Show MUST SHOW MINERAL A Reversal of the Action of the Laud Office Blade Washington Feb 17The practice of the general land office has been materially ma-terially changed by a decision of the secretary of the interior in the case of E O Farrel et al against William L Hoget et aI of the Helena Mont land district on appeal from a decision of the land commissioner The secre tary holds that each twenty acre tract of any placer claim must show the discovery of minerals in order to obtain ob-tain a mineral patent Whether the claim is surveyed or not makes no difference in the rights of the locators Accordingly a location made on a larger amount of land is void except for the twenty acres Immediately surrounding sur-rounding it This is a reversal of the action of the land office Xo Quorum Yet Washington Feb Proceedings in the House today were unimportant Bland was again unable to secure a quorum to close the debate on the silver seigniorage bill and at 2 oclock by special order the rest of the day was devoted to eulogies on Representative Represen-tative Lilly of Pennsylvania Monday A quorum is confidently expected on Atlanta is Chosen Washington Feb 17The Woman Suffrage convention was photographed in a group and then took up the question ques-tion of the place of holding the next annual convention Washington Cin cinnan Atlanta and Detroit were candidates can-didates Atlanta was finally chosen |