Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-28
Important Decision In the Matter Of Min.
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WASHINGTON, October 27th.-The Secre
tary of the Interior to-day rendered an i'm.
portant decision in the matter of the surveys
of the Beatrice and Monitor mines in Cali
fornia, claimed by the Iyanpah Consolidated
Mill and Mining Company, on the appeal OF
Julius A. Bidwel from Commissioner Will
iamson's instructions of August 18th to the
Surveyor General of California. and letter
recently prepared by the Commissioner di-
recting the Surveyor General to approve and
deliver the plats OF said surveys to the proper
parties without further delay. The Commits.
sioner, in transmitting the appeal to the Sec
rotary, requests him to dismiss it, to approve
the recently prepared letter, to give him ex.
plicit authority Tor him to dismiss al other
like appeals, and to direct the Surveyor-Gen-
eral to refuse to receive any protest or appeal
relative to the survey of mining claim ex-
cept from the party entitled to such survey.
The Secretary, in reply, holds that under
his decision concerning the surveys of the
Occident, Orient and other mines in August
last, no such appeal should have been &C.
cepted or forwarded by the Surveyor Gen
eral, if that officer had received instructions,
in accordance with said decision but having
been received and forwarded, it should have
been promptly dismissed by the Commits
sioner. He continued: 1.-The practice of
permitting adjoining claimants, or persons
not applicants for the survey in case like
this, to protest, object, file evidence and APP
peal, where no case in which any question
of their right of possession or to a
patent is involved is before this De-
partment for decision or final action. is,
in my opinion, altogether wrong, and the
sooner it is entirely discontinued the better
it will be for all parties concerned. Very
proper objections can be made to the survey
whenever it is put, or offered to be put, in
evidence in support of an opposing or con-
hicting right or claim. The anticipation OF
such objection before the plat is offered in
proof OF support of claims seems to ME lit.
tie worse than useless. ] do not think it
necessary for me to approve your letter to
the Surveyor-General, for it is not at all
likely that he will refuse to obey your in.
structions. l will say, with reference to let
tiers of that character, directing the approval
OF such surveys, that they are not to be con-
sidered in any way as decisions effecting the
merits of the case. They viii not preclude
objections TO surveys presented in support OF
applications for a patent or adverse claim,
and the approvals of surveys by direction
from your Office are not to be considered as
having any more or greater force or weight
than ordinary approvals of surveys of mining
claims by the Surveyor General, without
reference to your office or direction there.
from. l think the decision of August 8,
1880, in the case above mentioned, gives you
fun authority to do what you request nae to
specially direct in that matter. Ii special
instructions to Surveyors. General themselves
are deemed necessary that decision is ample
warrant for your issuing them"
Disastrous Fire at Brooklyn.
NEW YORK. October 27th.-The Ansonia
Watch and Clock Works at BROOKLYN were
burned to-day. The loss is over halt a mill
ion. The works have been in operation about
fourteen months, and the building and ma.
chinery originally cost over half million.
From time to time additional machinery has
been added and Improvements made until it
is said the works were the most complete in
hecountry. Some of the machinery were new
inventions, which it will be difficult to re.
place. Mr.. Davis, superintendent Of the
works, says it is not likely that the factory
will be erected en- the same scale, but the
company viii put up another factory as soon
as they can settle up their business. He did
not know the amount OF insurance. The
origin Of the FIRE is not definitely known. The
watchman heard an explosion and gave the
alarm Immediately, but too late to save the
building. The building covered fifty city lots
Phelps, Dodge & Co. were largely interested
in the works. Twelve hundred workmen are
idle, half young women The company esti
mate the loss at $1,000, 600; insurance
1896, 900 distributed among % companies
The explosion which the Waterman heard was
probably gas, which they manufactured them
selves.
The Drought in the Atlantic STATES.
New YORK, October 27th.-The moderate
rains of the past day or two have brought but
partial relief to the industries dependent or
water power. The drying up of streams il
the Atlantic States may be said to extent
from the Androscoggin down TO the James
and even some of the local rivers like tn,
Delaware are fordahle at points where such
thing has not been known for many years
The drought, however, is felt more seriously
at the eastward, and its effects are beginning
to be felt in commercial as well as mauufact
uring circles.
The Boston Journal OF yesterday saws
The scarcity of water is having bad effec
upon nearly all kinds of merchandise, re
stricting the demand, especially for raw ma
terials. The cotton, wooden and paper mill:
are all running on short time. In Pennsyl
vania, New Jersey and Delaware not a feg
important industries have been brought to {
dead halt by the stoppage of the mills. The
Passaic and Raritan rivers are unprecedent
edly low, the Brandywine is quite dry, anc
at Wilmington and other places in that part
of the country several establishments have
been compelled to shut down.
westward Bound Passengers.
OMAHA, October 9th. = The followine
through passengers were on to-day's train
leaving at l2:15 P. NJ, to arrive in Sacramento
October 31st: A. j. Bryant, Mrs Bryant
Rosalind Bryant Grace b. Holawav, Mis-.
Emma Purnell and child, w. r.. d frees
Mrs Nutall. j. Foster, San Francisco; L. p
Wisner, wife and son, Elder, Iowa; Mrs. J,
S. Harbezop, San Diego: Mrs A Thomp
son, Geneva Lake, Wis; DR.. +. A. Seymour
Oakland; Mrs. E. Ruddell, Jeffersonville
Ind; Miss NJ. Lizzie Parsons, Chicago; H
S. Croker and wife, Charles III. Croker
San francisco Mrs. A. A. Reddington. Sac
ramento u. E. Carter and wife. Tulare City.
Cal; Thomas Lyle and wife, Seattle. W. L.
Mrs. Monson and family, Miss M. Brown
Mrs. John o. Bennett and family, Gold Hill
New; Mrs. General Graham and family,
Fort Candy L. A. Wood, Sacramento
Chester Williams, San Francisco.
Forty-eight through emigrants left last
night, to arrive in Sacramento, November 3d.
The Property of the Chicago Jockey
Club.
CHICAGO, October 27th.-The property Of
the Chicago Jockey and Trotting Club was
sold to-day for S29, 500 to A. w. Richmond,
owner of Young Hopeful and son of Dean
Richmond, of New York. The property was
sold under judgment note held by the
Downer & Bemiss Brewing Company.
amounting to $4,000. This sale does not in
any way affect the interest 10 the Club of J.
H. Haverley, who has three years lease Of
the pool. clubhouse and bar privileges,
which viii not expire until 1889, and the sale
is made subject to that lease. 1t is con.
sidered good investment, which will steadily
grow more valuable.
Work OF the Northwest Educational
Mission.
New YORK, October 27th.-Rey. C. f.
Bliss, of Santa Fe, had reception aud supper
yesterday from the Congregational ministers,
and gave at some length an account of the
work done in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico
and Dakota, under the organization known
as the Northwest Educational Mission. The
Professor said the work was being satisfac.
torily prosecuted as we'll as the funds at their
command would enable them, and the best of
results were already manifest. Sbcools are
in operation in Leadville and Trinidad, Col,
in Las Vegas and Santa Fe, New Mexico, in
Salt Lake City, in Spearfish, Dakota, and
other places These were all comparatively
free schools, the price charged for tuition be-
ing not more than 81 30 per month. The in
tense ignorance of the people OF New Mex
leo, the dominion of the Spanish priesthood
over them, and the great need of schools and
teachers to educate the children, were graph.
ically described. The Professor spoke in re.
la.ion TO the schools IN Salt Lake Civ and