The Evening Dispatch

Miss Emerson's Appointment.

Miss Nellie M. Emerson of San Francisco was appointed a commissioner of the United States court of land claims a few days ago. The position is to some extent judicial. Commissioner Emerson will take testimony as an examining officer and will decide whether the statements made before her are relevant, competent and material, or the opposite.

Miss Emerson's appointment came about in this way.

When Attorney Thomas Ball of Virginia was in California last summer, Miss Emerson proved herself a very valuable assistant to him in his investigations under the Indian depredations act. Together they made a tour of inquiry from Eureka to Los Angeles, and when Mr. Ball returned to Washington he carried with him a high opinion of Miss Emerson's abilities.

Miss Emerson was born in Oakland Cal., went through the high school and took additional courses in Maine and in Boston. She is an expert with the type writer, and for several years she has conducted a typewriting business in San Francisco. The Daily Call of that city, from which these facts are obtained, commends the appointment and rejoices that a daughter of California is the first woman to hold the office.