Butte semi-weekly miner., 1886-05-12

these entries, he thinks are fraudulent. The
proportion OF new cases that will require
such investigation will be much less than in
those previous to April 8, 1885. As the
order OF suspension had the effect to ma
terially check the making or completion of
fraudulent entries. It was the ease with
which frauds could be perpetrated under
existing laws and the immunity for fraud
by the hasty issue of patents, he says that
encouraged the making of fraudulent en-
tries. The certainty OF q Thorough investiga-
tion would restrain such practices but gross
frauds must inevitibly exist SO long as an
opportunity of maud is presented in the
laws and SO long as it is hoped by the pro-
| moters OF fraud that examinations may be
impaired or suppressed. The commissioners
renews his recommendation that the pre-
emptiOn, cOmmuted homesteads, timber
cnlture, timber land, and desert land laws
be repealed and says the questions broadly
stated are whether the public lands shall
| be protected and an houest acquisition Of
| title insisted upon or a dishonest appropri-
| alton thereof be allowed. These questions
cannot lohg remain in allegiance. With the
present needless r1sh OF speculator and
monopoly the public domain will be alb
sorbed in q periodsot time so brief that
even the preventative measures against
fraud and missppropriation may soon be
too late to save any considerable portion
of 'he public lands for homes for the peo-
pie. The Commissioner closes his COM
munication with statement that his gen.
eral information leads to the conclusion
that no large amount of public land re-
mains in the Western States and Terri |
tories east OF the cattle belt which an ac-
tual settler can take up without buying off |
speculative claims or v.'iding some
invalid entry by contest proceed
ings, while within the cattle region |
it is notorious that the actual statements |
are generally prevented and made prActi- |
cally impossible outside the proximity Of
towns through the unlawful control # the
country maintained by cattle corporations.
The demand for free lands for aomes of
American eitizeus, which is daily increas-
ing in intensity, cannotlonger be met unless
the unpatented lands now unlawfuly held
or claimed can be recovered to the public
domain and future illegal and fraudulant
appropriations decisively stopped.
SILVER DOLLARS.
The issue of standard silver dollars from
the mint during the week ended May 8,
last, was $377,975. The issue during the
corresponding period last year was $263,-
999. Shipments of fractional silver coin
from the mints since May amount to $84S,-
829.
ANOTHER NATIONAL BANK.
thorized the American Excha nge National
Bank OF Chicago. Illinois, to begin business
with a capital of 81 100000.
MONSTER ANTI-cHINEsE PETITION
Representative Morrow has received a
petition from the Knights of La
Dor, OF California. It is over 1000 feet
long and contains the names of over
5O, 600 persons. Every State, county and
officer, and every knight of La
bor OF alifornia, has signed the petition.
Every male adult in many OF the counties
of the State has put his name to it. It
prays for acton on the part of Congress,
either by appropriate legislation, or by
such q change in the present treaty with
China as may be necessary to forever pro-
hibit the further i'm migration of Chinese to
The United States.
Sale of a Railroad.
ST. LOUIS. May 1O.-T Quincy, Mis-
'ouri & Pacific railroad was sold to-day
20 Edward Parsons for purchasing COM
nittee OF the bondholders for 800, 900. /,
The railroad was leased line of the .
Wabash since August, 1879, until 8 ort
lime ago when the court ordered the re-
'eivers to turL it over to the Trustees, !,
dess1 J. 9ilmon and Burt, who were in turn :
TO all j