Show their divorce case is before a french court paris july 26 the hearing ot the puit tor divorce brought by maud gonna known as the irish joan of arc against major mcbride formerly ot iho boer army was opened before the civil tribune of the seine baltro cruppe representing the wife and maitre labora the husband mal arc croope severely denounced major alleged unfaithfulness and denied the husbands charge that his wife was not ot genuine irish birth the case attracts much attention owing to the prominence of the parties in connection with irish agitation SPECIAL RULES TO GOVERN instructions issued by land commas aloner richards washington july 26 land commissioner richards yesterday issued the instructions governing tha of the uintah indian res utah first application either to file soldiers declaratory declara lory statement or make hoor estead entry of these lands must oa presentation in accordance with the proclamation opening said lands to entry and settlement be accepted or rejected but local officers may in their discretion permit amendments of defective applications during the day only on chich the same is presented second no appeal to abo general land office will be allowed or considered unless taken within one iday sundays except od after rejection of application third after rejection of application whether appeal be taken or not the land will continue to be subject to jentry as before excepting that any subsequent applicant for sanle land must be informed of prior rejected application and that subsequent application if allowed be subject to disposition of prior application upon appeal it any is taken from rejection thereof which fact must be noted upon receipt ot certificate issued upon allowance of subsequent application fourth where appeal if taken papers will be immediately forwarded to the general land where they will be at once carefully examined and tor warded to ahe secretary of the interior with appropriate recommendation when the matter will be promptly decided and closed plath application to contest entries allowed or those filed during sixty days rom date of opening will also bo immediately forwarded to the general land office where they will be at once carefully examined and forwarded to the secretary of the interior with proper recommendation when the master will be promptly decided sixth regulations supersede during sixty days from the opan ing of these lands any rule of practice or other regulation governing the dispo of applications with which they may conflict and hilll apply io all appeals taken from the of local officers during said period of sixty days seventh the purpose of these begu latsons Is to provide an adequate and ample method of correcting any material errors in 10 offices and at the same atme to discourage groundless appeals and put it out of the power of a disappointed applicant to in definitely tic up land or force another to pay him to withdraw his appeal SECRET SESSION of the to consider the special report stockholm sweden july 26 both houses of the have held secret sessions to discuss the report presented yesterday ot the special committee appointed by the to deal with the crisis between norway and sweden it la understood that the report was approved in principle some regret 13 expressed at the resignation of the swedish government before the had acted on the committee report aa it might impede progress toward a pollution po lution of the difficulties between sweden and norway |