Show ill fin ct I 1 jiin by resolution of the analo on the li 0 january last the committee on niina and mining waa to ascertain all alia facts and connected with the br inKing 0 certain suits by the united states against persona for timber for and domestic n novaila and toino niro if lucli anita liao banged any interruption in in the in accordance with this resolution senator a report to ahn today to day 0 in ballio committee on lie anh alio report abys anco 1818 the liae made their own rules and regulations limiting ahn extent of governing the of and reen lating alie uw of lumber and water for niini nir pur posca the legality of aliese unit was affirmed of the courtil court fl the practice of was continued the report when prosecutions to be instituted against the miners n some of the territories tor cottick timber the malter atas broi ight to the attention of and on anne 3 an act was authorizing miners in tho mining 0 the united states to fell and remove timber for mining and domestic purposes the minera the report pays treated this act as a settlement of alie question and were not interfered with aaen for bome time in april 1887 the district attorney of nevada advised the prosecution of minera in that state for using scrubby timber for and domestic pur hooes later the department of the interior sent a fluent to the etite who was authorized to make a thorough investigation of the alleged cutting alie special agent advised the institution of three suits or timber trespass tha department subsequently authorized these to be instituted ali re suits and anven outliers were brought in december last and as a result the two principal mines an fn closed down alie conclusion of the is that the suits brought by the united flatea have been a areat obstruction to the inin ini industry in eastern nevada that they are needless and and that the attorney general in authorizing three of the suits must have done so under a of the facts alie sanate at 4 pm adjourned till 1 tuesday the senate today to day in executive ses pion confirmed alie following nomina eions andrew C Bradd lev associate justice of alie supreme court of the district of columbia ired derant minister lo 10 austria frank it aikens associate justice of alie coart of Djiko ta jolin it tl flie justice of the court of new mexico henry W black chief justice of the court of montana jolin D fleming district attorney of colorado wills C moore governor of wash territory oliver C while secretary of washington territory edwin W willetta assistant secretary of agriculture whitelaw envoy extraordinary and Mui ister plenipotentiary to france nathan 0 murthy secretary of arizona julius rounel beneral to vienna among them win E culver loa aniunas california CAli tornia |