The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-10-24
A FORTY.MILE LIMIT
Hanke of Minneapolis After Rail-
road Land.
ST. CLOUD DISTRICT THE SCENE
Considerable Northern Pacific Land
Will BE Affected by the
Decision. @-


Washington, Oct. 24.-Henry G. Hanke
of Minneapolis is in Washington contest
ing his right to a tract of land in the St.
Cloud district, which lies within the
fortymile indemnity limit of the North
ern Pacific railroad grant. Some months
ago he made application to enter the land
under the homestead law and it was ac-
cepted by the local officers as being ex-
cepted from the grant in accordance with
a former department decision holding that
the land was subject to settlement and
entry. In September last the Northern
Pacific filed list of indemnity selections
within the fortymile limit, including the
land for which Hanke had made entry,
and the land office on Oct. held Hanke's s
selection for cancellation on the ground
that it conflicted with the railroad COM
pany's indemnity selection. Hanke con-
cludes that Commissioner Hermann has
reversed former decisions Of the depart
ment without authority. He will take
an appeal to the secretary of the interior
and take the case into the courts If the
secretary sustains the commissioner. 1t
is expected that the company will make
a fight on this case, as the decision on it
will determine its right to considerable
tracts of land in the forty mile limit.
Steam Vessel Inspection.
The annual report of Inspector General
of Steam Vessels Dumont for the last
fiscal year, shows that 225 vessels with
gross tonnage of lob, ,687 were inspected at
Duluth. Three of these, 969 gross tons,
were foreign vessels. The inspection at
Dubuque aggregated 129 vessels of $685.
tons. Five Of these were sail vessels or
barges of 712 gross tons. The number Of
officers licensed at Duluth was 81, of whom
II were masters, 1 mate, IA f1rst-class
pilots, 26 second-class pilots, chief en-
gineers, 19 assistant engineers, special
engineers and joint pilots and engi-
neers At Dubuque, "A officers were Ii
censed including 80 masters, Is mates,
first-class pilot, 16 second class pilots and
chief engineers Of motor vessels. The
nee gain over the number of vessels in
spected in 1900 at Duluth was 10. At
Dubuque there was, decrease Of IL.
Eight lives were lost in the fifth inspec-
ton district during the year.
Lessening Smallpox.
Smallpox in the west is dying out, ac-
cording to the latest reports to the marine
hospital service. North Dakota is free
from it, and in Wisconsin, during Sep
tember, there were only seventy-one
cases, with three deaths, total for the
year of 164 cases and five deaths. In Min
nesota, also, the smallpox situation is i'm
proving, although there is still a con-
siderable number of cases. From June II
to Oct. 7, there have been 1,720 cases in
the state. This is in comparison with
some 1900 cases during the late winter
and early spring. Duluth and Stearns
county are the only localities reporting,
between the dates mentioned above, more
than a hundred cases each. In Duluth
there have been 139 cases, and in Stearns
county 1874. The disease has been Of a
mild type, for only twelve deaths have
occurred from it in the time named
w. w. Jermane.