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Show A Railroad Steal Frustrated. Washington, November 3. The Secretary of the Interior has confirmed the action of the Commissioner of the Land Office in restoring re-storing to the public domain the tract of land in Southern California at the intersection intersec-tion of the Texas Pacific Railroad grants. The Secretary, in his decision, holds that the Southern Pacific grant includes only such lands as were not covered fby other railroad' grants, and therefore could not include the tract in question, which formed a part of the forfeited Texas Pacific grant. The case has come up to the Secretary on appeal by the Southern Paoific Railroad Company from the Commissioner's decision. |