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WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. The retirement
II Of DR.. Brodhead, AZ Second Comptroller
! Of the Treasury Department, creates q
vacancy In the Board Of Audit Of the
District OF Columbia The act desig-
mating the First and Second Comptrol-
iers Of the Treasury, To constitute this
board, did not name them In person, but
merely designated the officers holding
these positions for service. Hence DR..
Drudhead's successor will be n member
Of the Board OF Audit. aH|
Attorney General Pierrepont has dc.
Clded the question as TO the ref,nding
ofti76. .257 tax illegally collected on div
hends OF stock OF the Illinois Central
Railroad Company. held by non resident
allen stockholders, In favor Of the com
pany, the issue being whether the re-
und should be- made TO the company
(rofn which it was collected or 10 the
nonresident alien stockholders. The
Attorney General holds that the Gov
crnment should pay the money Illegally
collected back to the company. and
the stockholders can recover from the
company. rr
II can be stated on the best authority
thAt n telegram from Vienna to the Of
lect that the Administration has asked
the opinion of Foreign Powers on the
question OF American Intervention Tor
the adjustment Of the pending Difficult
ties In the Island OF Cuba. and that the
replies received are satisfactory. aud
that Great Britain Is ready TO approve
Of Immediate action, Is not true In It's
Import. IL may be further, and IL Is
positively stated. that whatever course
has been taken, or may yet be taken
by this Government In regard to.
this important subject, the Adj
Ministration will consistently and
perslstently insist that the letter
aud spirit of the Monroe doctrine shall
e observed. The assertion should be
construed as u declaration that no in
reference with established govern
ments on this continent will be tolerated
" the United States, unless they are
thoroughly in accord with the estab
nShed American policy. It is not i'm
ytoOable that the acquiescence Of the
european powers in this declaration
may hsyc given rise to the assumption
mat they have replied satisfactorily to
secretary FSh's alleged circular on the
subject Of Intervention.
day or two since the Secretary OF
i wsr received from the Commandant OF
the Benicia Barracks, near San Fran
cisco. the following telegram
Hon ". ". Belknap. Secretary of War:
r.A brother OF the Hon. Secretary
x;uandier Is here on inspection, and de-
i!es 70 have arias furnished him. Shall
lprovide themp
ihe reception OF the message some
waat surprised Secretary Beiknap. who
could not imagine what peculiar kind of
inspection the reputed brother OF Secre-
ssty Chandler could be engaged in !
Snlci would require arms.
ne accordingly communicated ut once
s'ta the Secretary of the Interior, send
,as MIN the following telegram:
terror: VI ue ih-
mau representing himself to be |
ho1r brother is at Benecia Barracks.
Ist, on Inspection duty and desires to
maur furnished with arms. Shall order
$ euem TO be provided?
W. w. BELKNAP. Sec'y.
:. was not many minutes before the |
.I'owing characteristic reply was re-
Oo'Ved at the War Department:
ao1, ~ W. Belknap. Secretary OF War:
~ nave no brother. Arrest the scoun-
Let no gilt-edged escape
ZACHARIAH CHANDLER.
Secretary Of the Interior.
q reception of this reply the Secre-
~ oI War at once telegraphed to Cali
ul TO have the bogus brother ar
out the bird had flown. Yester-
~ y nosever. the police got track of
zee placed him in durance