The morning call., 1891-05-01

Soulmu nlcalIOn was sent 10 lHe Dan fTdH-
cisco Collector of Customs to-day:
Sir: The department is in receipt of a letter
from The Secretary of State. datedtbe 25th inst.
III Which he states thai he is In receipt of tee-
gram from the Charge d'Affaires ad interim OF
this Government at Toxic, dated the 24Ih inst.
advising him that the remains OF John +. Swift,
late Minister OF the Uniled States TO Japan, had
Deen shipped 10 your port by the steamer Belgic
Ihe Secretary requests that you be Instructed 10
+ grant all The cOurtesies usual In such a case I'M
medfateiy upen the arrival of the remains. You
VIII please comply with said request
o. l.. SPAULDING.
Assistant Secretary Of lie Treasury.
WORK OF THE ALBATRoss.
The United States steamship Albatross,
on reaching San Francisco from Guaymas,
Mexico. will undergo repairs and take on
supplies for a summer cruise in Behring
Sea. She will leave San Francisco about
the middle Of May and resume the work of
surveying and locating the fishing grounds
in Behring Sea where it was dropped last
fall. Her southern cruise, which has just
ended, was commenced January 30th, and
was for the purpose of examining the fauna,
temperature and currents In the Pacific
Ocean lying off the northwest coast of
South America. The reports received of
her work are most encouraging and Fish
Commissioner Mcdonald is fully satisfied.
LAND RULINGS.
In the case Of the Oregon and California
Railroad VS.. Jesse X. Higgins the decision
Of the Commissioners rejecting the COM
pany's claim to the tract of land in ques-
tion in the RosebuTg (Oregon) District is
affirmed. In the ease of the mineral entry
made February 2S, 1891, by John Miller,
which takes ia ten acres of Higgins entry,
Acting Secretary Chandler enjoins on the
Commissioner further investigation. In the
case of John Bienylle VS.. the Oregon and
California Railway, involving land in the
Roseburg District. the decision of the Com
missioner is affirmed. The case reached
the Secretary ON an appeal by the railroad
company. In the case of an appeal by Ira
Q. Hanchett. involving land in the Oregon
City Land Office, the decision of the Com
missioner Is affirmed. In the case of the
Northern Pacific Railway Company vs.. Rich
ard ID. Hull, involving land in tile Nancou-
yer District the decision of the Commits
sOners is affirmed, which objects to
the claim Of the railroad company.
In considering the appeal Of Joseph Hobart
from the Commissioners decision rejecting
his application for the repayment of the
purchase money paid upon timber land
entry in the Los Angeles district, the Acting
Secretary suStgiRs the appeal and holds
that II HobaFt should be repaid. The feiee-
ton of the application was based on the
ground that the preliminary affidavit re-
quires the condition of the land to be set
forth and implies personal know ledge
thereof on the part OF the entry man, and
that at the date of said entry the claimant
never saw the land covered thereby, and at
the same time swore that the land is unfit
for cultivation and valuable for its timber.
In his appeal Hobart establishes the fact
that he saw the land before making entry
and that he relinquished it because it had
been held for cancellation on the report OF
a special land agent and he was unable TO
bear the expense of tedious and costly liti-
CATION. The appeal of Richard Robinson
from the Commissioner decision rejecting
his application for the repayment of the
purchase money paiG upon a timber-land
entry on land in the Los Angeles district Is
sustained and the repayment asked by him
viii be allowed.
wINDFALL FOR OREGON.
Acting Secretary Chandler to-day certi-
fed to the Secretary of the Treasury that in
compliance with the act OF Congress of Au-
gust 80 1890, $4,000 is due to the State of
Oregon to be used in the maintenance of an
agricultural college.
NEGLIGENT SURVEYORS.
surprised that the Survey Generals of the
Coast States are not rushing the work of
State surveys. The General Fund appro-
priated TO be used for making the various
surveys, setting aside school lands and sec
tioniZing public lands where settlements
have been made, was divided among the
States by the Land Commissioner, accord
ing to the ratio the demand would require.
This fiscal year, ending June 30th, will no
doubt find the work not so far along as de-
sired, and "a uch of the money VIII revert to
the Treasury, The Commissioner has no
objections to all the money not needed go
ing back to the Treasury, but he is inclined
to the opinion that in some OF the new
| States the demands for surveys are such that
| more of the work should be done this
| year. lie insists that surveying contracts
| be given preference over other business
| and they invariably are approved or re-
| jected very soon after reaching the depart
| mcnt. In the app0rtiOnment of funds to
| defray the expenses in this department Cali
! forpia received $4,000. and the survey con-
| tracts SO far call for S1T05; Oregon was al
| lowed $50, 600. and the total contracts awarded
| shnw Sl4,575, and Survey0r-Generai Byar
has Informed the Commissioner that his
! work will call for the entire appropriation.
| The Washington appropriation is SS5,000
| but so far only $3.50 has been used, and
| Surveyor General Cavannaugh has informed
! the Commissioner that his contracts for the
&cotOVof
| has used u little over $1,000. The Com
| missioner is inclincd to think the
| work is not being rushed as much
| as it ought to be. Idaho was allowed
| $4,000, and so far about half of it has been
used. There is a desire in the Land Depart
| ment to complete this survey work as rap
| idly as possible and, being provided with
| funds. it ought to be good time to do it
| now. The fund for next year is not so
large, and the states referred to in the ap-
| portionment cannot get as much as is now
placed at their disposal, and which will re-
vert to the Treasury on the 30th of June
next.
PARDoNED BY THE PRESIDENT.
In the case of Louis LadoW, now in the
California State Prison at Folsom, the un-
executed part OF his sentence is, by direction
OF the President, RENTED.
CALIFORNIA PENSIONS.
Henry Major, James B!ondin, Thomas
Jackson, Michael Maloney. William S. Dow,
Michael Donahue, William ii. Stoyell,
Michael Halpin, billiard Warren, Henry
PaulsoD, Jacob Jones, Lewis G. Stilley,