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Show ONLY AN INCIDENT. Tho Excitement 0 vox tba Ksoall of Earoa Fava, the It ilian Minister, Em Eatire'.y Subsided . INDIAN DEPREDATION BIEEAU JuyrOor.U snd Eis Son Georga Talk to Wanaiiiabi'r Other News From tlie National Capita!. W'AMMN.iTos, April 4. H is again iiiuouuced that the state department lias nothing to make public today respecting res-pecting the Italian eoirespondencta. The excitement in departmental circles " cr Karon Fava's recall has subside'!. I he incident will, it is believed, take ts place on the ordinary calendar of "pen diplomatic matters, whose disposition dis-position is usually characterised by deliberation and patient investigation. hie tiKAttsr ni'HK.At'. 1!. W. Ileal st, son of the Lite Senator Hearst of California, has just estab .'shed in (his city a bureau to carry out the provisions of the bill championed by his father and passed by the last congress, providing for the payment of the Indian depredation claims, which will probably amount to $.'il.noi),l)0() or more. Tho bill transfers the jurisdiction over these claims liom the interior department to the court of claims extending to all eases all examination. It also declares void all coutracts between the clieut and the attorneys aud will effect hundreds hun-dreds of attorneys who already have contracts inasmuch as their efforts so far will be lost, should their clients desire de-sire to employ new legal assistance. ilear--t's bureau will bo called "Examiners," "Ex-aminers," iu honor of his San Francisco Fran-cisco newspaper. (illl I. ti ani ins so$ gi:oui;k. Gould ami his son George had a long conference with Postmaster-General Wanamaker. The question of tho l'a-cilic l'a-cilic Mail Steamship line, of which George Gould is president, in connection connec-tion with tho new postal subsidy act was discussed. Gould stated that he was willing to guarantee whatever moneys might be granted the steamship company under that act, would be expended iu creating new lines. The question of rates on ginernment telegraph business from July 1, IKH, was also discussed, as was the question of inci eased mail 'facilities on the Union l'aeitic. Till-. SAVAVAKH ( ASK. Attorney General Miller and Solicitor General Taft had a conference with the j president this morning in regard to the Say ward case, involving the jurisdic-hio'n jurisdic-hio'n of the United States over the j liehring sea fisheries, pending before I the United Slates supreme court. The return of the United States judge of Alaska anil other documents in the ease were carefully considered. lit.Aiu stani'S iiY ins i:k(joi:i. Fx Senator Blair, minister to China, was aim ng the president's callers today. to-day. He confirmed the report that he was going to China but said lie did not expert to leave for several weeks. He says his silitimetits in regard to thequestion of Chinese iin-liiigr.ittotl iin-liiigr.ittotl have been misrepresented by a uumberof newspapers. He is willing to stand by his record on that question, and does not care to a:iwer newpapcr attacks on him personally. HA' r;s iv CAi.inmMA. Superintendent Porter niaie public the iesi.ll of a sp cial count l y race. of ihc state of California. The object of this special C mn t was to separate the Chinese and Indians fr.iin the vest of the population, as required by the laws of that stati' for the purpose of su.te apportionment. ap-portionment. The following table shows tiin population of the stale by races iu ltjtiti and 10: 1SV, Ifc'SC. U'Mte I - 1 1 -!S W.l-S I )1-,- 1 11. ! 7 I'-.l -l'- CliOK!?.' TV 'I Ti', I:!'-' lalniM ' w.n S InatatiK I-'.' Totals 1 'Ju-J.TO S'iV.q The statement further shows that whi'e tho Chinese jiopulation of the. slate, as a w h ile has decreased by 3151 since lsiO, there has been an increase in the Chinese population of the county of San Francisco since that time of 11'."). LANDS HKSKKVEP IN WYoMlNU. A The (resident has issued a proclamation proclama-tion based on the act to repeal the timber tim-ber culture laws, etc., proclaiming "that there has been and is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set upiirt for reservation all that tract of iand situated in tho state of Wyoming contained within tho following fol-lowing boundaries: Beginning at a point on the parallel 44 degrees, ,V) minutes, min-utes, where said parallel is intersected by tho meridians of 110 degrees west longitude, thence due east along said jiarallel to the meridian of 1011 degrees and 80 minutes west longitude; thence due south along said meridian to tho forty-ninth parallel of north latitude; thence due west along said parallel to its point of intersection with the west boundary of the state; thence duo north along said boundary line to the intersection with the south boundary boun-dary of Yellowstone National park. Warning is expressly given to all persons per-sons not to cuter or to make settlement t upon tho tract reserved by this procla-j procla-j mation." I T11KY OXI.V WANT TO HE SCOl'TS. j Tiio news received at the war depart-' depart-' nient of the result of the efforts being-' being-' made by w estern army oflicers to carry ' out tlie prin isions of the army appropri-! appropri-! ation bill authorizing the eulistment of ; 2000 Indian recruits is discouraging, j The otlieers report that the Indians will not enlist in tho infantry under any circumstances, cir-cumstances, as they abhor walking. They w ill not enlist in the cavalry except ex-cept as scouts, because they do not care to bind themselves to five years service, ser-vice, nor to be subject to removal to distant parts of the country. Theu, too, they want their women with them, and a great majority of tho bucks are physically unfit for military service, ll isdoubtful whether a single Indian company can be recruited in the west, but the outlook in the south is more hopeful. At Mt. Vernon barracks. bar-racks. Ala., where the Apache Indians w ho led the Geroniino campaign are placed, it is said that all the Indians, some y.3 or 40, arc about to enlist. |