The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Changes in the Employees OF
the Registers Office.
THE INDIAN POLICY.
Important Rules Laid Down Regard
ing the Location and Entry of
Town Sites.

WASHINGTON, u. u. October 23.-JOhn T..
Shields, appointed Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court OF Arizona; is a prominent
lawyer of Howell, Michigan, about thirty
eight years of age.
VIM. H. Barnes, appointed Associate JUS
tice OF the Supreme Court OF Arizona, is il
lawyer OF Jacksonville, Illinois, about thir-
ty-five years OF age.
A gentleman who is in a position t know
the conclusion at which the President has
arrived on the Indian question, has ex-
pressed the opinion that the main feature
IN the Indian policy OF the Administration
as 1T will be announced to Congress will be
new recommendations in the methods of
purchasing and issuing provisions. Almost
every feature of the present system is dis
approved by the President. The President
believes that ii the army is to be expected
to prevent Indian d~epredations, the mill
tary authorities should be given power to
assist IN removing the causes of dissa It's
faction by providing for honest distribu-
ton of supplies. This is the policy which
has long been recommended by Generals
Sherman and Sheridan and other high mil
itary officers.
LAND OFFICE REGULATIONS.
1T is stated at the Land Office that under
the present practice of that office. when
public lands within a township are opened
to entry through the filing OF plats OF sur
vey there was a rush OF spectators and
land grabbers, who often succeeded in secur-
ing the best lands to the great injury of
bona fde settlers. Moreover. this class of
persons were able frequently to Learn when
the plats of survey were to be received in
advance OF the settlers, who were placed at
a disadvantage. To correct this abuse AS
far as possible the Commissioner of the
Land Office has issued the followinginstruc-
tions to local land officers:
Hereafter when the approved plan OF sur
vey OF any township is transmitted to you
by the Surveyor-General you will not re-
gard such plat as officially received and
filed in your office until the following regu-
lations ave been complied with:S
First-You will forthwith post a notice
in a conspicuous place in your office. speci-
flying the township that has been surveyed
and stating that the plat or.survey will be
filed In your office on a day to be fixed by
you and named in the notice which shall be
not less than thirty days from the date of
such notice, and hat OF and after such da Y
you will be prepared to receive applications
for the entry OF lands in such towns.
Second-Iou will also send a copy OF such
::.:'i''*' TO the postmasters OF the postoffices
iiesirtst to the land and a copy to each
clerk OF a court OF record in your district,
"iCA q ICtl tVSU CiIdC Tie Sdfle De cOnSD1cu-
ously posted in their respective Offices.
Third-You will furnish the public press
in your district with copies of such notice
as a matter of news.
Fourth-You will give such further pub
llclty OF the matter in answer to inquiries,
for which you will charge no fee) and 9TH
erwise as you may be able to do without
mourning advertising expenses.
LEAVES OF BsENCE
First Comptroller Durham has made a
decision that the head OF a department
cannot grant a third-class clerk leave OF
absence without pay and then appoint him
to another position with larger compensa-
ton than he would have received as a clerk.
Secretary Manning has made the follow
ing changes in the Registers office: Hart
well J~enison, OF New York, chief OF division
of loans, reduced to a f%ourth-class clerk
ship; Paul Herself, of Pennsylvania, clerk
of class four, dismissed; ThomasG G. Hensey;
OF New York, clerk OF class four, dismissed,
William H. S%tinson, A. b. Woodford, James
Reed and Lewis Welhelm, special agents OF
the Bureau OF Labor, AVE resigned having
completed their Investigations.
COOKS EsIGNATIoN.
WASHINGTON, October %, - Secretary
Manning refuses to say anything in regard
to the report that Assistant Secretary
Coon has been notified that his resignation
will be accepted in Il few days. Heintimates
that all information on that subject must
come from Coon. The report find general
credence in the Treasury Department and
it was even rumored that Mr.. Younans, OF
New York, now chief clerk of the Treasury,
had been selected as Coon's successor.
Youmans, however, denied the report.
The Second Comptroller of the Treasury
is making a thorough investigation of the
accounts OF Indian agents, which are re"
ported to be IN a very bad condition, and
has already referred about a dozen cases
to the Secretary of the Treasury for suits
to recover the balances found due the
Government.
AN ABBLE REPORT.
Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn
United States Navy. who was sent last yeal
! to visit the principal lock yards of Europe
has submitted to the Secretary OF the Navy
a long report, which is said by high nava.
authorities to be a work Of great practical
value. He visited the yards OF Great
Britain, France, Germany and Russia. He
describes technically and with much detail
the shops, docks, discipline and working
systems OF those institutions and the yes
sells lately finished or in process OF con
structiOn. His report is illustrated with
| photographs, charts and fine drawings.
In response to a d s.spatch sent to-day tc
President Cleveland and Attorney-Genera
Garland, asking for the recall OF the sus
pension OF Judge Fitzgerald, the following
reply has inst been received from Attorney
General Garland: Judge Gitzgerald has
| been suspended. His successors appointed
| and commissioned