The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-24
N WASHINGTON, D. c.
vaxLrP LAND COMMISSIONERS -
LEGALLY APPOINTED.
p.aa S'fee5rry ard Col. Ferry slated
Tar me Paris OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Axsiasf Judge DELANEY fn Alaska
-. C. Hyde Expects . Foreign
Cons slste.


arec.ai Dispatch 10 the Po@.-Irssilsxencer.
WAsFLsGTON. July Z.--sevefai ~
ou.r,es have been made OF the various o.
SesaIs Ia ne Interior department IS 10
chat authority eg law SANCTIONED the aP-
so:sfrnesst OF Clinton a. SnowesS, ssls1F
II sEe Tacoma Ledger. as carsn7sssaois'sf
~ the Toy aiiaf, Indians. Il beng TIE ge'a-
AL impression iH the state Of " asSihS-
&c that sE1.s commission a. ai>oiisfasa as
1ts result OF AfT. Dooiitttle's efforts 10 fne
tsss congress. 5s1eh WAS really the CASE
rel in the regular Indian appro1sf "a tt1sl
IN. which failed 81 the last session aFsn
- therefor. enacted rs the present con-
Nss. Senator Wilson secured the inser-
"a of a paragraph among the nlisceiiat-
II rs Items. which reads as follows.
zssyfoY a commissioner 10 be srposhsed ~
- president b. and with the advice and
) .ses.i4t >ef the senate, ~ slperlntsfad the
( - Of Iassdz ascaEIs ain x4o are tffs owners
Nd the allotted. nave. guardians aEipo'ntes
81 r1.g.Yf ts-ifs % deceased aiE9stees Udko
LIDS Of the LANDS 70 tEss purchasers there
IL subject to the approval OF the score
fxry u the interior. which deeds shall
cp@rase ~ comriete conveyance OF the
1snd upon the payment of the purchase
money therefor. ard to carry cut the pro
visions Of the set approved March ;. 1888.
rsssrva:ssG. Washington, as set forth on
pages 50 and GA % volume q Of the Re
yised 6tzNgsss. - go"
william Lewis. of LOOMS, Okanoaan
county. has filed claim with the auditor
for the var department for pay for serv-
iras aAa BE uss Of horse and equipments
Ard for efms lost during the Indian wars
OF iN5 ~ 1s5s- HIS claim Is very mod
sst osA. being only sio2 fer three months
and elessn days service. including his
horse CSngress passed an act away back
in 1851 Making provision for the payment
Of suck ex penscs incurred In the terrific
ries OF Dcegan and Washington In the
suppression Of Indian bostiiities In ls5s-ss.
But tssns SIN occasionally comes in
bona fjt claimant, VINO has either never
heard Of the Law before or mas taken no
a.i.S.. sgs q ~ until the ,.fsssnt hard
sirncs haze 70. red him TO ask for eyery
CELLAR ihst Is justly due.
A res petition has been siied by the eft.
ikens e. Point Hgterts. Whatcom county.
asking for the establishment OF a post
Office ztsfat risce TO he known as Brew
sser, xss.l George II. Waters as post
nasleK II Is shown In this petition that
TIE Iospffice In gleativ needed there. as
tie elax na. have either 30 go 10 Ladders,
IT. friaLi Columbia. eighteen miles away.
or to sgrfahmeo, about sixteen miles by
water and thirty hy land. The depart-
nlent has teeonsldered its former action,
aud uzaDuhlediy ife rtefofIlce will be ee-
tsbiissd al i.rewste, In due course of
time.
secu.sry CT War Aiger has decided not
10 takf any aetlon npcn the resolutions of
TIE eolnmefeiai Club Of Walia Walla
relatiye 90 the increase ~ the garrison at
Fort Nalia Waiia until the return OF
Ala. Gen. Miles. Assistant Adii Gen
Gilmore states that upon Ma. -fien. Miles
return due consideration viii bs given TO
TIE resolutions ~ The Commercial Club II
regard a. the strengths ming of the garri-
son al For. wal'a Walla and the aesira-
billy cf ircfeaang /. The communie4s-
ton has already been referred 10 the com
handing officer ~ The department OF the
Columbia. ami e t. understood that "A
sagofabia report has been made thereon.
Andrew siorah formerly of Seattle.
wash, now at the Soldiers home at Santa
Mellcs. Cal, Is an applicant for the po-
sltion Of qaarternaster and eommissary
Of subsistence at that home.
As;cr a long delay the pC stoflce depart
ment has estahiisfsd postofiicr at Mar
Bile, about seven miles from Northpott.
si.yens county. Wash. with Charles Hor-
ion as postmaster
Mrs. William q. Pnnyon. OF Rockford,
Wssh.. has made application for a PEN
ssoa as the widow of a Mexican war sol
der. Her husband served in the Mexican
war n Company G. Santa Fe Mounted
iolllntesers The widow could not Tenem-
Der the name af the organization. OF any
other facts concerning her husbands SER
vice. She simply knew that he WAS n
Mexican war soldier. Under the admir-
able records aow ia vogue at the war de-
rariment. prepared by Col. +. c. Aims
worth, IL is an easy matter to hnd Mr..
Ranysn name and the exact date OF ms
enlistment and the entire record OF his
ssrsice This viii he valuable 10 Mrs.
huryo1 In pressing her claim al The pam
zion bareau.
Il Is reported here that rsai dHelrry
aud Col Ferry known AS the Duke OF
lseo'na' have been appointed United
states commissioners 10 the Paris expos-
ton through thu fundamentally Of Seua-
Tor Nilsson. Ex-senator Squire. who has
been n the city for some time recently. Is
tFtsilsi with making efforts in behalf of
ms son Shirley. az Seattle who would Ike
very much 80 ee appointed upon this com
'niSsl0s II is said az the state depart
'asiit that me appointment of these cum
hilssioneFS viii mai - made for some litle
time ysi, and ;hat there are hundreds NJ
PpAeshis Tor them Whether II has been
athhleiy settled that Al Reifry ard Col.
cry have osea promised these places.
h 3 Ipssihie this may have beeu aone. for
sirh appointments APE frequently made
iaf IN advance ~ their auneupcemt ut.
sach commission and an appropriation
usfrtor is authorized in the deficiency
tt'' ef 'ois session. 90 course uo appoint
nests wili be made unfl after the presi-
oent has AFFIXED PATS signature 20 the hiii.
asld saen proDs piv they wilt he recess ssp-
IMa'nents aud Viii have To be confirmed
u she senate next December.
~ IS leai nca at tho department ~ }ussf-c
~! charges wtre preferred wnlch result.
81 IN the removal az 3tdec Delaney. dis
Ni@ lu3ge FOR Alaska. II has also t.aaf,
ssisce thst -Rcnreseutauve lfvsIc. nj
epsA re. was Sn applicant for this t.ase-
seA but that was uot lae ease. althoUAt
sssa,u w3s talhsd OF in chat connection.
ar tiyde IS an applicant fer foreign
so ate and has fair hopes az ree~.yla.z
w Tie WAS ia Washington since the vx-
l-Won az his term IA reurrsenfayt,e
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