The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-08-01
FROM THE CAPITAL.
RLAINE's FIRM POLICY CON-
TRAsTED WITH eAYARD.s.

rotary Goes Over the Whole Matter and
Gives al" O~pinion-Other Capital News.
The president has sent to the house
of representatives., in answer to the reso-
luton introduced by Representative Hit,
the official correspondence between tue
government of the United States aud the
government of Great Britain touching thu
seal fisheries of Behring Sea. In his ac.
companying letter OF transmittal to the
president, Secretary Blaine, under date of
Bar Harbor, July 10, regrets the delay in
the Transmission which the president
directed on the 18th inst, and says that
the correspondence il still i'll progress.
The correspondence includes thirty
separate papers, beginning with
o letter from Edwards, tilst
seer tary OF legation and charge d
affairs after Minister Vests recall, dated
August u, lsSo. and closing with one
from Secretary Blame TO Sir Jnii.n
Paunosfotr, the British minister, dat. ID
July ID, iS90.
In his first letter Edwards refers to the
reported search and seizure Of British
vessels i'll the Behrlng ssl, aud under the
Instructions of the Marquis of Salisbury
demands that stringent instruction lie
sent by the United States lit the earl st
moment 10 their officers to prevent the re-
Occurrences of events.
The letter also refers to the fact that
Baytrl, VIII IL ) cretlry Of state, had as
sur. d graf Britain tat pending 4 settle
ment no further interference with British
vessels should take place.
Blaine replie that it was tho .rnest de-
sire of the president to come to II salts
factory ul,ierst ,iiding aud expressed the
bell, thai all tn, points MT issue were
capable OF PROMPT adjustment.
The cores, 'onlcnce between Edwards
and Secretary Blaine was continued ut
some len.th, and 1t appears that Bluine
irYu,red wat authority there was for the
above stated assurance OF Bayard. Ed
wards said that it was assurance communi-
Gated nnotlicially by the United States
minister in London, and also by Bayard
to Minister West in April, lssS.
The correspondence between Secretary
Blain, and the ew British minister COM
menced Jan. 81, of this year, with q very
long letter from the secretary to Sir Julian
Pannccfote,
In this letter Blaine goes over the
Who'll question and says it is the
opinion oil the president that tie
vessels arrested We're engaged in n pur-
suit that was III ITSELF contra bonos
Moscs. Mr.. Blaine contendei that ever
sine thus government had acquired RIG hts
in Eehlils sen Size had maintlined ua.iis-
turhed possession until 1856, and that
these rights she aud Russia had est ,b-
lishtd and enforced for nearly n century.
In lsS,i, tine secretary sail, certain
Canadian vessels asserted their right to
enter, and by their ruthless course destroy
tie fisheries. The government of the
United States at once proceeded to check
this III ,yement, which Unchecked was sure
to do great and irrelarable harm.
Regarding Epgia,d's claim that the seiz-
ures were made on the high seas, lilaino
said il is doubtful whether her majestv's
government would abide by this rul if an
attempt were made to interfere with the
pearl fisheries of Ceylou, which ex-
te:ds more tlun twenty miles
t,om the shore line, and have been
enjoyed by England without mulestation
eNt Il s'llce lnc.r ic'lUlSltiDn.
Feb. 10, TIL British minister wrote that
his government was wiiling to ADOPT
IL suggestion mad. in the course of their
interviews that the tripartite negotia-
ton suspended in London in
lsSs be resumed in Washington
and recommends to his government
certain provisional measures to remove APP
prehcnsion of depletion of the seal.
S%alisbury,u nder date of May % last,
replies 10 Biaiuc's arguments.
increasing the Clerical Force.
The civil service commissioners nre
promptly taking advantage of their i'll
creased allowance for clerical force, aud
new clerks will soon be at their d. SKIS.
4 here was Il treat .seed CT them, for the
work WAS run behind and the present force
has cen over worked with the inadequate
apprspri it:on made last year. The COM
,.l-slone1s arc much pleased 10y the large
number of applicants from the south, who
were induced to come forward by repre-
seltations of the commissioners that all
would have All equal e aLce. The num-
Der of applicants from the south exceeds
the number even under the democratic adj
.ninistration, and the southern states will
probably have tier quotas in the depart.
mert more nearly full than they have
been.
Granted Their FartiOns.
The prcsid mt has COMMITTED to four
months aetuni imprisonment the sentence
III thu Use ot James l.. %.funklord, COM
v!ced Ill Indiana Of violating the postal
laws.
Ass commutei to eighteen months i'm.
prison ment tie three years sentence of
Geo. w. Taylor, alias Geo. Carter, con-
victed i'll Colorado of bigamy.
Granted Right-ot-Way.
The president has approved the act
grating risht-of way to the Little Falls,
Mile I.acs ~ Like Superior railroad across
the Mile Lacs Indian reservation.
Have Entered Upon Their Duty.
Assistant Secretaries of Treasury Spald.
ing and Nettlcton entered upon this dis
%cllar-e of their duties this moruing rs
members of the board Of customs ap-
lraiscrs.
ALL DEAD NOW.
Tho Death of Ills Child Drives q Man In.
sane-IIe Shoots His Wife and Hangs
Himself