The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-09

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diate withdrawuls OF the guard from the
United States legation and the release 81
any American citizens that may have
been arrested, and in no long time IL
WAS ca bled back that the demand had
been ,lcceded to. Had it been refused
Mr.. Egan was instructed to appeal TO
Captain Schley OF the us. S. Baltimore,
now at Valparaiso for protection, and
Captain Sclley had received Instructions
to march his force OF marines to San
t,aso j fcalled upon by the minister In
standing by his minist5r MIR. Harrison
has undoubtedly taken d popular step
but the real question at issue Is whether
administer to a foreign country q a.
right to allow his legation to be used as
an ASYLUM. Such a thing would not be
tolerated i'll any European capital for
an hour, aud although it has been the
custom Of the ministers OF all countries
to ailowit to all in the South and Cen
trail American countries where revolu-
tions are SO frequent, it 10 doubted by
the best international lawyers whether
Mr., Egan has any legal right to grant
ASYLUM to others than citizens OF the
United States. 1t is stated here and
generally believed that the CHILEAN au-
thoritles were controlled by certain
European influences which are antag-
!. onistic to the commercial interests OF
j. the United States III this matter.
The pension office is again the centre
t OF a perfect maelstrom OF a~ccusatlon
and counter accusation. Three EN-
ployes OF that office have made affidavit
that young Raum. who resigned som
created by the charge that he ! ad beer
t engaged in Office brokerage, approached
them with II proposition to have then
Y promoted through his influence with hi
father, for u cash consideration. Thes
afiidavits were carried to Secretar,
Noble and he turned them over to MI
O Harrison. Meanwhile COMMISSIONS
Raum is by no means idle. He has Gle
manded that Secretary Noble dismis
the three employees who made the aft
davits against his son, and has SUI
n mitted to Secretary Noble a lot OF doc
e umentary evidence which he claim
d proves chat these three men have er
tered into q conspiracy to iniure hlr
II through attacks on his SON.. The mat
e ter will have to be settled by Mr.. Han
lie rison and upon its settlement depend
the official existence OF COMMISSIONS
Raum.
1t The Gillian rumpus has had the effec
Of further postponing the various prom
inent appointments that the politician
|. have been so hungrily expecting eve
is since Mr.. Harrison returned to Wash
Ie ington.
c The effect that small things have upo.
|. large ones was never more strikingly ex
It emplified than by the report OF Majo
d Pollock, the superintendent vi the ire
mail delivery system, who has just re
q turned from an examination tour G
tha principal free delivery offices in tn
Ie west. Maj. Pollock says that the recen
1t abolition OF the custom OF compellln
d carriers to count every piece OF mall re
ceived and dispatched from p%ostofices
is will result in a saving to the government
lie OF about $500, 900 IL year, and on &c
Is count OF the time saved by the carrier
Il it does away with any Immediate nee
Il OF largely increasing the carrier force
ii all sections OF the country, as it was e.
We pected some time ago would have to
az done.