The semi-weekly miner., 1886-04-10
Maaay Mennsy'yania. favored free coinage, and
Jersey, opposed it. VI Ne"
Adjourned.
W0Ahington Note.

Messrs. Buchanan and McAdov 81 n
jersey, opposed it. ~
Adjourned.
Warrington Notes.
WAsalNaToN, April 7.-The Secretary
ue inCe'or mas revoked the order of Co
missioner Sparks of the General la,
ONCE, OF April 3, 1885. susnendino f;n
action upon public lands. The ord
winch Mr.. Sparks issued April 3 iSS
suspended hnal action upon all entries
PuDhc lands except the private cash entr;
anu such scrip locations as are not d
peneent upon acts Of settlement and cul1
vation in the whole Of Colorado exce,
land in tho late Ute reserv vation: ali of D
kota, Idaho, Utah, Washington, New Me-
.co, Montana, Wyoming and Nevada {
wen as upon all timber entries under IL
act oi June 8, 1873; also upon all cases
aeser' land entries. Secretary Lama
;sts' ;;ays' wnatever necessity may have e,
ceased to be sufficient to longer cont;nn
an order suspending all action and inyoly
lug IN common condemnation innocent an,
guilty. the honest and the dishonest, Will
earnestly urge the strictest vigilance I,
prevent ny all agencies within your powe
tne contamination of fraudulent or wrong
'ni iand cl inns, yet. when the vigilance o
al these agencies shows no substantial ev
ldence OF fraud or wrong, the honest claim,
should not bedelayed Or their consideration
e1'used on general reports or rumors. Tht
revoked and you will proceed in the regula,
orderly and lawful consideration and dis
posai OF all claims suspended by it,"
SHOW FOR THE CH1NAMAN.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury has
instructed the Collector of Customs at
fort Townsend, Washington Territory. in
cases wnere Chinese subjects claiming to be
merchants, teachers, students and Others
OF the classes exempted from the restr;ct;ve
provisions OF the Chinese emigration act
arrive at that port from places in coun.
tr1es' other than China where there are no
representatives of the Chinese Government,
ne lthe ColIectOr) is to f.cilitate a deter
mlnatlon by the courts of the treaty rights
OF the immigrants in question. and ia not
TO send back without judicial examination
any OF them, unless there is positive evi-
oence tnat they are OF the prohibited class.
THE PAN-ELECrRIc.
Solicitor General Goode was before tho
ran Electric Investigating Committee again
yesterday, and on cross-examination by
Mr. hanney stated he was not aware of
eSiug any undue or unusual haste in order
ing sult against the Bell Company. Neither
mad ne given any thought to the motives of
the attorney who offered to appear IN the
SUIT without compensation from the Gov.
Ii he had known of the attor.
aey's connection with the Fan-Electric |
company, and that an application for suit |
lnd been made, his action would have been
;he same as it waa.
Didn't it occur to you," asked Mr.. Ran
ley: "that the Bell patents had been the
un]ect OF many decisions OF courts, and |
ad wlthstood all charges Of fraud?"
NO, replied e witness firmly; "and /
,ant to say further that do not know
hat the Bell Company was talked ahont
9 such a divinity that it could not be
rought into court like other companies.
mere Is one point desire to make clear.
nd That is that the Attorney General
al no more to do with the institution
thls suit than any member of the com.
ittee."
THE CHIMES TROUBLE
The Chinese Minister at WASHINGTON has
!" de formal complaint to the Secretary
otat IN regard to the treatment Of his
lccessOr San Francisco at the hands of |
e United States customs Officers. He
'ses h 8 action on information received
om the Chinese Consul- general ct San l.
'ancisco. who, it is Understood, alleges
at the new Minister and his suite were
b]ected to unusual and unnecessary ar
gances and discourtesies on their arrival !
that port. The Secretary of State re-
req the matter to the Acting Secretary '
the Treasury, who this afternoon tele- '
aphed to the Collector OF Customs at San I
ancisco for statement OF
THE CONDUCT OF HIS OFFICERS O
the matter. Some surprise is express ed a
the treasury department that the land
OF the Minister should have been at
lded by any delay or embarrassment in n
W OF the fact that the Collector S
San Francisco had been specially A
tructed to extend to him the b
'al courtesies due representatives o.
foreign Governments, such rs al! n,
ving Tree entry of his baggage and effects. Il
aifOrding facilities for his uninterrupted n,
nsit to Washington or wherever else he W
ired to 60. W
THE FORMAL COMPLAINT. u,
he following il the letter of the Chinese st
lister to the Secretary of State: Refer to
! to your note of the 23d ult. infor M eli
me that all necessary instruction tie
e issued to the Collecto: OF Customs at co
! Francisco to extend to your (my) sue tn
'or, Mr.. Chang Yen Hon, and suite,
m their arrival there, every proper
rtesy and attention due to the diplo-
tic representative of a foreign govern oi o.:
1T, have the honor to state that l 10y ~
e just received from the Chinese Consul. "
eral at San Francisco the following TEL rlt
I'M: minister Chang and Suite have or
we'd. The Collector demanded Il pre- po
;ation of credentials before allowing
n to land. After considerable deten.
J, the Surveyorpermitted them to land" v.
opt, sir: the renewed assurances OF nv m,
lest consideration. Ia
CHENa TsAo JU. an
SECRETARY MANNING. Go
cretary Manning continues to improve.
President called upon him to-day. 6
APPOINTMENTS. ,f
Edmund James, Receiver of
'ublic Money at Carson City, Nevada. to.
uel ]. Loran, Receiver of Public Money Tb
entral City, Colorado. John A. McCler- tn,
ID, OF Illinois. member of the Board of fre
stration and Election, in the Ter bri
~ of Utah. Cyrus w. Johnston,
on. w. T. Barney, Register of the
d Office, Oregon City, Oregon. Charles the
'auser, OF Ohio, Agent at Yokima In llsI
Agency, Washington Territory. James ser
'avis, of Michigan, Agent at Usage get
ICY, Indian Territory. en-
MORE PAN-ELECTRIC. ~ ~
n. JOS E. Johnston, Commissioner Of ar
roads, was examined by the Telephone ths
Committee to-day. He was alb
sure the idea of using official influence Git
lrther the interests of the company had str
r been thought of by his associates. Co
ad never hearu untl1 the sup!ecs nau pal
menJlOneo py Mr. nanuey 'nno o moi
Garland and Harris had written pro. pa1
onal opinions touching tne vahclCy OF slivt
patents. Hesaw now that the opinions O.,
is associates as to the value vi the ten
rs patent were highly extravaganza. La
NEW PRESIDENT OF COSTA RIGA. ma
nor Peralta. the Costa Rican Minister, mu
receive a cable dispatch from the Sec- pee
~ of state of Costa Rica announcing see
unanimous election of General Jon Ber-