The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-10-02
SHEPARD SHIPPED
AMI CONIMANDER WHITING
PUT IN CHARGE

of the steamer that IL to Take
nOuUIass tn Hayti-The GerOni-
mo 'rransfer-Bids Opened-Na-
tiOmal Debt statement Again.
WASHINGTON, October l.-Iwentv ap,
uointments of postmasters are announced
to-day. Of these, one was reappoihIcu'
of the other nineteen, vacancies were
created by removals. Only one was
Southern, Jesse H. Gather at Cleveland
Tenn, vice James Z. Surwyn, removed;
Secretary Tracy, rather Unexpectedly;
Yesterday evening relieved Capt. Sheparn
from the command OF the kearsarGe'
which sailed for Hayti this morning, car,
rying Minister Douglass, and replaced
him bv commander w. ii. Whiting. N"
explanation is furnished at the navy
department for the change. secretary
Tracy denies that Captain shepard re-
fused to sail with Minister douglass,
and the understanding is that his reiei
grew out of difficulty concerning CABIN
accommodations.
Secretary Proctor has received letter
from Governor Fow!c, otNorttl Carolina,
Obiectinp in very decisive terms to the
transfer of Chief Geronimo and his hand
OF Apaches from their present location at
Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala, to tract
of land in North Carolina. The Secre-
tary said this morning that governor
Fowle has informed him that he would
reach Washington to-day ana talk over
the matter personally. The Secretary
also intimated that the department VIII
nrObably take no Immediate steps To-
wards the lrallS CT i'll the nearnesS or the
session ot Congress- during whleh Iile
case will probably be discussed. ne
added that he had been told by lnedlca'
officers of the army that 1t would DC eN-
ceedngly dangerous to move the lhuiai!s
ut this time OF the year, OWING TO thelr
extreme susceptibility to lung diseases.
They have become well acclImated at
Mount Vernon, and sudden change ol
climate NAV be too much tor their health.
Secretary Tracy has relieved Commo-
dore Iohn G. Walker from the head oi
the bureau ot navigation OF the navy de-
Dartment. The text OF the order is as
follows:
"Sir:-You will proceed to the navy
ward at New York, confer with the com,
mandant, and hoist your flag on board
the Chicago as an ac,ing rear admiral
commander in chief OF the squadron OF
evolution. You will prepare the squadron
for sea with all proper dispatch, and
when i'll all respects ready, you VIII san
for Europe, assume command OF tht
European station until further orders
The squadron will for the present
consist of the Chicago, Atlanta, Bos
ton. and Yorktown, to which tht
Enterprise will be added upon YOU
arrival within the limits OF the Eu
ronean station. When you have hoisteC
your flag, you will return to Washington
and temporarily resume your present
duties in the Navy department.
lS;Unedl BENZ. F. TRACY,
Secretary Navy Department.
The secretary says that the rellct o
Commodore Walker grew out Ut no per
sonal or official differences between nm
self and the commodore. That oihcer ha
been eight years at the head OF the navi
cation bureau, and his time would sool
expire, and to reappoint hlm tor anotle
term would mean a continuous Scrvlc
0n shore, and in the department TO
twelve wears, precedent winch the sec
retary does not care to establish. II
vessels which will be under Commodor
Walkers command are the pick OF tn
navy. and in fact, with the exception G
The Charleston and Baltimore, whlc
have not vet been accepted, they rcpr,
sent all OF the new navy.
At the Navy department to-day, bid
were opened for supplying machines an
tools required for the construction az
uartment at the Portsmouth, Va, nav
ward, the material for the Monitor an
Amphitrite at the same yard, the machir
and tools required for the New Yor
navy ward, and the steel plates for tt
battle ship Texas, building at the Port
mouth, Va, navy yard.
There are fitty-one classes in the schet
ule for the New York yard, comprising
large engine, lathes drills, punches, an
u large number of tools OF the mos
modern type, such as electric drills
arranged as to be removable to dittcrer
points of the works, the system
bower trans mission by wire rope, etc.
For the steel plates for the Texas the
were but two bidders, the Linden Ste
Company, and Carnegie, PhipPs u Go
the first named firm bidding lower
S+3, ,532 for 256 tons OF protective dec
mates and $73, ,43S for +l5 tons OF sir
liar plates for middle layers and r
doubts. On the other items thee we
MANY bidders, and it will require son
time to pick out successful ones. as &C
tain formalities have been neglected
cases.
The naval inspection board which a
nruised the Ouinnebaug and juamta
New York and Portsmouth, n. h., ha
fixed the value OF the vessels at abO
$4,000 and $40, 900 respectively.
Bond offerings to-day aggregat
S41S.6 $50 ;all accepted at 1877 for lourp
cents, and 1O5% tor four and halls.
The debt statement issued to-day shoN
the d,crease of the national debt duri
September to have been $13,6S5,O ,O94. 2
The decrease since June 30, 1889, S
59l O9O.49. The total cash in t
treasury $63T, $40, ,53O.61. Total int
est bearing debt, 1912, 500, ,271.S1. Tot
debt of all kinds, 81 ,636, ,775, ,S6S.e
Debt less available credits $1,O7O,O5
53O.96. Legal tender notes outstandl
S34. Cos, ,1O6; certificates ofdeposits o,
standing $15,275,000; gold certitica
outstanding SIG, 1915 $40; silver Cert
Gates outstanding $276,6l9,6 tr
tional currency $6,915, ,690.47.
Rumors have reached the navy depa
ment that the result of the enginee
computations of horse power develop
by the cruiser Baltimore on her last II
show that she fell short of the contri
requirement of the government by j
SO horse power. No official report
the subject, however, has yet been
ceived.
The inspection board, of which &C
modore Sherrett is president, has
ported to Secretary Tracy that
vuuboat Petrel, just completed
Baltimore complies with the contract
uuirement in the matter OF construct
Material and ennipment. The next s