Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-11

IMPENDING APPOINTMENTS.
Secretary Window was in conference
with the President for several hours this
afternoon in regard to the appointments
under the Treasury Department. 1t is
said that quite number were de-
termined upon and will be announced in
a few days.
SOME DESIRABLE BILLETS.
The contest for the position of Super
intendent of Foreign Mails in the Post
office Department, is becoming spirited.
The salary attached to the Office is
$5 600 per year, and the fact that the
new Superintendent will attend an i'm
portant Postal Congress in Europe dur
ing the year has created unusual interest
among the applicants.
The Presidents Appointment Clerk,
First Assistant Postmaster General, &c.
Fowler, is mentioned as the probable
successor to jos. Roy, Chief Clerk of the
department, who has resigned.
1t is believed that Jas. f. Stuart, of
Illinois, for many years Postoffice In
spector, will be appointed Chief Inspector
to su ceed Mr.. West.
TROUBLE BREWING IN OKLAHOMA.
No end of trouble is anticipated from
the enormous rush of boomers to Okla
homa. There are only about 10000
quarter sections, and about 100000 peo-
pie have made arrangements for invad-
ing the promised land" the moment
the President drops the hat. The most
reasonable estimate that can be made
puts about five claimants to every quar-
ter section. For every well-watered and
we'll situated quarter section there will
be dozen claimants, and they will all
initiate their claims so simultaneously
that, as the only witnesses will be the
rival claimants, it will be simply i'm
possible to tell who has located first, and
hundreds of disputes will have to be
settled by the primitive appeal to force.
1t is expected that nine-tenths of those
who fail to get land will spread out on
the lands of the civilized Indians, and
nothing short of the whole United States
army can get them off. So the boomers
will probably get the land and the Gov
ernment will settle with the Indians.
THEY WILL LET UP LITTLE.
It is authoratively stated at the De-.
partment of State that the three treaty
powers concerned in Samoan affairs,
England, Germany and the United States,
have reached an understanding by the
terms of which they will each keep but
one war vessel at Samoa, pending the
termination of the Samoan Conference.
Orders for the Richmond to proceed from
the mouth of the La Plata River, South
America, to Samoa, have been counter
manded, and work on the Adams. now
at Mare Island, which was also to have
gone to Samoa, will not be pushed with
such expedition.
GENERAL AVERAGE OF CROPS.
The crop reporting service of 9he De-
paltment of Agriculture for April relates
to the condition OF winter grain and of
farm animals as they go out of winter
quarters. Seeding wheat was somewhat
delayed in the Middle States by the
early autumn rains, and west of Ohio by
dry weather in September and October.
Later conditions were good in both sec
tions with mild and drier weather in the
East and fair supply of moisture in the
West. In the South the condition of the
soil for seeding was generally favorable.
In California the autumn rains were fol-
lowed by dry season in the winter. but
refreshing showers in March caused the
termination of the lately sown and Wig.
orous growth of the early seeded area.
There was little winter protection except
for short time in mid-winter in the lati-
tude of heavy winter SHOWS conse quentlv
more OF the northern breadths are some
what brown in color, and patches in wet
soils are winter killed, yet the Temporal
has been so mild, with so few sudden
extremes. that the present condition ia
very good. The plants are generally
well rooted, and have been growing over
large part of the area through the win
ter. The general average condition is "a,
nearly the same as the April condition of
the crop OF 1886, which fell at harvest to
| S7.S. That of 1888 was 80, and that of
the previous year WAS 98. In April the
condition of the large crop of 1884 was
| 95.4, going up to SO at harvest. The
present condition by principal States is
New York, "a; Pennsylvania, 90; Texas,
81; Ohio, 88; Illinois, 81; Missouri, 95
Kansas, SO; California, 98. The condi.
tion in the Southern States ranges from
80 to 81. The rye crop is also in good
condition. The general average is SO 8.
The mild weather has been favorable
to farm animals, which are generally in
high condition. The general average fer
horses is 98.4, for cattle SO 8, sheep 81 a.
swine 95.6. The estimated losses from
disease and all other causes during the
past year have also been much less than
usual.
ENCOURAGING oRDNANCE.KAKING.
The Army Fertilization Board which
has been holding sessions in the War
Department during the winter, has drawn
up set OF rules to govern the tests of
experimental guns, The act craatino the
Board provides that it shall prescribe the
dimensions and method of testing guns
Of ten or twelve inches calibre that NAV
be submitted by private parties, and if
any gun offered shall fulfill the REQUIRE.
ments as to accuracy, range, power OF
endurance and general efficiency, the
gun and ammunition (which is to be fur
nished with the gum shall be paid for at
a fair valuation, including the cost of
transportation. A contract is also to be
made at reasonable prices with the party
presenting the best of such guns for fur
ther supply. The Board has accordingly
formulated the following conditions,
which have been approved by the Secre-
tary of War: The 10-inch gun shall be
about 80 tons (long) in weight, and the
length "a calibers, measure from face OF
obturator to face of muzzle. 1t is desir-
able that the trunnions be II inches in
diameter, and the distance between the
rim bases AZ inches, in order to avoid
the necessity for special carriage. The
power must be muzzle energy of not
laaa than | 500 foot toms. fha ron0o