Show ii CAPITAL CLATTER 1 t i 1i General Miles Story of the 1 Geronimo Capture 7 U T i1 J STATE DEPARTMENT DOINGS 2tauda feilver Dollars Thai Treasury DepartmentsChief Justice f ury Chaae Other Notes From the Capital WASHINGTON October HThe Supreme Su-preme Court of the United Slates convened con-vened at noon to day Thereiwas a 1 full bench and a fair attendance of the 4 bar The chief justice announced that the call of the docket would begin tomorrow to-morrow morning with assigned cases YK The Pacific National Bank case I brought here by appeal from the circuit cir-cuit court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts The Court then adjourned in order that the jus j faces might make their customary call l uoon the Efsident The number of 1 cases on the docket this morning was 1103 The justices called at the White House in the afternoon to pay their J respects to the Presidcnt They were received by the President in the Blue Parlor All themembers of the court 1 were present except Justice Woods who is confined to his home by sickness sick-ness I nessThe issue of the I I 1 STANDARD SD VKR DOLLARS from the mints during the week ended l1 October 9th was 934883 during the 1I same period last year it was lOi74J I The shipments of fractional silver coin aiice October 1st amount to 283289 THE STATE DEPARTMENT Has received a brief dispatch from the American Consul General in Canada confirmatory of the reports touching the seizure on Saturday last by the S Canadian custom officers of the American Ameri-can schooner Marian Grimes at Shel burne Nothing is officially known at the department concerning the reported seizure by the Russian officials in the Arctic Ocean of the American schooner Henrietta The British Minister acting on instructions in-structions from hs government has applied to the Department of State for all information obtainable in regard to the recent seizure of the British Columbia schooners Onward Thornton and Carolina by the revenue cutter Corunn for the alleged violation of the laws regulating the bunting of Seals inS in-S Alaskan waters The application was referred to the ActingSecretary of the Treasury and that offical today transmuted trans-muted to the Secretary of State copies of all correspondence In the Treasury Department bearing on the seizures in question THE TEEAStJEY DEPARTMENT Has issued a circular to collectors of oastoras directing them to report to the Department the force actually employed em-ployed by them in their respective districts dis-tricts on the first of November 1886 This is done for the purpose of enabling the department to comply with the provisions pro-visions of toe act of August 5 1882 requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to present to Congress a statement of the number of officers and employees that may in his judgment be necessary i neces-sary to properly conduct the business of collecting the revenue from customs during the fiscal year ending June 30 S 1 1SSG i 1SSGThe remains of the late CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE Which were burned at Oak Hill May S 10th 1873 were this morning transferred 1 trans-ferred from the old casket to a newone S prepared for their reception General Boynton and others representing the friends of the dead jurist werepresent When the old casket was opened it was r I found that the body which was embalmed em-balmed before burial was remarkably Tell preserved the features being I recognizable On Wednesday the re 1 mains will be taken to Cincinnati where they will be reinterred The new casket has on its lid a plate with the following inscription Salmon P Chase Chief Justi of the United States Saureme Court Borji January 13th BOS died May 7 188i G2SEKAL MIIES ANNUAL BEPOBT as Commander oe the military department depart-ment of Arizona and New Mexico which has been received at the War Department I I De-partment is a voluminous document I i containing a full history of his bpera I tions against Geronimo and his band tOgether with a statement of his posi tion in regard to the terms of the surrender sur-render It is learned that this part of ois report eets forth minutely the of a CIa orders received by him his own 1 orders placing Captain Lawton in im l1ediate command i the system of1 Dalling adopted etc etc and after Warts recites substantially the followIng follow-Ing Some davs prior to the I jprreider a deserter from Geronimos I 1 band came into General Miles camp J WIth information that the renega des were short of food clothing and ammunition I siumtion and footsore nearly es fcausted from long marches and auld not hold out much longer T Hereupon General Miles ordered fdeateuant Gatewood who knew Geron uno and Natchez weAl and spoke the I APache language to take a guard of two men and obtain a parley if possi hIe with Geronimo and see if he would I surrender This mission Lieutenant atewood accomplished sucoesffihIyI i S Be informed Geronimo in answer to I I the chiefs question that he had no S authority to offer him terms Geronimo then L asked to be taken to Gapfain kaTvton who was in the immediate ° eghborhood this was done and on r repeating the question asked Lieutenant tewd Captain Lawton told j h un that he conld make no i terms and that he must surrender r OD1LlO then wanted to see General des and both parties Captain Lawtoa I a n Qa command and Lieatenant Gate i wood and Geronimo Nachez and their band set out for the north traveling for some da38 on parallel lines and within sight of each other In the meantime a messenger had been sent ahead to notify General Miles of their approach On coming to General Miles camp Geronimo as I eore asked what terms would be given him if he surrendered sur-rendered and the General replies that he bad no terms to offer that if he and his band surrendered at all tbey must surrender as prisoners of war that they must lay down their aims and trust the President of the United States Upon this Geronimo laid down his arms and signified his willingness to surrender but Natchez who had in the meantime kept out of reach and refused re-fused to come in sent word that he wanted to go to the White Mountains for a month whereupon Geronimo went out after Natchez and soon re turneu with him Geronimo in explanation expla-nation and insfificationof his conduct said that he left reservation for the reason that there was a conspiracy con-spiracy afoot there he added by Chatta to murder him Geronimo Natchez and two others were loaded into an ambulance folowedby the rest of the band in charse of Captain Lawton Law-ton and taken to Fort Bowie station and shipped to Texas General l Miles in his report argues at some length on the question ot pumshnlent and calls attention to the fact that heretofore in such cases the removal has been deemed sufficient He cites several in which no greater punishment has been inflicted speaKs of the great good done Arizona by their removal and suggests that they be treated as other Indians have been treated under similar circumstances He compliments Captain Lawton Lieutenant Gatewood and the officers and soldiers generally for their meri torioua services during the campaign From an army friend of Lieutenant Gatewoods it was learned that he found Gefonimo and his band encamped near the Mexican town of Fronteras in Sonora an old Mexican adobe hamlet surrounded by an adobe wall It was at one time a mission settlement founded by Jesuits When Lieutenant Gatewood came upon the band he left the guard and alone walked into Ger onimos camp On seeing an intruder the Indians seized their guns but on the lieutenant laying down his arms and beckoning Geronimo wh m he recognized the Indians also laid down their guns and came forward Geronimo wanted to know what kind of a man General Miles was whether head he-ad bright eyes or dull ones whether he talked fast or slow whether he was a large man and what was hisgeneral appearance He wanted to know all about him Gatewood replied re-plied that General Miles had a bright eye did not talk much but what he said could be relied on The Indian was much pleased with this assurance and together they walked away to1 find Captain Lawton Governor Z ilick of Arizona is injhe city and this afternoon had a long interview with the President presumably concerning the question of Geronimos punishment punish-ment but when interrogated as to the result of the interview and his opinion of General Miles report he very firmly stated that as to the first question his interview was of a confidential nature and not for the public and to the second question he did not care to discuss the report of which he knew nothing He stated however that he had great confidence in General Miles judgment add other soldierly qualities and believed him to be a brave and efficient officer |