Show B kytle TELEGRAPH B G R AT H PIM pen wl 0 TELEGRAPH UNE amb AMERICAN RICAN v washington 20 the tho secretary J of war to day transmitted transmit to td the house of representatives an ad clabo I 1 rato rate report from the chief of engineers heers beers of the ahe united states army upon therill introduced last session I 1 by talt tait ta of connecticut which under the title of A bill to td quit the title to yerba buena island proposes to relinquish and nd grant trant all the united states title to the island pf af yerba Bue rue naon government island to the city eity of san francisco for fon the uses and purposes specified in the city ordinances ratified by act of the california legislature approved march the bill also de A K eares dares in if a preamble that the i dents tl order of october 1861 1864 seeking geeki ng 11 i to td preserve this island for the public 0 a i use was in contravention ot the act ni lri of congress of july 1854 1804 relinquish in ing the united states title to the lands within tle the corporate limits of bithe the ity city of san francisco and that 1 erthe ys the arthe rightful owners of yc yerba aba buena ftc island were werd wrongfully ejected elected in bor tor in february 1867 the 4 t chief of engineers report upon this bill which is now in thet the hand banda of u the subcommittee sub committee of the Hou house ju diclaro committee emphatically against its lits passage general WrIght reports that yerba verba j a buena island was reserved for i public uses by a presidential order 1 in november 1859 and that in pur 1 fuance euince of this reservation it was oc coupled by military authorities in ia i 1854 for public uses namely the w i quarrying of stone for batteries i major tower then employing one thomas dowling bowling squatter on th the e v 01 0 to quarry the stone this en dowling says general wright 1 has been for many years and Us fis now by his successors successors a persistent claimant to the island the re report r t after stating that tha t dowlings dow Bow lings claim c UM a has never been recognized proceeds c to show that the and pu purposes reposes i 1 specified rifled in the state la law of 1856 viere were confined to th the e main land any i i piece or of parcel of land situated north bille blile east astor or south of the water lot front froni of the city eity being excluded fi from its f operations it is further argued that ji athe u the act of 1864 1861 was not nota olera operative tive as to the is island landin in the harbor aven even if i jtb had not been occupied fon for public fv fin purposes or should not be so used tini iino thereafter although the act pro io 10 aided for exceptions and also that 1 la no private title titie to the tha island could arn ORA ah live livo 1 lave have been established between the j i conquest of california and the pre igel kiel 91 si dents reir reservation yati 1 clil of rove tove november iove i aber viuf tjui L 1850 fon for the land laws aw opening up land in california to pre emp fil fai ant xai tion except lands reger reier reserved ved A by competent authorities were were y not enacted until march 1853 f 1 the presidential order of 1866 again t j reserving this island was therefore wi mafit unnecessary and only made assur u ance doubly sure general wright i adds this island is of very great a to the defense of the ILI united states and especially of the tar city of san francisco and even if b lia liu u the proposed act were intended to aa cede aitto it to the city foiles for its corporate f e n no use which is not the ifie fact mit it would no rno doubt be for tb the e best interests of SK r the city eity for congress to refuse such J ari arl r i ices loes slon slun since this thia island P occupies precisely the point which is feces sary karyto to be fortified to prevent proven tits its i f capture or destruction by an vessel which in thick weather r or a fog mj might b t run past outer batteries the daily news says the doctors are puzzled and interested by a Te peculiar pecullar cullar culiar case on the west side atno 1 l 86 sealey avenue alvenu eVIl nevillle willie lle ile crawford aged 14 son of wm vm crawford Craw fordi capt captain caplain tain lain captain of a tug boat has for seven years been sweating blood at times and band lately late lybas has had bad severe attacks which alarmed his parents his in in domes comes on him usua asua r taking cold great black patches appear on his body from which blood w drops the size of a pin head blood flows from his mouth nose eyes y stomach and even from his bladder and kidneys no pain paid accompanies these discharges but they make his blood thin and weaken him A sud iden fright or excitement will easily ih check the flow he is mentally s g bright and his father mot mother her brothers and sisters si are strong and healthy the physicians who have taken isaken into question his case pro propose J poke hending sending him to edinburg and andalon laon w don for examination by the academy of surgeons washington 20 a i tive nage Page Tage has prepared a joint reso res oi lution of special interest to the tho italian an element of Cali call california fornias tion it is designed to am accomplish lulls all that thab can constitutionally abdone be done 15 ty y congress towards making the anniversary of the discovery d ammie Affie america rica a nati national onit 1 holiday of course course the power of congress in this respect res js confined to the district of columbia columbia but in case base it is thus exercised the example may pe perhaps chaps in time be followed by state legislatures la the joint resolution is as ari follows christopher columbus dMeo discovered vered america on the day of ioco oct A D 1492 and whereas it is nitting fitting that this event should be commemorated by appropriate recognition of its anniversary therefore xe it resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the united slates states in congress assembled that section revised statutes relative to the district of co in abla 3 the same is hereby amended d by adding to the days therein declared to be legal holidays bithia within the district of columbia the dakof october and suc sue sueh such liday day shallie sh allbe A a holiday for fbi all purposes mentioned in said section the section referred to makes christmas new yearns fourth lof july and nd thanksgiving day legal holidays in the district of colu columbia abla the same as sunday and provides ldes ides that commercial paper maturing on anhof any of them shall be payable the day oay previous NEW YORK 18 heralds dublin special elal elai baca sack says great gramt e excitement prevails m league circles tonight in m consequence of the announcement no ent of the prohibition iby by the government of several land meeting meetings which had been arrari arranged ed for tomorrow to morrow the meetings thus proscribed as far as at present known are those announced ifor dor and callo cailo both in queens s county hot howth in co county dnn t Y dublin 1 Nob bobbert bertrim rim nim i in in county 1 t y meath official proclamations have been issued up there is little doubt odthe of the truth of the ab aboyo RV e statement it is conid considered extraordinary that the golem ment should proscribe the meetings althis at this hour hou rasit as it may cause a collision between the people and the police in inconsequence consequence of bf insufficient notice e the league officials consider that the government desires to provoke a row in order to secure the passage of ofa a coercion a net act ct A mob mab of 2000 persons attempted on pa saturday Satu iday to wreck the residence of mr downing J justice justlee us tied of the peace county mayo after he had hd served writs writa of ejectment on some tenants police kept the he people back at the point of the bayonet downing escaped on a d car cai to 0 o ballina where he took the train finin for or dublin police golic e now occupy his residence worlds london endon Ti A most profound sensation was caused today to day in lon donas donias bellias in dublin by the news that the irish privy council at its meeting at the catle castle last evening ing had proclaimed ag against ainest land in ju queens county privy counselors cons elors share OC onnora fears of or a bloody ch christmas rist mas evidently asi aej asi am informed that their action was based on a dread of the results that might follow meetings notices of which were asted posted this morning to enforce the e coun counsel el decree a force of 1500 troops from the curragh and from Dub dublin lixi was was dispatched during the night As three meetings which we re to have been held to aday td ay were abandoned without an attempt at resistance SuIl suii sullivan livani 11 P ppe speaking aking tnt fht at a Mul mui lingar meeting said their fathers had faced the sword and bullet for ireland and irishmen were not now ito be frightened by the suspension of the habeas corpus act or the proclamation of martial law jaw the report that government intended to prohibit all land league meetings M in queens county was wa incorrect the tiie prohibition only ap plied to the meeting at callohill which waa wag was ebia convened for the purpose of denouncing denoun neing ein cin g a landlord who sought the assistance of the bankruptcy 60 court u rt to recover his rents two hundred hussars hussary hus sars infantry aund arid cons at callohill Callo cailo hii hil oil on Satu saturday with ambulance wagons the promoters of the mee meeting in g issued a notice abandoning the projected pr 01 acted meeting meeting at callohill Callo Call hili but af afterwards ter wards bissu issued a placard convening in g a meeting a few miles orf off the grouff tro troops 0 howe however vei arrived arrn arri vedi on the ground A resident magistrate forbade dhe ahe the meeting and said he would disperse it with buckshot buckshot or whatever was necessary y the meeting was t then hen ya y aga A ata ta meeting at cur curragh raab two hus h us sars stationed close elds e to rin rim carried on with the camp amp which was close at hand th there ere were also fifty policemen in ambush A battalion of scots guard guards goes to ireland leland tonight to night the troopship troop ship himalaya Mm alaya is expected at portsmouth today to day it has been ordered to disembark a battalion of the riffe eifle brigade at queenstown Queens town london 19 the news in a leading article says captain boycotts extraordinary claim for compensation should be seriously considered it shows how desperate are the ventures which are prompted by the overmastering desire to discredit political opponents the tymes times says law ilaw abiding citizens have to submit to terrorism which not only denies defies but supplants ants law and after looking lonk long a and dpn anxiously for h help heip elp from government they have begun to resign all hope and no iong long longer er venture to resist the dictation of the land league the cases in which the poll police are are able to convict seem to become daily rarer and even when a trial is secured witnesses fear to 0 speak and jurors I 1 are afraid to convict it is to deliver deliver dellver the pem pew peasantry antry themselves aswell as well weli as the upper and middle clas cias classes ses that the vindication of the law becomes imperative the irish land commission is expected to report on thursday it is rumored that a majority of the commission are agreed on the outlines of a scheme the principal features of which are the extension of the ulster tenant right night t to the whole of ireland with the alternative of compulsory purchase with the view to the creation of a class of peasant proprietors in the event of owners objecting to the ext extension enlon enion of the right it ia ls understood that tha t kavanaugh au h and the oconnor don Md dissent fr from i the proposal and will make a separate report |