Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-02
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. Counting the Cash In the Vaults of the
 Treasury. THE ATTACK ON LADY DIXIE An Outrage That Happened in
 Her Mind. THE DEATH OF VICT0RlA'S GILLIE An Event That Brought Gloom to
 England.
THE DEATH OF VICToRlA'S GILLIE
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Numbering tho DOllRrs-The Official Count of The Treasurer's Funds-An Improvement in Secretary FOlger's Health.
 WASHINGTON, April 1.-The official count
 of the funds of the treasurer's office, which was commenced yesterday at 4 p. m. by a
 corps of expert counters, was continued un-
 til late hour last night. The cash accounts of the five tellers In the cash room of the de- partment were first examined so that the sumed without delay tomorrow morning.
 Daily each teller draws so much money from the vault which is credited to him by the vault keeper, and at the close of each day s business the teller balances his account with that of the vault keeper. It will probably take several weeks to count the coin in the
 vaults That work will be done during reg ular office hours.
 Secretary Folger continues to improve in health and it is thought he will codtinue to resume his duties at the Treasury Depart ment in few days. The appointment of Mir. Graves. as Assistant Treasurer, which goes into effect tomorrow, was made by the President upon Secretary Folger,s recom- mendation, and that of Captain Burrill as chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Print ing was by acting Secretary French in pur- suance of the Secretary's direction. It thus appears that he is already giving some atten- tion to questions before the department. It is more than likely, however, that Secretary Folger will act upon the advice of his physi- clan and take trip to Bermuda before re- suming personal charge of the Treasurys De- pertinent.
 The claims filed by insurance companies in the Court of Claims against the United States for the money which they assert is due them under the Geneva award aggregate $2,- O86, ,263. These claims are presented for eight different companies by separate sets of petitions covering each case where iRsur- ance losses were paid by the companies. The etitions are in duplicate one in the name of the receiver or assignee and the other in the name of the assured for the use of the re- ceiver or assignee, about 500 petitions be- ing required to cover all the claims. Five of these companies whose claims aggregate $1, ,476, ,S71, are represented by John McDon- aid, of New York, who filed the last of the petitions this afternoon. The undlstributed balance of the Geneva award, amounting to $9, 553, 500, having been covered into the Treasury by Secretary Sherman March 31, 1877, the statute of limitations will lie after to day and will bar the filing of any more claims of this character. It is generally be. lieved that the court of claims will declare that 1t has no jurisdiction, in which event an appeal will be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States. The insurance companies do not consider the recent act of Congress which re-established the Court of Commissioners of Alabama claims and defined the class of claims to be adjudicated as in any sense judicial repudi- ation of their claims. In the case of the New York companies which are now insol- vent or in liquidation, the equity courts in structed the receivers and assignees to pros- ecute these claims to final judgment, regard ing them as choses in action for which they (the receivers or assignees) were responsible in settlement of their trusts.
 John Clark shot and killed John Taylor this afternoon at house on the Mill road, several miles from this city. Both are col ored men. Clark surrendered himself to the police soon afterwards, claiming that the shot was accidental