The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-04
THE BAND OF APACHES
WILL, NOT BE REMOVED FROM
ALABAMA JUST NOW.
The sentence OfLieut. irvine APP
proved by the Secretary of the
Navy-The American Sailors Re-
leased from Custody.

proved Dy IhS oGCEGtdES Oh tnG
NaVy-The American Sailors Re.
leased from Custody.
WASHINGTON, September 3.-lt is not
probable that the war department will
take any steps i'll the matter of removing
che band OF Apaches from Mt. Vernon
Barracks, Ala. Secretary Proctor said
this morning, there is a mandatory
statute provididing for the confinement
of these Indians at some government
| barracks, and there is no better place
than where they now are. The Indian
Rights Association has made proposi-
ton to purchase large tract of land in
North Carolina, to which the Indians
could be removed, and where they could
live in partial freedom, headed by that
old warrior, Geronimo. But Secretary
Proctor is not disposed to act until he
secs the purchase COnSuumatcd. Intact,
1t would seem that he is inclined to think
the tribe is pretty well cared for now.
The secretary of the navy has approved
the findings and the sentence in the case of
Lieut.. John {. Irvine who was tried bv
a naval court martial, of which Capt
Ihos. o. Seliridgc was president, con-
vencd at Newport, August H. This
officer was charged with scandalous con-
duct, drunkenness on duty, neglect OF
duty, and absence without leave. The
court found him guilty, and sentenced
lllm to suspension from rank and duty,
on iurlough pay, for three years, and to
retain his present number in his grade
during that period.
Captain Kellogg commanding the
N t1t nd
News, has been ordered to release two
scamen whom he rescued from Arcmosky,
Gucatan, some weeks ago. These men,
together with third man, were aban-
doncd on that Island by the schooner
Anna. When the OsSipcc arrived one of
the men was dead, and surrounding cir
cumStanceS pointed to homicide Upon
the return of the vessel to New York, the
report was sent to the department, and
The men were held in custody pending
action by the authorities here The
captain Of the schooner, an American,
was cXoncratcd from all blame, and the
question then arose, was there sufficient
grounds for the prosecution of the sur
vivOrS for homicide? The report was
referred to the department of justice for
an opinion by the attorncy-Ecneral, who
decided that no prosecution could follow.
In the first place, there was no evidence,
that the man had been killed in self
defence, and then again, whether or not
murder had been committed, the United
States would have no jurisdiction over
the case, as the crime occurred in foreign
boundaries.
The official trial trip of the cruiser Bal
timorc, built by Cramp, OF Philadelphia,
Tor the Government will take place next
Tuesday. The board will first examine
the vessel to determine her strength and
value of her construction before she is
filled with coal and other weights to give
her correct displacement. The board
consists of Capt. Kirkland, president,
Capt. Hawison, chief engineer, S. l.. p.
Glass and naval constructor w. II. Var
ncy.
Bond offerings to-day aggregated $S5+,-
100, at 1854 for four and half per cents.
and l2S for iours; all accepted.