The San Juan times. (Farmington, N.M.) 1891-1900, 1899-02-03
GENERAL NEWS.
WHAT THE WORLD HAS BEEN
DOING THE PAST WEEK.

On Jan. 31st Representative Bell ap-
piled to thee Commissioner OF land office
for an investigation of the case of the
annoying delay in opening the South
ern Ute Indian reservation. He stat
ed that these delays were bringing
that department of the government to
the verge of scandal, and while he
knew the commission was not culpa-
BILE, he feared some of the department
employees were derelict. The commits
siontr cheerfuly granted an invtstiga.
tion and asked Mr.. Bell to remain and
participate.
The records, with those in charge
were brought up, and the commission
er shook up the dry bones and severe
ly denounced those delays. Bell then
asked that all the reservation not in
Volved in the errors be recommended
to be Immediately thrown open. The
commissioner directed the chief ofthe
division in charge to write up and
present such recommendation to the
president If the law would permit, and
the chief of the division thought it
would. The commissioner also or
dered the chief to have the inspector
of the land Office to go with the sur
veyor in the field. when he went to cor.
rect the south and east boundary lines
and approve the survey as it pro-
gressed, that TO further delays might
occur.
A special to the Chicago Times
Herald from Washington Gays: Dis
missal from the military service of the
United States without any recommen-
dation for clemency is the verdict
passed by the court martial upon Gen
eral Eagan for his recent virulent at
tack upon Major General Miles. The
verdict was reached within forty five
minutes after the trial ended. Not
withstanding the nature of the courts
conclusions, the president can exer-
cise clemency if he 80 desires, aud
General Eagan's friends will urge that
his punishment be confined to relleY-
ing him from the duties of commits
rary general of subsistence and to do
tail him to garrison duty.
Judge S. NJ Hughes, at Mexico, Mo,
of the Audrain c,untY Gil, vi cour
decided test case in reference to the
war tax law, declaring it was either
not the intention of congress to re-
guire a stamp upon certificates of a
judicial character or if 80 intended it
was unconstitutional. He held the
states did not delegate to the federal
government the power of taxation
over its officers or courts or any other
machinery necessary for the support
and maintenance of local state COY.
ernment.
Last Saturday the senatorial contest
In Montana ended by the election of
w. A. Clark, the multi millionaire
Democratic candidate to the United
States senate.
Ex-Attorney General Garland, on
the 26th ult., dropped dead in the
cJurt room of the United States su.
preme court in Washington.
Wheat is on the upward trend on
the Chicago market, and dollar wheat
is the cry of the bulls in the wheat pit.
1t is reported that the heavy storm
has caused a big loss of cattle and
sheep in southern Wyoming.
Rev, Myron Reed of Denver dice
Monday morning after long and lin
gering illness.
1t is reported that rich strike ba'
been made on the Mancos by Mr. Rus h
The Santa Fe railroad management
are making arrangements for com
mencing work on their Oimarrou
branch. This is a starter for the Santi
Fe into the rich mining country
around Elizabethtown, project they
have been considering for years
Great inducements have been hell
cut to them to build this branch
which will eventually 60 on to th'
mining districts and open up the ricl
Taos valley.-New Mexico Miner.