Washington, March 10.—The secre
tary of the interior to-day formally
leased to Carroll T. Hobart, of Fargo,
Dakota; Henry F. Douglass, Fort
Yates. Dakota, and Rufus Hatch, of
New York, a number of small tracts of
land in Yellowstone national park for
a period of ten years. The lease com
prises seven tracts of land aggregating
ten acres. It is provided the several
parcels of laud aball not be within one
quarter of a mile of any of the geysers
or the Yelßwstone falls. The parties
of the second part agree to construct
one principal hotel at the mammoth hot
springs to cost <150,000.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
The president will make a short visit
to Fortrees Monroe next week. He
is feeling somewhat indisposed and
takes the trip for bis health.
It is feared that Lilley, the aged
lawyer, who was assaulted by Dorsey,
will not live. He was badly kicked
in the abdomen and is growing weaker.
Early this spring General Sherman
goes to San Francisoo, there embark
ing with a few friends on a cruise for a
month or two along the coast of Cali
fornia, Oregon and Mexico.
The members of the civil service
commission called at the executive
mansion this afternoon and bad a short
conference with the president in re
gard to the general plan of operations
to be observed in carrying the law Into
effect. It was agreed the commission
should prepare a set of rules in regard
to the questions under their Jurlsdic
tion and submit them to the president
for his approval.
