Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-05-14

MeSsrs. Richardson ana sawyer III INC assoi-
ton that Solicitor Banfeld knew more OF
Sanborn and the details Of his contract
than any other officer of the Treas
ury. Mr.. Boutwells attention was called 10
an order signed by him and addressed 10
Collectors and Assessors, directing them TO as
sist Sanborn in such way as he might ask III
the examination Of official records. Mr. Bout
well said he stood by this as legal and proper;
it merely allowed him to see the records in
Assessors and Collectors offices with refer
ence to persons who have withheld taxes due
to the Government, so as to avoid going after
those who have already paid their taxes.
The trades unions of New York have de-
cided to resist any attempt to make ten hours
instead Of eight days work.
The shop men Of the Allegheny Valley Rail-
road in Pittsburgh, Pa, to the number OF
400 struck work on the I'd to obtain four
months back pay due them.
Ernst Mintzing, alias Love, the murderer
Of the Hamnet family near Pittsburgh, Pa,
who was arrested in Allegheny City on the
night Of the LIST, has made full confession
Of the terrible crime, and says he murdered
the family with an AK, the object being to OBJ
tain possession of Hamnet's money, he sup
posing that a considerable sum was in the
house. He says he only got about fifteen
dollars.
A report favoring Council Bluffs as the legal
terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad has
been agreed upon by the House Committee on
Pacific Railroads.
The following is a synopsis of the leading
information furnished by the National Crop
Reporter indianapolis of the I'd:
The unusual backwardness Of the season has
DELAYED very much all kinds OF spring work, and
at the date Of the last fun reports, prepared April
10, there had been practically no seeding at all in
the State of Minnesota, and but little blowing In
Wisconsin. At the date mentioned about 40 per
cent. of the estimated area had been sown in
wheat and but little more than one-fourth Of the
oats The average area sown in wheat IN the
States of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wis
mated probable total, 81 per cent. of
the oats, and of potatoes 30 per cent. The
prospects of the fruit crop to date are OF the
most encouraging character. The condition
Of the roads Mt the date of reports was South of
the forty fifth parallel uniformly bad, owing to the
prevalence of wet weather. North Of tina line the
ground was generally frozen and the roads in fine
condition Prices OF leading articles the first half
of April in the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin
show slight advance in corn, oats and hay, and "A
decline on swine and potatoes, wheat remaining
unchanged.
The General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in the South convened in
Louisville, Ky, on the I'd. An address was
sent to the church in Great Britain.
A Little Rock (Ark.) special of the Sd says
leading reform Democrats of that city had
issued an address taking strong grounds in
favor OF Brooks. 1t was thought this address
would have damaging effect upon BaXter's
cause Brooks army numbered three full
regiments in the field and several regiments in
reserve, subject to immediate orders.
On the 4th party of men under Capt. Will
Jams, Of BaXter's forces, arrested Judges
Scarf and Bennett, of the Arkansas Supreme
| Court and brought them to Little Rock,
where they were kept in close confinement. 1t
was said they were detained to prevent them
| holding session of the court until after the
| 9Th. Another fight was momentarily expect
cd in the vicinity of Pine Bluff
The New Orleans Relief Committee report
ed officially to the Governor on the 4th that
up TO that date they had been distributing
| 10000 rations a day TO the suffering in the
| oyertlowed portions of the state, and that in
| Quircd daily for the next sixty days,
The Committee on Ways and Means on the
! ith reported on the Sanborn contracts, rect.
! ing the circumstances under which they We're
! executed and the conclusions they had reached.
| In the opinion of the committee Il very large
percentage, if not all, of the $4,000 of
| taxes collected by Sanbom were not a proper
! subject Of contract under the law, and the
! taxes should and would have been collected
! by the officers Of the Revenue Bureau in the
ordinary discharge of their duties. Referring
to the conflict of testimony between the
Secretary, Assistant Secretary and the
Solicitor of the Treasury the committee say;
"The disagrcements and contradictions given,
! respectively, by these gentleman, as appear
from the testimony, is a matter greatly de
plored by the committee, as by it they are
unable to fix upon anyone, or anywhere, the
responsibility for the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
this law; and they look with serious appre-
hension upon the apparent efforts Of these
gentlemen 10 transfer the responsibility each
from himself to the other. While the commit
tee, therefore, are unable to determine where
the responsibility rests, they cannot
in justice to themselves ignore the fact that
these three persons deserve severe condcmna-
ton for the manner in which they have per-
mitted this law to be administered" In view
of the facts presented the committee recon-
mendcd that the law of Mays, 1872, be repealed
and that the contracts made Hereunder be re-
voked and annuled They submitted the
draft of q bill for that purpose.
! Dispatches from Little Rock ON the 9Th say
! that Chief-Justice Mcclure caused 4 writ to be-
/ served on that day upon Gems, Churchill and
! Blocle, commanding them to produce the
/ boGie. Of McSsrs. Bennett and Searle, Associate