The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-24
WASHINGTON MATTERS.
yfRTTD AND INTERESTING NEUS
TROM THE NfTIONAL CiPTrtL.
General Schofeld To Retire Next Saturday.
The Gold Reserve-Icport of Fourth
Assistant r-Gencrai.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.-General scho-
field, who retires Saturday next, on
which day he reaches the age limit-sixty
years-to-day presided at the Board Of
Ordnance. OF which he is president.
This will be the last meeting Of the
Board which he will attend. the Board
only meetingonce a month.
Captain y. NJ. Brooks, superintendent
Of the Foreign Mails Service. to-day re-
ceivod telegram from Postmaster NJ.
c. Coppin. at san Francisco. stating that
the mail-stcamer Gaelic from chol-
cra-infected ports, had been thoroughly
fumlgatcd I'm bulk, and all mails for
domestic points were fumigated first IN
bulk bags, and then opened and the
contents fumigated a second time.
Every precaution is being taken against
the disease by the postal authorities. the
fumigating being done I'm accordance with
a standing order of the Department.
10 is stated that Secretary Carlisle Is
not expected 10 return 10 Washington
before Thursday next. He may con-
clude to remain for week or more.
THE GOLD RFsEnyr.
Tho true Treasury reserve to-day Is
sg5,5n. 27. gold. Withdrawal OF Il5,-
O1p i'm gold for Canada was reported late
this afternoon from New York.
Captain &. a. Abbey. of the Wnona,
who captured the schooner Lark, on
Key West, Fla. suspected Of being about
10 engage I'm a iilihustering expedition TO
Cuba. has made detailed report Of the
arrest to tho Treasury Department. 1t
confirms the press reports that the
Lark has since been released for want
OF evidence.
Captain Abbey expresses tho opinion
that there is some rendezvous not yet
known. among the Flcrda keys. whore
parties for cuba meet to take passage
for cuba to join the insurgents.
\ letter has been received at tho Navy
Department from the Cramps. stating
that the Indiana would probably he ready
for her official trial by October 18th.
Mr.. M,xwrII's Rvrorr.
Fourth Assistant Postmestor-Coneral
r. 4. Maxwell's report for the fiscal year
ended. juno 20th last IS one of the earliest
20 Doe presented. as was the case last year
I'm indicates 1900 new appointments OF
fourth-class postmasters. made within
the year only - Of them having been oc-
casioned. by death. which IS exactly the
same number as last year During the
year the greatest increase in the number
OF post-ofiices was I'm oklahoma. ~. Nir-
glnia follows with e6 and Indian Terri
tory with Co.
The greatest loss of post-ohlces occurs
in Kansas, b. South Carolina lost
-. and Iowa and West Virginia % 81. IN.
Nearly sixty thousand complaints re-
garling ordinary mail matter were Tee
ceived aud disposed Of during the year
hy the inspectors division.
Under the head of foreign cases the
report emphasizes the superiority of tho
registry system of the United states oyer
that of most foreign countries. as ex-
euolihed by the records Of tho New York
office, where most Of the business Is
transacted.
ARRFsr or sWINDLFRs.
The concluding pages Of the report re-
Yer to several very important arrest OF
green goods swindlers, resulting in
breaking up gangs of these Grim
inals at Oakland cal. IIllsdale,
Mich. and Chicago, H.. the ar
rest Of Major McDonough. formerly
Assistant Superintendent OF Mails at
the Boston post-oilice. the arrest Of
Walter W. Robinson. carrier at Yonkers
y, s.. post-ofiice. the arrest and conyic-
ton Of Elias Watson the Well-knOwn dis
tributOr Of mails M the Chicago post
office. the apprehension Of Andrew j.
Lacld ex-Assistant Postmaster at La
Grange. Ca. the breaking up of the great
sWindle disclosed by the arrests OF John
H. Durlaud. President of the Proyident
Bond and Investment Company Of Phil
adolpha, Theo. f. keely, a Well-knOwn
attorney, who was guilty of giving straw
Lali. the fraudulent scheme suppressed
in Philadelphia, operating under the title
Of the Wells Lumber Company, conduct
al by Charles ". Rowe and Henry w..
Wells. the apprehension Of the postage
stamp counterfeitcrs. who began opera
tions IN Hamilton, ont, under the title
OF the Canadian Novelty and Supply
Company. the arrest Of three noted post
office burglars Killoran, Allen. and Rus
sell, and Il number OF noteworthy cases