, 1875-06-11
q Startling Coincidence Noted in the
Matter Of tho Treasury
Robbery.
Prominent Mention OF ParsOn NcU1uan,s
Name as Influencing ippoint-
mcnts.
Muellar's Sandstone to Underg o 0ff1oialEx-
animation at Cincinnati.
Tho People ot The Capital Narrowed with a
SMALLPOX Scare.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THE CHICAGO CCaIoM-HpcsE,

spteias Ltspu,eh to The Ch,caaa Tribune,
WAsnlSo7os. y. G., Juno 10.--Ths aprropria-
ton for tho Chicago Custotn-'1ouse building will
not lapAo ~ the uxpftation Of the fiscal year,
oven II thore should bo delay occasioncd by TAX
Ing down tho walla. Undor tho old law tue ap-
preparation would have lapsed, but Congress-
last wlutea pss4cd general law, which psoyd-
od that all appropriations mauo for all public
buildings under tho control Of tho Treasury Do
pastmcut should always bo available. No
official information has boon received
- 70 the conclusions at which The E1-
nmInin9 Commissioners may have arrived.
Information has been received hero from, Eu-
petvsing Architect Potter that he mud the 1nel-
bn1s Of The Commission ha4 concluded 10 visit
Cincinnati before returning to Washington. Tie
purpose Of tho yinit 10 Cincinnati ~ TO iuBpect
additional samples Of the Mueller UueuA vA.a
atoue, aud particularly to exAtuuo tue alIB ot
It, which hGvo loug toen built. Mr. Potter, IL ia
expected, will roturn to-lnorsow.
VERY cuniuCs CinccMn1AScE
hta becono known tu connection Hlih tho Treas
usy robbery. 4 fow years ago $2u.0Io rere
stolen from tue Trcasurer'H Office. and upon the
BANJO day, 1t Vas discovered TINT 4 Certain uau,e~
lesa gentleman with .evoral friends visited tho
vaults. or this s2u,oo', 5000 only WIS
recovered. This snn waA plsced By Ho1ne
unknown parties to tho credit Of tho
Treasurer Of tho United Stnles through a
berry WAS ever discovered. II hAppeuH tsnst III.
tue same dsy when the e47,00u wore taken, th.s
very aau1e gentleman, who wont through tho
vaults several years before wtlcn the s20UoD
friends. There may be nothing in this peculiar
coincdence but it il = fact which !as catne 10
the knowledge Of TIM detectiyuA, aud vAich il
beiEg considered BY them.
MEXICAN CLAIMS PAID.
4 recent examination Of tho Treasury records
Of the expenditures lnado under tue treaties
mado With foreign powers stowa that the United
States Government, sinco its foundation. haa
paid to Mexico for various claims N aggregate
SUN Of s4o,ou0.0 QUO.
trEclAt AoE*r HOWE. .. ..-
A strong effort ia making to ronore Col. r. Il.
Howe, Of New York. the Special Agept who Was
somewhat widely known a. the ,isxl Of Jayne In
the n,oiosy business.
oEa. wEbsTER's SUCCESSOR.
The secsetary Of Tie Treasury slya that NC
conclusions haye yet boon reached ~ to suc-
censor to Gan. Webster rs Sub-TreaBures, and
TINT no names have yet boen suggested, Tho out
aido mention OF the maine Of J. Russell JONES' prea-
ent Minister TO Belgium probably has this fouudA-
tion: Lit. Jones has been III very feoble health
for moro than year, and hia friends hore Htate
tlat lie has seYel.' .--;noa contemplated return
to this country.
Tho abatement that In tho operations Of the
Redemption Agency Of tho Treasury Department
a4ottageB Of bank1 aro worry frequently found,
whtlo over-accoun.s nro neycr discovered, are
both untrue mud unjust. A great many shortages
are found, aud a very considerable number Of
oyer-Accounts by the banks arc also discovered.
Very reeeutly a prominent bank Hent = package
which contained $5.000 moro than the bank
claimed vas In tho package, and It Is Of record
that moro than dozen banks laro been noiiaud
Of orrora In thois fAsor, ranging In amount from
e100 to sb,000
rTs the A Unrelated Press1
AN USf0UAuED AErtHT.
WARRINGTON, d. c., tunO 10.--A ruruor han
been ln circulation within day or two lnentiou-
ing that i scr1oua rupture had occurred between
SonRtor Morton and Secretary Urssow growing
out of didcsencaa OF opinion concerning the dis
trbution Of tho offices undol tic Treasury Do.
partnaent. There ie no foundation vhAtaser for
this report
1HTEn1oh poRTs+
Ths authorities 4aro, nut bainy sattsled With
the Commissioner OF Customs arrangement for
lako aud frontier ports moaBuros will DO takeu
by toa secretary Of tho Treasury to make ths
Eoryico mora otlicient