The morning call., 1892-05-12
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Land Gases Decided Reed on the Free Ore
Fallaey Capital iOteS.

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Wear, executor of Edwin league, deceased.
| involving land in the San Francisco district,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Chandler
has reversed the decision of the Commits
sioner of tile General Land Office and
awarded the land in contest TO Moorhouse
and Guy f. Heaton. leagues filing is can
celed.
The decision OF The Land Commissioner
in the case of William Fulton vs. Frances
j. johnson, holding for cancellation Full
tons homestead entry in the Los Angeles
District, has been approved
Pensions have been granted AS follows:
California: Original - Michael NoOnan.
Henry A. Gear, Richard Sheppard, William
+. Willard, Carl johnson, Ransom Yarney.
John Maxwell, Thomas McGorray, John
II. Ford, John Wood. Restoration and
increaSe-EdWard X. Smith. Reissue. Ter
renee Smith. Original widows, etc.-Mary
Jane Underwood. Mexican widow-Joanna
Fuqua.
Oregon: OrginaI-Thomas Fl. Reed. John
II. Hynson. James G. Henry. Additional
Nathaniel Jones.
Washington: Original-John c. Tayler,
Willard Nail, Joseph Schleer. Additional
Charles j. Freese.
It is said that j. NJ. Root may be- APP
pointed examiner of merchandise at the San
Francisco Custom-house, vice Hollywood,
removed.
DR. Kelley, Postmaster of San Jose. will
be made discussing officer in the cOnstruc-
tinE Of the new public building at San Jose.
Nothing will be done regarding the San
Francisco Postofiice until Secretary Fosters
return from New York In few davs
Z. b. Bailey of San Jose is at Wizards
Hotel. United States Marshal George Z.
Gard OF Los Angeles arrived here to-day.
Thomas +. Faw and John J. Clark of Cali
fornia are registered at the Ebbltt House.
Free.Lead Orc FaIIacy.
Reed of Maine to-day presented the re-
port of the minority of the Ways and
Means Committee opposing the passage of
the bill to admit silyer-lead oreifree OF duty
The minority say that the majority advise
the abolition Of the duties, first because
the American miner needs ore to smelt his
own with; second because it would be so
grateful 10 Mexico. The first reason is
business; the second is pbilan thropic, and
both, the minority say, happen to be false.
The American miner does not need ore for
fuX. and If he does he does OF get 1t I'M
der the present system. nor under the free
raw material system which prevailed before
the last tariff act The American miner. it
Is asserted, Will not back the bill, but the
American free-trader is yearning not for
free raw material, but for the raWest kind
OF Mexican 30 cents day labor.
Protest From Wanamaker.
Postmaster General Wanamaker sent
Speaker Crisp long letter containing some
observations upon the pOstOffice appropria-
ton bill. The PoStmaSter-General says the
bill for the fiscal year ending June so, 1898.
Will seriously impair the postal service and
result in general dissatisfaction throughout
the country. He says: 81 deem IL my duty
to emphasize TO you that cripplng the oper-
ations Of this department by Withholding
the treasury appropriations will not only
impair Its efficiency but prevent the earn
IN no Il in my
The San Francisco Mint.
Representative Cutting this morning ap-
peared before the House Committee on APP
preparations In the interest OF the United
States Mint at San Francisco. The COM
mittee had reduced the appropriation from
$4,000 10 $4,000, notwith standing the
fact that the Mint was last year $4,000
short on its labor account Mr.. Cutting is
trying TO secure an increase in the appro-
priatlOn.
Pacific Mail Investigation.
II is probable that within a week the sub
committee on the Pacific Mail Company. ap-
pointed by the full Committee on Post
Offices and P0stroads yesterday, will report
Bowers resolution, that an Investigation
into the charge that the Pacific Mail re-
ceives an annual subsidy from the Southern
Pacific Railroad may be instituted. Messrs
Br0okshire and Wheeler are botn in favor
OF the adoption OF Bowers resolution.
Capital Notes,
The President has under consideration
the selection of two arbitTat0rs to repre-
sent the United States in the settlement Of
the Boring sea question, and il is said the
appointments will be announced next week.
The indications are that one of the arbi-
traitors will be Justice Harlan of the Su-
preme Court.
Sub-Treasury bills which have been be-
fore the Committee on Ways and Means
for some time were taken up to-day, and
Shively WAS authorized to move a reference
to the Committee on Banking aud Currency.
The Electric Trust is now the subject of a
resolution of inquiry in the House by Grain
Of Texas. calling on the Attorney General
for information as to whether the Edison
Electric Company, the Thomson Houston
Electric Company or the General Electric
Company had violated the Antitrust act
in submitting proposals for furnishing light
to the Worlds Fair.
The Treasury Department to-day pur-
chased 263,000 ounces of silver at .S732 to
.S746
The Secretary of the Navy to-day ordered
the Yorktown. Mohiean, Adams and Rush
TO sail FROM Port Townsend for the Bering
Sea