The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-09-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
Secretary Manning VIII Probably
Resume His Duties.
a Pension Clerk Discharged because
He Is Republican.
Another Call Made for Three Per
Cent. Bonds.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-It has been an
nounced by the President to members of tht
Cabinet that it is the intention of Mr.. Man
ming to return to his duties here, but whether
he will continue in Office is yet to be deter
mined.
Not Free Trade Triumph.
The Democrats have been making a point
of the fact that John M. Martin, the Demo
cratic protectionist Congressman from the
Birmingham (Ala.) district, was not renom
mated. They claim that this was due to his
protectlonlst principles. But Mr.. Bankhead
the alleged revenue reformer who has beer
nominated in place of Martin, has been in.
terviewed and says: 81 shall not favor the
reduction of the tariff upon any article
which is being successfully manufactured in
this country where reduction would injure
the industry, but would rather favor those
measures which would promote its healthy
growth Not a word about this interview
and the havoc it plays with their hopes has
appeared in single free trade paper.
Discharged Because He Is a Repub-
lican.
Mr.. James w. Langley has long been a
clerk in the Pension office. He has been dis
charged, he says, on the ground that he is a
Republican. He says that Mclean, the act.
ing Commissioner of Pensions, upon being
asked why the removal was made, said
1.-THE Republican party has been threatening
us and saying that we dare not turn Republi-
can clerks out and we are going to show
them that we can do it."
The Captive Apaches.
The order to transfer the Apeches to
Florida was given by the President without
the Intervention of the Interior Department
1t was the purpose of the President that the
Apaches should be taken to some spot re-
mote from their homes and the scenes OF
their dcpredations, and where no mountain
Businesses would be available in case OF
escape. They will be held as captives at the
old Spanish fort at st. Augustine until some
suitable reservation is determined upon for
their future settlement, and such reservation
will be selected and give no opportunity for
raids If they should be SO disposed. Gero-
nimo and his principal chiefs were not sent
to Florida with the rest of the band. They
were, by order of the President, stopped EN-
route at San Antonio, Texas, and are now in
custody of the military of that department
of the army. There seems no reason for
further doubt that General Miles very un-
wisely made terms with Geronimo before
the surrender, and while the government
may regret this, still if the terms were made
under such conditions as to bind military
faith and honor, they will not be broken, but
it is thought that possibly the way may be
accomplices to the civil authorities in Ari-
zona, in which event they will, of course, be
executed.
Masonic Gathering.
The General Grand Chapter of the Royal
Arch MaSonS assembled here today. There
are no very important questions to be con-
sidered. A proposition will be made that
Quebec shall be represented in the General
Grand Chapter. A reception will be given
the members of the General Grand Chapter
by the President tomorrow afternoon.
Call for Per Cent. Bonds.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s.-The Acting Sec
retary of the Treasury yesterday afternoon
issued the 143d call for the redemption of
bonds. The call is for SIS, 600, 900, and notice
is given that the principal and interest of
the bonds designated will be paid at the
Treasury November /, and that the interest
on the bonds will then cease. The bonds
called are the per cents issued under the
act approved July 12 1882 and numbered as
follows:
$5O-Original number so to original number So,
inclusive.
$10o-Numbefs GAL to 77e, inclusive.
$5O0-Numbers 286 to $40, inclusive.
81 ,o0O-Numbers 2, ass to 1884, inclusive.
,o0o-Numbers 1909 to $50, inclusive.
President CIeveIand at the Theatre.
The President, Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Fol-
som, Benjamin Folsom and Colonel and Mrs.
Lamont occupied box at Alhaugh's Grand
opera HOUSE WU6u Iicndru MdQSue1u pre-
sented prince Karp' for the first time in
Washington.
An Opinion.
Acting Attorney General jerks has given
an opinion to the Treasury Department that
certain paper or leather boxes used as cover
ingS for musical instruments, opera glasses,
razors, ETC., are exempt from duty. These
articles have heretofore been assessed at the
rate of 100 per cent. ad valorem, as designed
for use otherwise than in the bona fde
transportation of goods imported into the
United States" Judge jerks holds that
these coverings are the natural appurten-
anceS of the articles contained therein, and
are not intended for separate use or sale.
A Cabinet Meeting.
The first meeting of the Cabinet since the
Presidents return was held at the White
House this afternoon. There were present,
Secretary Lamar, Postmaster General Viles,
Acting Secretary Fairchild, and Attorney
General jerks. The session lasted nearly
three hours, and was devoted to the consider
alton of routine questions pending before the
fourth-elass post offices raised to the Presi-
Dental class are Hinsdale, N. H., and Bridg-
ton. South Berwick and Machias, Me.
A Steamer LibeIed,
The Treasury Department is informed that
the Canadian steamer Francis Smith has
been libeled by the United States District
Attorney at Grand Rapids, Mich, for the
violation of Section 3109 Revised Statutes, in
failing to report arrival at Sault Ste Marie
and proceeding further inland