The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-06-03
FORFEITED RAILROAD LANDS.
A Large Tract Will Be Opened Soon for
Settlement.
PART OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC GRANT.
Reports Of Congressional Committee appropriation
for the agricultural Department-Stan.
dalS in the Census Office.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.


WASHINGTON, June BY direction OF
Secretary Noble, that portion of the land
grant OF the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany lying between Tres PinOs, in San
Bento County, and Alcade, in Fresno
County, in California. will soon be restored
| to the public domain. BY the act of Sep
tember, 1890, these lands we're declared for
felted to the United States, and the Com
missioner of the General Land Office issued
to-day orders to tho Registrar and Re-
| ceiver at San Francisco directing that 80
days public notice be given for the purpose
] OF carrying this forfeiture act into effect.
| The lands, which aggregate approximately
| 76S,C00 acres viii be opened to settlement at
J an early date.
All settlers who were In good faith upon
any of the restored lands on September %,
| 1890, and who were otherwise qualified. will
have preference of the rights of entry un-
der the homestead law. this right to be exer-
cised within six months from the date of
the promulgation OF the order of restora-
ton. Former applications, rejected because
the lands were then held not to be subject
TO disposal, confer no rights upon
the applicants. Lands will be disposed
feiture act without regard to such
applications heretofore rejected and upon
which appeals are pending, Such persons
should. however, be notified that they may
| make new applications. Persons intending
10 claim the right of purchase under the
forward within 90 days after receiving no.
tlce from the land officers and file their
claims properly, describing the lands to be
claimed by them. This will not bar the
entry of land described by them subject to
the perfection of their purchase right.
Investigation of the Reading Deal.
The subcommittee of five members of
the House COMMITTEES on IpterState' and
Foreign Commerce unanimously agreed to
report recommending that an nvestiga-
tiO be made into the facts connected with
the Reading Railroad deal in Pennsylvania.
The report is accompanied by resolution
providing for an investigation and will be
presented to the full committee tomorrow
for action.
A feature Of the bill. making an appropri-
alton for the support OF the Agricultural
Department for the fiscal year reported to-
day, is the section providing that the
monthly report be confined strictly to the
statement of the percentage OF totals by
States and the full total, without comment
or argument. and it shall be submitted to
the Secretary of Agriculture who shall
officially approve the report before it is
Issued or published.
Conference with Canadians.
Hon. George Z. Foster, Canadian Minis
ter of Finance, and Mackenzie Bowell,
Minister of Customs, arrived in this city this
afternoon 10 hold conference with Sir
Julian PaunceiOte, the British ambassador.
and Secretary Blaine, on topics which have
been held in allegiance between the two Gov
ernments for several months. Minister
Foster told the object of the visit so far as
the nature of it would allow. He said that
it ponld not be proper to go into all the de-
tails We expect soon TO see Sir Julian
PauncefOte. and through him to arrange
for meeting with Secretary Blaine at his
earliest convenience. lie said, The con-
ference will be practically a continuance Of
the one we had in February. in which Sir
John Thompson participated"
Sir Julian PauncefOte will have an inter
view with the men from Ottawa tomorrow
forenoon. He will then attempt to arrange
for meeting with Blaine at once.
Ruling on Foreign Locomotives.
Acting Secretary of the Treasury Spaulj-
ing has Issued a circular to the customs
officers in regard to foreign locomotives
used in traffic with adjacent countries in
which he says: Every foreign locomotive
on a continuous route crossing the boundary
into the United States Is allowed TO bring a
train directly TO and from the customs port
on the route, or to and from the termina-
tion in the United States or what Is techn-
cally known as the run of the locomotive
if 1t is beyond the limits of such port. but
no foreigu-made locomotive shall be en-
poyed for continuance OF an inward trip.
unless such locomotive snail have been duly
entered for duty in the United States. The
officers of the customs are directed to seize
any locomotive found TO be used in violation
Of the above rules"
Acquitted by Correspondents.
James f. Young has been acquitted by
the corps Of Washington correspondents of
the charges upon which the Senate dis
missed him from his position rs Executive
Clerk. YOung's removal from Office carried
with it the imputatioD that he had cOmmu-
ncated TO the newspaper correspondents
information about transaction of the SEN
ate while IN executive session.
Census ONCE Scandals.
Miss Ida Creagan. Census Bureau clerk.
stated before the House Investigating Com
mttee to-day that in the first two months
OF her employment she paid Miss Conover,
a relative of Chief Clerk Chlds, $l2 80
month out of her salary OF $50. as Miss
Conover said she would endeaYOr TO have
Miss Creagan retained. The witness had
been reappointed. and was not paying CON-
missions now. Miss C0nOver returned the
money TO the witness afterward at the In
stance of Assistant Secretary Chandler's
private secretary. George NJ. Miller and
r. IL. Kerr, section chiefs In the census
Office denied the charges made against
them yesterday of undue familiarity with
female clerks in their offices.
Army and Navy Notes.
The Secretary of War has authorized Cap
tain j. T. Haskell, Twenty-third Infantry;
Lieutenant George Andrews. Twenty fifth
Infantry. and Lieutenant III. A. Reed, Sec
0nd Artillery. to attend the national COM
petitive drill of national guards at Omaha,
Nebr., from the 18th to the Goth of June.
The order for the retirement of Colonel
William E. Remey. Judge Advocate General
of the Navy, takes effect on the 4th inst. in
stead OF the 18th, as originally stated.
Money in tho Treasury.
A statement prepared at the Treasury
Department shows that there was net in
crease of Sc, 437 1856 in circulation during the
month of May and net Increase of $780,
00S in money and bullion in the treasury
during the same period.