The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-10
Uintah Reservation Bill Changed to
Suit Republicans.
FREE HOMES KNOCKED OUT
LANDS TO BE HELD IN TRUST
FOR THE INDIANS.
AS Amended, It Is Expected the Bill
Will Pass the House-Important
Mining Decision-Willard Young
Will Receive an Army Assign
ment-Utah Troops For Manila.
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| Washington. D. c., May 9-At a con-
| ference between Senator Rawlins. Rep
resentative King and Chairman Dingley
OF the house ways and means committee,
today. a compromise was effected that
seems to assure the passage of the
Rawlins bill to open the Uintah reserva-
ton. 1t will be remembered that Dingley
prevented the consideration of the bill
the other day. by interposing his objec-
| ton. Today's agreement contemplates
an addition to the bill, providing that the
government shall not be obliged to pay
for the lands ceded to the Indians. but
sRali mold them in trust, to be disposed
OF. The proceeds are to be taken by the
Indians as full compensation for their
lands. This amendment will dispose of
Mr. Dingley's objections, which are be-
HeVed TO have been inspired by Sneaker
Reed. The bill will again be called up
at an early date and will undoubtedly
pass the house.
MINING CONTEST DECIDED.
The secretary of the interior today de-
I cided the mineral contest of the Cripple
Creek Gold Mining company against the
Mount Rosa Mining. Milling & Land
company. 1t involves a conflict between
the kohnyo lode mining claim and the
Mount Rosa placer claim. The latter
claim was patented in 1893. but the own
erS of the kohnyo lode claim assert thai
the mineral vein within their lode loca-
ton had been discovered and located be-
fore the issuance of patent and there
fore the conflicting territory was except
ed and excluded by operation of law from
the placer patent.
The secretary's decision holds that only
veins or lodeS known to exist within
placer boundaries at the date of placer
application are excepted and excluded by
law. and that the Kohnyo claim had not
been discovered or made known within
the placer boundaries at the time the
placer patent was applied for. The de-
cision further holds that when an ap-
plication is made for patent. for a vein or
lode situated within a patented placer
claim, the burden of proof is upon the
lode was known to exist within the
placer boundaries at the time of appli-
cation of the placer patent.
UTAH TROOPS TO MANILA.
It was settled today that Utah's two
light batteries and one troop of cavalry.
and Idaho's infantry battalion will go
to San Francisco, with the Philippine re-
Inducements. This is IN conformity with
the plan heretofore announced in The
Herald of including volunteers west of
Denver in the second detachment of the
proposed army of occupation of 10000.
ASSIGNMENT FOR CAPTAIN YOUNG.
Captain Willard Young, of Salt Lake.
arrived this morning, and called at the
war department. He ~ be given an i'm
portant assignment in the volunteers ser
vice, probably major of artillery.
AMERICAN FORK POSTMASTER.
Postmasters appointed today: Utah
American Fork. Utah county, John Pet
ers, vice Timothy Mccarthy, removed.
Idaho-Stone, Oneida county, Anna X
Goodliffe, vice Thomas W. Roe resigned
Wyoming-Big Horn. Sheridan county
T. J. Gatchell, vice C. W. Skinner, re-
moved.
A postoffice has been established at
Wonderland, National Park reservation
Wyoming, with Henry E. Kalamer as
postmaster.
Senator Clark, of Wyoming, who has
been confined to his room for several
days. as the result of fall on the patent
office steps, will be out again tomorrow.
FRANK II. HOSFORD.