Fergus County argus., 1886-10-28
WASHINGTON L6TTtR.
Prom onr Regular csrsndrri.l
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FOR the first time IN >iX months the
.ntir.,ahinet j. in thccifv. SECRETARY
Manning resumed hi- cflieili duties al
TIA. rr..a-lr, .nar.naen. y,..rriay.
l. LnS been over SiN months since lt
,,:,s ,,i.r,.d ON of the ,l.plrtmpnt in
mn t,ucnn--ipu. condition. lie look,
bri.ht and cheerful and apprarpi to
l,.. clad 70 tax. un lhs burden of
official ,iuti.. nr1in. While II j. ,vi-
dent that hi. phy,i,..,I CONDITION has
a.. -hr.... month. !. /. ut,n,rent from
his haiiine nor.. and deliberate move
ln..,ts that he has IV no means fully
recovered. Many of hi. friends fear
th., hs will no, -. able to continue
Ion. TO lis. .ii,i..,. n. lahnrioti- duties
nf his office. i,,,, f.. oupe1r~ To feel
..nnii,l.n, tLa, hi- strength viii hold
o,,, il IL, husbands i, carefully. and
nvnid. Twin, 100 u,,rh attention 10
,,,,t..-. al -o,,ti,,. ,pd ,.v,,iou.
details. H.. br,un to-day hv taking
thiu,. ,.t-v. lie s.ty oplya fe,, callers
tn.l rr,iaine.i IN his oilic,. only d short
finn. The ,lt,tnl,i,,y al the room in
ul,i,h h. sit. hlS been thoroughly
oyerl,ar,lel.
II /. tnlcr-. ood th,t NJ. Manning
has best owed much thought recently
on his annual report to Con,.r.-., and
that the main features Of that .oru-
ment have been already formed in his
own mind. II i~ expected thar the
rou,n work of the pepartmcnt will
remain iu The hands of Assistant Soc
retario- Faiichild and Thompson: at
t.ls, until after the assembling of
Conere--.
Appropo~ oi the Treasury Depart
n,eni the Goyernmen; receipts. for his
month amount to ~ i.5I3.OOO md
the expenditures during the same
period amount 10 -, ,3p7 900. show
ing an excess of receipts of .Sj.2 TO-
900.
Cabinet meetings. ~ far A. can be
learned. have been devoted mainly to
the qurs ION "Nhut shall We do WIKI
hiin; nleanlngGerOniino. The i'resi-
len : decision has NOT YET been an
nounced but the impression - gaining
Ground that Geronimo with the other
.pacic- VIII he soon forward 20 Fort
Marion. Fla. where the Indians from
he >an tarlos re "rYdtion were sent
some time ago. Immediately after
the surrender al Gefonmo. Gen.
on their WAY to Florida and then 50
informed the military authorities al
""N'''''"'" on, ny N''"'', ''' ''".,'''''
were s'"pl''f' III san Ai'"''io' ieN''
""c'' '"''! ''''Ne p'''' N'P' ever S'i'e'
Peii''is "'riH'"i' IA '"e matter
"'ii'e 'u'i "'ii"i' q" 'he p''' o' '"e
so .eriin'"h' hiiSh' h"' ne taken as
coin'u'l,e erl'iri'ce 'iiht no oi'icr oiS-
po-itir,' rnn he h''l"e "' '''e''' S'''
reieIade> wiil' de,F 'iiei 10 Hl"i"i 'he
remainder oi then hiAs uh''er NM
tafycon'roi ~ f"it ha'l"h' ana ti'a'
Gen. Miles assurances To ttr hoH'iie>
as 10 their treifm"nt are reIiia'u ~
inviolable. and that they capnt' s'e
made to suffer for their erlm'- either
through the civil courts or u military
commission. When asked about the
declsion IN the Geronlmo ease Secre-
tary Endicoft declined 10 giN" u deil-
mite answer. hut langhlnely said, ''o'i'
Geronimo ~ ali riglii. We have HIM
IN site custody ani he VIII not gel
away again.
SECRETARY Bayard wa~ cloSetrd with
the President when the hour for his
usual "Wednesday afternoon reception
arrived. and for twenty minutes
beyond the usual time two hundred
and twenty visitors stood IN pncked
circle around the East room, with
their gaze intent upon The corridor
door. wdi ins for Il tn open a. an
announcement oi tLe President >"om-
nnc. When the President did put IN