The morning call., 1892-04-07
PACIFIC COAST INTERESTS.
A Department Of Mines and Mining Pro.
posed Land Gases Decided.


ported favorably by the House Committee
on Mines and Mining. 1t provides that
there shall be an executive department Of a
general character, the duties of which
shall be TO acquire by examination and by
practical and scientific experiments. geolog-
lcal researches, or otherwise, useful in
formation on the subjects connected with
mining in the general and compre-
hensive sense of the word. and to
diffuse the same among the people
OF the United States. The department shall
be under the supervision of a Secretary of
Mines and Mining appointed by the Pres-
dent There shall be in the same depart
ment an assistant secretary appointed by
the President. The Secretary shall receive
the same salary as is now paid to the Ssc-
retary of each of the executive depart
ments and the salary of the Assistant Sec
retary Of Mines and Mining shall be the
same as that paid the First Assistant Sec
retary of the Department of the Interior.
The duties now imposed by all laws and
parts OF laws relating to mines and mining
affairs exclusively, shall ba performed by
this department. The Geological Survey
and the Bureau of the Mint are to be trans
ferred to this department, and the sale of
mineral lands of the United States snail be
conducted underithe auspices of THIS depart
ment.
Land Cases Decided.
The Secretary of the Interior has affirmed
the decisions of tile General Land Commis-
Sioner IN the following cases: The South
eTn Pacific Railroad Company vs.. Maria ;.
Hammond. IN the holding for confirmation
OF Uamnlond's homestead entry, section y,
Of the San Francisco land district; the AT
lantie and Pacific Railway Company VS..
William H. Denny, in allowing the fling of
pre- empti0n declaratory statement of
Den3y'S for section % of the Prescott (Arz.)
land district He also refused TO grant the
a. plication Of Mis- Bruseth for writ of
certiorari in the case of Bruseth against
Henry Phillips and the Puget Mil Com
pany, involving the homestead entry of sec
ton of the Olympia OYash.( land district.
Pacific Coast Patents Granted.
The following patents were granted to
Pacific Coast Inventors to-day: California:
San Francisco-HenryB Bohles, a cigarette
machine; M0ndula Leak, an exhibition
car; Richard NJ. Manifold, a governor for
steam engines; Henry ?. Christi, a friction
coupling; William p. Sweetand, nut
lock. Henry J. Small, label
holder. Oakland-John Hgham, a baby
jumper. Los Angeles. j. Kato and I. II.
Rhodes, toll-coliecting apparatus for tele-
phones. Guerneylle-D. b. English, hillside
plow. Artesia-Eiward q. Gillespie.
music leaf turner. Colma StatOn-Charles
l.. Mann. a pruning Implement. Oregon.
Andrew +. Lewis Of the East Portland
Magazine, taekhammer; Emil ChrIsten-
sen OF Portland, saw Ming and setting
machine. shington-AleXander Begg OF
Seattle. an automatic apparatus for the sale
OF newspapers; Herman A. Todd aud 4. II.
Anderson Of the Shelton Journal, a bearing
center plate for logging-cars and a chock-
block for loggng-cars.
Capital Notes.
The British Minister called at the White
House this morning and had another con-
ference with the President in regard TO the
modus viyendi of the coming season. 1t is
understood that conclusion in the matter
has practically been reached.
Offers Of silver TO the Treasury Depart
ment to-day aggregated 400 600 ounces. The
amount purchased was 100000 ounces, at
prices ranging from SO 20 t0 .S6.30
The Senate has confirmed John Nc
Carthy. the Postmaster Of Berkeley, Cali
fornia.
Pensions Granted.
Pensions have been granted as follows:
California: Orginal-JOhn S. Hanna, Hor-
acc \. Bulls. Reuben King Lewis Brown
Theodore r. Webb; additIOnal-Edward F.
Stephens, Henry ID. George; increase-Reu-
ben w. Jewell. Elijah Bridges; reissue
James C. Dewitt. deceased; original wild
ows, etc.-Mary c. Dewitt. Catharine Bag
nall.
Oregon: OriginaI-Hsnry w. Churchill:
additional-Aiyin \. Archer. Alexander
Thompson.
Washington: Original-Martin Van Bu-
ren, Henry Perkins, James A. Temple; ad-
ditional-Ab Abner WiZman; increase-John
Warden, Enoch II. Hunbiing; original wild
ows, etc.-Mary T. Frayne.
Postmasters Appointed.
Tie Postmasters appointed to-day are
as follows: At Springer, Harvey County,
Or, A. Itenbree, vice l.. Il. Springer, re-
signed; at Fcrt Halieck, Elko County,
New, r. Campbell, vice e. L. Mayer. re-
signed.
Protection to Americans.
joint resolution was agreed upon by the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs, calling
on the President for Information whether
any American citizen OF the Jewish faith is
subjected In Russia to restrictions which
violate the treaty, as was reported in the
House by Representative Chipman to-day.
Reports of C1mmIitees.
The House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors has decided to place under the
contract system the continuation of the i'm
proyement OF the Humboldt harbUr, Cali
fornIa,
The House to-day adopted a resolution
requesting the Judiciary Committee to re-
port back a resolution providing for an
investigation of the Pinkertons.
Personal Mention.
Ensign II. S. Gales has been detached
from the Pensacola and ordered to duty on
the Thetis. Lieutenant q. w. Denfield Is
detached from the Thetis and ordered to
electric light duty at the Union Iron
Works, San Francisco. Lieutenant-C Com
mander Charles IL. Stockton is ordered to
an examination Tor promotion on April l2
j. W. Thompson of San Diego is here
ID. Crasenless Of San Francisco is regis
tered at Wizards.
Richard Gray Of San Francisco arrived
to-day
Representative Camnetti's grandfather
died in New jersey to-day.