The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-23

States Consul Donnelly requested his
release and the consul general notified
the state department by telegraph
that he had escorted the
minister safely across the border
MEXICAN INDEMNITY CLAUSE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-A cele.
brated case which has been pending
before the state department for seven
years and has figured in congress In
years gone by, has come to success
tul termination and the Mexican gov
ernment has placed with the state de-
partment to the credit of Mrs. Leon
McLeon Baldwin the sum of $2O, ,OO0 as
indemnity for the assassination OF her
husband. Mr.. Baldwin was superin-
tendent or manager of the Naencla
mines. In August, 1887, while MAX
| ing tour of group OF mines belong'
ing to party OF American capitalists
he was fired on by two men concealed
behind rocks close to the mines. Chey
were we'll known desperados, Carlos
Martinez and Vicente Becerria
Baldwin WAS badly wounded
and sought refuge in q tunnel.
The desperadoes cried: "We intend
to MAKE away with the whole Gringo
Company and called upon the unarm-
ed miners to surrender Mr.. Baldwin
or they would fire on them. 10 save
the lives of the helpless miners Mr..
Bald win surrendered himself when
promised that he would be allowed to
pay ransom and go free. Ibe pan
dts put him on mule, carried MN
down the road and in a few minutes
shot him through the brain and dis.
appeared. A few days later band
of robbers raided Mexican village
and the inhabitants, who had tailed
tointerfere with them so long as they
attacked only Americans, pursued
them and killed five outlaws, includ
ing the two men who had murdered
Baldwin. All of these facts were de-
veloped by patient inquiry by
the United States minister ana
then began correspondence
between the governments OF the
United States and Mexico that as
sumed most formidable proportions.
Secretary Bayard called attention to
the fact that such outrages upon
Americans had been of frequent oc-
currence and he insisted that the
local Mexican authorities had sig.
nally failed in their duty to afford
Americans the protection granted by
the treaty. Consequently he thor
oughly indorsed the claim of $l0O, 600
indemnity preferred by Mrs. Baldwin
and directed the United States minis
ter to press it upon the Mexican gov
ernment. The latter denies RESPONSE
bility for the assassination and it has
taken seven years to convince them
that they were liable. Meanwhile the
indemnity was scaled down to SIC, 600.
A TRIP SOUTH.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-Vice Pres
ident Adlai E. Stevenson, Senator
David B. Hill and Chief Clerk John
8. McEwan of the senate, left over
the Southern railroad this morning
for Charlottesville, where they will
be the guests of Mrs. Jefferson Levy
at Monticello, the home of Jefferson,
returning tomorrow.
CoREAN MINISTER GOES HOME
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Minister
Ye Sung 500 of Corea, accompanied
by his secretary, Chang Whan, left
the city today for visit to his native
country, going via San Francisco. The |
minister has a wife and D. large family |
in Corea and lie goes to see them as
we'll as to learn for himself the condi- |
tion of affairs there. The usual leav
of absence allowed the minister to the |
United States is six months. Whether |
Mr.. 500 will avail himself of the limit |
will depend on circumstances.
BEHRING sEALERs.
Representative Sayers, chairman of
the house committee on appropria-
tions, says he will make no effort at
the present session to urge a bill for |
the settlement of the claims of the |
British and Canadian sealers seized |
in Behring sea, concerning which |
Secretary Gresham conferred with |
him yesterday.
ERRORS IN TARIFF BILL.
Additional errors in punctuation in |
the new tariff bill ar constantly be- |
ing discovered by the treasury |
officials. Today al important mistake
was found in section 5 of The free list.
This section provides that articles OF
foreign manufacture must be stamped |
with the name of the country OF
rigin, aud then says: "And until 30
marked, stamped branded or labeled
they shall rot be delivered to the
impor er should any article of
imported make be marked, stamped,
etc., in excess of the quantity actually |
contained in such article" 1t is as
sumed that there should have been
period placed between the words sim.
porter" aud "should," but as there ia
none, the paragraph as it stands is
unintelligible and may lead to serious
embarrassmehts in it's execution. Up
to this time Secretary Carlisle has not
asked any opinion from the attorney |
general upon tie many m'stakes in |
the bill and he will probably not do
go until the bill becomes law.
Ihe secretary, however, has ex-
pressed the opinion that all goods in
bond which have been changed from
the dutiabIe to the free list bill be
subject to the duty in force when i'm
ported, if Withdrawn for consumption.
The goods can, however, be exported |
and then reimported and thus receive
the benefits Of the free list. 1t is
known, however, that this was not
the intention of congress.
Early in the preparation OF the bill
this question was raised but the words
Cor XUifhdrawn for cOnRUmDtiOnD