The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
INTERESTS THE PEOPLE
 OF THE PACIFIC COAST.
Secretary of tie Interior Submits to Con- 9reSS fbe Drdf Of BW for the
 Relief Of Mission Indians.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 11.-The Secre- tary of the Interior to-day submitted to Congress the draft of a bill amend ing the act for the relief of the Mission Indians in California. The bill author izes the Secretary of the Interior to cause to be patented to Mission In- dians such tracts of public lands of the United States in California as he shall find upon investigation to have been in occupation and possession of the several bands or villages of said In- dians as are now needed and required by them and not selected by the com mission appointed under the former act, January 12, 1891. It further pro- vides that no patent shall embrace any tracts to which valid rights have at tached in favor of any person under any United States laws providing for the disposition of the public domain.
 The agricultural appropriation bill was reported to the House to-day and will be taken up for consideration to- morrow. One of its principal features was one incorporated at the sugges- ton of Congressman Loud, providing for three weather stations in Califor- mia, Nevada and Utah, and for a per manent station on Mount Tamalpais as exclusively printed in Saturday s Call.
 Pacific Coast patents were granted to-day as follows: California-Allen H. Blackburn, Petaluma, fruit dryer; John F. Coryell, San Francisco, anti-friction bearing; George w. Durbrow, Salton, hydraulic we'll boring machine: Ralph w. Elliott, Brentwood. apparatus for raising liquids; Levi NJ. Hawes, Sacra- mento. automatic. gate; Bruno Hein- rich and C. Wood, San Francisco, mar inc recording compass; John F. Killian, Stockton, vehicle jack; August W. Krause. Los Angeles, self-measuring ] tank; Newton Lamb, Yreka, self-clear- ing screen for ditches; Nellie R. Stone 1 Brynmawr, pocket folding head rest. j Oregon-Feike H. Alderman, Shedds grain feeder and band cutter for threshing machine: Thomas NJ. Walk CT. Portland, peanut heater; Fred P Hurst, Aurora, bicycle attachment; l Olof R. Piple, Portland, pencil holder
 Washington-Francis O. Collins, Van 1 couver, wrench; Andrew A. Smith Aberdeen, assignor of one-haH to w l w. Barnum, change making device. l Pensions have been granted as fol | lows: California-Original widows etc.-Emma Wadsworth, San Fran l cisco, sS.
 Washington-Origin widows. etc. l Nancy J. Maxey, Ellensburg, $S; Lucy ! H. Collins, Seattle, SS. Reissue-Char- i lotte Cruver, mother, Tacoma, SIP. Senator White to-day introduced thu l following bills: To pension J. B. Den his, George w. Fraser. Charles Leath ern, and James C. Wulchil of To! , Angeles.
 Representative Barlow to-day pre- scented a petition of the citizens of th' Sixth California Congressional District protesting against the passage of th' anti-scalping bill. The petition hal 700 signatures attached to 1t.
 Mason C. Grafton was to-day ap pointed postmaster at Blacks Station Yolo County, Cal, vice William B Black, removed. The postoffice a Egan, Yuba County, will be discon tinued after January 15. Malls should be sent to Dobbins.
 The Treasury Department has re quested Director of the Mint Leach t come to Washington, and he is ex pected to arrive here in a few days.