Show BY TELEGRAPH A X Is R I 1 C A N washington 24 the district commissioners this afternoon an bounced their decision in the matter of the washington police investigation major walker chief of police is allowed to resign arnold is dismissed se aleut u kelly is reprimanded A and suspended tor for three months without 0 t pay a sergeant erg n diggins to is reprimanded man e an and re reduced u d to the ranks for three months and private adelinis Ede ebelin linis is dismissed CRUISERS about three dozen gentlemen assembled in the office of the secretary of the navy today to day to witness the opening of the proposals for the construction of three cruisers the newark baltimore and charleston and two gunboats gun boats secretary Secre whitney read the bids as follows cruiser no 1 tons complete harlan Holling hollingswor company wilmington del union iron works san francisco cramp sons of philadelphia under unde special bid providing for tile use of engines of their their own design 1198 cruiser no 2 complete according to the department design cramp sons union iron works special bids providing for the construction of eurides according to 0 their own deal designs u a were put in by the harlan hollingsworth asworth company at and by cramp son at 1050 gise cruiser no 8 complete according to the departments specifications cramp cram son union iron wom works harlan hollin honings r 8 worth company under their special bid using their own engine designs gunboat no 1 complete according to the departments designs charles reeder sons of baltimore W I 1 columbian iron works and dry bry boke coke company of baltimore cramp sons special bi bid dusing using ther their own engine designs charles feeder W aeder J sons submit a special bid for fuong the machinery alone at gunboat no 2 complete there was only one bid by the columbian iron works at 2 47 for supplying engines and machinery of this boat reeder sons bid and A J rumsey son of baltimore the awards will not be made for some days speaking u upon on the bidding bid dine secretary whitney said sait 11 lam am well satisfied atis fied except with cruiser no 1 no bid has been received within the limit fixed by congress for the outside cost of the boat afie the only solitude I 1 I 1 have ever had bad with reference ato to the bidding arose from the fact that the conditions which were imposed upon the bidders in the way of producing horsepower upon which the speed of the ships depended is much more exacting than ever has been called for before I 1 feared that the limits fixed by b y congress for the cost of the a ships a would be exceeded on the three lar large e cruisers and no 1 gunboat we shall sha he able to let all but the four thousand ton ship to responsible parties within the limits fixed the secretary added that the bids ar are only about fifteen per cent higher than those of similar sizes and character constructed abroad which he be consid ered a very favorable favorable showing THE PRESIDENT AND MR STONE president cleveland makes public the following correspondence PITTSBURG NOV 1886 hon A S H garland gailand attorney general SIR 1 I have read the correspondence between the president and the ron hon M E benton united states attorney At attorney connected with his restoration to 0 office in which it appears that he was suspended from office tor for his apparent of official duties in making campaign speeches presumably my suspension was ordered lor for the same reason I 1 desire therefore to state the facts in my case I 1 made maae but two speeches prior to the reception of the order of suspension one at butler in an adjoining ad bining county on oa thel evening of october octer and one at a town near pittsburg on the evening of october 2nd and I 1 did not leave pittsburg for butler until nearly 4 october let and returned on the morning of the 2nd and about 9 welock I 1 left pittsburg for kittening Kitt aning on saturday october 2nd and about 5 p m and returned the same night upon both the above dates the united states courts here were not in session except a short time in the morning of each day for ordinary motions I 1 was la ia attendance upon the courts during their sittings and did not leave the city upon either occasions until long after the courts had bad adjourned on october the united states district court began its session at pittsburg for the trial of jury cases car es a petit and grand jury being in attendance from october aad until october I 1 was engaged in the preparation of causes for trial and from october until october the date of the receipt of order of suspension I 1 was engaged in tile the trial of these causes neither during durina this period from october aad 2nd to october nor at any other time did I 1 in any particular neglect the duties ot of my office these may be verified by inquiry ot of any officer of out our courts I 1 fee feel it ft my duty after reading the co correspondence once d between the president and mr benton to state these facts in justice to myself and respects respectfully ally request t that hat this communication be referred to the PA president aident I 1 may also add that I 1 did not think that making an occasional campaign speech to my neighbors while not neglecting electing the duties of my office would be a violation of the presidents order of july 1886 very respects respectfully ally your obedient servant willlam WILLIAM A STONE EXECUTIVE MANSION nov 24 son hon J B H garland attorney general dear sir I 1 have read the letter of the dinst written to you yon by W wm M A stone lately suspended from office as district attorney for the western district of pennsylvania Pen sylvania and the subject matter to which it refers has received my careful consideration I 1 shall not impute to the writer any mischievous motive in his plainly erroneous assumption that his case and that of mr benton recently suspended and reinstated instated re rest upon the same state of facts but prefer to regard hits his letter as containing the best statement possible upon thes thea question rein re in statement you remember the course that was adopted soon after the present administration was installed and I 1 think nearly a year and a half ago I 1 considered with you certain charges which had been preferred against lir mr stone as a federal official you remember too that the action we then contemplated was withheld by reason of the excuses and explanations of his friends these excuses and explanations induced me to believe that mr stones retention would insure the faithful performance of his bis official duty and that whatever offensive partisanship he had bad deemed justifiable in other circumstances he would during his continuance in office at his rea request aest under an administration opposed to him in political lotical creed and policy content himself elf with the quiet and unobtrusive enjoyment of his political privileges I 1 certainly supposed that his sense of propriety would cause him to refrain from pursuing such a partisan course as would not only offend and irritate the friends of the administration who insisted that he should not be retained in office either because of his personal merit or in an adherence to tile the methods which tor for a long time had bad prevailed lin in the distribution of federal offices in the light of the latter system and without considering his political affiliations mr stone when permitted to remain in came a part of ithe business organization ox of the present administration bound by every obligation of honor to assist within his sphere in its suc cossi cossius ul operation this obligation involved not only the proper performance of official duty but certain good faith and fidelity which while not exacting the least sacrifice of principle forbade participation in purely partisan demonstrations of a pronounced ty type e undertaken for the purpose of a advancing 21 partisan interests anacon and conducted upon the avowed theory that the administration of the government was not en entitled titled to the confidence and respect of the people there is no dispute te whatever concerning the fact that 0 mr stone did 1 join I others other who were campaigning the state of pennsylvania in opposition to the administration it appears too that he was active with noisy enthusiasm while in attendance upon at least two large public meetings where the speeches were largely devoted to the abuse and misrepresentation of the administration and he approved all this and actually ad dresseL meetings himself in somewhat the same strain that he be attended such meetings away from his home for the p purpose durpos e of making biking such addresses and t that hat he was advertised as one of the speakers at bachof each of said meetings I 1 shall accept as true the statement of mr stone that the time spent by him in thus demonstrating his willingness to hold a profitable office at the bands of an administration which he endeavored to discredit with the people and which had justly overlooked aked his pre previous vi i offenses did not rest in the neglect of his ordinary official duty but his conduct has brought to light such an towards the adminis which he pretends to serve aud of which he is DO nominally a part and such a consequent lack of loyal interest in its success that the safest and surest guaranty of his faithful service Is in my opinion entirely wanting his course in itself such as should not have been entered upon while maintaining ling 0 official 1 relations to the administration also renews and revives with unmistakable interpretation of their character and intent the charges oi of offensive partisanship heretofore made and up to this time held in abeyance mr stone and others of like dispose tio nare not to suppose that party lines are so far obliterated that the administration of the government is to be trusted in places high or low to those who aggressively or constantly endeavor unfairly to destroy the confidence of the people in tile the party responsible for such administration while vicious partisan methods should not be allowed for pirt partisan isan purposes to degrade or injure the public service it is my belief that nothing tends so much to discredit our effort sin the interest of tile the service to treat fairl fairly and generously the official incumbency of political ioli opponents as conduct such as is here disclosed the people of this auntry country certainly thinly do not require the best est results of aa administrative endeavor to be b reached with such agencies as aa these upon full consideration of all I 1 have before me I 1 am constrained to decline the application of mr stone for eor hir bis reinstatement I 1 enclose his bis letter with this and desire you yon to acquaint him with my decision yours very truly GROVER CLEVELAND department OF JUSTICE WASHING washington TOA nov 24 06 hon rm hm A stone pittsburg PUts burg pa SIR sin I 1 am directed by the president 0 o say to you that after consideration of your letter of the dinst he will not revoke or change the order heretofore made suspending you as district attorney for the western district of pennsylvania very respectfully A H GARLAND TELEPHONE CASES upon inquiry at the Depart department of justice today to day it was learned that no further action would be taken by the government in regard to the suits against ane bell telephone company until the decree of the circuit court at columbus ohio chio shall be officially promulgated which will not be done till the court reassembles on december ath THE INDIANS the commission composed of james R howard Di district of columbia and john G walker of virginia appointed by the indian office to make an allotment of lands in severalty to the crow indians in montana has returned to this city the commission succeeded in making allotments as contemplated A large majority of the tribe D however owe V er refused to abandon their tribal relations owing principally it is said to the pernicious influence InAuen ce of sitting in g bull and other indians from the st standing anding rock agency who contrary to the orders of ef the indian office and against against the advice of the agent of the crows aws left their reservations f for or the purpose of defeating the objects of the commission it is said that an effort w with 1 ith the same object in view will be made in in the spring the secretary of the interior has received information that the commission appointed to secure from the indians of the umatilla reservation in oregon their consent to the provisions of the act of congress passed march 3rd ard ISM 1885 providing ee the allotment of lands in severalty to those indians granting patents and disposing of the surplus lands of the reservation for the benefit of the indians has been successful in every particular steps will now be taken to carry out the provisions of the act THE NAVY YARDS the gross amount of estimates for the different navy yards and shown by the annual report of rear admiral harmony is 13 made up in the following items improvements general maintenance repairs and abid preserve preservation 9 tion naval asylum civil establishment the report treats at length of the rapid deterioration of the buildings and docks from the lac lack A ot of appropriations sufficient to maintain them the advisability of providing dry docks in comparatively remote places paces unfrequented by merchant shipping is suggested sugs suggs ested and it iswald is said that these docks could be used by the navy in conjunction with the merchant marine MINISTER MANNINGS IN DISCRETIONS at the state department nothing is known beyond what has appeared in the newspapers with wih regard to the reports from the city of mexico charging minister manning wath grave in discretions not much importance is attached to the reports which are believed to be highly exaggerated the department authorizes a denial of the stat statement ment that minister manning has sent a cable dispatch in reference to the alleged scandal the commissioner of the general land office has sent to the officers of the senate and house of representatives copies of the map of the united states recently prepared under the direction of the general land office each senator will receive tor for distribution about thirty copies and each he rep pl about ten copies SUIT FOR TUB THE POTOMAC FLATS washington 25 the attorney general will to a suit in I 1 he supreme court of the district of columbia Colum pia to settle the title to the Pota flats especially that portion of them chiv which has been known lor for years as kidwell meadows the list of defendants is very long numbering forty nine and distributed over a wide range lange of territory I 1 the annual report of trenholm comptroller of the currency contains suggestions for the amendment of the national batik bank laws ill about a dozen instances including the contingent liability of shareholders requirements as to the reserve the limit of loans to individuals a more thorough examination ot banks and anen protection against unequal state taxation the spec specific itic character of these suggestions is withheld for the present three thousand five dundr hundred ed and eighty national banks have organized of which 2858 are now in operation of these thebe have been organized during the past year with a capital of and a circulation of 2900 teaty four banks went into volun tary liquidation during the year one ceased to exist by bv the expiration of its charter and eight failed since the beginning of the system in ill IM 1863 only ill national banks have failed faile Y of these 63 have paid their creditors in f full and 20 have paid interest besides si d e 8 TREATY WITH TONGA george F bates of wilmington del the special envoy whom secretary bayaras apt out to investigate and report upon the difficulties arising out of the action of colonel greenbaum at apia abia in the samoan islands has just arrived in this city having it is said |