New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-14
NEWS NOTES AT THE CAPITAL
MYSTERY OF THURsTONS RECALL STILL
UNSOLNED.
A HITCH IN THE TRIALS or THE SUGAR WIT
NEssEs- GROWTH OF THE MAIL SERVICE
NEW INTERNATIONAL QUESTION

| A WITCH IN THE TRIALS or THE SUGAR WIT
| NEssEs-GRowTH OF THE MAIL SERVICE
NEW INTERNATIONAL QUESTION
Personal NOTES APPOINTMENTS
Washington. April lS-The mystery as TO the re-
quest for the recall of Minister Thurston OF Hawai-
is not yet solved Secretary Greshams letter OF
instructions to Minister Willis regarding Minister
Thurston's case bore the date OF February u, ana
was mailed that day in the regular course OF cor
respondence at the State DeparmenG The neXt
mail steamer for Honolulu left san franciSoo
about weeks later. there was plenty oi ulnr
for the letter to cross the continent the usual MAJ
time being abou, hYe days ana as me man CuiiIcH
by the next steamer reached Honolulu about Mirch
o4dna THiC coare i q" AFFAIR." dS 'i to- reach
While the state Department has Speclai bags Nhitn
and China it has no such arrangement to Hawai-
the correspondence for Mr.. WILLS ana from MN
going through the regular postofhces.
There is some hitch in the efforts to fix date
for the tra,s of President Havemeyor and Secre-
tary Seares. of the American Sugar Refining Com
pany. and the newspaper correspondents and stock
brokers who were indicted for refusing TO answer
questions asked by Senator Gray and the memDet Is
OF the senatorial sugar trust Commute alu =, 81
rumored that the prosecutions may be aoahdohtu
altogether. Dstrct-Attorney Birney said this ai-
ment with the attorneys for the defence in rea-
ton to some matters connected with the cases. OUT
that the trials would surely begin within month
Messrs. Havemeyer and Searles recently asked
Judge Cole in Criminal Court No ? TO get DAYS
Brney agreed to fix the dates but the matter was
never adjusted Mr. Havemsyer wants to go ,, to
Europe but NJ. Birney thinks that several men
who have been in jail a long time are better en-
Sd to an carly iral than the indicted foH'ui S
he will dispose Of the urgent cases before taxing
up the latter.
Captain White. Superintendent OF the Railway
Mail Service. has submitted to Second Assistant
Postmaster-Cieneral Nelson tabulated statement
showing the growth Of the mails handled in some
of the principal postofiices OF the country in March
NOR of issi In March. lssI there was total
OF 81 s&l.57o pieces handed but in Mats , is$ IL
Ing these increases were Cleveland. Cincinnati pay
ton and Columbus oho; lnianapolis Ind; Ns s!h
Ssg99 ILL., The Increase in the ofSrs msm'ion ,S
n nons e ssrxce and MINUTES ccncsVt
yival OF business.
Secretary Hoke Smith has submitted to the Sec
rotary OF State report Of Government surveyor
which states that the Dyking Company. corpora
ton Of British Columbia, intends 10 dam the waters
Of Boundary Creek on the Idaho state linz, the
ing away OF the lands and improvements of set
tiers in the State of Idaho. The Secretary says
that the matter seems 20 involve an International
question.
In the appeal OF the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company from the decision OF the Commissioner
Of the General Land Once. involving an indemnity
list of 300 selected in the 81 CLOUD tMlnnJ
land district where said decision awards part Of
the lands 10 the -. Paul Minneapolis ana Mani
toba Railway Company. the Secretary OF the IN
terror has reversed the decision Of the Commissioning
and directed that the Northern Pacihc Railroad
Company have reasonable time 10 complete It's
selection Of the lands in question by paving ihc
fees I'm such cases and that the lists Ned In behalf
of the Manitoba grant he rejected and cancelled.
Secretary Herbert has RENTED the remainder
OF the sentence imposed by court-martial at Nor
folk last November on Captain Carlisle 7. Porter.
L. S NJ. G. Captain Portor's punishment on con
viction OF drunkenness consisted o. on" years SIs
pension from rank and duty. WIN loss OF hummer
on half pay for one year from November q zap
tain Porter IS son OF the late Adinrdi for'eF.
Secretary Herbert has approved the findings OF
a court Of inquiry which examined into the acct
dents occurring the Bennington, when that
vessel was cruising in Mexican waters on January
81 and February !. when the boilers OF me snip
were badly injured by low water. The court was
unable to determine the precise causes Of the ac-
cident and failed to place the responsibility.
Secretary Carlisle to-day signed warrant for
the deportation OF f. G. Wilton OF Georgetown.
y G TO come TO this country under contract with
the crushed pine nrewood syndicate. backed, 1t Is
said by foreign capital. Complaint was made by
several persons and Immigrant lnspe' tor howard
was directed today to send Wilton back to Eng
land. Six Italians at Work al Tc"porI y, 49, ns
were also ordered deported as having come 10 thls
country under contract
Senior Romero. Mexican Minister TO the United
States referring TO a recent publication in New
work. that Lieutenant Porflro Diaz. Of the Mexican
Legation at Washington. had taken part in a nigh
encounter the streets OF this city SAYS that Leu
tember 1893 consequently ne could not have been
the person concerned in the reported anair.
Two eightecn-inch armor plates furnished by the
bethlehem and Carnegie companies have been re-
ceived at the Washington Navy Yard and viii soon
no sent 10 the Indian Head proving ground Tor test
rhev REPRESENT the side OF the Datneships
Massachusetts ana oregon
A fine pair Of deer antlers were received at the
White House to-day. They measure about hve feet
from tin 10 tip and come from some adnirer OF the
President In Colorado.
Y Clark Wallace, the Controller or Customs OF
the Dominion Of Canada. at the Treasury De
partment to-day and had an interview with Secre-
tary Carlisle.
Secretary Carlisle has appointed Andrew BARD, or
PENNSYLVANIA. assistant in the Coast and Geodetic
Survey at $3.50 year This Is a promotion from
the $3.50 grade.
The President to-day appointed the following mem
bers of the Dawes Indian Commission: Alexander
b. Montgomery. Kentucky; Thomas B. Caban!ss.
Georgia and Frank g. Armstrong. vice kidd re-
signed The President also appointed Alexander H.
simpson of Indian Territory referee and appraiser
OF right of way OF the chOctaw, Oklahoma anu
Gulf Railroad under the act of February is, 1873
BETTER CROP REPORTS.