EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 19, 1887_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit herewith to the House of Representatives a report from the
Secretary of State, in response to a resolution of that body of the 16th
instant, inquiring as to the action of this Department to protect the
interests of American citizens whose property was destroyed by fire
caused by insurgents at Aspinwall in 1885.