Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-23
WASHINGTON.
The District Of Columbia Frauds-PrO-
gTess Of the InTestigatiOn-Ex-
animation OF Witnesses.
The Bill on Greenbaek Circulation to
he Reported by the Senate FL
nance Committee.

WAsr4rN -GTON, March z1.-Ata meet
ING of the I district of Columbia investi.
Eating comm Iittee this morning, the
counsel for tn { memoIialists offered tC
mt in eyidenc. the number of letters
and other mani scripts having the ex-
perience of other cities, with regard to
patent pavements, The counsel for the
District authoritieA objected to the ac-
ceptance of such AA.swOrn statement,
and the committee I'd Sourned until one
O'Clock TO examine the papers, and con-
slider the question of their admlssib1lity.
After the recess, Mr.. James w. Latta,
of the firm Of Kilbourne & Latta, was
examined, and in answer TO questions
10y the memOrialists' counsel, stated that
jay Cooke & Co., in 1871, advanced 10
his firm, for Hallet KubOurne, trustee,
twenty-five thousand dollars, and that
this amount was expended for said
trustee in the purchase Of proper
" situated in the northwestern
part of Washington City. The
question being then asked wheth-
er witness had any means of refreshing
his memory as to the exact absorption
of this property, Judge Black, as counsel
for Latta and others, and, as he added,
in the name of the American people,
protested against all such inquiries into
the purely private affairs OF citizens.
The committee overruled the objection,
on the ground that the memorialists'
counsel had promised to connect the
sOught-fOT evidence with the specific
charges already made. Just after the
late examination had been commenced,
Nj. Stewart asked the witness some
questions personal to himself in regard
-.
made by the witness for him Mr..
Stewart. From replies and statements
made by Stewart it appeared that prop
rerty, to the aggregate amount of three
hundred and sixty-one thousand four
hundred and ninety-one dollars, was
purchased by the father in joint act of
Stewart, c. J. Hillger and other parties
in ISL, and that Stewart dis
posed Of his interest in March, 1871, at
an advance of eighteen thousand dol
lars. Stewart made a statement of va
rious personal reasons which induced
him to build subsequently, and said be-
fore building he did not know what i'm
movements were to be made on the
streets around his property, and that he
had never consulted with the board of
public work. The property of Stewart
& Pike had no connection with the
property bought with Kilbourne and
Latta for KilbOurne as trustee. /
Latta then stated he purchased
a considerable amount of real estate in
the northwestern part OF the city as trus-
tse for various persons, none of whom
we're in any manner either directly or
remotely connected with any person or
persons belonging TO the district.
I.atta was directed to bring the deeds
with him on Monday, and Latta was in
formed, through Thurman, that he could
not shield himself from answering on
The plea of violation of the trust profess
ssiopaIly repOsed in him by the client.
The committee refused the application
n the counsel for the memorials, before
. ,,r, Ncess to compel the production of
- re, cords in the Office Of the records Of
- .. as the records are in constant use
- eI,,vtal q one charge of conspiracy by
,ory,, euent contractors. J. S. Scruggs
.tstad that himself and Lewis Clep-
,ane nd Join o. Evans, constitute a
i'm, W bich has been in partnership
,inoe Ia 7uary, 1872, during which time
-bev hav, been engaged in stone crush
no The partnership invested twenty
.wo thousa. 9d five hundred dollars in
he business Or machinery they knew OF,
md could sell their mill for about eleven
honssnd dolla. IS, consequently are ten
,oTssnd dollars out of pocket. Lewis
-Jenhsne was sum-. 1oned as collector OF
ne District of Colu. nbia to show the
,ecord of amounts del. Oslted as security
" parties bidding foA" contract. The
= '5S,,,iseI for the menoriai.'sts called for
m bids for contracts OF 1872, which
gare furnished by the district officers.
,,yr epNATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Ia q enecial meeting to-day, a. which
, financial measure was agreed ule'n, "
,e reported to the senate next Monoay'
ybe bin viii fix the amount OF greeA
,sck circulation at three hundred ano
million dollars, thus maklng |
Il necessary TO issue that amount OF Ie- I
raI-tenders. The amount that has Deeh 1
7eissued. and which is now outstanding, I
il something over twenty-slA mllilOh
iollars. The bill will also authorlze /
free banking ON the national banking (
svsten. but will contain clause that /
notes shall be retired /
,roportionately as new national bank /
1otes are issued. This latter provision is 1
-eo. .Hrded as a measure Of contraction,
mi the preceding authorization for /
zaaniny in circulation two million SIX 1
hundred thousand dollars of legal-ten- /
5ers that have been reissued from the 4
resayye ia considered q substantial vic I
tory for the advocates of an increase in /
the volume OF the currency, who, it is 1
understood. will claim that, the princi- |
ole having been thus admitted as re-
CARDS portion of the forty-fngr-million