The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-10-27
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ASSOCIATED PRRss REPORT
By the Western Union Line.
0dee Northwest cor. OF hAln and Monroe sts.
WASHINGTON.
APPOINTMENT OF COLLECTORS OF Gus
toms.

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APPOINTMENT OF COLLECTORS OF Gus
TONS.
WASHINGTON, October 26.-The Secre'
tary OF the Treasury to-day appointed
Gen, B. G. Shields Collector Of Customs
at the port Of Galveston. BE was for.
merly Congressman from Alabama; was
Union man during the war, and repre-.
sented the country as minister 10 one Of
the South American republics. BE also
appointed Ridge Paschal Collector ol
Customs at Corpus Christi. He Is q son
Of Judge Paschal. Wesley Ogden, Col.
lector Of Customs at Indlsnols. He was
lately Judge Of the Supreme Court OF
Texas. Col. Haynes, Collector at Browns.
vile, Is TO be retained. Gen. Malloy Is
appointed collector Of Internal Revenue
for Jefferson District. He went 10 Texas
during the late war from one OF the
Northwestern States. Robt. F. Camp
bell Is made Collector Of Internal Revenue
for the Western District. He is an old
citizen. The other two districts have been
consolidated, Sailer Benning and 81. Clair
retaining the offices Of Collectors. Thus
all the Treasury officers, excepting one
Collector Of Customs and one Collector
Of Internal Revenue, In Texas have been
removed. None oil the above named ap.
pointees applied for the places. They are
represented TO be men OF excellent private
characters and good business capacity.
SAFE BURGLARY TRIAL.
The safe burglary case was resumed to.
day, Judge Humphreys presiding. The
Judge admonished the jury not TO read
any newspaper during the trial. They
must not take up a newspaper at all.
They must not allow any one to put into
their hands any printed or written paper.
Major Richards, Chief Of Police, was re.
called and examined by Mr. Riddle. He
said Harrington remarked after the arrest
OF the burglar that the transactions ol
that night had not implicated Columbus
Alexander, and he desired that in giving
the matter out to the papers no mention
should be made Of the arrest at AleXan.
der's house, but that they should be in
formed that the arrest took place in the
northwestern part Of the city. When the
reporters called they were directed to
Harrington ior information. Harrington
told witness he wonld light up his office
on the night Of the 22d TO protect 1t.
Cross examined by Danidge-When
Harrington told him about the intended
bulgary, the witness remarked "Alexsn.
der is in this thing" he did not recollect
that Harrington replied. No that can't
be Tor no msn.would have books deliver.
ed 10 him in that manner. When he met
Harrington at Hsrrington's house, on the
23i, he remarked TO Harrington that
probably there was nothing in It, and in.
timated that 1t was "sell;" the burglars
acted very coldly as though they belonged
on the premises; the explosion did not
bring any one to the spot; Harrington
told witness that he had, as a prosecuting
attorney, line OF argument to pursue in
regard 10 this burglary, and desired wit
ness TO act under his directions 80 that his
chain OF evidence might be complete If the
case came before the courts. Witness
swore that he would have arrested the
burglars while at work in the office If
Harrington had not objected. His action
about arrestiDg or in failing to arrest was
governed entirely by Harrington.
W. +. Lee, policeman, testified that
he was directed BY Msj jor Richards to aid
in watching the office Of the District At
tOrney, and was placed in position TO
watch the rear Of the office. Harrington
and Tom Shepherd came around once,
and Harrington told witness that some
one was going to break open his office,
and he wanted witness, 10 "pipe them
off" Harrington changed the position Of
witness. Major Richards came around
and asked witness why he didn't remain
where he had been posted, and witness
replied he had changed his position by
direction OF Harrington.
Other testimony oil an unimportant
character was given, and the court ad-
journed.
MOTION DENIED.
The Supreme Court to-day denied o
motion TO advance the Granger cases
This decision will put over the first case
as lar as March or April next.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
The President today appointed Thos
H. Scanlon Postmaster at Houston, Texas,
vice ]. E. Whittlesy, suspended under the
tenure oi Office act, and G. B. Sabens
Postmaster at Galveston, Texas, vice A,
9. Hall, suspended. Postmaster General
Jewell says that these two suspended
PostmssIers are the only officers in Texas
under his department against whom pub
lie opinion seems 10 revolt, and that no
other changes are now contemplated by
him in that State. John Gordon Lee has
been appointed Gauger Of the Seventh
District Of Indiana; John Vsnnote Store.
keeper Of the Third District OF Ohio, and
John A. Emrie Storekeeper of the Fourth
District Of Indiana.
VICE PRESIDENT WILSON.
Vice President Wilson was hero today
and called at the White House but did