Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1898 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Commissioner Hermann of the general land office at AVashington has ruled that a claimant has a vested right to mineral land if he maintains his claim in conformity with local laws and regulations, and it is not necessary to tile a notice in the land office. - The United States Supreme Court has rendered an opinion in the case of Alexander Murphy & Co., the effect of which is to include worsteds in tariff paragraph 395, covering dress goods “composed wholly or iu part of wool, worsted, the hair of the camel, etc.” Senor Du. Bose,‘the Spanish charge d’affaires at AVashington, says that Lieut. Sobral, the naval attache whose recall the State Department was about to suggest on account of his criticisms upon tlie American nnvjr. resigned a month ngo and is now a private individual. The hearing on the Pearce wheat flour adulteration bill was closed by the means and ways cqiumittee. Millers made an urgent plea for the bill as having the approval of the organized milling interests of the country. They want all mixed flour branded to show its true nature. The President of the United States has presented loving cups, each duly inscribed, to Jose Meudoz y Herrera, sub-lieu-tenaut of Spanish marines, and Eugenio Montero y Roguern, lieutenant of the Spanish navy, iu recognition of their humane services to the captain and crew of the American lirig AA’nu-Bun, wrecked Oct. 25, 1891, off the Cuban coast.