Show washington NOTES 4 sec secretary gresham resham reaffirmed today h hs 1 8 statement that besent he sent telegrams to the governors go vernora of western states asking them to take precautions against violence to chinese when the exclusion c ision act takes effect ile did not care to state how flow many or what governors had been asked to take action but said the text text of the dispatch over his signature as given I 1 n out for publication by governor was tary declined to comment on oil the answer sent film by governor the tile telegrams speak for themselves he lie said 1 I sent a perfectly respectful ines sage to governor Penn and received in reply the dispatch which has wen given to the press representations were made to the department that violence might be done to chinese subjects when the law went ini to effect and the dispatches were sent as precautionary measures I 1 dont believe eherd is any prospect t of trouble but the dispatches wen were sent nevertheless to allay 11 A comparison A state prepared from the records of the pos tollice department allows that during luring the ferst two months of the present administration the total number of fourth clasi clas i postmasters appointed were against made dining dating the tile first two months of administration the number of appointments made during the tile last two months to fill vacancies c caused a als by y resignations and deaths were SOW as against 1008 made during the c corresponding period of the last administration the lie number of removals during the last two m myths 0 buths arc are shown to have been 11 1209 while ahe the num berof removal removals made during the firt fir t two months of Harn sons administration I 1 reached W the excess of 0 appointments point ments four fourbears years vears ago therefore Is 1 1210 and the excess of of removals 2287 while the n number timber of appoint appointments men is made on account of resignations and deaths are 1077 more mor a than four our years yeam airo ago appointments the president today made the following appointments colonel geo 11 mendell lieutenant colonel win 11 II 11 II ll and major win 11 II huer liner all of the corps of engineers gi commission rs under the tile act of congress ess entitled an act to create a california debris commission and regulate re eulate hydra hydraulic ulle mining in fix the state of califor a commander john 8 kead read U S X to be captain colonel george george II 11 mendel endell of the corps corp 9 ot 01 engineers lieutenant nant colonel william II 11 1 11 Denya benyaurd urd of the corps of e engineers n I 1 and major william 11 litter 0 of f alie the corps of engineers enci engineers to bo be commissioners under then the act ct of I 1 C congress tigress entitled an act to create a california Cali fornin debris commission ly mining in the state 0 f california insurrection at cuba Se secretary creary greshan gresham received a letter from altie states consul at If havana avana dated april W forwarding a copy of a it proclamation issued april 28 by t the e governor Vernor gen gon 0 of f cuba declaring the brov province governor Fo I 1 nce 0 of f ganti a neo go de cuba in a state of siege the con ill mi I 1 general says that according to the papers the revolutionists number about a hundred persons while rumor gevea the number all the way from to men secretary gresham said this morning that no tele crums have come to blin hi n today and he be ia Is not advised of the reported tied su surrender of the insurgent bands no contemplated no report of any contemplated filibustering expedition has been received from the tile commander of the revenue cutter et clane I 1 now stationed off the florida floridi coast and it is therefore inferred by the tile revenue marine officials that no filibustering movement has ever been in fix serious verious contemplation dl dispatches patches from front key west to t the he contrary notwithstanding |