Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-03
WASHINGTON.


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WASHINGTON, April 1.-The majorit
report recites the previous good repsta
ton OF General Boynton, and that Gen
| aral keifer made no charge until tn
present session of Congress of offense
which are alleged TO have occurred dur
Ing the last session. The report thel
reviews the testimony for the prosecu
ZION the corroborating witnesses Ar,
found unreliable and keifer's testinou,
contrad ctorv and parts Of II Impreba
Die. The minority report coacurs II
reporting the resolution As presented
btsing the d .cision upon the or ,unc
that keifer and Boynton testify exactl,
opposite to each other. and that the cor
roborativec eyidene Of the prosecution
is unreliable: hence giving the defend
ant the usual benefit 81 the doubt. and
the charge remains improved.
senator Malone ~.
Senator Malone is lying seriously ii
at the Arlington Hotel in this city
The Apacles.
WAsHISGTOs. April 2 Information
mas been received at the headauarter,
OF the army from the United States Con
sui General at Natamorns concernius
the Apaches in Northern Mexico. II il
stated hat little Charlie McComas wa.
killed by his cap;ors. From talks with
Apache squaws at Chihuahua, recently
captured by the Mexicaus, there can be
but little doubt of it. Juh il said 10 b.
still alive. and with abort ~ bucks l.
not over lOU miles north of ChlhuahUa
IL Is reported in that country that il
General Crook had had supplies enough
In his Mexican campaign to have re-
manned Ia the mountains a fort might
longer. Juh and every Apache in these
mountains would have come in. Gen
eral Crook Was compelled to move too
soon on account Of the large number of
squaws aud children.
A Tiliibustering Expedition.
Information originating with the
Spanish Consul At Key West was re-
ceived by Secretary Folger Saturday
evening to the effect that Cuban revo-
lufionary expedition was being organ
lied at Key West by Agurro; that the
latter had collected 100 we'll trained men
and stores and explosives, and that the
expedition would depart from our shores
at an early day. Orders were there
upon telegraphsd 10 the commanders of
the revenue cutters Governor Dix at
Key West and George S. Is utwell at
Savannah to prevent any such violation
OF law. The Dix. however, had left
Key West Saturday for Cedar Keys and
the message to her commander reached
him only on Monday. when he arrived
at Cedar Keys. The Dix then started
back immediately, and nothing has
been heard since of her. At the de-
partnent doubt is entertained that she
started In pursuit of the fillIbusterlng
expedition.
Proposed Amendment 10 the Bili for
the Retirement or the Trade Dol.
lar.
Senator Maxey has prepared an
amendment to the House bill for the
retirement of the trade dollar, which
provides that after January /, 1888,
trade dollars shall be received as depOs-
its at all United States repositories. aud
together with all half dollars, quarter
dollars and dimes, nov coined. in the
treasury, or which may hereafter come
into the treasury, and all silver which
after said date may be purchased for
coinage by the Secretary of the Treas
ury, shall be sent to the Mats and coin
cd into half dollars, each of which shall
contain 2O64 grains standard silver,
and such CONS shall be legal tender for
any amount for debts, public or private.
II provides, however, that the Secretary
Of the Treasury may in his discretion
continue, under the existing law, the
coinage of quarters and dimes, which
shall. however. contain respectively one
fourth and one tenth of the standard
silver now contained in standard dol
lars; and all such said quarters and
dimes shall be legal tender to any
amount for public and private debts.
Ii provides also for the issue by the
Secretary of the Treasury of silver Ger
tificates based on the hal + dollars, quar-
ters and dimes thus provided for in the
same mann ~ required by law in the
case Of silver dollars.
Republican Senatorial Caucus.
The Republican Senators will meet in
caucus tomorrow morning for further
consideration of business.
Restored % the Public Domain.
The President has made a proclana-
ton restoring to the public domain all
the Turtle Mountain Indian reservation
in Dakota. with the exception of town
ships l62 and l64, north, range II, west.
which are reserved for the benefit of the
Indians. fct4
The Danvllie lnvestigaiiOn.
The first witness examined by the
Danville committee, was Wm Ruffiu, of
Danville, before whose office the riot
took place. Ruifin was shown Dan
vile circular, entitled Coalition rule
in Danville." and announced that he
apprt we'd it, and with a single minor
point inserted by another man, believed
its statements true. He was not in Dan
vile on the day Of tho riot. He was
examined regarding the condition of
things. He substantiated his statement
with narration of matters within his
personal knowledge. On one occasion.
when some negro murderers had been
arrested. he was passing p 'rty of col
ored men on the street. and one o. them
addressed his fellows in very intemper-
ate language, abusing the whites n the
vilest manner. He wished he could
have chance to shoot some id white
man: he never had a chance to kill a
white man. and nothing on the face OF
the earth weuld do him SO much good as
to kill white man. He did not care
who it was. The man at this took Q
pistol out OF his pocket and just toyed
with it. Aside from the riot and the at
tendant circum stances, the relations be-
tween tn two races we're of the most
cordial nature, as much SO as was pos
sible between the servant and employer
classes anywhere.
Edward Hall, colored. testified that
he attended a meeting where colored
speaker had recommended that colored
Democrats "be saturated" (assassi
natedl, whereupon witness thought
matters were taking personal turn,
and left. Witness afterward met a
man who claimed to have credited him.
and "ths man pulled off his hat and his
coat and bis waistcoat. and throwed
'em down. and jest double up his ham
and rubbed it up and down me nose.
and said he, am thar, and will drink
yo' blood, or you mine l didn't pre-
sent il. and took it for granted that
no had feelings against me for voting
de ticket"
ID. Clark (white). q farmer living
six miles from Danville, testified that it
Was the usual thing for the negroes to
go armed, and q very rare thing for
white men to do so.
]. =. Peasants white had heard the
negroes say, They wanted to kill some
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