Show BY B Y I 1 oan CAN washington 11 ll the tho annual report of the general land office has been banded handed in to the aary tary of the interior it shows that thit during the fiscal year ended june baat acres of public landswerk lands were jar disposed of and ogg acres aeres were surveyed jin addition to acres previously surveyed the total number of acres of public domain still is about abou t acres the tho d disposals were mainly as to follows om estead entries acres timber culture entries 2 Wj fri acres cash entries acres including ing acres enter 1 ed under the desert land hi u to railroads abresi nores acres swamp WIMP patented to states acres oher ober grants to stites states acres the amount of land laud varv tle the last fiscal year ex ceede by bj acres the total alea alta surveyed in the preceding twelve month sand while the report shows a ailing falling off orsome of some bome acres aeres in cash eales pales state selections select lons ions scrip locations and land patents for railroad grants the increase in the area taken up by settlers bottlers under homestead and tain timber bei culture laws liwe has baen sufficient buffi elent not only to A counterbalance counter balance this falling off but to make maker the aggregate disposals for the year by acres above the total for the previous year the increase in homestead entries was acres and in timber culture entries acres seres owing fo to the existing laws for the disposal of public lands for homestead and timber culture it la Is bbown shown that during the lat lea fiscal year yean with th a I 1 larger arger disposal of land there was received from all sources less lees by han than the amount received during the fiscal year ending june 30 1878 1873 the acting commissioner reports that under various acts of the forty fifth congress and with the aldef aid ald of an appropriation of 0 granted last march for the protection of timber on public lands efforts have been continued to suppress depredations but they are yet extensive and und the interests of the government and those of the people now residing or who may debile desile de desire sile elle to settle in the region of pub lio ilo timbered lands require that they should be still pursued with wilh wl th unremitting earnestness ard vigor ata A at a t regular meeting of the board of school trustees for ane district to nights nigh tithe the question was settled of the application of mrs belva A Jock jj wood and six other women for placing a woman on the school boarde which wa was first sant to the by him referred to the attorney general then to the district commissio commissioners aers aud and jy Y them to the school boaras board chelar the latter adopted tb night niehl a report admitting that there is so no legal obstacle to women ki erving nerving a as 9 members of district school boards but taking the ground that there are grave objections ons a as s matters of policy poll and that therefore the application should bej effused NEW A i oer ilea liea ll 11 ra affre fire broke out shortly before noon today to day in the building no and ilg bleecker street streets which extends to hudson street and faces abingdon square and ia Is occupied by a number of manufacturers the flames ibs Iss issuing from the windows of ot the fourth floor used as a cabinet cabinetmakers maker makel is shop by J A thomas drew the atten aton of the people inthe in the 1 street and an alarm was quickly given all the fire elig engines Inea in the district turned out but the flames spread despite the efforts mada made dadato to check them loathe floors above and below and very soon four of the five floors were inflamed inflames in As the floors burned they teli fell into the fiery abyss on bleecker street bide side the nire fire raged furiously and gradually crept around to hudson street and belz setz ad tipon the upper st story stony 0 ry at the br nire fire was ikas under control the losses aggregate 75 the occupants cui cul capants pints oft 0 tue the lle lie buildings bul bui laings were in main insured the heralda lV washington ashington special says it Ls is understood that Shern hanvill urgently recommend lri ln his arin alin annual ua I 1 report port the repeal of the law making it mandatory upon the ahe treasury department to coin standard silver dollars he will show that not one fourth of atthe the amount already coined has gone into circulation and its tion is not only becoming a source of annoyance to the treasury but currency Is beinar locked up in a manner by the provisions previsions of the law jaw requiring a monthly coinage of not less leas than two millions mii mil iiona liona of standard silver dollars besides it this tills useless tax on the capac capacity ity tty of the mint was dla dia continued of the tho coinage of silver it would enable the mint at philadelphia to coin a large amount of gold which has haa accumulated this fall the post says that up to noon today to day the assistant treasurer at this city had pail paid gri account of of united states bonds bought for sinking funds As tile the whole amount is to be paid in gold and in the ordinary way it would have to be transferred bodily from the vaults the banks ban e through thecle thecIe the clearing aring house assoria association have asked the secretary of the treasury permission tor for to store the money in one of the sub trea sury vaults which was built for or the accommodation of silver until such euch time as ohe the bank bane of america can complete arrangements for acting as a storehouse for the gold against which certificates of deposit areto are to be issued for fon or clearing house settlements CHICAGO ll 11 lithe the streets have been thren thron ged today to day with the advance guard of the visitors to the general grant reception the weather for the past 21 hours has haa been showery and and decorations have not progressed very rapidly the idea of arches s having been abandoned the adornment Is chiefly done by private individuals divi duals and on a moderate scale the train will arrive from galena at 1 and the general will be immediately taken in charge by the army of the tennessee when the procession will form and wind through the principal streets in the evening formal format speeches will be made at midnight rain is falling briskly and the cheeky sky is lowering the prospect for a fino fine day tomorrow to morrow is not noe very good the city night adopted b d an ordinance prohibiting the bale sale in tho the city of ot milk obtained from swill fed cows thib thia has been a crying evil as cows fed with distillery slops dond dont iono ion t give milk fit for use and yet thiis this ia Is sold largely to poor people philadelphia 11 captain flaherty faherty of the steamer zealand arrived from antwerp antwerp today to day and reports that oa on nov esth he picked up the bark royal arch of sunderland which had been abandoned by her crew the bark when found by the sealand zealand zda Zsa rand tand was loaded with salt bait and general merchandise disa and her masts and rigging were all in proper shape she had but bat two or three inches of water in hon her hold bold and her pumps were ia in good working order capt flaherty could not tell from what point tho the bark hailed balled nor what her destination was and no reason can be assigned for her abandonment by her own crew A volunteer crew was wag put on board ot of her and capt flaherty Flaher ij directed his bis officer to tako take the bark to new york wool is firm and buoyant and the supply light oregon ia is firmer 25 35 medium 35 0 37 coar clarfie co arbie arfie e 33 35 california fine 23 28 M 6 medium 33 0 as coarse 30 0 37 87 new mexico and colorado 28 30 medium 28 0 32 an examination of the bark lady octavia shows that bhe ehe was only slightly damaged by her collision collis foh foL with the steamer champion los PINOS Aa AGENCY enoy ENcy col 9 general adams a member of the peace commission has just arrived colonel patch is expected tomor to mor row tile the commission wili will be ready to take testimony on the irth inbi if inthe the utes had been consul con teden their choice they would have selected general crook from the mil mii military aw a chief fists crooks crooke have no map to fight indians he no tell lie NV vo c like him i this is the sentiment among the utes As to the result of the commission it is idle to conjecture A month will not see the end nd of their labors A majority of the white river eiver utes are camped about seventy miles from here abrald to accept the invitation 01 of secretary and aud f the assurances of chief oury ouray a to come LITTLE ROCK II 11 A terrifies terri fig fis futorm passed over a portion portio n of crawford bunty on saturday lat last at about 3 ocl oci belr beir at van buren hall ball fell in unprecedented qunti quantity ty hali ball stones were found in lif the streets two by three inches in di 01 meb the centre of the force foroe seemed to be bi near natural doll 16 miles north the track was half a mile wide and a clean s weep sweep was vas as made of everything in its path trees were twirled like straws houses unroofed and overturned and in places not sot even a sapling was left standing one house was lifted arld arid transported out dut of sight john newton was killed by a falling house and quite a number had legs or arms broken EL jer PASO PABO texas 11 A desperate night fight took place yesterday in Caid Calde elovia lovla mountain 60 50 miles south of here in the state of chihuahua mexico between a large band of indians about and a party of 60 50 men from caroza new now mexico 32 of whom were killed and IS 18 escaped wounded the indians were the same party that major morrow was wag after they came from the florida mountains to the Cand elovia mountains where the party after them was ambushed by the indians indiana behind rocks the fight lasted all day the operations 0 P erat lons lens of this gang are directed by a wealthy business man in michigan ST sr LOUIS lous 11 advises advices Ad vices vicea fr from northwestern arkansas bay say A tornado passed through a part of crawford county laai laal saturday destroying nearly everything ln jn its course and killing beveral several persons persone NEW york 12 the sun says official returns from about half of the counties show slight republican gains over previous estimates enough to indicate that the vote for lieutenant governor will be very close and that the tho republicans may have carried the remainder of the state ticket except engineer and surveyor the world claims the election of potter mackin machin and seymour CHICAGO 12 the morning which has long been looked for aa as the tho inauguration day of unusual festivities attending the annual meeting of the army of tho the tennessee with a dualsky dull duli sky but towards nine however the eky eby became brighter and the bun suu sun bun came out at timea making the prospect more favorable for the procession and for decorating ac at 10 the army of the tennessee began its annual meeting at the headquarters in the palmer house hoube general W T sherman presided I 1 i general W m est Eat rons informed the members chiae r could act as a guard of honor or to general G geautt raut taut and tollow when hu leaves leases the line of procession owing to the short time left for arrangements the business of the meeting was waa adjourn ened eced till four belock clock and the rest ot of the session was taken up in arranging tue the details of the procession the principal features of the dasia day das ja the reception of grant by the c of chicago and the amy army of the ton ten nies nigg bessae see in this reception all clas es participate so that the affair rain tair ia is de do void of political significance this was distinctly understood before the democrats and the illinoia illinois national guarda guards would consent to take part republicans who oppose a third term for grant are doina honor to the great and dis citizen an address of welcome will be made by mayor harrison during the afternoon BUFFALO 12 the ends of tho the large brick storehouse store house of Ke kellogg logg 1099 mcdougall linseed oil manufacturers tu reis situated on the island buffalo harbor having about bushels of flax seed stored in it fell a terrible crash this evening flax seed and brick are flying in all directions the bulk of the tho contents will be seriously damaged the loss la Is estimated at insured no one was injured bm utica X NT Y 12 i inelda ineida coun ty ty canvass is made but not nov confirmed by the sup supervisors e on account of the returns of 0 f the fifth ward of utica not being filed it ia claimed they cannot no now be thrown out if they are anderson andersoh re republican will stevene be elected senator benator over aver stevene slovene democrat by 66 6 majority rity FOREIGN ll lithe lithe the editors of all the principal in st SL petersburg have recently been supa summoned to toi the press bureau of the ministry odthe of the interior andin and in instructed with reference to the conduct of their respective papers they were informed that frequent complaints had been received receive from that the arti firtl che cle cleB in ln the st petersburg press interfered with the imperial policy and therefore they must not continue in the same strain that neither germany austro hungary abr northe the relations of russia with either of these two powen powers nor france must be bedis dis cussed E these rules will b be a continued ed until the emperors return to st petersburg a month mouth hence the french ia 1 visiting bismarck bib Bia marck at ko no political importance is attached to the circumstance aa as an invitation was given ff iven some bome time ago but ut the visit was raa postponed until thib thia time in consequence of Bis marcks indisposition indle po i A berlin correspondent hears from well weli informed quarters in st petersburg that during the recent correspondence between the czar and emperor wimm villiam mam lam the latter assured in a special private letter loiter that neither he bor hit hib eon son would ever over make war against russia and cordially invited the czar to visit vidt berlin bu me nia wa tb cannee the czar replied re P nned fled that he could hi meela but buit the ciaio wl witch avo would uld visit the emperor aberlin A dispatch says measles and diphtheria are making great ravages among the youthful population of st petersburg in certain dietric districts ts of the empire the the danger is s great that colleges have been closed A dispatch from vienna bays says the rumored resignation ol 01 prince Gorts chakoff has bacomo zi a facts wl now about 16 0 o retire the foreign department will he be conducted by delger until a successor to the prince la is appo appointed the world bays says the tho representations made by bussian ambassador concerning afghanistan ghani stan were received with ef luaine friendliness by Beacons beaconsfield field the whole subject out of tile the hands hauda of salisbury the foreign secretary the result of loffa two visits to downing street Is that when the time comes for the afghan coup de do gracd england and are to settle the difficulty in the friendliest 11 way possible the tha steamer captain dawney trum frum boston for fur this port is at a kesend with a holo hole in the port bow from a collision last nig night with a norwegian iari larj chip captain iaron from fromAnt antwerp worp the latter sin kall bands the Cz Arovitch will come conie tc to vienna belore before going to berlla berlia rare ens ia ud moal edal significance attending them thebo thew gialto vit vib iltis ale aie intel prated as luu thu dral first step on the pait pan ol 01 tiwanda ai the 0 nt bt tween ilert eif elf and the two central of europe hn from the of 0 the treaty ol 01 sin bin ste ano and anti in german at vie IJ aa to putting an end to thid thia ent our but one re result ruit pull it 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