The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-03
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Ivan Petrof Discharged for Giving False
Information in Reports Of Alaska
in Behring Sea Cases.

The President has appointed sila'
Alexander Of New Mexico Secretary o
the Territory Of New Mexico, vice Ben
Iamin M. Thomas deceased.
The annual report Of General Casey
chief OF the engineer corps Of the army
10 ready for transmission 10 Congress. II
relates 10 appropriations for the construc
tion OF emplaCements for modern rifeC
guns and mOrtars.
Secretary Noble has appointed Rober'
Schellicher Of Lewiston, Idaho; James
+. Allen Of the Indian Office aud Cyrus
Beebe OF Alaska as a commission 10 ne
gotiate with the Nez Perce Indians IN
Idaho for ce3sion TO the United States o
the surplus lands OF their reservation
under provisions Of the act OF July ID
1899.
Captain w. q. Coulson OF the United
States revenue marine service, has been
detached from duty in command OF the
revenue steamer Rush and ordered to
duty in the liie-saving service as in.
spectOr OF the stations on the Pacific
Coast, vice Captain j. NJ. White de.
ceased. His successor as commander oI
the Rush has not az yet been selected.
Hobart Wilcox has been appointed
keeper of the life-saying station at Cape
Arago.
1t has been defnely decided that Gov
ernOr Stone, Assistant Commissioner OF
the General Land Office, shall be ap-
pointed Commissioner Of the Bureau to
succeed T. II. Carter, who resigned to
accept the Craftsmanship OF the National
Republican Committee. There are sew
eral applicants for the Assistant Com
missionerghip, and if the policy Of pro-
motion is followed, NJ. NJ. Rose, the
present efficient Chief Clerk OF the land
office, will be given the place.
superintendent of the Census Porter
has discharged Ivan Petrotf, the special
agent, who, it is stated, gave false infor-
nation in reports Of Alaska for the State
Department in the Behring Sea cases.
Secretary Noble approved Porter's ac-
ton. Porter in letter to the Secretary
stated that a complete history OF Petrof's
action precluded the supposition that
Petrof was suffering from insanity.
Prof. James II. BIodgett of the census
office was placed in charge of the Alaska
work, and after verifying it in every par
ticular will superintend its final publi-
cation.
The State Department is disposed to
have more respect for Venezuela's posi-
ton in the case OF refugee Mijares since
the announcement by Senator Pietrie
that General Crespo intended to hold
the consignees OF the Philadelphia re-
sponsible for her Captains refusal to
surrender Mijares. 1t is clear to the of
ticials that the Venezuelan authorities
have good case, otherwise they would
be disposed to allow the matter to drop.
An official admitted that the Venezuelan
authorities would have perfect right to
arrest and punish the consignees Of the
Philadelphia if it should transpire that
M jares was a criminal under the COM
mon law. The department heretofore
has figured from the assumption that
Minister Scruggs had prima-facie evil
dence that he was political refugee,
and that the charge OF cattle-stealing
was simply trumped up to get him off
the steamer. In this light he would un-
doubtedly be upheld by this government,
and the arrest of the consignees would
probably result in protest.