The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-05-17


Der 23, 1889, as pertains to the estab-
lishment of the complete files system
and also order No. 151, dated January
0, 1890, and order No 1876, dated July 1,
1890, bearing on the same subject are
hereby revoked.
thereafter all pending claims in each
class will be taken up for consideration
in the order in which the unconsidered
evidence is filed, the subject aimed at
being practical return to the method
in vogue prior to 1889. Whenever any
evidence shall be received in any case,
such evidence will be strapped to the
case and the file card will be at once
placed at the top of the file box OF the
examiner in whose charge the case may
be.
whenever any examiner shall have
disposed of all the cases on his desk,
additional cases represented by the file
cards ut the bottom of such examiners
file box shall be placed on his desk for
consideration and action and the proper
calls for evidence shall be made or
pending inquiries answered, or the
case, if found to be complete, shall at
once be submitted to the board OF re-
view for final adjudication"
The commissioner reasons for his
order of revocation are given as fol-
lows:
The completed files" system is OBJ
jectionable in that it entails extra
work upon the bureau force without
attendant compe nsation benefits; so
that it works injustice to other claim
ants by taking up certain claims out OF
their regular order; that claims certi-
fed by attorneys as complete and the
subsequent notice to claimants that
their claims have been placed upon the
completed files" raises delusive hopes
and expectations rs to the speedy al
lowance of their claims, which hopes
and expectations are, in many in
stances, never realized, and hence they
naturally feel that they have been inn
posed on by the bureau and their rea-
sonable expectation betrayed.
Thousands of claims have been GER
titled by attorneys as complete, when,
as a matter of fact, no evidence what
ever had been filed in support of the
claims and thousands Of others certi-
fed as complete when only part of
the necessary evidence had been fur
nishod. These misleading certificates
have, in many instances, been made by
attorneys as many as five and six times
in the same claim. Again, under this
system, claims are placed on the com
pleted files" on the statement of inter
ested parties before proper examina-
tion of the papers can be had by an ex-
pert in such matters, which is mani
festly improper. Again, there is no
provision in this system covering the
great number Of rejected original
claims which works most unjust delays
touching these claims and unfairly dis
criminates against this class of claims.
Under this system the file clerk is ex-
pected, from hurried examination Of
the evidence, to determine whether II
meets the indorsed requirements of the
examiners. This is manifestly imprac-
ticable, as the examiner of the claims
who has charge of it from its inception
to its final allowance or rejection, is
alone competent to readily determine
when the evidence is complete and the
claim ready for adjudication.
In view of these facts and others
which might be instanced and the in
terest of more just and systematic ad-
Indication of claims the abrogation Of
the completed files system and prac-
tical return to that which prevailed
prior TO its adoption is deemed advis-
able.
The president made the following APP
pointments Saturday: Samuel f. Webb,
of Arizona, TO be collector of customs
for the district of Arizona; Frank Il.
Church, of Idaho, to be assayer of the
United States assay Office at Boise City,
Idaho; Fred G. Penfeld, of Connecticut,
to be agent and consul general Of the
United States at Cairo.
Irving B. Richman, of Iowa, TO be
consul general of the United States at
st. Gall. To be consuls of the United
States:
Z. L. Givens, of Arkansas, at Winni-
peg
Alfred C. Johnson, of Pennsylvania,
at Stuttgart
w. w. Warner, of New York, at Tun-
stall.
Francoix Y. Belleau, of Maine, at
Three Rivers, Canada.
A. Howells, of Ohio, at Cardiff.
John P. Beecher, Of New York, at
Cognac.
Peter Hieber, of Indiana, at Dussel-
dorf.
Theodore Huston, of Illinois, at Paso
Del Norte.
Launching Of the whaleback Passenger
Steamer, Christopher Columbus.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, May 15.-Sat.
urday was gala day for Superior.
Over 5000 people assembled at the
American steel barge works TO witness
the launching of whaleback No. 1876
and the trial trip of the whalcback
passenger steamer, Christopher colum.
lum, which left for Chicago that night
The launching was successful one
and as soon as 1t was over the people
were admitted to the passenger
steamer and taken for an excursion out
on the lake. About 5000 people were
taken out on the boat from Superior
and Duluth. The steamer cost $3.50, 900,
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VIII Lose Their Ofices.
Topeka, Kan, May 15.-The officers
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