The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-24
WASHINGTON.

NhoI11Ndt ON.
MENDTNG THR MoIETY BUsTrxEss-A soF, Fo,
/ TIE sIoEsS--sEN.. HowARD's COURT or IN
| QUIRY.N
! WAsHI zzSrCcS. March D.
In the coward court of inquiry to-day
the hearing OF the testimony as to the actual
facts in the case was commenced and Gen.
eral Hallach was examined. His evidsnce
was In rega5d to the management of bureau
onuers given by General Howard. the dis
DurSements-onder them, etos
The committee on WAYS and means this
morning zhadsa conversation on the moiety
question ana-on the proposed changes in the
duties on wines. A maior;tv of the aom-
mlttee favcIs' the S4OO, 900, 00Cs DILL, but differ
ent members have reserved the right TO a
test OF the Eeuse by offering amendments to
tix the aInoant of greenbac,s circulation at
sS56, ,O00,o0o and S3S2. 900 900.
The House committee on appropriations
this morning heard stateQaen mt of the act
ing secretary of the interior and commis
sioner of Indian affairs urging an Immediate
appropriation of $500, 900 to .provide subsist-
ence for the Sioux Indians now congregated
at Red Cloud and Whi5estone- agencies,
This sum - regarded by the interior n Depart
ment as OF the utmost importance to the
preservation of peace withsall the Sioux and
also strictly IN the interests of economy.
The subiesk was referred to a su committee.
THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
EXAMINATIoN OF LATrA AND EILBoSyRNE.
AT a meeting of the District of Columbia
investigating committee to- day, the examin-
alton OF Latta was resumed. He still re-
fused toanswer the questions asked Satur-
day, resfatiye to the property he'd Ay him as
trustee, and the comnaitteo took the matter
| under consideration in secret session. After
the doors were reopesed, Mr.. Latta for some
| time continued his refusal to answer the
question, for whose account he purchased
the property referred to, but finally said he
| had tt.st received permission to answer and
would state.that al except portion was
bought for Messrs> Stewart, Hilly and Sum
derlSnd, was purchased for Hallet Kilbourn,
| trustee. The memorialists to day printed a
second list of charges against the board of
wozkS. These charges contain general ae-
cusatlons, extraYagant administration by
| The board, also, that the engineers of the
beard have made false measurement of
work done Hnder their supervision.
AID that prices for various items of work
were increased by the board, in many in
stances, after the eOntrac. for said work had
been closed. A letter was read from John
Prudy, addressed to the chairman of the
scommlttee, requesting to have his name
Ewithdraw from the list of memOrialists, for
reasons which he stated at length one of
them being that by the Developments of the
Investigation thus far.
HE Is CONVINCED
that the charges of the memorialists are
frivolous. When the committee assembled
Kilbourne was sworn, and ini reply to the
question read from the MEMORANDUM show
ing all the property purchased by him as
trustee, he said that this property was pur-
chased from a. r. Shepherd, w. B. Parisen
Thomas Young, G. w. Bullock, w,
W. Corcoran, j. w. Corcoran
and some others. The property referred to
Irrespective OF that conveyed to him as trus-
tee by Latta. He stated that he had money
! placed in his hands with which to make pur-
chases, but declined to state by whom the
money was furnished except that Jay Cooke
| & Co., put up S25, 900. Henry ID. Cooke was
not interested in these purchases bevond
whatever interest he may have had in the
bank otJay Cooke IL Co. Kilbourne refused 60
give further particulars unless some respon-
sible party would come forward and charge
some unlawful or criminal act committed
by the firm OF kilbourne a. I.atta, or either
of them and connect that act with some
member of the board of public works. Sc
far as the purchases of real estate
by his firm were concerned, they had
never been directly. or remotely in
collusion with any person or person:
who were officers of the board of public
works. The witness stated that, except in
one instance, all the parties benefited, or tC
be benefited by the trustees referred to, are
nom residents of the District of Columbia
The witness was told to hold himself in
J readiness to answer, should the committed
determine to enforce replies to questions
he had refused to respond to- and the com
mittee adjourned.