
land case appealed from the circuit Court for the
Northern District Of Iowa. which affects the inter
ests OF large number OF persons. From ne brlei
0led by Lawrence Maxwell then SoNcltOr-''enefhl
United States the facts IN the case hic
| shown 10 be these: The Land ONCE In lsI3- Y
pa tented TO he State OF Iowa for the benent ana
use OF tho Sioux city and st Paul HALLWAY Com
pany large amount Of lands In excess OF what
Inc company was entitled TO- IN plain violation oi
| the act OF Congress $3.50 making the grant a
part OF the land patented was subsequently re-,
| covered from the Chicago Milwaukee and 81. PAU
| Hallway Company. which had come into possession
Of IL through litigation with the Sioux city ana ~
paul over conflicting land grants, and part has
been reconVeyed by the State OF Iowa 20 the United
States The suit Instituted by the tnited states
| In The cour below was quiet its title to the
| residue Of the excessive grant.