The Daily Tombstone., 1886-07-30
WASHINGTON, July 19, 1886.

ary line of the District. That portion of the valley or gorge above the city, which it is proposed to include within the limits of the reservation is admir- ably adapted by nature for park, and is capable of being converted at a comparatively small cost, into one of the finest of the already numer- ous attractions of the Natiunl Capi- tai.
 A party of thirteen Apache Indians have been here during the past week and have had several interviews with the Secretary of the Interior upon the subject of the proposed removal of the tribe from the San Carlos Reservation One of the old chiefs acted as spokes- man, and spoke in the Apache dia- feet which was interpreted into Mex ican by an Indian half-hreed and then into English by an American, The Indians stated that they wanted 70 re- main upon the reservation instead ci being removed to the Indian Territory The Secretary snid he would consider what had been said but the Govern ment determined to put stop to their raids and depredations, The party includes Chatto one of the fam ous chiefs of theApache tribe. This h. dian is the one who gave Gen. Crook so much trouble in 1883 but was fin ally captured by the late Capt Craw- ford, It is charged that Chaco was the ringleader in the murder of the family Of Judge McComas near Silver City, in New Mexico extended ac- counts of which were published at the time. In addition to these crimes 1t is said that he has been implicated in more than fifty murders of similar nature. It was not until the party reached Washington that Secretary Lamar knew that Chatto was a mem- Der of the party and when the fact be- came known member of Congress from Kansas went to the Secretary and requested that he be detained and tried for his crimes. The Secretary however replied that he with the rest of his party had come here under promise of protection and he could do nothing but send him back to the mil itary supervision nnder which he has been during the past three yaars.
 Second Assistant Secretary of State William Hunter who died at his resi- denee in this city on Thursday last was one of the oldest and best known men in the employ of the government He was eighty-one years of age and was the oldest official in the service ot the United States, having been ap- pointed a clerk in the State Depart ment in 1926 when Andrew Jackson was president. There was probably
 no person whose knowledge of the diI
 lomatic moves of the Governmen was so thorough as Mir Hunter.
 The fact that a great interest is ta- ken by the public in :he Senate's dis
 position of the Payne election cas, was shown by the unusually large at
 tendance upon Wednesday ant Thursday last during the discussion
 of the case. Senator Logan's speecl :. which has been so extensively con- , mented upon by the press is conside
 ed to have been the ablest speech del f ivered upon the floor of the Senat , during the present session.
 The oleomargarine bill passed tn
 Senate on Tuesday after reducing tn sax to two cents pound. The Sen Q ate amendment was concurred in b l the House on Friday and the bil f awaits the action of the President.
 The President in company wit e Secretaries Bayard and Whitney an l. Private Secretary Lamont spent tw l or three days at Albany in attendanc I upon the bi-centenniaI celebration re turning to Washington on Fri v day.
 The movement which was commer " ced few weeks since with the vie, of establishing workingmen's librar t in the central portion of the city, meeting with general encourage n ment and upwards of $3,000 has bee pledged by citizens. It is intende