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Show Mining Patents. "Washington, 15.--The general land office recently decided that all affidavits required by law insupport of applications for mineral patents must bo mado by applicants ap-plicants themselves. Under this ruling a number of applications and affidavits filed in the local land districts by agents of non-resident owners of mines have been rejected. The acting commissioner of the general land office has, to-day, however, at tho instance of Senator Hill, of Colo-rado,issued Colo-rado,issued an order that no more cancellations cancel-lations of this sort shall bo made until Congress takes action upon tho pending bill.which provides that such applications and affidavits in cases of non-residents shall bo valid if Bworn lo by their local agents cognizant of tbe facts. |