Show I I LEHR WEHR VERE1N 1I I 1 The Central Body of the Armed Section of Chicago Anarchists Anar-chists Disbands I The Advance of Troops Causes Great Ii Excitement Among Settlers on the WlIDleb affo Reservation I The Appointment of the Secretary of I the InterStste Commerce 1 I Commission I j t From VaaUin2 ton I WJSIISGroS April MajorGeneral Terry who corsma s the Division of the Missouri Hill discharge the duties of the i I general commanding the Department of the Missouri trill his saccessor is appointed to succeed General Wilcox retired The appointment I ap-pointment of Colonel Merritt to the vacant brigadiergeneralship does not necessarily I carry with it the command of the Department Depart-ment of the Missouri and there is understood under-stood to be some competition among the I brigadiergenerals for the succession I The Supreme Court has delivered its opinion opin-ion in the famous Maxweil land grant case I which was brought before it on an appeal I from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia The decision of the tower court is reversed The bill was brought by the United States I against the Maxwell Laid Grant Company the Denver d Rio Grande broad Company j Com-pany the Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad I I Rail-road Company and the Atchison < fc Santa Fe Company The bill was brought for the I purpose of setting aside the patent grunting I i grunt-ing to parries the Seablen and Gnadaloape i Miranda tract described in the very extensive exten-sive survey conveying 1714764 acres in XCT I 1 Mexico and Colorado The bill assailed the I I grant mainly upon the ground that the j I c patent was obtained upon the false representations I repre-sentations of the defendant It conceded j the validity of the original grant by Mexico but charged conspiracy and fraud in the Eurrey by which means the patent was t made to cover 265000 aces more than the I original grant comprehEnded On the question of fraud in the survey the I court says About all there is of a actual I fraud in the title of the defendants s not 1 deserving of much ccnsideraticn We are compelled to say that tre do not see any i satisfactory evidence of an attempt to corn i mit fraud and Still leSS Of itS consummation i As to the principal officers of the Government I Govern-ment ho were connected With that survey towiti the commissioner of the general I land office and the surveyor general of the j Territory of New Merino there is not the T slightest evidence that they were governed 1 by any fradulent or improper motive in their acts in regard to this survey or that j they displayed any learning toward the I I grant in ascertaining the true boundaries I of the grant nor is there any serious attack upon the subordinates of those offices or j I + any of the persons actually engaged in niak i ing the survey in regard to their nonesty of I purpose or interest in the result j I The Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court has announced that the I Court would stop the call of the docket on I the 13th of May and would adjourn for the i teIn on the gad of May next I I I Edward A Merely of Boston has been elected Secretary of the InterState Commerce Com-merce Commission He is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Legislature and one of the Committee on Railroads He was strongly indorsed for one of the Commissionerships Sorely has been a merchant of high standing in Boston for many years He is a resident of Newbury port Morley who was chosen secretary of the I InterState Commission yesterday is a member of the Boston timber firm of Stetson Morley k Co and was last year I president of the Mechanics Exchange of Boston He is also a meinberatlarge of theDemocratic State Committee and of thee I the-e Committee He applied for one of the Commissionerships but the President concluded to select a New England member I from among the Republicans The Secre taryship came to him unsought The Commission appointed to investigate 1 the accounts of the railroads which have received re-ceived Government aid called at the Interior In-terior Department this morning and paid their respects to Secretary Lamar Later in the day the Commission met and elected i exGovernor Pattison chairman Several I hours were spent m the discussion and examination ex-amination of the reports and the affairs of I the Pacific railways 2sb general plan of operation was determined upon but the Commission agreed to meet tomorrow morning and immediately begin work The selection of a secretary to the Commission was considered and a suitable person for the office was agreed upon The Commission Commis-sion declined to give the name of the gentleman gen-tleman selected Several letters have been t I received from the Pacific Railway oficials f 1 expressing a willingness to aid the commissioners commis-sioners in investigations Temporary orders were made suspending the fourthsection of the act on the application applica-tion of the Norfolk Railroad Company and 2 the Cincinnati Sew Orleans fc Texas Railroad i I Rail-road as to points south of Ohio and east of i j Missouri and also on the petition of the Texas fc Pacific road as to freights I I destined south I The President appointed General Albert I t Ordvrsr to be BrigadierGeneral in command i com-mand of the District militia i The President has appointed Sigourney 1 Butler of Boston to be Second Comptroller i of the Treasury in place of Judge Msynard f promoted to the Assistant Secretaryship oft of-t the Treasury The President has disapproved and set aside the findings and sentence of the court i t martial in the case of Second Lieutenant f Benjamin S Weaver First Infantry Lieutenant I Lieu-tenant Weaver was charged with conduct I unbecoming an office and gentleman m i uttering franiiuleni checks neglecting to pavborzowed money absence without leave j making false statements using a fictitious name disobedience to orders and conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline in transferring a pay account before it became be-came due To the last specification the j lieutenant pleaded guilty and the cod i which met at the Presido at San Francisco I found him guilty of some of the other charges The sentence of the court was that I Lieutenant Weaver should be dismissed from the service The Presidents reasons for disapproving this sentence are the fact I that two members of the court were improperly im-properly discharged during the triaL and that if the findings were sustained there is testimony before him tendering to show such absence of wilful intent to offend against military law and army regulations that a sentence less severe than dismissal wouid abundantly subserve the ends of discipline i cipline < |