The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-16
Fitzhugh Lee is a nephew of the late
Gen. Robt Il. Lee. He was major gem
eral of Confederate cavalry during the
war.
At present he is collector of internal
revenue for the Lynchburg, Va, district.
He is also an ex-governor of Virginia.
CARLISLE MANDAMUsED.
II. Graves of New York Wants the
Bonds He Bid for Delivered.

CARLISLE MANDAMUSED.
II. Graves of New York Wants the
Bonds He Bid for Delivered.
Washington, April 13.-H. Graves of
New York today flied in the district SUI
preme court petition for mandamus to
compel Secretary of the Treasury Car
Isle to deliver to him bonds to the
amount of $4,500,O00 of the recent issue
of thirty-year per cents. The petition
recites that he bid for this amount of
bonds at $115.3391 on February 4 last
and complied with all the regulations;
that his bid was once accepted; that the
original notice of allotment was not sent
to him as to other bidders, and, though
requested, no allowance was made by
the department for the time lost by the
negligent act of the department in mis-
directing the original allotment notice.
The contention is made that the re-
fusal to deliver these bonds allotted him
in New York, as required, was mere
subterfuge to prevent the petitioner and
those he might associate with him from
carrying out the terms of the bid and
completing the purchase of the bonds,
and that the requirements of the petit
toner deposit in gold in the sub-treasury
at New York and transfer the deposit
to the treasury department here was
a requirement not eXacted of other sue
cessful bidders and acted as great hard
ship to him and was an invasion of his
rights to have the bond delivery made
at New York.
After admitting that the refusal of
the department to accept payment for
the bonds allotted to him after the date
fixed for the payment of an installment,
is not an exercise of arbitrary power and
which is unwarranted by law, the pc
tition asks that the secretary of the
treasury be restrained from delivering
to. j. Piermont Morgan & Co., or any
other persons. the $4,50O,O00 bonds al
lotted to Graves.
Judge Cole issued an order requiring
Mr.. Carlisle to appear on Saturday,
April % and show cause why the man
damus asked for by Graves should not
be issued.
DYGERT IN GOOD HEALTH.
Washington, April 13.-Representative
Hopkins of Illinois, who has been work
ing to secure the release of Walter Dy-
CERT, the young man who is held in the
Spanish prison in Cuba on suspicion of
having been in the insurgent ranks, to-
day received the latest intelligence in the
possession of the state department re-
lating to the case.
Secretary Olney said that his advices
from Havana are that Dygert is in good
health; that Consul General Williams
is doing everything in his power to Sc
cure the youths release and that the
governor general of the province has in
terested himself in the case.
A SLICK SCHEME SQUELCHED.
Washington, April 13-The extensive
plans of the United States Ex-Slave
Owners Registration bureau, organized
three weeks ago and having offices both
in Washington and Savannah, Ca,
were interfered with today by the issu-
ance of fraud order by the postoffice
department. The concern expected to
deal largely in the south, and sent broad
cast circulars advertising a system of
registration whereby eX-slave owners or
their heirs can have the names of their
slaves Officially" registered in approved
books of record and their sworn returns
OF such slaves preserved for future ref
erence, the insinuation being that the
government would eventually make sat
lsfactory compensation to the owners for
losses of slaves by emancipation.
A schedule of fees for registration was
fixed, ranging from 81 for one to ten
names and S. for fifty and upwards.
HOUSE JUDICIARY PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, April 13.--The house COM
mittee on judiciary today finished its
work on the bankruptcy bill, and Chair
man Henderson will report the bill to
the house this week. where it is expected
it will be called up in few days. This
is one of the bills which the committee
on rules is disposed to give an early Cd,
portunity for consideration.
Representative Bailey of Texas will
make q minority report for the substi-
tute bill.
COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE..
COMMITTEES on commerce has been consid-
ering the river and harbor bill for sew
eral days. 1t is understood considerable
opposition developed to the many con-
tracts provided for in the bill and that