The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-21
AT THE CAPITAL.
How the President Obtains
His Information.
THE II RIOTS.
Assistant Secretary Smith Assumes
tho Duties of His Office Fill
ing the Old Positions.

WASHINGTON November 2O.-The Secre-
tary of the Treasury to-day received The
following message from Mr.. Colonna, as
sistant superintendent of the coast sur
yey: The coast survey reports great earth
quake waves on the Pacific ocean at San
Francisco as indicated on the coast survey
at tide guage. These earthquake waves
were noticed yesterday between l n 8
O'Clock D. m. They were thirty-five min
utes apart, and were as great as those OBJ
served during the great upheaval in Java
some years since.
PROSECUTING THE RIOTERS.
Acknowledgements Garland has notified
District Attorney White, at Tacoma,
Washington Territory, that he will be given
whatever legal assistance he may require IN
the prosecuting of the persons arrested Tor
complicity in the attacks recently made on
the Chinese residents OF that locality.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.
Assistant Secretary Fairchild called at
the White House to-day at the request OF
the President and had a long conference
with him in regard to the customs la vs. and
the general condition OF the service under
it's o~rganization. 1t is understood that the
President will make several important
recommendations to Congress in his forth
coming message looking to a general sim
obligation and improvement OF the GUS
toms service and to the prevention OF many
Of the abuses and frauds alleged to exist
under the present system. Falrchlld mas
supervision over that branch OF the service,
| and the President sent for him SO as to Sc
cure the benefit OF his experience and OBJ
servation. 1t is said that the President
will pursue the same practical course in OBJ,
tanning information on other subjects OF
his message to Congress.
AT HIS WORK.
Assistant Secretary Smith, of the Treas
uary, has returned to Washington from
New York, and formally assumed the du
ties OF his office to-day. He was designated
by Secretary Manning to sign Treasury
warrants and perform all other duties
which have been assigned to his predeces
sor. Mr.. Coon, including the supervision
under the direction OF the Secretary, o
questions relating to the appointments
He will also be designated by the President
to act as Secretary in the absence OF tn
Secretary and OF Assistant Secretary Fair
child.
THE ULEs
Speaker Carlisle said to a Republican re
porter tonight, in speaking OF the plal
proposed by Springer to change the rules o
the house, that the plan did not orlslna1
with Springer. ever since the Forty-Slxtl
Congress" he said, "there has been dissatis
faction at the present rules and this move
ment is the result OF that dissatisfaction
From what l zeal and the strong ad
vocacy it seems to | think i
is probable that the rules wi
he changed" He said the distribution pla
, is not an attack on Mr.. Randall any NOR
than any one else, as some. dissatisfactlo
was manifest when Mr.. Hiccock and MI
Atkins were at the head OF the Approprls
tons Committee. 81 have no desire" b
said, ito take away any OF MIR. Randall
. power, and l don't think there ever was an
, such feeling. The complaint is that the hant
ling OF all the appropriation bills is too muc
work for the appropriation committee:
' change would, OF course, facilitate leglsit
ton" Mr.. Carlisle said he favored the al
tr'bution OF bills to the proper committee
excepting sundry, civil, legislative and ge'
eral deficiency bills, as they really belol
to no other committee. He said that IL
h proposed revision would work good result