Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-21
SUGGESTS A NEW BEGINNING
Go missioner Lamoreux Proposes that the
Burlington Land Suits Be Dropped.
SHOULD PROCEED UNDER THE NEW LAW
This Will Protect All bona Eide Set
tiers and Make the Railroad
Company the Only Party
to the Suit.

WASHINGTON, March 20.-tSpecial Tele-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES all that has been
printed in the daily papers Of Nebraska rela-
tive to the suits brought In the United
States court against purchasers 81 Is. G. NJ.
lands, members OF the Nebraska delegation
are receiving many letters daily, asking what
should be done in defense of the actions
thus commenced--whether tho suits should
be noticed or not. Under the act of March
2 OF this year the Burlington company will
have to defend any and all suits thus COM
menced. As intlmated would probably be
the case, Commissioner of the General Land
officer Lamoreaux today forwarded to the
secretary of the Interior a letter, recommend
ing the dlscontlnuance OF the suits against
the Burlington to recover the land alleged to
have been enormously patented to the COM
pany in Nebraska and Iowa, on account Of
grants to which 1t succeeded by purchase.
He also made q recommendation that a new
suit be begun under the act of March 2,
1895. Under this act, settlers who bought
their land Of the railroad company in good
faith as settlers, will be given a patent for
their holdings upon presentation Of proof
that they were innocent purchasers. Under
this act, also, suit will only be brought
against the company to recover the value
of the land said to have been enormously
certified, or patented, and the settlers will
rot be brought in as parties to such suit.
Secretary Smith will probably make some
recommendation to the attorney general in
regard to the matter in a few days.
Judge LamoreauN stated today he had do
cided to send his son to Wyoming as a
special examiner to inspect the land of the
Globe Canal company and other corpora
tons in the Big Horn country, sought to
be taken under the Carey arid land law,
applications for which have been held up.
1t has been alleged that there Is timber
growing on some of the land in controversy,
but Congressman Mondell of Wyoming says
there is not enough to make one panel
of rail fence. Percy Lamoreaux leaves for
Wyoming Monday.
Representative Mercer has succeeded in
getting the committee on public buildings
and grounds to recommend for passage
Senator Aliens bill appropriating $40, 900
each for public building sites In Norfolk
and Hastings. Mr.. Mercer will write the
report and the bill will. in all probability,
pass the house.
1t was petition day with Senator Petit
grew Of Souths Dakota, and he kept the
clerks busy for half an hour making a rec
ord of what his constituents desire. There
were petitions as to filled cheese, a Sunday
rest law In the District of Columbia, reso-
lutions of six Baptist churches in his state
calling upon congress to continue the con-
tract school system, and petitions for the
amendment to the preamble of the consti-
tullOn, WINE the faculty ana students OF
the University of South Dakota petitioned
for the creation of a court of arbitration
between Great Britain and the United States.
Senator Allen was accorded a respect
full hearing today on the Dupont case, and
at the close Of his speech was congratu>
lated by Senator Turpie. who stated it
was the cleverest presentation of the case
yet made against Dupont. 1t was entirely
legal in construction, and was without frllls
of any sort.
rnp,r rp1lnr TcGa1 o fnHau ~ IN n,tf nv oh
stract OF the reports of the condition Feb
ruary % of the thirty-one national banks OF
South Dakota. 1t shows total resources OF
$7,125, SAB, the principal items being: Loans
and discounts, $3,21S, S44; value of stocks
securities, banking houses. furniture. fixtures
and other real estate and mortgages owned
1928, 100; reserve in banks and deposited
with reserve agents, 81. 1856, 232, Of which
1915 800 was in gold. Principal liabilities;
Capital stock, 81, 1885. 900; surplus fund and I'M
divided profits, $500, S9S; deposits. So, 1929, 239
bills payable, 1910 The average reserve
held was 31.12 per cent.
The settlement of the differences between
the Henderson and Mckinley factions in Ne
braska has been given great Importance by
the eastern press today, all Of them agreeing
that 1t will go far toward settling what at
one time threatened to be q serious disrup-
ton In the party.
M. p. Keefe, contractor of Fort Crook,
who has just returned from a visit to Ire
land, stopped off here en- route to Omaha.
Senator Thurston left tonight for home to
keep his engagements next week in Douglas
county.
c. II. Burke of Pierre, S. D., who has been
making a tour Of eastern states, was a guest
Of Representative Gamble today.
The Omaha bridge cases in the supreme
court have by consent of the counsel. Hon.
James NJ. Woolworth and Senator Thurston,
been set for argument about April 6.
Leave Of absence for three months has been
granted Lieutenant John Il. Woodward, Six
teenth infantry. Leave granted Colonel Rob
ert p. Hughes, inspector general, has been
extended six months.
Thomas Stevenson has been appointed post
master at Denison. Boone county, vice Mrs.
Emma Haas.