The morning call., 1892-04-13
The Pacific Mail Company Will Be
Brought to Time.
STEAMERS MUST STOP AT san DIEGO.
Senator FELTON, and Representative Bowers CcntiBue
the Fight-thange in the National
Soldiers Home.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

awarded The contract for carrying the South
American mails under the postal aid act Of
Congress The steamers do not stop at San
Diego as regularly as required By the agree
ment Representative Bowers says that
Senator FELTON, and himself propose TO keep
up The Fight in the interest of San Diego,
and IL justice cannot be had at the hands of
The Postoffice Department the matter will
be taken before Congress The New York
and Cuba Mail Steamship Company have.
at their own request, had their contract for
carrying the mail on routes to the north OF
Cuba, south of Cuba and to Mexico under
the postal aid act Cancelled by Postmaster
General Wanamaker The contract awarded
William Ii. Il. Hughes on the route to the
Argentine Republic was also Cancelled.
Thes0Steamshp lines found that the small
subsidy paid by the Government would not
warrant them in undertaking to continue
the contract.
Major George Fl. Bonebrake of Los
Angeles has intimated to his friends
here that he does not desire reap
pointment as member OF the Board OF
Governors of the national homes for dis
ahled soldiers, thereby creating vacancy.
which will be filled by the appointment Of
Republican 10 succeed him, as, under the
existing law and SIS contemplated in bill
pending before the House of Representa-
tIves, both political parties must be repre-
sented on the board. The California dele
cation has decided 10 recommend General
w. Ii. l.. Barnes of San Francisco for the
place. The House Committee on Military
Affairs will hold its next meeting on Fridav,
at which time Major Bonebrake's name will
be Withdrawn by Representative Bowers of
California, and Barnes name will be sub
stituted in the bill heretofore reported
favorably to the House, but recommitled
yesterday on motion OF Representative
Outhwaite, who desired To investigate cer-
tain charges against Mr.. Bonebrake.
Ralston Nominated Appraiser.
The President to-day sert to the Senate
the nomination Of William c. Rslston to be
Appraiser OF Merchandise at San Francisco.
Speaking of the nomination of William
c. Ralston as Appraiser at San Francisco,
which went 10 the Senate to-day, Senator
FELTON, says he was chosen because he was
young man OF exemplary habits, and had
never had any connection with customs ad-
mnistration at San Francisco CT elsewhere.
He Is energetic and Intelligent and will be
quick TO learn tile duties OF his Office, so
that his inexperienee will cut no figure. II
is deemed by the administration necessary
to have man OF undoubted honesty as
Chief Appraiser, regardless of any expert
ence in the line of duty called for.
New Naval Orders.
Commander Henry l.. johnson is ordered
to the command of the Mohican; Lieutenant
Carl Rohrer is ordered for duty in the in
spection of steel for the new cruisers. Naval
Cadets Charles L. Nogclsang, Charles Il.
McVey. 4. w. Catlin. Matt ii. Signor and
usnry j. Sigmier are detached from the
Charleston and ordered TO examination for
final graduation. Naval Cadets l.. Ii. Moses,
Claude Bailey, Lay III. Everhart William
A. M0ffett. Claude B. Price and John X.
Edie are detached from the Baltimore and
ordered TO examination for final graduation.
Naval Cadets Alonzo Garely, Moneas c.
Ireadwell, William y. Snow aud George w.
Williams are detached from the Pensacola
and ordered to examination for hnal gradu-
alton. Paymaster }. Porter Loomis is de-
tached from the Pensacola and ordered 10
settle his accounts aud will then be granted
leave for two months Chief Eugineer Eli
jah Laws is detached from the Pensacola
and granted leave for one month.
Land Cases Decided.
In the appeal case Of Edwin Mccullough
against the Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany the Secretary of the Interior has
affirmed the decision Of the General Land
Commissioner, rejecting McCullOugh's ap-
plication TO file declaratory statement for
section 33. Los Angeles district, for the
reason that the tract applied for Is within
the primary limits OF the said railroad CON-
pany's grant.
There were 2iS7 land patents issued by
the General Land Office for the week ended
April 9. making an Increase oil PA on the
previous week. OF this number the Pacific
Coast district received the following share
San Francisco 10, Susanville 6. Sacramento
3, Humboldt 81, Redding 2, Roseburg $40,
La Grande 3. Burns q, Oregon CITY /. North
Yakima and Olympia each, Waterville 5.
During the same period homestead certifi-
Gates issued as follows: Visalia 81. Redding
g. Burns %, Roseburg %. North Yakima 20.
Patents Granted.
Patents have been granted residents of
the Pacific Coast as follows: California,
San Francisco-A. +. l.. Bell, valve; Anna
| G. Peck. carving brace; EIlridge G. Miles,
| shoe; George Wnkler, animal trap; John
NJ. Lockwood. electric lighting system;
| Augustus Tache. chalkline holder; George
w. White (deceased). door for catch-basns
| of street sewers; Alfred Il. Rulofson. curry
! comb: Lorenzo Dwight and A. A. Jephson.
| waste water gate for washing-machines !;
| George S. Burnett and T. Sweeney, curry
| comb. Oakland-Alex Johnson, sash
| fastener and sash balance. Los Angeles
| Fred w. Wood and j. Fowler, brake for
| streetcars. Santa Rosa-William II. Kidd
| Burke, elastic trace connection. Newhall-
| Edward North, checkbook. Dlnuba-O. V.
| L. Day, harness-h hook.
Washingion-Jonn T.. Lowe of Seattle,
device for producing blasts of ali for ventila-
| tion, etc. Eric Silen Of Kelso, combined
| churn and butter-worker.
| Maintains His Crop Reports.
| 81. H. DOuGe, StatiStiCihu VI Tic ARtIcut-
| tural Department, has furnished long sta
| tlstical reply to the resolutions adopted by
| the st. Louis Cotton Exchange charging
that the last Agricultural Department re-
| port Is erroneous in its conclusions as to
| wheat and cotton. Dodge says: 1.-The res
| olutionS are unworthy Of the intelligence CT
an American commercial association; that
| a band o. specul ators, suffering from their
own rashness and bad judgment. should SO
| stnltify themselves as to deny the open facts
1 a Ill ~.
| published daily in the commercial press OF
two continents passes comprehension"
Guns for the National Guard.
/ Representative Lane of illinois. from the
Committee on Military Affairs, to-day re-
| ported 10 the House bill authorizing the
Secretary of War, on application OF the Gov
ernor of State or Territory, to issue for the
| use Of the National Guard of such State oil
! Territory, any 3k inch muzzle-loading rifieG
field guns of wrought iron. or any 2-10
| inch hreech-loadIng rflad field guns, steel OIL
| machine tHotchkiss or Gatling), or rapid-fire
| guns, with implements and harness tor the
same. which may be on hand and not
needed Immediately for service with tht
regular forces.
Pensions and Personals.
Pensions have been granted as follows
Calif0rnia-Original wid0ws-Ella Green
way. Oriainal-Douglass Luce and .BOni-
face JudelI.
Oregon: Original-James /. Miller.
Philip Knell and wife, Of San Francisco
are at the Arlington Hotel. Mrs. Campier
of San Francisco is at the Ebbitt House
&. Zenmann of San Francisco Is at tn,
Shoreham Hotel +. s. Chadbourne OF Sal
Francisco. accompanied Dy his wife and
SOP, arrived to-day.
Assistant Secretary Crounse OF the Treas
nry Department leaves tomorrow for San
Francisco and Portland. His only stop be
tween here and San Francisco will be a
| Omaha, where lie will remain two days.
| j. II. Austin has been appointed Post
master at Shawaho, Ciallam County, Wash.
vice j. Easel, removed
Mrs Harrison Is very much better. Th
fever has broken aud her cough is easier.