Mr. Mizner to Mr. Blaine.

No. 200.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your instructions No. 170 of the 10th of September, and also of your No. 189 of the 6th of October, the latter inclosing a statement of Henry R. Myers, our consul at Salvador, on the subject of injuries and damages at that place.

I have also received a letter from Consul Myers dated Huron, S. Dak., October 2, inclosing a printed copy of his report to the Hon. Wm. F. Wharton, assistant secretary of state, dated September 25, 1890.

In his letter to me the consul among other things uses the following language:

The Department instructs me to forward to you a statement of the damage done to the consulate and myself during the late troubles in San Salvador. I take it that this means that you are now authorized to settle the whole matter with President Ezeta. I will therefore inclose herewith a statement, as near as I can, of the value of property destroyed or lost. The question now arises, what is a just and full indemnity to the consul in this case? The payment for merely the property destroyed will not, as you understand, cover this case.

As yet I have not received such instructions from you as to enable me to act intelligently in the case.

The consul estimates the damage done to his own property at $739.72 in United States gold, and to that of the United States at $491.96; total, $1,231.68 in gold, and suggests $15,000 in United States gold as a proper sum to be paid him by Salvador for his personal damage.

I will be pleased to receive full instructions on the subject.

I have, etc.,

Lansing B. Mizner.