The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-29
\ Old CLAIM is REVIVED.
~vo APPROXIMATION ASKED ny
WASHINGTON CATHOLICS.
nsseess Of SesqusiIy wants 100000
fss the Old Catholic Mission ut
vancouver, Taken and Used for
Many Years by the Military.

. W48HlNtfION, Aprl D.-SenatOf Fos-
<sr has introduced a bill In the senate APP
srcriafing 100000 for the relief Of the do
- OF NesQually. and Representative
Snnes has introduced a like bill IN the
Souss These bills are based upon the
"a tlAim OF the Catholics OF Vancouver
= part OF the military reservation
mOwn as Vancouver barracks.
mo question as to the title OF con-
.sderable portion OF the reservation had
I'm IN dispute from the date OF the es-
5Shaishment OF the reservation, and up to
- early nineties they had continued to
nrt their claim. Al that time they were
Il sptua1 possession OF only a very small
AT OF the reservation, this principal
kDidtng being building or two In which
= sectarian school was maintained. The
~k1o to this property was put In Issue
&hen Col, now Gen. Thomas NJ An
f1roon, In command OF a detachment of
upope. removed the Cathoiiss from the
NperyatioH. Following this act upon the
nrt OF the war department suit was
6ought BY the Catholics TO establish their
INIT to the land claimed. This suit was
Drrisd through the several courts. and
Uuo finally decided by the supreme court
y the United States in 1896 adversely to
~ Cnxholscs. the title of the suit being
~ Hshop OF Nesaually vs. the United
Mon1m.
Tho present claim Is based upon the ac-
Non Of congress relating to similar cases
Rhen. aktsr adjudis a15on by the courts, .
opscial cot has reo1nbAfsed denominational
1odiw for land taken by the government
ne Catholics Of Vancouver ciain, that IN
= number Ut cases exActiy similar to this
- government has pasasd relief bills car
tying appropriations. and feel that they
6hould be accorded equally fair treatment
W the government
Representative Jones has recently been
= consultation with tho general land Of
~ range east and townships IS and 81,
I'm Of range IL eazt. Mr.. Jones had
oesn written TO In regard TO whether these
4DWnshtpa had been surveyed or not and
was TO discover che stains az the lands
Aa1 ~ mado his cali. Township q. north
Il $3.50 : eae4. he wAx Informed, was
o1nGU4ed February 10. 1900 while township
- north Of range cost. has not been
oeopksd. nor has n contract been let tor
~ survey Of the ssme
ISwnship y. nsrth OF range ~ east, was
M0edsd IN = contract awar de0 Ia Lucien
. Rebo. 0ut the deputy never began work
- ne contract. 70 far as the land office
80 informed. hut instead Of carrying out
- contract tho deputy went to Alaska
Duy Jsnrsys was then appointed COM
ne1nAn 20 complete tho work. but no has
1ever some So In fact, no returns OF sur
~ heye ever besp recsIved for this town.
ehtn E0wnship * north Of range II east.
- nsvsr bssa Given out At con.rsct.
secator Foster and Representative Jones
havv rrssnnted petttfoss Of cit.zens OF
chsAAiis and olynplA pro.es,.ng araIns,
the ohlson apeadnent to tbs Interstate
eommevce law providing that sattle may
- S>pt In close confinement aboard ves-
eris ana cars forty-ei9ht hours instead or
twenty ~sie1I& without food and water
snatov Doeter also presented petitions
exaiiss taking the tar on proprietary
medicines which were sent him by c,ti-
sens Of Adams county.
The drst man OF tho Spanish American
var veterans to receive a pension. living
" the state of Washington, IL William
fiocpfel or Vancouver, Wash. Hoepfcl
ssrvcd IN tho fourteenth U. s infantry
cnr'nk the war. and put in an applit alton
Cor poOefon on March 4 1899. and. A. his
eenxion has been allowed from that data
- month, he has coming TO him about
Il 7. Smith has been appointed po.,.
sosccnsr Garson skamai,ia county. TO
MARY IA Toilette has been appointed
kcstmmffens NJ Wawawat Whitman
scunsY' g succeed Nellie X. shaw. re.
John II. Harper has received his corn.
9is.ion as postmaster * East spokane
r S.sss asam s Ass. u y s..,,,. !.
Snusn te Third Assistant Postmaster
Meduen Ewing an account OF
ns "a shasrsess regis,ration system. Dur
Sere registered BY carrier Ia seattle. ow-
m9 TO the fact that the people are grad.
in osstnnins TO realize the usefulness
Just the opposite from the letter Mr.
Snoaen received from Seattle was the
..,er from Taeoma,s postmaster, which
nuing March 10 only eight letters were
ymtercu hy the carriers, John "a
SsSmwsll the postmaster al Tacoma, adj
mort o. expectations, but that he would
e everything IN hts power TO bring ID
y to the standard with Seattle and
On the mail routes from San Francisco
g Dawson. and from Seattle 10 Dawson.
&s contractor Will be required 60 supply
End Tdakta and Nome on N he Ia DYes
xhen the regular matt steamers stop al
&sse places without any change Ia the
The postefssee at Allyn. Mason county.
IS been dncentinued. mail hereafter go-
- % Victor.
erues from valses 70 ' Circle 4 'I leaving NM,
xeiaes once month on arrival or mai
Seemcr from Juneau. arriving at Circle
m 'sifR 0h{t tue iVAN VIII lcAte ttr-
~ on the 18th o. zach msnth reaching
vedss about tho 10th Of tho next month
Patents have been issued 90 tho fol-
csinS residents Of Washington VIII
- II. bartoiat, Marysville. thread
sae Tor warning reels Christopher
Fhrtstianscn. fHirhaven. index; Charles
xsSke ana &. Miller, Seattle, screen, and
enAs w. Johnston. Seattle. marine tram.
he attention OF Senator shoup has
ksel called 90 an item published In the
xsafue fost-Intelligcncer on April 4.
HNm Victoria. H. q. 10 the effect that
nc steamship Alpha. through the TT.
nasnce Of Senator Shoep. would be per
1ted % tsnd its cargo ~ Nome. Alas
ana stating that nephew OK the
SnatoF. who Is purser on thu Aloha,
- succeeded IN interesting the senator
me matter with a viaw OF securing the
GImissien above referred 10.
TIE senator indignantly denies the
eN,h ~ the rufnor, and says that he has
~ nephew who r. pursrr on The Brit
q steamship Alpha. or any other Britt
- vessel that he took no action what
WI IN regard 90 the matter except 30
w'sf a telegram from a part owner Of
Apha. requesting Permission 10 land
- Nome, providing a United States Gus
rs offcer accompanied the vessel 20