a a a a a a a a a a a a a a PAGES 11 TO 14. PAGES 11 TO 14. SECOND PART: The Washington SECOND PART: Post. WASHINGTON: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1904. HASTEN TRIALS Attorney General Urges the Passage of New Law.
BURNELL'S ENORMOUS FEES New York District Attorney Has Received During Last Four Years Addition to Salary--Legitimately Drawn Under an Old Law-A Change to Salary Is Now Urged. Attorney General William H. Moody, in his annual report to Congress, recommends the enactment of which will provide in substance that where an Indictment is duly returned to a court of the United States the judge of that court may, in his discretion, issue a bench warrant for the arrest of the defendants wherever they may. be found within the territorial limits of the United States; and that it shall be a duty of pera sons authorized to serve guch process to arrest person persons indicted, and if they fail, after reasonable opportunity, furnish bail for their appearance, to bring them to the court in which the indictment has been found. The.
Attorney General explains that much embarrassment in the administration of the law has arisen from the inability of the United States to bring an offender to the place and the court where, by the Constitution and laws, the accusation against him must be tried. By the Constitution the trial of all crimes must be held in "the State and district wherein they shall have been committed." It frequently happens that persons accused are not found within the limits of the district where the offenses alleged against them are triable. The frequency of such absence increases with the gravity of the accusation, and where it consists in a conspiracy almost invariably one or more of the alleged offenders are without the Jurisdiction of the district. Chance for Injustice. That at some time injustice might result to Individuals, says the me Attorney General, cannot be dented.
The occasional abuse of power is inseparable from its existence. That innocent a men now and then are indicted for crime must be confessed; but the indictment of grand jury, guided, as such a body usually is, by the of the judge and the counsel of the district attorney, affords assurances that such instances of oppression will be rare, indeed. On the other hand, the possibility of delays and defeats of justice which the present system affords renders the power of the United States ridiculous and brings contempt upon the administration of the 1 law. In support of his views Mr. Moody cites number of cases under the present law which justice has been defeated or greatly delayed and large expense unnecessarily incurred by the government.
Among these cases is that of the codefendants with Capt. Oberlin N. Carter the Savannah Harbor improvement frauds. Mr. Moody outlines the and that only after a delay twenty-six months did the United States reaeh- the.
point where under -the law it was permitted to take men charged with a grave crime to the place provided by the Constitution- for their trial. Then the two defendants, whose presence was most desired, fled the country, and although persistent and continued effort for their recovery has been made they are still at large. Until they shall apprehended it has been deemed undesirable to proceed with the trial of the other defendants upon the indictment. Beavers an Illustration. case he says is that of George Beavers, under indictment in connection with the Post-office Department frauds.
In relation to this case the Attorney General says: Beavers can be obtained for trial no one can predict with certainty. How much further immunity from trial tue intricacies of practice, the delays the courts, and the ingenuity of counsel may serve to procure for him no one can foretell. It. can only be hoped that at some time before witnesses are dead or have forgotten the circ*mstances the power of the United States may proved to be sufficient to bring the a accused 228 miles to the place appointed by the Constitution for his trial." Another case is that of Hyde, Benson, Dimond, and Schneider, indicted in February last in the District of Columbia defrauding the government of large tracts of public lands. Only one of these defendants thus far has been placed under bail for trial, and yet the case, says the report, has cost the government $20,000.
The Attorney General renews the recommendations of his predecessor for a new Department of Justice building, amendments to the naturalization laws, and for laws adequate for the protection -of government officers, agents, and employes luties. while engaged their official Draws Big Fees. The Attorney General, in his report. palls attention to the enormous fees Irawn by Henry L. Burnett, United Sta.es district attorney for the Southern district of New York, who for four and probably Bix years has been in receipt of an income larger than the salary paid the President of the United States.
The Attorney General says it is a case that calls for grave consideration. Mr. Burr.ett has drawn the enormous fees allowed him under "a curious and stupid law." Nothing illegitimate or Irregular can be found in the processes by which he received, from March 31, 1898, to June 30, 1904, the sum of $273.300, in addltion to his salary of $6,000 a year, or 2 total of $309,300, an average of $51,550 a year. His fees for the fiscal years 1901. 1002, 1903, and 1904 amounted to $219,895.
Ilis salary brought the total amount received from the government during this period up to $243,895, or an average of about $61,000 a year. All this money went 1:1:0 his individual to The law is as follows: Section 825. There shall be taxed and paid to every district attorney 2 per centum upon all moneys collected or realized in any suit or proceding arising under the revenue laws, and conducted by him, in which the United States 1s a party, which shall be in lieu of all costs and fees In such proceeding. Sec. 827.
When a district attorney appears br direction of the Secretary or Solicitor of the Treasury on behalf of any officer of the revenue in any suit against such officer for any act done by him Dr for the recovery of any money received by him and paid into the Treasury 'In the performance of his official duty. he -shall recelve such compensation 88 may be certifed to be proper by the court in which the suit Is brought and epproved by the Secretary of the Treasury. By the provisions of an act of May 28, 1896, all district attorneys, except Mr. Burnett and the district attorney of the District of Columbia, receive salaries fixed by that act. This, in the case of the district attorney for the District.
of CoJumbia, has not resulted in the payment of larger compensation to him than the duties of his office warrant. Mr. Burnett has: fared better. The main part.of the extra, compensation allowed him has under section 827, quoted above. All the fees allowable under that section were received in cases begun under section 3011, which provided a method whereby importers who felt that they had been taxed too heavily in customs rulings could sue to recover through a district court.
Mr. Burnett has represented the government in all such suits brought by importers to recover excess customs duties, and his fees have been drawn from the Treasury Department, from appropriations for "collecting the revenue from NEWBERRY AFTER PLACE. He Would Like to Be Assistant Secretary of the Navy When Darling Retires. Members of the Michigan delegation in Congress are interested in the aspirations of T. H.
Newberry, of Detroit, to become Assistant Secretary of the Navy. It is reported out Detroit way that in the course of a few months, or perhaps not for a year, Mr. Newberry may be appointed to that office by President Roosevelt. This is contingent upon Judge Darling, the present occupant, retiring. President Roosevelt has no wish to appoint a new.
man, but it is known that Judge Darling contemplates leaving the department should any better opportunities come to him. The Vermont delegation has considered indorsing him for United States district should Judge Wheeler decide to retire. Judge Wheeler is a very old man and may retire soon, or a prefer to remain in active service a considerable time. Still another office for Darling is among the prospects. He has made a very efficient Assistant Secretary, and the Vermonters feel that he is entitled to' a good promotion.
Mr. Newberry was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress in. the Detroit district last fall. He is very wealthy, both in his own right and through his marriage with the daughter of the late A. C.
Barnes, of New York. Mr. Newberry's father was 3 member Congress years ago and a business partner of the late Senator McMillan. DEATH FOLLOWS OPERATION Theodore W. Tallmadge Expires at University Hospital.
Well-known Pension Attorney and Prominent in Grand Army CirclesLeader in Church Work. Theodore W. Tallmadge, a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Re. public and a well-known pension attorney, died at 7 o'clock Sunday evening at the George Washington University Hospital. His death followed an operation, very severe in its nature, which had been performed at the hospital a few days ago.
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock funeral services will be held at the Metropolitan M. E. Church. The interment will take place at Rock Creek Cemetery. The pallbearers will be selected from the members of the Loyal Legion, Burnside Post, G.
A. and members of the Metropolitan Church and Sunday-school. Mr. Tallmadge was born in Maysville, January 22, 1827. He was graduate of Princeton University.
He practiced law in the State of Ohio until the beginning of the civil war, when he entered the army, joming an Ohio regiment. As quartermaster on the staff of Gen. Rosecrans, he served with great credit and distinc-, At the close of the war he came to Washington, where he opened an office as a pension claim agent. He had a large business and was known among the civil war veterans throughout the country. He was greatly interested in the G.
A. and joined Burnside Post, No. 8, of this city, a short time after it was organized. Mr. Tallmadge held many important positions on the staff of a number of the commanders-in-chief G.
A. R. He also held many positions, at various times, on the staffs of the commanders of the Department of the Potomac. He served a longer period of time chaplain of his post than any other person who ever held the same position, having declined a re-election to this position a short time ago, at the close of the thirteenth year of his service. On that occasion he was presented a gold badge studded with diamonds by his comrades.
Mr Tallmadge was also prominent in church work. He was a class leader and Sunday-school teacher in the Metropolitan M. E. Church. He was twice married, his second wife surviving him.
He leaves five children. Frank R. Tallmadge and Darius of Columbus, Onio; Theodore Tallmadge, of Pittsburg, Andrew Tallmadge, of this city, and Mrs Stevens, of Cleveland, Ohio, who is now in Europe. The sons who reside out of the city will probably attend the funeral. Representatives of the G.
A. R. and Loyal Legion will attend the funeral. Treasury Receipts and Expenditures. National bank notes received yesterday for redemption, government 'receipts from internal revenue, customs.
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Cornwell Sons, MANEUVERS OF NAVY Morten and Dewey to Inspect North Atlantic Fleet. HAMPTON ROADS IN JANUARY Search Problem and Other Exercises in February, When the Fleet Meets the European and South Atlantic Squadrons at Culebra -Proposed Organization of the Fleet Divisions. Rear Admiral Converse, chief of the Bureau Navigation, yesterday announced the oft itirerary of the North Atlantic fleet from December 28, when it assembles at Hampton Roads for inspection by the Secretary of the Navy, until the last of May, when it will have finished the annual record target practice. In' command of Rear Admiral Barker, of the North Atlancommander the fleet will he inspected on January 5 at Hampton Roads by Secretary Morton, who will be accompanied by Admiral Dewey. The European and South Atlantic squadrons will arrive in the Caribbean December 15, the former rendezvousing at some port in Windward Islands and the latter at Trinidad.
Not later than January 11 the European and South Atlantic squadrons will arrive at Culebra, and will be met there by the North Atlantic fleet. The training squadron will reach Culebra February 5, and the search problem and other exercises will begin February 7 and end about Febuary 20, when the fleet will start for Guantanamo and remain there until March 21. That day the fleet will start northward, and is due to reach the Florida coast March 29 for target practice, which will continue until about May 25. The Commanding Officers. Following is the proposed organization of fleet for the winter maneuvers: Rear Admiral A.
S. Barker, commanderin-chief; Rear Admiral J. H. commanding coast squadron; Rear Admiral C. H.
Davis, commanding second division, battle-ship squadron; Rear Admiral R. B. Bradford, commanding training squadron; Capt. A. Dunlap, commanding naval station, San Juan; Lieut.
Commander B. T. Walling, commanding naval base, Culebra, and Commander C. C. Rodgers, commanding naval station, Guantanamo.
first division of the battle-ship squadron will consist of the Kearsarge, Kentucky, Maine, and Missouri. The second division, the Alabama, Illinois. Iowa, and Massachusetts. The second torpedoboat destroyer flotilla, a part of the battle-ship squadron, will comprise the Truxtun, Whipple, Warden, Stewart, Hopkins, Lawrence, Hull, and Macdonough, with the collier Scorpion as squadron tender. The Caribbean squadron will comprise in its first division the cruisers Newark, Brooklyn, Denver, and Tacoma; second division, Olympia, Cleveland, Des Moines, and Detroit, with the Newport, Castine, and Chattanooga ag supernumeraries.
The training squadron will comprise the Minneapolis, Columbia, and Prairie-the Prairie later to be replaced by the DixieYankee, Topeka, and Hartford, which last will be fitted with wireless telegraph instruments. The coast squadron will comprise the Texas, Nevada, Florida, and Arkansas. In addition there will be nine auxiliaries, including the supply and. repair ship Culgoa, the water ship Arethusa, and seven colliers. Ten ships in addition will act as tenders and dispatch vessels.
ORDERS TO ARMY OFFICERS. Leave of absence has been granted Second Lient. W. R. Pope, Second Cavalry: Leave of absence has been granted Maj.
George T. Holloway, paymaster, for one month. Leave of absence for fifteen days has been granted Maj. W. H.
Allaire, Twenty-fourth Infantry. Leave of absence has been granted for four months to Maj. Robert L. Bullard, Twenty-eighth Infantry. Lieut.
Col. H. G. Cavenaugh, U. 8.
has been retired, and is relieved from duty at Girard College, Philadelphia, Pa. Capt. Chauncey B. Humphrey, Twenty-second Infantry, has been ordered to proceed to St. Louis to supervise reshipment of the military exhibit at the exposition.
Capt. Frank H. Lawton, commissary, has been relieved from duty as assistant to the commissary general, and ordered, to report at Fort Leavenworth, for duty. Post Commissary Sergt. Garret O' Reilly has been relieved from duty in the office of purchasing commissary at San Francisco, and will report for duty at Fort Brown, Tex.
First Lieut. William A. Covington, Signal Corps, has been ordered to supervise the work of installing electric iight plents at the in the artillery district of Delaware and in forts in the district of Maryland, First Lieut. George S. Richards, under instructions from the President, has been ordered to report to Col.
Charles Morris, Artillery Corps, at San Francisco, for examination. The following transfers have been made in the A Artillery Corps: First Lieut. a Russell P. Reeder, from Thirty-first Company, Coast Artillery, to 102d Company, Coast Artillery; First Lieut. Philip Yost, from 102d Company, Coast Artillery, to Thirty-Arst Company, Coast Artillery.
Capt. Daniel J. Carr, Signal Corps, has been relieved from duty at Fort Myer, and ordered to report January 1, 1905, at Benecia Barracks, Cal. Capt. Lunning Parsons, Eighth Cavalry, has been relieved from duty at the Arkansas University, Fayetteville, at his own request.
Orders to Naval Officers. Rear Admiral S. W. Terry will be placed on the retired list December 28, 1904. Lieut.
Commander H. G. Rogers has been ordered to the Independence, navy yard, Mare Island, which vessel he is to command. Lieut. Commander W.
I. Allen, detached Indopendence, has been ordered to Bureau Ordnance, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. Ensign Thomas, at expiration of sick leave, will resume his duties on board the Kearsarge. Passed Assistant Surgeon W.
Seaman, detached from Wabash to the navy yard, Boston, Mass. Naval Constructor J. D. Beuret; Cetached from the Bureau Construction, Navy Department, Washington, and assigned to head of department of construction at the navy yard, Puget Sound, Wash, Surgeon W. M.
Wheeler, detached Philadelphia, ravy yard, Puget Sound, home on sick leave for three months. Col. F. M. Harrington, M.
to be placed on the retired list of Marine Corps, December 8, 1904. The following -are the names of those appointed as second lieutenants in the United States Marine Corps, appointment taking effect December, 3, 1904; H. N. Manny, A. A.
Racicot, J. R. N. Boyd, R. S.
Kingsbury, T. D. Barber, H. T. Vulte, A.
E. Randall, E. P. Dieter, F. A.
Gardner, C. Matthews, S. W. Bogan, F. B.
Garrett, and C. P. Meyer. Movements of Naval Vessels. Arrived: Wasp, at Pensacola; Topeka, at Charleston; Hannibal, at Hongkong; Chicago, at Bahla; Brutus, at Shanghal.
Sailed: Prairie, from League Island for Port Royal; Hartford, Hampton Roads for Key West; Villalobos, from Shanghai for Hankow: Culgoa, from New York for Tompkinsville; Marcellus, from Gantanamo for Colon; Brooklyn, Marletta, and Atlanta, from Babia for Port of Spain; Yankee, from Hampton Roads for League Island; New Orleans and Nanshan, from Chemulpo for Chefoo; Castine, from Pernambuco for Port of Spain. Cruiser Dixie at Kingston. Kingston, Jamaica, Dec. United States cruiser Dixie a arrived here this afternoon for water and coal, POST-OFFICE CONTRACTS. Bids for Star and Screen Wagon Routes Opened at the Department.
Bids were opened at the Post-office Department yesterday for the contracts for the star route and screen wagon route mail service in New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, during the four years beginning July 1 next. embraced For the 4,858 routes, route there service, were wheih 7.000 bids. For screen wagon service, which involves the transportation of mail between the post-offices railroad stations in a about seventy and, the largest cities in the States named, there was a large number of bids, the contracts to be let approximating $600,000 a year. The prices for the next four years doubtless will run above the present contract figures on account of the better standard of equipment, called for under the specifications. MERRITT TO BE NAMED TO-DAY.
His Nomination for Postmaster of Washington Will Be Forwarded to Senate. The nomination of Mr. John A. Merritt for another term as postmaster of Washington will be forwarded to the Senate this afternoon. There is no doubt it will be confirmed at an early date.
This will be only one of a large number of nominations which President velt has had made up for. the considern the Senate. Many of these nominations are in place a of appointments during the recess of Congress, while others, like that of Postmaster Merritt, are original. BOSS PLUMBERS IN SESSION Atlantic Coast Association Acts on District Building Contract. Call Upon President Roosevelt at White House- Col.
Biddle's Speech of Welcome. A resolution asking that the plumbing on the new District building be let in a separate contract was the principal business done at the opening session of the fourth annual convention of the Atlantic Coast Association Master Plumbers in this city yesterday. So far as the delegates generally were concerned the opportunity to meet President Roosevelt was probably the most interesting feature of the first day. The delegates, accompapied by their wives and daughters, in all about a hundred, went to the White House at noon and fled through the President's business office, Mr. Roosevelt shaking the hand of each one.
An open session followed in the afternoon, and, after dinner at the Raleigh last evening, the whole party went to the play at the National Theater. The meetings of the convention are being held in the parlors of the Raleigh, and the first session was called to order by Vice President Van Buren Giffen, of Atlantic City, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. President J. M. McCarty, of the Washington Association, made a brief speech of welcome, and then introduced Col.
Biddle, Engineer Commissioner of the District: Col. Biddle spoke in commendation of the master plumbers of Washington and of the character of the craft in general, concluding with a word of welcome to the guests of the occasion. Remarks were made by Mr. John Trainor, of Baltimore: National President E. D.
Craig, of Boston, and Hannan, chairman of the local committee, who answered Col. Biddle's speech. At the beginning of the afternoon sesMessrs. W. H.
Rothrock, of Baltimore; W. D. Nolan, of Washington, and A. A. Gawthrop, of Wilmington, were appointed a committee on resolutions, and on their recommendation the following was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we, master plumbers of the Atlantic Coast Association, in convention assembled, in the city of Washington, D.
this 5th and 6th days of December, 1904, do most earnestly recommend to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the Secretary of the Treasury, the House of Representatives, and the Senate of the United States that the bill for the additional appropriatioa for the municipal building shall provide that the plumbing of said building be let as a separate and distinct contract for this portion of the work. The remainder of the afternoon session was taken up with speeches on the general welfare of the order. Ex-National President E. J. Hannan, of this city, spoke on the general advancement of the craft.
Ex-National President Trainor, of Baltimore, made an address along the lines of the influence of local activity on the success of the general association. President Craig, of the national association, who is present as guest of honor, spoke of trade protection, which is the primary object of the association. He said that the craft was never so well protected as it is at present. Mr. W.
H. Rothrock, of Baltimore, a pioneer plumber, gave a resume of the history of the national association. To-day's programme includes an executive session in the parlors at the Raleigh at 10 o'clock this mornip; election of officers this afternoon; smoker in Freund Hall this evening. While the executive session is being held this morning the ladies of the party, escorted by a local committee, will go by boat to Mount Vernon. The trip is in charge of J.
R. Quinter and Charles E. Barrick. W. D.
Nolan, of this city, has charge of tonight's buffet luncheon and smoker. The committee on credentials is August Eidman, of Baltimore: R. Albertson, of Atlantic City; G. W. Jones, of Petersburg, P.
V. Edmonds, of Lynchburg, and J. C. Darnell, of Washington. Tablet to Maj.
Howard's Memory. Burlington, Dec. bronze tablet, recently placed in St. Paul's Church in memory of Maj. Guy Howard, of the United States army, who was killed in the Philippines, was dedicated to-day.
Maj. Howard was a son of Gen. O. O. Howard, United States army, retired, and at the time of his death on board the launch Oceania, in Luzon, was acting quartermaster in the first division of the Eighth Artillery Corps.
No Smallpox on the Prairie. Information received by the Navy Department yesterday that the cruiser Prairie had sailed from League Island Navy Yard for Port Royal, and that the illness of a member of her crew, which first diagnosed as smallpox, had for proved. on further examination, to be a case of chicken pox. of Assigned to Delaware Militia. Lieut.
Col. Harry G. Cavenaugh, United States army, retired, has by direction of the President upon his own request been relieved from duty at Girard College, Philadelphia, and ordered to Wilmington, with the organized militia of that for a period of four years unless sooner relieved. Lieut. J.
C. Wise Leaves Army. The President yesterday accepted the resignation of Second Lieut. Jennings C. Wise, of the Ninth Infantry, stationed at Madison Barracks, New York, to take effect January 1.
Lieut. Wise is a son of ex-Gov. John S. Wise, of Virginia, and a brother of Capt. Hugh D.
Wise, of the Ninth Infantry. ENDS HEADACHE'S TORTURE. Lazy livers and sluggish bowels cause headaches. Dr. King's New Life Pills 1e- move the cause or no pay.
Only 25c. All druggists'. GETS DOWN TO WORK Inaugural Committee Begins Duties in Earnest. PLACES IN PARADE ASKED FOR Letters Received from Several Organizations Yesterday Requesting Permission to Participate--Famous Columbus Glee Club Coming -Executive Committee to Consider Three Days' Celebration Idea. the civic organization committee.
Columbus Glee Club Coming. The work of preparing for the inaugural ceremonies was begun in earnest yesterday morning, when headquarters were formally opened in the Willard Hotel by Gen. Wilson, chairman of the executive committee, and Frank H. Hitchco*ck, secretary. The rooms in the street wing took on a busy appearance as callers crowded each other and the mail began to pile in.
The preliminary appointments of those in charge of the work having been made, Chairman Wilson's time to-day and until to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock will be taken up receiving and answering requests troll the various organizations for positions parade and like matters. At that the executive committee will meet, hold a short session and take up any matters that may require atention. It is the intention of the committee to make the next inauguration the most impressive yet held, and work with that purpose in view will 80 steadily forward. The Three Days' Celebration Idea. Gen.
Wilson yesterday received a letter from Charles C. Lancaster, president of the Northwest Suburban Citizens' Association, the resolution passed by that association, as indicated in Saturday's Post. In regard to the suggestion made in the resolutions that the inaugural extend over three days, instead of one, Gen. Wilson said that he had been called upon to take charge one day only and that he was not the person to change the plan. If the matter is taken up at all it will be by the executive committee when it 4, 1905, falls on Saturday, and if the inare favor of the plan because a March meets to-morrow.
There are some who augural ball is held on Saturday night propriety may prevent the guests from remaining after midnight. It ig feared that the attendance may be smaller on this account, and that, therefore, the financial returns may be considerably diminished. The legislative details necessary to secure the Pension building for ball will also be discussed at the meeting of the committee. Yesterday the mail received consisted largely of requests for permission to participate in the pageant that will sweep down Pennsylvania avenue March 4. They will be turned over to the chairman of the minor committees when they are named.
Applications of military bodies will be submitted to Gen. George H. Harries. while the applications of civic bodies will be turned over to B. H.
Warner, who will probably be designated as chairman of The famous Columbus (Ohio) Glee Club, numbering some 170 members, will participate in the parade. This will be welcome newe to the old-timers, as this organization has taken conspicuous part in every Republican inaugural since that of Grant in 1872. A committee from the club, consisting of former Attorney General Watson, of Ohio, George D. Freeman, and George B. Downs called upon both the President and Gen.
Wilson during the day, proffering the club's services. Other applications received were as follows: Madison Square Republican Club, Herbert Parsons in charge; Company Second Regiment, New York National Guard, Capt. Darwin E. Vunk; Twenty-third Regiment Infantry, New York National Guard, 1,000 men, William A. Stokes, colonel, and the St.
Paul Cadets, a colored organization in the District of Columbia. JURY GIVES JUDGE A CANE. Justice Wright Complimented by the Retiring Twelve Men. Justice Wright, of the District Supreme Court, was yesterday presented with a handsome ebony cane by the jury which retired from service in Criminal Court No. 1, where he presides.
Clerk Frank W. Smith and the other officials of the court were remembered with appropriate presents. Mr. William Hahn made the presentation speech, and in a graceful way expressed the good feeling of the Jurors and their confidence in the intention and ability of the judge to do full justice in all cases. "Every defendant," he said, "will receive unqualified justice at any and all times at your hands." The court responded, thanking the jury their kind expressions and for their promptness and strict adherence to duty.
Overton Contempt Case Dismissed. Thomas W. Overton, who on Friday last was taken in custody by order of Justice Anderson for failure to pay to his wife alimony pendente lite pursuant to an order of the court, was yesterday discharged by Justice Anderson after showing made as to his good faith and efforts to comply with the previous order. Justice Anderson, considering the circ*mstances of the case, provided for a reduction in the amount of alimony from $4 to $3 a week. Negotiating Chinese Treaty.
Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, the Chinese Minister, talked with Secretary Hay yesterday about the exclusion treaty. which they are negotiating. The negotiations are necessarily slow, because each clause must be cabled to Peking for the throne's approval. It is hoped the treaty signed in ample time for it to be considered at this session of Congress. Mr.
Weyrick Appointed File Clerk. United States Attorney Morgan. H. Beach yesterday announced the appointment of Attorney John B. Weyrich as file clerk in his office.
Mr. Weyrich has been for some time connected with the Department of Justice as clerk to the pardon atis a native of the District of Columbia. Referred to Denver Division. Postmaster General Wynne has issued an order providing that all matters pertaining to the inspection of existing rural free delivery service in Arizona and the installation of new service in that Territory, referred hereafter to the Denver division of the, post-office inspectors. Postmasters Appointed.
The following fourth-class postmasters were appointed yesterday: New York -Lake, John S. Simms; Livingstonville, William J. Chase. Virginia- -Burr HIll, Nathan T. Bartley: Exmore, Thomas C.
Bunting. Ambassador McCormick's Return. Mr. McCormick, the American Ambassador to Russia, will leave for his post in about ten days after a brief leave of absence in this country. Last Free Distribution This of the Great Rheumatism Remedy, Rheumacide, no To-day and To-morrow AT Affleck's Progressive Drug Store, 1429 Pennsylvania Ave.
To praise Rheumacide is unnecessary, as every one in Washington has heard of the wonderful cures effected by this great remedy. This free distribution is to give those who are not willing to take the word of others an opportunity of convincing themselves without expense. Young or old, rich or poor may profit by it--there will be bottles enough for all. At the last distribution the demand for free bottles was greater than our calculations, and the supply was exhausted before the day was out. This time we have provided enough to supply all comers, and will have plenty left for the office people who cannot get here until after 4:30.
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It is purely vegetable, and aids digestion. Regular sized bottles for $1. The distribution will be in charge of our Mr. Keller, and will be from 8:30 a. m.
to 6 p. m. both days. or on on A a in In 0. be FAMOUS CIVIL WAR SCOUT.
"Bill" Conner Pays a Farewell Visit to His Father in Virginia. "Bill" Conner, the famous scout of the Army of the Cumberland, was in the city yesterday and left last night for his home in Ohio, Bureau County, Ill. He was here to visit his father, who is ninety-three years of age and lives in Purcellville, Loudoun County and whom he had not seen for forty-eight years. "Bill" had two brothers in the Confederate army, one of whom was killed in battle and the other lives with his aged father in the old homestead. is about.
to go to California, and said that he concluded he would like to see his father once more. The veteran scout said: "I was a member of the Fifty-seventh Illinols Infantry, but was detailed early in the war as a scout, and passed of time within the Confederate lines; always, of course, at the peril of my life. I was within the enemy's lines at, Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson, Shiloh, and a score of other places, and had to report fully on the enemy's strength. The nearest I was to getting caught was at Adamsville, when a Confederate soldier scanned me in my Confederate uniform and asked me my regiment. I replied, 'the Fifth with my hand on my revolver, intending to shoot him on the spot if he troubled me, jump on my horse and dash through the lines and get away, as I am sure I could have done." SHORTHAND MEN ORGANIZE.
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