The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-21
CURRENT NEWS.
WARRINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
IL said that the President will appoint
Commissioner Douglass TO another place o
equal importance 10 that soon 10 be ,acste,
by him
The Grand Jury of the District OF Column
bia have dismissed the charge against Charlie,
A. Dana, OF libeling Ex-Governor shepherd
by the publication of certain articles in the
New York Sun last summer.
The Treasury Department. ON the 10Th
made big strike at the whisky ring, by
seizlng some thirty-two dislilleries and rec
tifying houses. mostly located in 81. Louis,
Chicago snd Milwaukee. II seems that the
Department had been for long time aware
that tremendous frauds upon the revenue
were being perpetrated by the ring, but
on account OF the untrustworthiness of many
Of the revenue employees, IL was found
impossible 10 make any effective move to-
wards breaking up the combination.
the members OF the ring being instantly put
upon their guard against every step taken
by the detectives or revenue agents. The
blow just struck. il j. said, ha, been the re-
suit Of two months work, performed almost
entirely by the Secretary of the Treasury
through the Solicitor of the Treasury, and
by the aid of very few trusted agents and
detectives. Even with these precautions the
anticipated movement leaked out, but not UNI
I'll sufficient proof OF frauds had been obtained
10 make the Departmen sure of its game. The
seizures ordered comprised the following es-
Establishments: 81. Louis-R. W. Urici X Co..
Bingham Bros. John Busby, Louis Teuscher
4 Co., and Bevis. Frazer 4 Co., distillers: G..
Bensberg. Beyis. Frazer 4 Co., +. c. FEEDER
er, J. G. Bernicker Quinlan Bros, and Bolt
man x O'Hara. rectifiers. Chicago-Union
Copper Distilling Company, G.. G. Russels.
Il. c. Mes reans. Lake Shore Distilling Conn
pany. and WA. Cooper. distillers; Roeil.
-Iunker a CO.. Gol>en * Eastman. and Par
ker X. Masons. recti6ers. Milwaukee-lIen-
~ Schaufeld. Charles Grau, Louis Rends-
koph. MenOmemee Company. kisnickinnick
Compsny. and =. Bergothal. distilers; :.
Never 4 Co. A. Schoenfeld & Co, \. Laser.
Milwaukee, Redistilling and Rectifying Com
pany. j. Herstein. VIM. Misney. and Carl
Pulskev. distiiers. The aggregate value OF
the stocks seized will amount 10 several mil
lions OF dollars.
The Grand Jury OF the District Of Columbia
sofa, for perjury.
A Washington dispatch OF the 1lth saws
Additional instructions were to-day sent to
Collectors At various points East and West
where the Department j. satisfied fraudulent
whisky has been shipped. 10 seize all such
supplies. and kilograms have been received
from several places announcing seizures, the
heaviest among them being the establishment
Of Bingham 4 Co.. III Evansville. Ind. other
seizures have been ordered at Pekin. H.,
Cincinnati, and elsewhere, and the Secretary
Of the Treasury has directed that legal steps
be- taken At all points where frauds have
been discovered. and that arrests will be
made where the evidence is sufficient 10 jus
tify them. Commissioner Douglass has in
-tructed the various Supervisors who are SUI
perintending the work Of Selling illicit
stills. to send the names of all revenue Off
GERS employed at any Of the establishments
seized in order that they may be immediate
~ dismissed. and reported TO the several L..
;. District Attorneys for prosecution in every
ease where there is evidence Of collision.