Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-02-07
Another Bridge Over the Missis-
Sippi at st. Louis Our New
Five Per Cent. Loan.
Protest Against the TObaceO-Leaf
Bill from the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue.
WAsHINGToN, February 9.
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Hon. James M. Beck, Of Kentucky
wassworn and examined by Mr. Brooks.
Witness was a member of the Confer
ence Committee in relation to the inter.
est question of the Union Pacific road
has been very intimate with Brooks;
does not remember speaking to him in
any shape or form whatever, in regard
TO the Pacific road; witness, with a ma
jority of the Conference Committee,
agreed that the committee was on the
side of the Pacific railroad; had no sort
of recollection that Brooks ever opened
his mouth to him on the subject, eithel
directly or indirectly.
Hon. Daniel w. Voorhees, was
sworn and examined by Mr.
Brooks. Witness was a member
of the Pacific Railroad Committee
during the FOrty-frst Congress, and had
a question up in which the Union Pa
cific railroad was deeply interested. Mr.
Brooks never spoke to witness on the
subject of the Pacific railroad, and never
appeared before the Railroad Committee
on any measure before it.
Mr.. Blocks stated that the charge had
been made that he had received Shares
to influence members of Congress, and
AAllo AGbAlAAAObA was " EAlOh NlldI llE llttl
never made any such attempt. II the
committee desired further evidence, he
hoped they would call on any member
on the Democratic side.
Mr.. Brooks submitted a letter
from EX-SecretaTy Browning, dated
March p, 1868, transmitting h'I
commission as Government Director
Of the Union Pacific railroad,
and stated that it vas the twenty
seventh Of December, 1867, that Nelson
got his shares from DuTant.
Horace +. Clark, President of the
Union Pacific railroad, was examined by
Mr.. Brooks, and testified that he never
had any interest in the Credit Mobilier,
he deemed it too hazardous. He regarded d
it as a construction company. Part OF
the workmen had to guard the Others
while the road was building. Witness
was examined as TO the construction OF
the road, but developed nothing new.
One hundrsd per cent. was not regarded
as q large profit on construction. Did
not think a capital could be raised now
to build the Union Pacific road, even il
ten millions profit was guaranteed. Mr..
Wilson, commissioner, heard the testi-
mOny of Extension Commissioner Cox,
and Mr. Smith of the Land Office,
showing that Mr.. Hoover, the former
witness, was questionable character.
THE LOUISIANA BUSINESS.
The Louisiana Investigation Commit
tee adjourned until tomorrow, after the
examination of Mr.. Fellows, who ex-
pressed the belief that the election of
1872 was an organized fraud and that
Ex-Governor WaTmOth had not the con-
fdence Of any party. On a crOss-exam-
ination by WarmOth, he said he got his
Information from parties hostile TO War
moth.
L, y.
The Wilson Committee heard the tes-
timOny Of VIM. d. Kelley, contradict
ing Hoover's statement, and then ad-
jOurned.
DEVELOPMENTS IN BOSTON.
Boston, February 6.-Judge VIII
son, Chairman of the Congressional
Committee, re-examined Rollins,
the Treasurer Of the Union Pacific
railroad to-day. He said the check for
nineteen thousand dollars, said TO have
been given J. \. Wilson, has on it the
following indorsement,t the initial TA.S.
being in pencil: 'Pay L. II. Rolline,
Secretary, or order, signed B. w. Spence,
signed L. II. Rollins, Secretary. Fol
collection for Girard National Bank,
Philadelphia; Il. a. S. Signed w. G..
Shellady, per Cashier"
The three thousand dollars paid to
Rollins, in December, was for services
rendered at Washington. He never re-
ceived a dollar from the company that
he did not earn. The profit on Ames's
contract, as far as appeared on the books,
a. divided, was twenty-nine million
eight hundred and tifty-fOur thousand
nine hundred and sixty dollars in stocks
and bonds at par, and that on Davis's
contract seven million eight hundred
and two thousand one hundred and thir-
ty-fiye dollars in the same material.
GENERAL NEWS.
The Senate Committee on Commerce
voted favorably on the report authoriz-
ing the construction of a bridge across
the Mississippi river at Carondelet, Mis-
souri,, with amendments prescribing
substantially the same requirements as
to the construction of bridges which
have been inserted in the laws hereto
fore enacted, authorizing bridges over
the Mississippi, but providing that this
bridge shall be sixty feet above high
water, or ten feet higher than any other
bridge over the Mississippi.
The Commissioner Of Internal Reye-
nue. to-day addressed the following letter
10 the Chairman and members Of the
Finance Committee:
''Ihe final passage Of the bill in regard
to theselliugO OF leaf tobacco direct to con-
sumers, which passed the House yester-
day, Will, in the respectful judgment of
this commission, prove disastrous to the
revenue from tobacco, and is most earn
estly deprecated by the whole body of
manufacturers Of tobacco throughout
the country, and have addressed the
chairman of your committee to-day.
asking a hearing for the officers and
manufacturers of the country before
the Senate is called to consider 1t.
We regard that the revenue would be
reduced three million dollars perannum
by the proposed bill.n
The funded loan subscription in the
United States and Europe to-day has
been so great, that the Secretary Of the
Treasury, in order TO stop the interest,
has issued a call for one hundred mill
lions Of five-twenty bonds of 1862, in
advance OF the closing Of the books.
Additional calls win be issued, to follow
shortly, the Secretary having declined
70 call, at one time, for more than one
hundred millions, because OF the clerical
labor involved in preparing, receiving
and delivering bonds.
Senator Wilson will, on the eighteenth
or twenty-fifth instant, notify the proper
authorities of Massachusetts of his in
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place until the expiration Of the present
Congress.
Orders have been issued to the COM
mandant of the United States forces Op-
Grating against the ModOc Indians to
make such disposition of his forces as
will tend to protect settlers and their
property In the neighborhOod, and sus-
pend further hostile proceedings against
the Indians unless absolutely necessary,
until the arrival of the commission re-
Gently appointed to investigate the
causes which led Captain Jack 10 wage
war upon the whites, and the result of
the investigation is made known.
DR.. Peters, Of Clinton, New York,
discovered a new plane. this evening Of
the tenth magnitude, in declination
north nine degrees and sixteen minutes,
right ascension fifteen degrees and thir-
ty minutes.
Mrs. flynn, who was arrested In New
York sometime ago for having in her
house a large amount of bonds stolen
from Dabney, Morgan G. Co, about a
year ago, was released yesterday. 1t
appearing that the bonds were left with
her in sealed packages, and she was
ignorant that they We're the proceeds Of
robbery.
Mrs. Schuman and Dr.. J.P. Wilder,
who were arrested at Peoria, illinois, on
suspicion Of having poisoned the young
son OF Mrs. Schuman, were acquitted by
the Coroners jury, as no poison was