The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-12
CAPITAL CHATTER.
General Miles: Story Of the
Geronimo Capture.
STATE DEPARTMENT DOINGs.
a..,dard silver DoIIars-The Treas
ury Department-Chiof Justice
Chase-Other Notes.
From the Capital.


WASHINGTON, October 1.-THE Su
,rsme Court of the United States con
Taned at noon to day. There was I
fuu bench, and fair attendance of thu
bar. The chief justice announced tina
the call of the docket would begin 40
morrow morning with assigned cases
viz: The Pacific National Bank case
brought here by appeal from the cir
emit court of the United States for the
district of Massachusetts,. The Courl
then adjourned in order that the JUS
tces might make their customary cal
Upon the Fsesident. The number ol
cssps on the docket this morning was
los. The justices called at the White
House in the afternoon to pay thelr
regnects to the President. They were
received by the President IN the Blue
psrIor. All the members of the court
we're present except Justice Wooas,
who is confined to his home by sick
ness.
The issue of the
gTANDARD SILVER DoLLARs
s.or, the minis during the week ended
October 9th, was 1884 ,8S5; during the
s.ws rsriod last year, it was S1,064, 744.
Tbs shinments of fractional silver coin
1ipca October lst amount 10 $26S, 2S9.
rHE STATE DEPARTMENT
Has received brief dispatch from the
American Consul General in Canada,
eopfrmatory OF the reports touching
the seizure, on Saturday last, by the
Canadian custom officers, OF the Amerl-
can schooner MGTJan Grimes at Shell
burne. Nothing is officially known at
rhe department concerning the
reported seizure by the Russian
officials in the Arctic Ocean of
the American schooner Henrietta.
The British Minister, acting on in
structions from his government, has
applied to the Department or State for
all information obtainable in regard to
the recent seizure Of the British
Columbia schooners OHWGrd, Thornton
and Carolina by the revenue cutter
CortCin for the alleged violation OF the
laws regulating the bunting of Seals IN
Alaskan waters. The application was
referred to the Acting-SeCretary of the
Treasury, and that Official to-day trans
nitted to the Secretary OF State, copies
IF all correspondence in the Treasury
bearing on the seizures IN
question.
TIE TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Has issued a circular to collectors Of
yusto-as directing them to report to the
the force actually en-
,loyed by them in their respective dis
5ricts on the first of November, 1886.
This is done for the purpose of enabling
the department to comply with the pro-
visions Of the act of August 5, 1882,
recurring the Secretary of the Treasury
10 present to Congress q statement of
,he number of officers and employees
hat NAV in his judgment be neCeS-
lary to properly conduct the business OF
soliciting the revenue from customs
turing the fiscal year ending June 50,
1886.
The remains of the late
CHEF JUSTICE CHASE,
Which were buried at Oak Hill, May
10Th, 1873, were this morning trans
.erred from the old casket to a new one
for their reception. General
8OYntOn and others representing the
friends of the dead jurist were present.
When the old caSket was opened it was
found that the body, which was en-
oalmed before burial, was remarkably
yell preserved, the features being
On Wednesday the re-
mains will be taken to Cincinnati,
where they will be reinterred. The
new casket has on its lid a plate with the
following inscriptions: salmon Z.
Chase, Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme Court. Born January
18th, 1908, died May Z. 1888.
GENERAL MILES ANNUAL REPORT
Is Commander of the military depart
aent Of Arizona and New Mexico
which has been received at the War De-
9srtment, is a voluminous document,
containing fun history of his opera
sons against Geronimo and his band,
s9@gether with 8 statement of his posi-
aOn II regard to the terms Of the sur
I e.nder. It is learned that this part of
alS report sets forth mInutely the Of
4clal orders received by him; his own
11aers placing Captain Lawton in I'M
mediate commando. the system of
.lgnaling adopted, ETC., etc., and after
warts recites substantially the follow
hg details. Some DAYS prior TO the
surrender s. deserter from Geronimo's
,aad csme into General Miles camp
Nth information that the renega des
we're short OF food, clothing and am
and foot-sore, nearly ex-
-austed from long marches. and
(0uld not hold out much longer. /
-AeTeupOn, General Miles ordered
-eutenant GatewOod, who knew GerOn- /
mo ana Nstchez vel, and spoke the [
lpache language, to take a guard OF
ETo men and obtain a parley, if posi- {
re, with Geronimo and see if he would |
,uffender. This mission Lieutenant |
lakewood accomplished successfully. |
le informed Geronimo. in answer 10 |
Ne ehle's question, that he had no |
minority to offer him terms. Geronimo /
leh asked 10 be taken to Captain /
-aN t0n, who was in the immediate /
elghborhood this was done. and on
: eallng the question asked Lieutenant
dt6 r OoQ. (}anfain Torfor told Z