| Show BY BT telegraph 1 i reb fer W UNION nim LIM amie AXIE AM enio enyo can OAN A S washington 15 the backbone land grant resolution was laid before the senate and anti eustis made laade a speech upon it ile he said a great wrong hac had been done the people of louisiana and he wished to enter his protest against its consummation the title to lo the lands was vas illegal and fraudulent and set up to defraud acl the settlers of their rights 11 this very title had been de flounced n by the new orleans pacific company in documents which had been preen presented ted in congress and in the interior department as utterly baseless and filea illegal al everybody vas was perfectly agreed that tle tue backbone company was a nuisance and a disgrace that it never lived for any corporate purpose whatever but was the mere skeleton 0 of a derelict dere derelict liet flet association yet in 1881 by one of the most extraordinary proceedings ced ce on record this defunct coia cota company made an assignment to the new orleans pacific company and it was upon such a title that the latter based its claim the transfer was radically vicious and aud absolutely void the theaon consideration for it was the enormous sum of one dollar one third ol 01 the stockholders denounced the act before the interior department as a sham and a fraud ile he was glad to know that the secretary of the interior was going to investigate this matter and be he hoped that in future there would be an administration which would be in the interest of the people and protect them from the rapacity of rich railroad corporations teller defended his course an and ang said that not a point had been made by the senator from louisiana Eust eustis ls which had not been passed upon upun ny y the at torney general and the judiciary committee of the house it had been the unbroken rule of the department for 16 years to issue these patents when jile ilie parties had complied with the conditions subsequent without reference to time and that had been done in nine cases out of ten without any inquiry whatever when he was secretary ot the interior he had issued papers in the s same a me identical way which vas was now called in question and that too without having taken into consideration the opinions of a committee of congress r e ag or the opinion of t the he house w when h n by a majority of 42 it had declared la r grant should not be veld void if the new administration is to commence to undo what the late administration it has done it should be done in accordance with the forms of law and in a manner comporting comforting com coni porting with the dignity of a great administration presiding preside over the interests of people van wyck referring to tellers speech last week said the senator from colorado had suggested that every person who had spoken s on this subject was not a lawyer meaning probably a lawyer of railroad proclivities such lawyers as during most of the last sixteen years had bad been at the head of the yei eel departments part ments of justice and the interior rio ric r making precedents which the ex secretary boasted he had followed it was vas usual for corporation attorneys to stigmatize the settler as an interloper ani and speculator the ex secretary he said had listened so long iong to that dialect in the department that it was natural he sho she shou a d repeat it in his speech and sneering at such men almost al in the language of tweed ask what are you going to do about it itt van wyck asked why the late secretary of the interior was in such haste to issue these patents why was not the question left to the deliberation of his sui but successor cessor who could determine what portion did not properly belong to the road even upon the admissions of the late administration the department has hab given the land to the backbone company as if it the entire line jine had been constructed after the tha assignment in ISSI 1881 the late secretary of the interior in the exuberance of 01 his sympathy for gould and huntington urged or consented to a free gift of land for igo miles of graded road faithful public servant it required no corporation lawyer nor any other lawyer to understand this performance there was another remarkable feature in this transaction the ex secretary for many years practice as attorney ier for tor the union railroad and long experience in the department knew that railroads to escape state and local taxation declined to take patents except as they marketed their lands did not this action sugg suggest te st a strong suspicion that the motive must be fear of the next congress and that the incoming administration might not be completely subject to the ia railroad corporations control adjourned fc the senate in executive session today to day had under consideration the state of affairs in central america and a short message from the secretary of state in answer to the senate resolution of ol last week was read giving a history of barnos barbos project for a union 0 of al all ail the central american states together with the steps taken by mexico in view of the threatened complications all AH the points in the narrative have already been published some discussion took place regarding the propriety of declaring carlm it to be the sense of the senate that steps should be taken to protect the rights of this country in nicaragua under the pending canal treaty the point was made that the senate had no boint knowledge now ledge of the of a canal t reaty treaty since the withdrawal of that sent in at the last session the senate adjourned adlour ned without action secretary lamar has addressed a letter r of instructions to the commissioner of the general land office concerning the disposition ot of the forfeited land grant of the texas pacific railroad directing that notice be glyen given by publication for at least SO days in each of the several districts that the land laud has been restored to the public domain and that the tho b books 0 ok 8 of t the bublic e respective spec tive offices are open for f or entry and location of the same at per acre as provided for under the homestead preemption pre fre emption and other general laws of the united states relating to the disposal of public lands it is understood that general foster will be retained as minister to spain for the present with tiie the view of 0 f conducting negotiations for a more favorable treaty and that he be will probably return to madrid la in the course of a fortnight glit louisville Louis louls viLLis ky 16 of the defeat of phil thompson and the appointment of miller for commissioner of internal revenue mr watterson will say in tomorrow mornings courier journal we are not prepared to accept the defeat of phil thompson as us a declaration of war by the president upon the friends of revenue reform nor the appointment of miller of west virginia as evidence that it is the purpose p of the administration to set itself against internal revenue taxes which pay more than one third of the expenses of the government and without which there could be no adequate reduction of customhouse custom house duties personally and locally we very much regret the decision but gut we trust that the apprehensions of those who have a right to a fair interpretation and execution of df the internal revenue laws and have regarded the west virginian as hostile to them and their interests will be disappointed the question is economic not moral and we shallie slow to believe that it will be treated by the president and his advisers in a narrow spirit I 1 if 1 will be given 0 out ut of course that this Is a triumph of mr randall over mr carlisle that however will depend altogether upon future developments if the president allies himself to mr Ra randall udall he will do it openly and not clandestinely if he does it will cause a hopeless split of the part party y and a new array of political f forces arces we want no such conflict and shall do all in our howerto power to avoid it but if 11 against the protest of f an in overwhelming number of democrats it should come to pass the advocates of a sound and honest revenue system will not bo be found unequal to it in affairs of this sort it Is best to have no conceal ments dangers are oft times avoided by going out to meet them the president might have avoided an issue by tile the familiar expedient of the appointment of a third party neutral or he may consider and he may be right in so considering that there Is no issue at all to oai our mind and imperfect knowledge we are inclined to think there is and and that it is not encouraging to the friends of reform but we shall shail wait walt with equanimity the course of events IG at 1 sunday morning 80 masked men went to the house where thomas jones and mrs taylor lived near spring ranch clay I 1 county took them to a bridge a few rods away and hanged them they were supposed to have been im in recent robberies in that vicinity and in the murder of edwin roberts a month ago four other persons in the house at the time were tied and guarded until daybreak three of them thein were warned to leave the country as were wm win and john jones under penalty of suffering the same sartie fate LEXINGTON ky 18 deputy sheriff burn Buin bumgartner Bu gartner martner of rowan county N was vas killed today to day near moorehead ky by a amob mob the assassination arose from orn the tolliver and martin feud which has caused the death of alv nive five or six men iu in the past few months KANSAS CITY 16 the strikers here received orders late this afternoon from sedalia sedalla to raise the freight blockade and trains were started r out tonight to night the proposed terms have been ac he cepter by the conference committee of strikers and will be ratified by a meeting at sedalia tonight to night st louis IG vice hep president hoxie received telegrams from superintendents of the missouri pacific system stating that all striking striking employed emp loyes had resumed work under ile ire the terms of the circular issued sunday that all kinds of trains are now running and the strike ended dispatches were also received from various points on the wabash hist hast B system ern era to the effect that the strikers had gone back to work and that business bus I 1 ness was fully ally f resumed burned re springfield ill iii 16 the wabash st strikers have won this afternoon su superintendent p johann on behalf of the coin corn company pany signed an agreement with witti the men providing that they all return to work after wednesday at the wages paid them before the reduction was made which was this evening ratified by t tae the e men en at a me meeting etIno held tonight to night with wit the proviso that gre fre tr e same is ratified at mo moberly erly and fort wayne the strikers are quite alte jubilant kansas city 16 fifteen freight freigh trains were sent out on pacific tonight to night and ten came in the business of the road will be in the usual shape in a very short time the en engineers who were removed for leaving it trite their air ph posts dav ts at the request of the strikers r have been reinstated the men at parsons returned to work this af afternoon ter noon N lly ily IG 16 A desperate encounter between officers and outlaws occurred here today to day last sunday a noted desperado named bill todd was waa arrested here and lodged in jail lie ile immediately telegraphed the fact of his arrest to dick ick lck rogers the leader of one of the most desperate gangs of outlaws lu in the whole southwest this morning rogers appeared with a number of Us ins followers went to the count county jail where todd Tudd was confined an and y attempted his rescue tescue the opened fire from within to which the outlaws replied A desperate battle battie ensued the attack attacking lup lul party finally withdrew leaving leakim three of their number dick rogers ld ed king and red lied ked river tom dead in the street the tho remnant ot the party hastily left town to summon reinforce menta menu they are hourly expected to reap reappear re ap appear ear and theil theli greatest excitement prevails s the citizens of springer a appealed p for protection to the district commander who promptly ordered the troops stationed at fort union to move quickly to the scene of action A santa fe special pedal at 10 says the latest from springer is to the effect that fifty men ha have 6 surrounded the jail determined to mob the officers who have taken refuge reful ge inside the tile soldiers from fort union are momentarily expected and may prevent further f urther trouble company 11 second regiment of the territorial m militia litia at santa fe I 1 is in readiness to mose move at a moments notice springer N M 1245 1243 am the regulars from froin fort union arrived at midnight cowboys are flocking into town but the presence of the t troops has produced a wholesome effect on the lawless element and no further trouble is antici anticipated ST louis 16 Misso missouri url uri Paci pacific alc aae officials here state that the strikers at cedalia le dalia dalla parsons denison and atchison refuse to return to work unless a written guarantee cua eua rantee Is given not to discharge any anhof of the strikers within a year from date at other places the men have all returned to work no action has yet been taken by the railroad officials philadelphia 17 charies charles rharles briggs the wife murderer was han hap oed ged in lit the corridor of the county prison 1 8 this morning briggs killed h bs 9 w wife ife july ath issa ile he had been on a prolonged ed spree when n he came home called ils his bis wife down the cellar and cut her throat with a razor ile he vas was arrested almost in the act NEW YORK 17 Rel rei reliable lable labie advices advises state that the panama revolution is ended commander kane telegraphs the secretary ol 01 the navy f from roin colon that a revolution exists inPan in panama aina alna and nd aspinwall pin wall and that he landed marines and hauled the galena alongside of the wharf to protect the property carthagena th agena Is also besieged NEW YORK 17 james R beard secretary of the central south american Tele telegraph telegraph graTh company states that he has receive received advices advises to the effect that the authorities of mexico san salvador and nicaragua have posted guards at the cable landings of that company and the following telegram from secretary of state bayard shows that the united states government has determined to protect american property from in injury lury jury washington 16 james A president of central and south american telegraph co new york A telegram was today to day sent by the united states legation to guatemala holding holded that republic responsible for injuries s by its authorities or with its connive ance to cables or the interests of united states citizens la in central america tile the Va chusett now to laun ion 1 will be luly duly july instructed A at t the residence of general grant this morning col fred grant stated that dr douglas was mistaken in believing the general asleep when the doctor left last night the general dreads beine belne a burden upon any one and closed his eyes and lay quiet until the tile physician left his house andee and he then became restless and lay awake all night this morning lie he has had bad no long iong sleep but dosed while sitting in two easy chairs mrs sartoris will arrive in the steamer baltic DOVER DOVEK Delaware 17 shortly before n noon oon both houses of the legislature met inet in separate session and ballot ted for united states senator attorney general gray received the vote of eve evea y member washington 17 in the senate blairs beairs Bla bia iri lri the committee on education and labor to sit during recess was adopted colloms Cul resolution for a select committee to investigate the subject of interstate int er state commerce was laid before the senate and after a long iong debate |
