New-York tribune., 1886-03-31
MR. NAMING AND HIS MEDICINES
THE SHIP RAILWAY SCHEME-A SCANDAL
OIrS APPOINTMENT.

THE SHIP RAILWAY SCHEME-A SCANDAL
Gus APPOINTMENT.
rrrov THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRnJNE.l
WASHINGTON. March }0.-An intimate friend
of Mannincs tells ne that the secretary has all his ,
had dread dying suddenly. In consequence OF thi.
fear he las always imagined himself slcker than he
really II been habit Of his to carry con-
stluty about his clothes supply OF bottles and vial'
and boxes containing all sorts OF nostrums and
cure.als. THeso remedies he would take when
ever opportunity offered itself TO do so
without being observed. al never man. sad my
informant ESQ addicted TO me iielnes in my life. II
would surprise to hear that the secretary's
present 'rouJlo arises in part from the doses OF med
cine which his system has absorbed But tho chief
trouble doubt is the dissemination to take exercise
that he has always shown. When he came to
Washington from Albany. ho became. any
thing. worse in this respect. He rarely would
walk from the Treasury the White House, dis
on!y of few hundred feet. He would always use
his carriage. daicalt him 20 go ont
Iding. He would prefer to work in HIS office or take
what he hal to attend TO 10 MS In this way his
blood became sluggish; his skin assumed chaiky hue
and his eyes showed times hl: CLASSY stare which 30
alarmed his friends"
The so-callcd concession" which Captain Eads oh.
tanned from the Mexican Government has at last been
printed officially. As mknt have been expected. it is
altogether a onc-sdcd affair. 1t is full of determinations
in favor OF Mexico and against the United states.
"Not until Captain Eads Was forced 10 produce
It,, Commander Gro owniu shield OF the Navy. today
"did Congress have any ia OF the nature OF the
scheme in aid Of which L asked TO lend the p"opIes
money and credit. just considers Mexico guarantees
that one-rhrd the income shall he Sl25o.0oO a
year for aiteen years. The Unei States guarantees
that two tnris OF the net income shall be S250J)00
year FOR fifteen years. Mexico may pay her
guarantee bonds running twenty years; the
United states must pay cash. Mexico in
'tfrp pau usIay . Oll
pany forclts all right title thereto In event can
the United states acquire the ownership OF the road
Mexican vessels and passengers pay all tolls in
Mexican dollars the United S;ates and citizens must
pay in gold The vessels troops and all ,hings bAlong
ing the Mexican Govern nent shall be carried cral
tousy. The United states must pay 75 per
cent OF the regular charges and, without the e1.
express assent Of Mexico in each cannot use the
railway AZ all. Under the hill now before the
House the United states becomes liable
For this security is req lired, no lien
is taken-none be tsen. In the event Of any hsa
tion arising must the courts OF Mexico; AMI
what they might DO nobody knows Never before was
Congress aekel pass such reckless legislation this
present shape the ought to be defeated
judge Thatcher. Of Kansas. late a member Of tn
South American Commission, paid HIS respocts TO tho
President yesterday He told Mr. Cleveland what IN his
OPINION was needed foster commercial relations be
tween The United states aud south America lie said
that steamship ucs "qurol to carry the product,
OF this country TO those parts Of tho world. ana that
such lines could not ne established unless the
Government encouraged capitalists to invest their
money in this way by LIBERAL compsn'ar"ns for the
TRANSPORTATION ~ the mts. hear mat tie FleInrut
much impressed vi.h the argument made by Ju--e
Thatcher. Iici.n mat tb- President IS feeling uneasy
about me policy toward steamship .ines forced upon
him last summer Uy Mr. Villas ami others
Ex-Governor Grant. Of Colorado. is in town. He "a Al
ol1-fasloned Democrat. ,nI Is tAOroIsi~ Ji'gruntrI
with the w4lch the ADMINISTRATION mas seen dt 10
pursue IN b. state with rekiri 10 the ohlctS The party
suc has not been benefited III the least by the cAAIe
O. Administration.
It's stated that Consul GreeneD,um OF Aps. against
whom charges are pending tne foreign ~fArS com.
ni,tee for issuing fraudulent certificates onablHf
Chinese atorcrs 20 into tbs country in violation
Of existing treaty s,pu.aton', is J,w and Kept .
securei contract wila The DomocTauc state Commit
T.. IN . 10y nj. sf' Of ~ ~1op or o Te % o, c,m1
outfits He dd 49, Dut never was PAID for his gools IN
"a the two ftotions Of the California democracy are
called, FOR sell tUsnt Of 6S account FoaIy he sand
his iis' bl III They td ala %, want to give ths,
spp,.c.i.on He became ctnIi1~ts consulate in
.c Gcr'uAr town. BIZ nltye place lie was IauS MOI
haunt inc state psp.rtr.rt. He soon grew to oe a
nuisance, especially to the Cafornians VINO had been
charge their obligations 10 him TO get r Of MN they
odsrrI MN tne cDasusie Al tae samoan Islands never
win ady stated In iu~tics 10 GreeaeOAu".
who hae 60, into trouble a, Apa Al the state Depart
Imormei that that consulate has been s"lre g
o. perpetual trouble sDCe IL Opencd IAere are
only bakers dozen OF American on mo Islands
and hey 70 vary me monot"ny ~ tnet e1s'tnc
Ming OF sort against every Consul that
Is out there
Ihear that william r. Travers hss sold his house in
this city situated in Bieenth-st, and has purchased
the mansion now occupied by Senator Evarts on
Eghteenthst and that hereafter he Will make Wash
ing,on his winter quarters In parting win his - /
teeuth property. Mr. Trayers parts with property
That las some quasi historical associations II the
home Of James G Blaine while the latter was speaker oi
tie House.