Show FEDERAL FLASHES preparing re paring bill bins the jeannette Jea rinette geologic geological survey etc assid Asid aress Pr to the KALD washington jan 8 the house committee on patent patents agreed anani bously to report favorably the bill authorizing the attorney general to begin proceedings e e di gs la in any U united 1 cited ar ul lin states circuit e t court ourt to set aside asi d a a potent when it shall appe appear arto to hie his Mitia faction that euch such patent stent was procured by fraud frati oll or misrepresentation representation is empowering the 0 birts of the united states to to adjudge puch fouch patent void in whole or part upon proof of fraudulent pro cure curein anent ent the tile corn mi flee also agreed to report favorably tte me bill to amend t it lie 0 patent 1 I wa wit so su us as 0 o provide thir when an article liaa been patented in I 1 it a at fre freemn imn country previous to aib it a I 1 patt abent nt in thu tile united states the tile patent patt nt ranted granted in this country does not expire until seventeen year yea after the tile date of the issue of the for eign patent the house committee on mil military ta r affairs will report favorably the th bial b it to he date oft of the lie muttering mustering in ili of certain officers the object or of the measure is to pay thes officials ollic iala for all the time ser served aed the member of the ilia comin committee tt ee are of the opinion that nearly every regiment in tile late war had one or two officers who will be affected affe eted by the bill in some instances they serged a year or mere more before they were mustered in all the interstate inter state commerce bills before the tile committee on commerce will be considered by the whole committee to lieve precedence over all other business the chairman of the committee has been instructed to report back to the house at any time for reference to committee on rivera rivers and harbors appropriation bills papers etc secretary chandler ie is making arrangements range ments to have the bodies of lieutenant commander de long and ills his co companions mp anione ap appropriately received profi upon their arrival at new york he awill will direct a committee of naval officers to receive the bodies and they will be accompanied by relatives and friends of the deceased upon reaching new york the bodies will be taken to the new york nav navy yard where a te temporary rap vault WIT win be erected in which they will remain until finally inter redin accordance with the he wishes of their friends the secretary of the interior has ordered the sale at public auction of the arenen build springs or oj 0 caliente indian reser I 1 New mexico no bid less than will be entertained james stevenson steventon of the geological survey reported to major powell as one of the last seasons field operations the discovery of several more ruined cave and cliff cities di differing frering ill n some respects from any he hid had ever before examined the most remarkable was a village of 26 underground aroun 1 I dwellings situated near the summit on volcanic foot hills in the san francisco mountains in the san juan regions ciona re arizona it ie is probable that another call for three per cents will be made this week representative george is preparing ng a bill to provide for the re reduction action ei of tax on vessels engaged in foreign trade from thirty to five cents per ton while reducing the tax george proposes it shall be col lecter on every entry into port in of annually and this he lie thinks will prevent any lessening of receipts while provin preventing ting discrimination against t the a pacific Iaci tic coast |