Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-05
CROFT ISSUES AN ORDER.
The Workings of the General Land
Office Not For Publication.
THE MEXICAN LEAD ORE CASE
Very Probable That IL Will BE De-
cided Against the American
Miners-Thc Pension Com
missionership.
WASHINGTON BUREAU, The OMAN, BEE,

5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET, 7
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. 4.
The following order was issued to-day
from the Office of the commissioner Of the
general land Office:
"To the Chief of the Division OF Clerks
and Employees of the General Land Ofice--
Gentlemen 1t having been the practice as
l am informed, for chiefs of divisions and
others Ia this office to impart to reporters
official information respecting the business
and workings of this o.iice, l desire to in
form you that such practice must bs disc on
tinued forthwith, and no information what
ever is to be given out to reporters. Such
information as may be proper to be given
will be furnished by the commissioner Very
respectfully, LEWIS A. CROFT,
Commissioner.
THE SILVER LEAD ORE CASE.
The indications now are that the silver
lead ore case will be decided against the
lead miners. or in other words, that no
change will be made in the rulings made by
Secretary Sherman and affirmed by Secre-
tary Farchild. Reasons Of public policy are
beginning to have an effect on the depart.
ment which they did not seem to have u few
months ogo. Minister Ryan's visit and the
presence here of the delegates to the Inter
national conference are opening the eyes OF
the treasury officials to the Importance of
our trade across the border. If the importa-
tion of lead ore should be cut off by treasury
regulations it would have an important effect
upon the business of the American railroads
leading into Mexico, for lead ore is one of the
principal return freighrs which keeps the cars
laden with American goods from coming
back empty after leaving their freights in
southern republics. Secretary Window will
probably decide this case as he has decided
others, upon the principle that the long es-
tablished usage ofthe department ought not
to be overthrown for trivial reasons. In
this way he can escape the necessity of pass
ing upon the abstract question of law.
THE BoULANGER OF MISSISSIPPI.
Ex-senator b. X. Bruce has returned from
Mississippi, where he assisted in putting
republican state ticket in the field where 1t
has not been the custom to make any resist
ance TO the election of democratic gov
ernOr. Since the convention he has been
| dubbed.the Boulanger Of Mississippi because
| of his having been delegate from so many
counties. He was elected delegate TO the
| republican state convention from Warren
| county, where is situated Vicksburg, the
largest commercial city; from Hind county,
| in which is the capital city, Jackson, and
| from Bolivia and Leake counties. Besides
being four delegates he was several other
officers of the convention. He was elected
| both permanent and temporary chairman.
| Upon his earnest advocacy the full state
| ticket was nominated. The only colored
| man on the ticket was N. Il. Morrison, for
| and possesses considerable wealth. Twenty
| years ago the democrats nominated coored
| man for this Office. There is no chance now
| for fight on the color line. General Chal-
mers was nominated for governor because Of
| his being an -brIgader of the confederacy
| and democrat until 1888. The republicans
| are going to fight for the election of their
| ticket.
| THE PENSION CoMMlssIoNERsnIP.
| The appointment of pension commits.
| sioner seems as far away now as it has at
| any time since the resignation of Corporal
| Tanner was received The president is not
| having an easy time to find a man who will
| be satisfactory to Secretary Noble and him
self on one side, and who will also meet tho
| approval of Alger and the G.. Il. II. on the
| otler. 1t is said the only reason for not ap-
| pointing Judge Rea, of Minnesota, vas the
objection of Alger. 1t seems apparent that
| Alger and other G. A, II. men wish to secure
| man for the pension bureau like Tanner or
| who will at least carry OUT Tanners policy.
| 1t was further apparent that Judge Rea
| would not be guided entirely by Grand
| Army resolutions and sentiment, but would
| administer the law as he found IT, This, IL
seems, does not satisfy the Alger Grand
| Army men. The Michigan general hopes to
| make a record during the year he will be
| commander-in-chief and he expects that the
! right man in the pension bureau put there by
| his endorsement will help min to make that
| record.
| A BEAUTIFUL APPROACH.
| 1t was expected that the temporary wooden
| ratings and coverings to the sandstone about
| the grand entrance on the west of the capitol
| would be cleared away for those who will
| visit the knights Templar conclave next
/ week, and that as the work for this beautiful
approach to the capitol is completed, there
would be sort of grand opening" The
| finest piece of extensive marble work about
any of the buildings in Washington, in
| fact the finest approach to any
building IN the United States,
can now be seen as one goes into tho capitol
| building from Pennsylvania avenue on the
west. The design for this immense piece of
| marble work was suggested by the approach
to the Italian parliament at Rome. 1T is
] about four hundred feet long by almost one
| hundred feet in width, and the steps and
| balustrades form a network of fine marble,
| which can be- found at no other point prob
ably in the world. The cost of this struc-
| ture is somewhere between $G0OOO0 and
SSOO0OO and the work has been under way
for several years. The marble is pure
| white and can not be- described
Those who visit the capitol next week
| will be well repaid TO look closely at this
work. The immense old fish basin, which
| was the receptacle for cigar stubs and bread
crumbs, has been cleaned out ana foun-
tain with a basin of about twenty-five feet in
diameter is to take its place. the fine white
marble approach, glistening in the sunlight
| of an Autumn afternoon, makes sharp and
beautiful contrast with the greensward and
the yellow leaves in front.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
The comptroller Of the currency to-day au-
thOrized the Stephenson National bank, of
| Marinette, Wis, to begin business with a
capital of 100000. PERRY :. HEATH.
Report on the BaltimOre's Trial.
WAsHINGToN, Oct. 4--The official report
of the trial board on the cruiser Baltimore,
relative to her recent run, was received at
the navy department to-day. The board
states that the average horse power devel-
oped by the engines was S977 So, being de-
iiciency of 2?.l2 in power, which would
incur a penalty of s2,2l2. Her average
speed was 1875 knots an hour, The report
states that during the run two indicators,
which had been thoroughly tested before
the trial, broke and IL was necessary TO sub
stitute TWO others which had not been tested.
| On the record of these indicators depended
the record of the development of horse
power. The secretary has decided TO waive
the question of the acceptance OF the vessel
until he can hear from the contractors as TO
whether or not they are willing to let the
last trial stand as the fnal one, or are pre-
pared to have another trial run with indi-
Gators tested. Should they prefer not TO
have another trial the cruiser will be ac-
cepted by the government.
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Regular Cabinet Meetings Resumed.
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