Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-23
ARTHUR AT WASHINGTON.
THE PRESIDENT IMPROVED IN
HEALTH By HIS TRIP.

"rouhdIesS Rumors of His Illness
Crowds at the DepOt-Anxiety at the
White HOuse-The Robust Invalid
Other News from the Capital.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 22.-Presi-
dent Arthur arrived tonight at 9.SO
O'Clock. The reports from Savannah and
along the line to this city, which had been
printed in the New Y YOrk and Washington
papers yesterday and to-day drew. to the
depot large crowd of people, who eX.
! pected to see President Arthur brought
ont on stretcher to his carriage, which
was in waiting for him. 1t was with
difficulty that the people could be kept
Dack by the police. When the train
pulled into the depot President
Arthur stepped from his special
car and liesurely walked from the
| platform towards the main building. He
wore snort sack coat ana stepped with
! the elasticity of health He is bronzed.
and looks better than he has since he
went into the White House. He presented
| remarkably robust specimen of human
1 lly Tor man who was generally sup
! posed here to be on mis- last legs. He
stopped and chatted now and then as ac-
! qualntances were met ATTORNEY General
Brewster walked up and said. after sur
| Veylng him, "YOu don't look like sick
man."
Il am not,' replied the President: II
never felt better in my life. Nv trip has
done me an immense deal of good"
! secretary Chandler said: ''All the re-
! ports about the Presidents illness were
| purely imaginary. He has not been sick
at all. He had slight chill and a bilious
attack, that is ALL"
The Presidents son greeted him, and
! 10 81 hnra rNc crr~.4 IL,
| who took his fathers arm. The President
! removed the embrace and laughinglv
/ SAID, looking at the assembled crowd:
/ Don't do that. They might really think
am sick" The party quietly walked to
! the carriages that We're in awaiting. and
/ drove to the White House. They are
about as healthy set of men as are ever
| seen. To give an idea of the effect OF the
| imaginary report which was sent by
| the correspondents accompanying the
| President, it may be noted that the people
| at the White House were so impressed
| by them that they telegraphed to Private
| Secretary Phillips to-day to know what
| preparations should be made to receive
| the sick President when he arrived. The
correspondents who sent the reports of
the supposed dangerous sickness do not
like to talk much tonight.
Pension Commissioner Dudley has is-
! sued circulars directing all special pen
sion examiners to give public notice that
they are not authorized to collect money
tOHie or expenses from pensioners or
applicants for pensions; also, that all
special examiners are provided with GER
tlhcateS signed by the Commissioner of
Pensions and the Secretary of the Inte-
rlOr, and bearing the seal of the Interior
Department. Without such certificate,
all persons claiming to be pension eXami-
ners are frauds. This circular has been
hronCrbf nj lN- 40 MT
ing the Pension Office of swindles
perpetrated by persons having no au-
thOrity to act for the Pension Office
Disappointment is felt among cOlOred
men here at the apparent delay of the
supreme Court in rendering decisions in
the civil rights cases now pending, and |
which were long ago submitted to the !
court. 1t is understood they involve the |
question of much litigation on similar
cases, interested parties awaiting the !
outcome of those cases now in court be- !
fore determining whether or not to bring |
their own causes for adjudication i'm the |
courts.
1t is an open secret here that the De- !
partment of Justice does not look for the |
conviction of either Brady or Dorsey in the |
present star route trial, although the !
opinion is entertained that the govern |
ment has made out a stronger case than |
on the former trial. If q conviction does |
not follow the present trial ii is extremely |
doubtful whether the government will |
make another attempt to secure cOnVic- |
tiOn on the indictments on which the pre- |
Sqptaae unest WIN lie df6bped, and that |
the government will seek to secure the /
conviction of the accused upon newly dis
covered evidence and indictments which /
nave been found since the present trial !
began. 1t is not expected that the pre-
sent trial will come to an end before the
10th of May.
DIR. Mcdonald, chief of the money |
order division, has had a long cOnsulta
tiOn with Postmaster General Gresham, |
during which they decided upon the form
of the new postal note for cheap>trans-
mission of small sums through the mails.
Proposals for furnishing about 100000 |
blanks will be advertised for, and by Sep J
tember DIR. Mcdonald will have orders
on sale in all the 100000 money order |
offices. POstmasters will receive fees of |
| cent for issuing and 3 cent for paying |
them, the same as is now paid for money |
orders, but by cutting OFF all profit to it. |
self. the government will be enabled to |
furnish them these notes for cents each |
for anv sum up to $40. Judge Gresham |
said he was very much pleased at the |
proposed method for cheap transmission |
of small sums.
Some time ago the commission appoint |
ed by act of Congress to revise and regu- |
late the system of governing the trans !
pOrtation of mails on railroad routes, is |
sued a circular to various railway COM |
panies, inviting suggestions and opinions |
respecting this subject. Many answers |
have been received, and the department !
in other cases has been notified that at |
the earliest possible moment replies Will
be given. The necessity for new law to !
regulate railway mail transportation is
evident, and as the government pays
annually $16,000,0O0 for this service, it
is of the highest Importance that
the changes in existing statutes should
only be made after the fullest investiga-
ton. Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Elmer, who, as member OF the COM
mission, has devoted much time to the con-
sideratiOn of the problem, says that there
will be, in his judgment, no dlfhculty IN
deyising new regulations which Will prove
of great benefit to the department and to
the service. 1t is probable the commits
sion will visit Philadelphia, Boston, New
York, Chicago and st. Louis, in the prose-
cutiOn of its work.
A question was raised before the French
and American Claims Commission yester-
day to which considerable interest is at
tached 4 short time ago it was agreed
between the diplomatic representatives
of the United States and France that the
case of Isaac Taylor against the
French republic should be Withdrawn,
Oh Iic BEOlllltl llldl II W stS CNN ~ viz
treaty organizing the commission as Il
case already adjudicated. 1t was at the
same time agreed that If, upon IN
duirV. any cases against the United
States should be found falling within the
same class as Isaac Taylor's case, they
should also he withdrawn. On calling
the docket Yesterday, when the case OF Per-
dreauville against the United states was
reached the counsel for the United States
declared that it was suspended under the
arrangement i'm regard to the case of Tay-
lOr. The counsel for the French republic
then moved that the cases which the
counsel for the United States cOntended
came within that class should be pro-
ceeded with. that evidence should be
taken and filed, and the commission called
uDOn TO determine whether they actually
came within the agreement. To this the
counsel for the United States objected
on the ground-frst. that as it was agreed
between the diplomatic representatives
Of the Secretary of State and the French
Minister to withdraw the Taylor case, the
| same representatives should agree 10
withdraw the other cases; second, that
| if the commission took up these
| contested cases. it might be
| Obliged to decide them only
under the provisions of the treaty,
/ disregarding the agreement between the
! diplomatic representatives, so tnat while
\ the TaylOr case might be withdrawn the
| other cases might be decided against the
| United States by the commission. The
! discussion was ended by the commission
| calling for correspondence between the
/ ,e~rTF HNRr.