Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1895-01-14

Washington, Jan. 14.-In the supreme
court of the United States to-day B. l.
Darrow, acting as council for Eugene
V. Debs and others engaged in the Chi
cago strike last summer, made application
for writs of error and habeas corpus
The courts decided to hear arguments fol
the writ of error on Wednesday. Mr.
Whitney, assistant attorney-general, ap
peared for the government.
DEATH OF CROWN PRINCE.
The state department has been notified
of the death of Prince Naha Voiirunhis
crewn prince of Siam, at Bangkok, Jan.
nary 4.
ARMY PROMOTIONS.
Col. Henry G. Hodges, assistant quar-
ter-master, stationed at Buffalo, wal
placed on the retired list to-day on ac.
count of age. This will result in the pro
motion of Lieut. Col. James II. Moore tc
be colonel; Maj. A. F. Rockwell to bt
lieutenant-colonel, and Capt. Charles
Bird to be major, leaving two vacancies
in the list of captains and assistant-quar.
termasters to be filled by transfer from
the line of the army.
MISCONDUCT OF A JUDGE.
Nearly every member of the house
judiciary committee attended the special
meeting of the committee to-day to con
slider the charges against Judge Ricks
The committee will not reach a conclu.
sion for some days. Representative Bal
ley, of Texas, chairman of the sub-com
mittee which made the investigation al
Cleveland, submitted his views to the
effect that the judge had been guilty OF
grave misconduct if not malfeasance an6
dishonor in receiving fees after he had
been elevated to the bench, which he
claimed to have earned before his cleo
tion.
NO REQUEST FOR TROOPS.
The government has received no re-
quest for troops on account of interfer'
ence with the mails by the Brooklyn
strike. AT the war department 1t is not
expected that any necessity for troops
will arise.
SURVEYS OF PUBLIC LANDS.
Representative Dockery, the moving
factor of the Dockery commission, says
he does not think there will be sufficient
time at the present session to carry out
the plan contemplated by the commission
for reorganization of the system of sur
veying public lands. The plan before
the commission was to consolidate three
bureaus which are now practically dupli-
eating the work of each other. These are
the geological survey, the coast and
geodetic survey and the surveying branch
of the general land Office. 1t had been
hoped to merge these into one bureau
probably the geological survey, under
one head. After thus simplifying the or
ganization the purpose was to reform the
system itself. At present the surveys Of
public lands are let by contract, but the
change contemplated placing the entire
work with the consolidated bureau. An
other change was In the simplifying OF
the system in local land offices.
SUGAR PLANTERS ASK FOR RELIEF.
The entire Louisiana delegation in con-
gress appeared before the house appro-
priations committee to-day to urge that
some provision be made for relief
from the immediate losses suffered by the
sugar producers and planters of that
state caused by the repeal of the bounty
provided for in the Mckinley tariff act.
FRIENDS OF SILVER IN CONFERENCE.
Senator Jones yesterday submitted the
outline of his bill to Senator Teller. He
and other silver men conferred regarding
it and decided that the coinage of the
American product was not satisfactory.
To-day Senators Jones and Teller had a
long conference at which an effort was
made to adjust the difference existing be-
tween the friends of silver and reconcile
them to the administration.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.
The president to-day sent the follow
ing nominations to the senatel Interior
Thos. P. Smith, of New York, assistant
commissioner of Indian affairs, vice
Frank @. Armstrong, resigned; James
Mclaughlin, of North Dakota, to
be Indian inspector; John W. Grams,
of North Dakota, to be agent for the In
dians of the Standing Rock agency, N.
D.; Alphonso G. Edwards, of Washington,
to be commissioner in and for the district
of Alaska to reside at Kadiak.
War.-Lieut. Col. James Miles Moore,
deputy quartermaster general, to be
celone, and assistant quartermaster
general; Major Almon F. Rockwell, quar-
termaster, to be lieutenant colonel and
deputy quartermaster general; Capt
Charles P. Bird, assistant quartermaster
to be major and quartermaster.