Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-24
Capitol Topics.

An estimate for $1,000 to pay the expenses of
the electoral messengers at the rate Of 25 cents
per mile one way for bringing the votes OF the
electors for President and vice-President at the
coming election TO the seat Of Government, was
sent TO Congress to-day by the Acting Secretary
OF che Treasury. The messenger from Annapolis,
the messenger from Salem. Ore, the largest, $685.
CHIPPEWA INDIAN LANDS.
Senator Chandler introduced bill to-day au-
thortzng the Secretary Of the Interior to cause
be appraised and sold so much OF the timber as In
his judgment It may be for the interest the In.
dians to have sold upon the lands on the Fond du
Lac reservation in Minnesota, The La Polnte or
Bad River, Lac Court OReille, and Lac du Ham,
beau reservation in Wisconsin reserS ed for the
Chippewa band Of Indians.
THE La ABRA CLAIM INVESTIGATION.
A subcommittee OF the senate committee on for
eign relations began, this morning. hearing on
the long pending La Abra claim. J. A. Delagnet,
the superintendent OF the La Abra mine. was
placed on the stand as a witness On behalf OF Mex
leo, and identified the letter-bOOk OF the company,
this point the committee adjourned until to-mOr-
row. The amount involved Is something over
which w Me,,eo in aS With S the
terms Of the Well and La Abra treaty, but was
withheld from the claimants by this Government
Was SUBSEQUENT TO the conclusion Of the treaty.
The claim on The one hand Is mat American pur-
chasers OF Mexican mining property We're driven
parations 70 work the mine; and on the otaer mat
The mine was vaiueless md the purchasers aban-
done d 1t OF their own accord.
NOTES.
Senator Gray is at Princeton, N. j., with his son.
on motion OF Senator Evarts q bill was passed in
the Senate to-day appropriating $4,000 for the
completion OF the monument COMMUNICATING the
surrender OF Burgoyne at Saratoga.
On mOuon OF Mr.. Morgan, in the Senate to-day,
the bill for the payment OF the Miel ana LaAbra
claims In Mexico was made special order Tor
Monday OF next week.
Several Alleged Thieves Arrested.
WHAT THE DISCOVERY OF STOLEN GOODS AT HAIR
B0URs Has LED UP TO.
The search maze at the house OF Joseph Har-
bOur, OH % street, between and II streets north
west, as published In Saturdays STAR, has led 10
the discovery Of several robberies and Detectives
Ran and Horne followed up their Investigation by
making several arrests. Lizzie Spriggs, the COL
Ored woman who mad some or the SuO.en property
In her possession, is TO be used as wItness Har-
bour and his VIII were arrested on O charge OF
keeping "fence." Several charges OF receiving
stolen goods viii be maze against them, and In
specLOr Block will probably charge one or them
with conducting a loan ONCE Or pawnOr0ker's
shop. The officers also arrested Pnilip Dickson, a
cOlored porter In the employ OF Howell q Murray,
shoe Dealers a. 7th and 81 reefs, a charge OF
roobing his employers The Officers recovered
tue frm, and it Is charged that they w,re stolen
by Dickson. He denies the charge. The c0lored
woman, Lizzie Spriggs, was wearing q pair Of
shoes which she said she purchased from Dickson,
and the shoes were tdenLineu as having been
taken from the aforementioned store.
henry johnson, a colored porter for II. Hona,
the Jeweler, on Pennsylvania avenue, between 6th
and 1Jh streets, was also arrested. Nj. H0na
identlned some or the recovered tewelry as having
been taken from his sore, and johnson admitted
that he took II ana sold IL At Harbour,S
Walter SimOns, the colored p0rLer at Kneest's,
who was arrested Saturday, has also admitted
The goods taken fron Hsrboura including lew.
ery and cloLhing, are he'd az police Headquarters
for Identification. The cases viii Be heard IN tue
Police Court wednesday.
TIE HARDoUR0 RxkxAsBD on DoND4.
Harbour was released on $500 bonds and Ma
Harbour gave her personal bonds for her appear
ance.
NARROw EsCARs on THE PRINC1D o. WAL0L-
The London Sunday Times publishes Vienna
telegram saying that whlie the Princess Of Wakes
ana her daughters were QUO driving In pony car
mage near 0Inunder the other day they approached
railroad crossing without needing an electrical
ball giving warning OF danger. When the carriage
reached the track, two draw barn worked By wire
from signal boxes were lowered, preventing either
advance or retreat Col CiarA, tho escort, hur.
riedly 0ismounted, and, ducktnG under tho bar,
palled the pony alougsads the lance juss - the
train passsd