Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-15
wAsMINGToN NOTES.

Great Crowd of Callers at the Whit
 House-The Count of Money as th
 New York sub-Treasury-Plans For
 New Vessel of the Monitor Type-Re
 pert of Marshal Jones on the Opening | ofOklahoma.
 l WASHINGTON, May 14.-There was grea
 crowd of callers at the White House to-day and the President did not have minute te himself from the time the rush began unti l the time for lunch. The civil service com. ! missioners called in body and paid theil respects. It was the first visit of Commis. ! sioners Thompson and Roosevelt since their appointment. A delegation consisting of Samuel R. Stratton, N. J. Carey and Samuel W. Hoyt of California; Mayor W. B. Le- I Lashmont of Portland, Captain W. P. Att wood, United States army; O. H. stoddard, Nevada, and A. J. Sampson of Colorado had an interview with the President. Among the other callers who saw the President was Allen N. Hitler of New Haven.
 Ralph Beers was to-day appointed fourth class postmaster at North Branford, Conn.,,
 and 1,1o David F. Clinton at Clintonville, Com: The recent count of money at the New York sub-treasury revealed discrepancy of $35 out of 8 total of $1s4, ,000, 900 to be ac- counted for. The shortage resulted from
 the acceptance of few counterfeit notes in the hurry of business and the loss of silver
 pieces. The deficiency was promptly made good and 8 receipt given in full to ex-Tress-
 urer Hyatt, who was responsible under his bond for the entire amount.
 The naval committee of design has com pleted the plans for the gunboat which will soon be published and is now at work upon the details of construction of the Thomas ship. This vessel will mark a departure in the practice of designing, es her plan was originated outside the department by Repre- sentative Thomas, member of the naval committee, of the house. Much work re- mains to be done upon the plans by the de- pertinent, however, es details must be SUD- piled and working drawings made to carry out the original idea. The vessel is to be of the modified monitor type, and her peculiari- tics will lie in her heavy ordinance, great de- fensive power and ability for long cruises, differing in this last respect from the old monitors.
 Attorney General Miller has received re- port from United States Marshal Jones of Kansas in regard to the conduct of himself and deputies upon the opening of Oklahoma to settlement. He says that he thought he
 appreciated the influx of population that
 would follow the Presidents proclamation,
 and that he knew that the people could look
 protection after April 22, when the functions
 of the military authorities ceased, and conse-
 quently he attempted, and he thinks success-
 fully, to organize force of marshals at dif-
 ferent points, where is was supposed there
 would be concentration of people sufficient to
 preserve them. Marshal Jones says he appoint
 ed old, experienced deputies and goes on to
 say: ''I also appointed at the request of an officer of the railroad eight of their employees,
 most of them conductors constantly passing
 through the 1iitory, in anticipation of law
 lessness in the trains. The full number of
 deputies in Oklahoma appointed by me is 19,
 besides the eight employees of the railroad
 company. I believe that few of my depu-
 ties have attempted to file on @ many tracts
 of land in the territory. While instructed
 them not to do so, when they saw themselves surrounded by from 500 to TOO persons at Guthrie and at least one-half that number at Oklahoma waiting for the hour of 12 to come
 do not wonder that some of the deputies
 who were serving without pay took the fever and attempted to get home. As to myself,
 I never attempted to homestead 8 foot of
 land either in Oklahoma or any other terri- tory or State."
 The report is dated May 9. It is under stood that Jones sAys "The country is ab- solutely quiet aud I am sstonished at the
 false reports of bloodshed circulated by the papers. There has not a single person been killed by violence since the 22d of April" It is understood that the attorney general is not satisfied with the report and that he will call upon the marshal for supplement ted report giving the name of each officer
 who filed 8 claim and description of the
 land secured by him, together with attend ing circumstances.