Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-24

su osS CtdSc. A0 bny4 t06t, IN MS OpAu
ion. they will get i've ont Of nine Con
greasmen. including q Congressman a,
large. He estimates that 5000 Demo
Gratis will support the movement. He i
also hopeful that the coalition party vii
have majority of the legislature
though the senatorial districts were re-
arranged. under the last census, greatly
to the advantage Of the regular Demo.
Gratis.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-The Secretary
OF the Interior today issued an import
ant circular 70 Registers and Receivers,
and all Surveyors General. With refer
ence to placer claims, which is directed
against the consolidation of claims in
one application for patent, and Wss
made necessary by decision of the So
preme Court in the case of the st. Louis
smelling and Refining Company against
Kemp, in which it was decided that De-
partment authority to allow consolida-
ton was Illegal.
In the circular the Secretary Directs
that care in recognizing applications for
patents upon placer claims must be ex-
ercised in determining the exact To-
cation of the land, to which end the
clearest evidence of (which the case 10
capable should be presented. II the
claim be of placer ground, that must be
stated in the application. and Oorrobo-
rated by accompanying proofs. II Of
mixed plaoers and lands,it should be 90
set ont. with a description of all known
lodes situated within the boundaries of
the claim, az q specific declaration il
required by statute, and it must b fur
nishod to each lode intended to be
claimed. All other lodes are. by the ST.
lence Of the applicant, excluded from
all claim by him.
The Secretary calls attention to tho
clauses of section 1896 of the REVISED
Statutes, which requires surveyors to
note ON their field books the situation
of all mines, Salt-licks. salt-sprinQs, &c.,
which come to their knowledge; also
water COURSES over which their lands
run, and the quality Of their places to
the Surveyor General. They will fur
nish reasonable guide to She district
officers and to the claimants in pros
ecuting their applications, but adds
that experience from inattendance to
law in this respect SO that regular plats
are Of very little value. It viii there
fore be required in future that deputy
surveyors shall, at the expense of the
parties, make full examination Of all
placer claims, and duly note the facts,
stating quality and composition Of soil
and kind, and amount of timber and
other vegetation, and such other mat
ter az may be proper upon the surveys
Of the claims. This examination should
include the character and extent of all
surface and underground workings,
whether placer or lode, for mining pur-
poses. In addition to these require
ments of the law the circular says OF
centers of trade and residence, also we'll
known systems of lode depositions, in
diyidual lOees, and as to the adaptable
ity of claims for placer mining; whether
water has been brought upon it in suf-
ficient quantity to mine the same;
whether It eau be procured, and finally,
as to works of expenditures; to report
examinations under oath to the Survey
OF General, copy to bo furnished with
application for patent TO claim, and in
cIuding in the oath of the applicant.
The circular also provides that these
regulations shall govern all applications
for surveys Of land yet unsurveyed, and
in cases of controversy to be hereafter
determined respecting mineral sales of
land, their value for all purposes Is to
be considered with reference to decis-
ions heretofore made in particular
One important point is laid down in
section eight of the circular, which
reads: No application by an association
of persons for a patent to . glacer claim
will be allowed to embrace more than
l6O acres, nor will any application Be
entertained that embraces more than
one location. The circular further
states that all applications relating to
the entry, whether Published or not,
must be made to conform to these regu-
lati0ns, both as to the amount Of land
and the examination as to its charac-
ter. The entry already made will be
suspended for examination by the Com
missioners, and such additional proof
as may be desired necessary will be re-
quired.
Secretary Fslger's Neminallsn.
WASHINGTON, Sept, 22.-Secretary Fol-
gers nomination was generally oxp0Ct>
cd here, whore there are such unlimited
facts in the power Of tho administration,
that the event has given rise to little
comment. His suboYdinates are glad to
have his wishes Rratificd, and sorry to
have him leave the department. He
has been popular for the very reason
that the administration has been Anx-
ious to unload him. He would not use
his position for political purposes, and
that Ia exactly what the politician, who
is now dominant, insists that the Secre-
tary of the Treasury shall do. Not
much In known here about Mr.. Hill
house, bat Richard Crowley would not
be over sensitive about using the Treas
ury as an election sewing machine, and
Assistant Secretary New looks ON Gov
eminent Offices from political stand
point. Politicians point ont that 1t
none other exists besides this weakness
In the direction of humanity and reform
on the Secretary's part, 1t Is also sure
that he shows his lack Of experience a.
an executive officer. He works slowly
and insists on going into details and
understanding everything that suboF-
dinates usually attend TO, and has at the
same time overWorked himself and re-
tar1ed the business Of the department.
He is still indispoeed and viii not be at
tho Treasury for several days. He VIII
probably resign soon after formally 20
ceptin0 the nomination. He will not
wait for the result at the polls. Roscoe
Conkling u under discussion hore et
always, and Il b now suggested that Hx.
New may succeed Secretary F0lger and
q New York member Of the Cabinet b
secured by sending Mr.. Frelinghuysen
to London and giving the State Depart
mont to Mr.. ConklinQ, who has GEntded
his own spite BY annihilAting iho Liz
ard on tho Hill" and obliged the Preat-
dent by getting q nomination for Sec
rotary FOlgsr. Bishop's nomination
over CFapo. in Massaohusetts, - looked
ON here a. another victory for the ad-
ministration and the knell Of senator
H0ar.
Failure sf . Broker. etc.
Nxw Yo1x, Sept. 2a-Alonso FAllett,
q broker in commercial paper, made an
assiQnmeut to solomon Hanford. 81.
Weirner obtained an attachment IN the
Supreme Court aRainst FAllett's pgopee-
ty, claiming that the latter assiRned for
the purpose Of deffaudinR biz cseditoEs.
Desecslve sa1a.
In the suit broaght By Allen Pinker-
ton aRainst The City Of s.. Joseph. No,
20 recover o6,1SO. Tor services fendsged
in procuring The return OF 100000
worth Of bcnds Of that oity, and The AZ
~ OF the thisvsa, an attAnhmsnt hes
heen granted aaninSt tho doeondaAfo