Show BY TELEGRAPH pelt WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH AN AMERICAN EMI CALS washington 8 john Mc Course has been postmaster at bo boston s the president has appointed henry gox postmaster at healdsburg california vice L A jordan suspended an important land decision has been made by commissioner sparks involving the title fitle to certain valuable lands in the vicinity of new orleans covered in part by the town of carrollton and upon other parts by bail buildings dings and improvements prove ments of great value including the race course metairie Met airie ridge eidge cemetery terhand and the th eisbell ishell road and the railroad from new orleans to lake ponc ch ha atrain train this property has been claimed and possessed since the middle of the last century under th eFrench gra grant n t which ha has been surveyed and segregated from the public domain adverse claimants asserted title by virtue of certain swamp and other selections under the grant to the state of louisiana commissioner sparks holds that the french grant is a complete title protected by the treaty of 1803 and not needing legislative or other confirmation by the united studs states and that the lands being private property at the date ot ol the state grants did riot not pass under those grants the amount involved v ol vedia in t lve i sion reaches several million dollars the acting secretary of the treasury has asked the attorney general for an opinion as to whet whether lier the oleomargarine LAW imposes a tax on OB different ingredients used in the manufacture ot of oleomargarine and also abax a tax on the articles and placed on or whether the law contemplates only a tax upon the finished article the question has been raised by the opponents of the measure and its determination will make a considerable difference one way or the other to persons dealing in leoo margarine commissioner miller has trece received ived the proofs of the sew oleomargarine stamp sand said today to day that the stamps will oe be ready for shipment to the collectors about the fifteenth instant in regard to the statement in the recent annual report of governor warren of wyoming that immigration and settlement of public lands in that territory aie being sensibly checked by the severe requirements exacted from settlers by the new rules and dons eions of the general land office secretary lamar said today to day that the records of the department showed that for the fiscal year 1886 the land entries in the territory numbered as against 2923 in 1884 an in increase rease of in two yeam heaps the year 1885 showing 0 a corresponding increase over 1884 the secretary added that there had been a diminution in the desert land entries which could be advantageously entered only in large tracts I 1 requiring e quiring considerable capital but in the number of entries made mad e by individuals the records show a large increase arrangements for the removed of the remains of the late CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE to ohio are completed the remains will be taken to the baltimore ohio train leaving here wednesday alter noon atie instant and be due in cincinnati thursday morning the memorial services will be held in the cie forenoon of the at the music hall the funeral services will be held ID the chapel of spring grove cemetery thursday afternoon at a meeting of colored citizens of this district the following preamble and resolutions were adopted whereas we learn with great pleasure that ine memorial morial services in honor of the great and good chief justice chase will be held at the rotunda of the capital columbus ohio october nex next tand and whereas he was great and good to us as as a people for lle he was pre emi neatly our friend when friends were lew our friend in school church and state our friend at the bar of the courts of law and at the bar of public opinion our living friend and dying friend our friend in all changes ol 01 politics our friend holding all other I 1 questions subordinate to the broad j j question of humanity such a friend as to give all he could spare to our education memorably to endow j the great african university at wilberforce ber lorce force therefore be it resolved ed that we trust the of october will be set apart all over this i laud land by the colored people as I 1 chief jjustice justice chase day that the colored institutions of learning have commemorative exercises on this day that all churches and sunday schools hold religion ii biow services morning and evening of of grateful praise to god for giving to our race such a deliverer lie Ite solved that our religious press 1 and secular press generally are requested to call cah attention to this sub meet I 1 an afternoon paper says A letter 1 was received at the navy department today to day from secretary whitney in response to the appeals of the KNIGHTS OF ABOR LABOR I I 1 and other organizations and from individuals divi duals asking ki ng his interference to secure the reinstatement of the dis charged employed emp loyes of the washington navy yard he authorized the reply I 1 to all such appeals that he wiil wid not it himself interfere and will not permit pe officials of the navy department to t 4 interfere or exercise any influence in thi this matter smatter the responsibility for the removals and appointments at the navy yard must be left entirely with the off officers leers of the yard who are directly responsible for the work the foreman of the bureaus which are continued must be with in their action in this matter a and nd they will be held accountable for removals and appointments the secretary says that he is pleased to learn that the displaced workmen who are competent will be given preference in ia all cases in making appointments and that a large proportion ol of them will be re employed when work is actively resumed SAN FRANCISCO 8 A dispatch was received today to day dati dated d from juneau alaska signed by capt carroll rollof of the steamer ancon which it was feared was lost the dispatch was brought down dawn to nanaimo from where it az was telegraphed here it states the ancon ran on an unknown rock iu iti glacier bay on the night of september the vessel was got off but made water so ao fast that it was found necessary to beach her she will be le ie paired temporarily and then be brought to san francisco CAMDEN N J 8 anen monia recently made its appearance appe arace near vincent burlington county chanty and it has spread to an alarming extent the state board of health has attempted to eradicate it by killi killing nir the infected animals and quarantining the herds but cases are still found throughout the county state veterinary surgeon W B miller of camden has been ordered by the government department of agriculture to examine into the contagion and report to the nation bureau CHICAGO 10 in the vicinity of the great packing g houses significant preparations are noticed pinkertons Pink ertons force at the yards has been increased to men and each one of them is arm armed ed with a repeating rifle and a rev revolver 0 iver the packing establishment of washington britcher sons was converted into iv a barracks and will be the headquarters of the detective force these headquarters have been connected by wires to a number of stations in different quarters of the yards to a number of patrol wagons are standing about the barracks pinkertons Pink ertons force gets its rations at the transit house bou sebut but tomorrow to morrow will go elsewhere as the waiters have decided to serve no meals to them the anglo american packing company has made preparations pa rations to withstand a siege there is a high brick wall about the building and precautions have been taken to prevent the admittance of turbulent individuals individual yesterday the company killed 1200 hogs which were left on the he hook and must be packed tomorrow to morrow to prevent heavy losses armours packing houses are inthe in the same fix h lit e has a large number of cots placed in one of his building sand the in inference ference is that men are to be ini imported to dothe do the work there were no cormal meetings of df the strikers today to day SAN FRANCISCO FRANcisC 01 10 albert kosch heiska who shot and killed rev geo haddock a methodist minister at sioux city august last was captured in this city this morning chie of police ot of sioux city left for that place this with SAN FRANCISCO 10 the chronicle will publish tomorrow to morrow an interview with abst engineer lane who was witult with lt stoney on his exploring elpe of that portion on of alaski alaska north of river and of putnam river eiver which was dige discovered some two years ago by stoney abst engineer lane laae arrived here a few days ago in advance of the rest ot of the party who are expected here on the united states steamer bear next friday the exploring party left san francisco may 3 1885 1883 about december stoney and a party of sailors start started I 1 for river about miles north of the putnam soundings of the river were badeas well as surveys of the region through which it flowed En engineer ineer lane and several men then started to explore the country in the direction of st michaels that point was reached after a journey of 28 days and a rough survey of the country by compass bea bearing ringa 3 was made while lane was away stoney went southwest in the region of lake an and the river of the same name he noted various small lakes rivers and mountain ranges feby 1st ast stoney went eastward to the headwaters of the putnam and rivers and was gone 45 davs A bout about those headwaters he reached an immense lake on the banks of which the natives from the region of point barrow the most northern point on the continent of north america meet to trade with the indians of valley it generally takes the natives two seasons to make this trip the severity of the winter compelling them to remain in winter quarters near the lake Sto intention was to make a trip to point barrow from this lake but an immense arid and plain would have to be traversed which made it impassible on account of the scarcity of dogs food SAN FRANCISCO 11 the chronicles report of alaskan explorations continues as follows the beginning is on our first page today to day D ED D NEWS 1 on april howard and F J price a vailor sailor sailed for point barrow and after great hardships and privations succeeded in reaching it on august 16 of the present year after a journey of 96 days on june 1st ast the breaking of lee ice in the river enabled all of the party pany to pass down to its itse mouth the explorers gained many new faath of particular value to geographers professor baird of the smithsonian been particularly anxious that the party should explore jade Moun mountain taiR or greenstone mountain as the natives call it out ot of which they obtain the green stone used in making hatchets hatche tsi tb and other im implements le ments engineer lare lane iff and a party visited the mountain it is miles above the mouth of putnam Riv kiver erand and about feet high this green stone as it is called is more correctly a serpentine and is found in layers of considerable thickness the Esqui maux indians of that thai region ARE polygamists no valuable minerals were discovered coal was found in abundance on putnam river and of good quality granite granit e exists in large quantities and some asbestos abbe was found and as the indians had none in their posses possession ion arid and never mentioned them the explorers ex borers came to the conclusion abst it is doubtful whether they exist in large lage quantities in that part of alaska putnam river kiver is about 40 miles long halt a mile wide and navior ble for ja ga distance of miles when the rapids are encountered it drama drains a Jarg large area earea of putnam valley which is 30 miles inies wide the volume of water that flows iown down is immense the river is surrounded by bv a range of mountains about fiet feet high the hil highest chest peak of which is feet high there is a dense growth of spruce and birch wood along the banks this stream is deeds of miles above the yukon river eiver it flows eastward and empties into the kotzebue sound river kiver is miles north of the putnam separated from it 16 by a range of mountains is shallow and rocky flowing east and west theres there is VERY LITTLE vegetation along its banks it is about miles ion long and empties into kotzebue sound south of about three miles is Se lewick like lake 20 miles in fu diameter and very deep lewick river eiver is miles low lone and flows east and west it is divided into two branches and flows into the lake north of river kiver is a witie desert plain ei extending tending for miles milel ST JORNs JOHNS N F 11 the anchoria Anc hori has an ivert nere lu iu tow the passengers and crew are all well PiTT aunG 11 intense excitement prevails abou amou he hc polish residents on the south side m u dithe r alleged attempt to assassinate too tie rev father who over the little polish church at the h c ad of fifteenth street it occurred about 11 yesterday morning while the priest stood before the altar and the father had just turned to address the congregation when crash came a bullet through a a window on the south side of the church itself against the wall ot of tile opposite side for a minute confusion reigned in the church wor women aen screamed choir boys shouted aud and many of the men pressed forward to see if father was injured ared or rushed out of the building to find from where the bullet came the priest showed great calmness notwithstanding the badt that the missile must have passed within six inches of his body he turned and with a gesture waved his flock to gieir seats but not all of them went for by this thia time upwards of a hundred had swarmed out into the yard ot of the parish adjoining no trace aoud be found of the one who fired the shot there has been a good deal of trouble between different factions in this church in times past CHICAGO 11 two delegates sent by the general convention of the knights of labor to endeavor to adjust the troubles ps amon among the men at the stock yards have arrived and are holding a conference with the strikers they have as yet had no conference with the packers it can be stated positively however that the latter are not disposed to compromise but insist upon the ten hours the presence of an increased force lof Fink ertons men armed with winchesters Win chesters had a very irritating effect apon the men this morning and was the cause of swell swelling im the force of the strikers today to day dav ermour armour is bringing men from different parts of the community to take the strikers places he says he can guarantee all of them steady work arid add ample protection they are putting up cots for the imported men and and have room for about six hundred armour says other packing houses are in akina similar preparations ons bics MOINES iowa 8 the closing session of the american board wai was held this morning brief addresses on una Juis were made the following resolution was waa adopted in view of recent official reports 1 t i 11 elating lating to outrages to missionaries in in china this board desires the prudential committee bopre to prepare a aud alid lid present to our national government in the name of this board a respectful protest against 1 the wrongs which the chinese in this country have received and an earnest appeal to nave have those wrongs righted the farewell address was given by president murk mark hopkins reviewing the work of tile the meeting of eleven members ol oi the prudential committee all were reelected re elected except the two named dr ghearing Th earing on account of removal and prof C smyth of andover who was ivas dropped presumably on account of his new departure views rev C CE E dickinson of lowell MASS and rev kev E 11 1 1 atwood of salem mass was elected to till nil the vacancies the board then thell at 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