The evening times., 1897-12-06

present conditions, and the lack Of il is the
root Of nearly all the evils which so .ric'--
ously afflict these people. Allotment 10y
agreement is the only possible r.tthcd. IN
less the CniteI State, Courts are clothed
with thc authority 10 apportion the ianls
1mons .he citizen Indians for whoS- Use it
was originally granted
concur with the Secretary OF the In
terror that there can be no ciirc FOR the
evils enyendared by the perversion Of :h;;se
great trusts excepting by their resumption
by the Government which created them
INVASION OF EPIDEMICs.
The recent prevalence Of yellow ftTer
In :, u,nber OF cities and towns throughout
the South has resulted In muc. disturb
arce Of commerce and demonstrated tac
necessity af such amendments to our lc.,I-
anrine laws as will make the rcSulatiuns
cf the n:..ional quarantine authorities para
meant The Secretary of the Treasafy in
the portion OF his report relating - The
operation OF the Marine Hospital Service
calls attention to the defects in the pfescn.
Quarantine laws and recommends anne I'd
nents thereto which viii give the Treas
ury department the requisite authority 10
from foreign countries. anil in times
emergency like that II the pas. sumgnar
viii add to the efficiency of the sirnit.i,'y
measures for the protection Of the people
and at the same time prevent Unnecessary
restriction Of commerce. ] concur in ! is
Recommendation.
In further effort to prevent the IN" laion
of tie United States by yellow :evcT tie
g. OF nf the -
cause of the disease. which up ~ the pres
cnt time has been undetermined, as Cbr.pLs,
and 10 this end systematic bac,eri"iosi-
cal Investigation should be ma,t.. l here
fore recommend that Congress autl,o-ize
the appointment OF commmisSinn ny the
President. to consist OF four hact.r:rln-
gists. one TO be selected from the medical.
Officers OF the Marine Hospital Service,
,Jrre to 5e appointed from civil life, one
to be detailed from the medical OF icer, uf
the rmy and one from til. Medical Off
GERS OF the Navy.
THE PACIFIC RAILWAYS.
The Union Pacific Railway. Main Line.
was sold under the decree of the Unitel
States curt for the District of Nebraska
on the st and I'd II November of this year.
The amount due the Government; consisted
Of the principal of the subsidy bonds, SIT
236,5l2, and the accrued interest there
on. Sal ,21l ,711.75. making the total in
debtetincss, S5S,44s .223.75. The bii at
the sale covered the first mort e. l. - lien ana
The entire mortgage claim or the GoNcrn-
ment, principal and interest.
The sale OF the subsidized portion II the
Kansas Pacific Line, upon which the Gov
hollis 81 second mprtpDpp len. Inns
been postponed at the instance OF tine Gov
ernmeri to December 16, 1897. The debt
OF this GisiSinn of the Onion Pacific Rail
way to the Government on November 1 i,
1897, was the principal of the subsidy
,tonds, Sc 2O3 900, and the unpa!i and
accrued interest thereon, S6626 ,59u-:3.
making a total Of SI2,929,69O.33.
The sale of this road wa originally ad-
yertised for November 4th, hut for tie pr
ruse Cf securing the utmost public motto
of the event, il was postponed until Dece,n-
ber 9Th, and a second advertisement OF slic
sale was made. BY the decree of tie Court
the upset price on the sale Of the Kansas
SUM Of $l.bOO,OOO over all prior liens.
costs and charges. II no other or better
bidi is made this sum is all that the Gov
ST. 3, GOO. 900. The Government has 40 in
formation as to whether there viii -e
ether bidders or better bid than the min.
iInum amount herein stated. TIE saIues-
ton presented therefore is: Whether the
Government shall under the authority given
it ny the act of March 3, 1857. purchase
or redeem the road in the event that 4 bid
is not made by private parties covering
aIn;,
the Government to bid at the sales will re-
Quire a deposit OF 100000 as follows
In the Government cause $500 900 and in
each of the first mortgage ca uses S2OOOoD.
and in the latter the deposit must be in
cash. Payments at the sale are rs fol-
tows: Upon the acceptance Of the bill
sum which with the amount already le-
posted Shall equal fifteen per cent o.
the bid: the balance in installments Of
twenty-five per cent thirty, forty and
fifty days after the confirnta tiop of the
sale The lien ON the Kansas Pacific prior
to that OF the Government on the 3Oth of
July, I S97. principal and interest, amounted
to 81 ,2sl .OIe.11. The Government, there
fore, should 1t become the highest bidder,
will have to pay tile amount Of the first
mortgage lien.
Government Ownership.
believe that under the act Of / sSI it
has the authority To do this and in absence
of any actiun by Congress I shall dire:t
the Secretary Of tue Treasury to make
the necessary deposit as required by tie
Courts decree to qualify as bidder md
to bid at the sale a sum which will at least
equal the principal of tue debt due to the
Government; but suggest in order toremove
all controversy that an amendment Of tue