The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-06
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON.
Matters of General Interest From the
City Of Magnificent Distances.
By southern Assuclatot Press

Df oOuhheru AsSoClhtot pCoi5-
WAsuINGroN. Sept. 5.-Tho State
Department has received information
that the steamer bearing tho record OF
the Waller court martial, which the
Unitod States has repeatedly requested
of France, will reach Adon. on the Red
sea, on September 18th. This means
that the report will be due in Paris
about ten days later, aud allowing for
its examination by tho ministry OF for
| eigu affairs, IA copy of it should be do
livored 10 Ambassador Eustis during
the Inst wouk III September, provided,
of course, TINT the ministry does not
| tcmporize further. Tho deposition
made by Waller to, Newton B. Eustis
aud Mr.. Alexander has not reached
the State Department. but Is expected
before the end of the week. This state
ment, with the record of the court
martial and the report made TO the
Navy Department by Commander
Thomas Perry, of the gunboat Castine,
will form tho main evidence on which
the United Sta,os Government will
base its claim for Walters release, and
for indemnity on account of his i'm.
prIs0ument aud the coniiscation of his
rubber concession, The On 10 ia now IN
abeynnce, pending tho arrival OF tho
record and the deposition of Waller.
Something more about the distressed
| negro colonists from Georgia and Ala
bnmn, who deserted the colony at Tia
huGlila, Mexico, waa received at tho
Sta;e Department to-day in n letter
from the Vice Consul of the United
States ut Pedras Ntgtas. lie says that
on August nth tho local authorities,
under instructions from the Governor
of the State, took charge of the col.
onists at Torreon and transported them
across the border to Eagle Pass. Texas.
Twenty four negroes arrived ut Poid-
ras, Negras, from Torreon on August
18th, aud on the 2lst and 23d others
reached there. The Vice Consul adus
hat so far ne he can learn all the
negroes who left the colony Mt Tlnhnu.
lila have arrived at Eagle Pass, the
greutor number of whom Rfe held in
quarantine. No cases OF smallpox have
developed outslde the ranks OF the
colonisis and no further trouble is
anticipated.
be State Department is not pleased
with the course TINT is being pursued
by w. II. Sachtleben, of Alton, LII. who
was sent to Armenia by the proprio
tors OF cycling magazine to investi.
gate the circumstances of the murder
OF Frank Lentz, of Pittsburg, who
| started TO tour the world OH II bicycle.
Mr. Sacbtleben has written several
letters rejecting on the State Depart
ment and particularly on the late
Secretary Gresham aud Mr.. Terrell tho
United States Minister to Couatanti-
nopie: but 1t is understood that his
employers have repudiated any respon.
slbiilty FOR or acQuiescence III his views.
The department is dealing directly
with the magazine ow ners III the mnt.
ter and has hud no correspondence
with Sachtleben. Minister Terrell has
been instructed to press the Turkish
Government to send All escort with Mr.
Sachtieben INTO the wild country near
Erzeronm, where Len2 was killed, but
the department has not yet received in
formation that he has been successful.
The failure of Messrs. Robert S.
Chiffon and William Dulaney Hunter,
q the State Department, to secure ex-
equaters from the Porto TO euable them
to establish the United States Consu.
ates ht tZeruum and llarpoot, author
lied by the last Congress on account
Va 'bO "tihShH' OI SIl III iE-
menls, is causing some surprise in Of.
jclal circles. They arrived il Con.
s'an,lnopio III July, and expected TO
receive their eXeQuators i'll fortnight.
recent dispatch states that they
are still waiting, and as they are eX.
pected to cable when their object is
accomplished 1T is presumed that the
Porte has granted tho desired author
ity. he reason for this procrastina
ton Is not cIenr, but It il probably due
to the suspiciou with which the Turkish
Government views anything resembling
an attempt TO secure information about
the Armenian outragos.
The broker firm OF Slsby q Co. .,
which Las been doing an extensive
business in Washington, closed their
GoOrs 10 day. he failure was caused
by failure to make connections to tide
| over the hard times. Assets about
$4,000. with liabilities Of $50, 900. The
concern also has branches IN Baltimore.
Philadelphia aud Atlantic City.
The treasury gold reserve to-day
| with all the Withdrawals and deposits
accounted foC stands at S 9,927, ,5G7, or
$4,000 below the reserve limit.
Cadet appointments have been made
us follows. \. ii. Gholston, Daniels
vile; Joseph w. Cunningham, OF Lex
ington, Tenn, alternate.