Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-25
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: concern.
/ WHAT SCHUMAKER COULD DO.
q: What did Schumacher report 10 you he
could do?
A. He did not represent that he could DO
anything. / sought him, and he was raluct-
! ant TO 90 anything. On one occasion he
came 10 my room and threw his hat down
and said, Il want to get out of this thing"
; induced him to hold on, as / could not re
place him. He didn't tell me what he could
D not DO, as | had made up my mind on that
subject before / employed him. l thought
he could present the matter in such "a light
/ that il would be listened Ia by members of
/ Congress; also. that he could make an accu-
rate canvass of the whole house. he could let
/ us know how we stood. and also If there
/ no use IN going ahead when he saw We were
| beat.
A SOLITARY EVE LAMB.
q. Did he employ anybody to assist him?
A. didn't think he would go alone-a soil
tary eve lamb.
q. Did you ever have any similar expo-
riel ce before OF Congress, prior Ia 1872?
a. had not.
Q. Why did you give Whiting the large
| sum YOU did?
A. Because he was
A STRONG FRIEND OF SENATOR COLE.
] knew that Cole would take an interest in
| the bill, If his friends were interested. Cole
regarded the Pacific Mail company as his
| enemy. and regarded Whiting as his friend
| When the bill came up in the Senate Cole
| took an active, leading and energetic mart i'm
| its interest. / gave Schuma ker $500 900 with
out any instructions whatever; he did not
and state positively he did not, say that he
| cOulu lnUutnCP any votes. No in the
House occupied the same prominent position
| 10 the bill as Senator Cole did i'm the Senate.
No one in the House that l know of had any
| iancled injuries 10 overcome.
WHY?
BY Mr. WOOd:-Mr. Irwin, hope You will
make clearer 10 my mind than you have thus
| far, the purpose for which YOU paid these
| large sums of money. Why did you give the
| large sum TO Schumacher?
A. don't think ii a large sum. If was
| sent here now To get S"bSidy through of
S150.000, would charge 5000 400 for nv ser
| vices. / have known men TO travel two
weeks, see people two weeks, and charge
S2JO,0GO for doing il.
q. In what country?
a. In the United States of America.
| SHAW.
q. Did Shaw keep all he got?
A. As far as / know he did. He was not
employed by me, but by StOckwelIS order.
| He reported TO me what he wanted for his
| thought il was too much. Ii didn't seem to
| make any impression upon him, and
| thought would let every one skin their own
| skunks.
| Q. Did you ever say 10 Whitelaw Reid that
| there was spent by Others $500, 200 in addition
TO the 100000 you received?
| A. / said | thought other money was used:
did not state the amount.
Q. What did John Roach do to help the sub
| sidy along?
| a He was down here, and did what he
| could. In case the subsidy passed Stockwell
told him he should build the ships
| Mr.. Irwin was requested to make an ac-
| 'OuHI tbiTtCl Dl all Illt nldtlt DN
him on account of the subsidy. and the
| further examination was postponed until
Wednesday next at his own request.
| AN ARMY PAYMASTER SENT TO THE PEN
| ITENTI ARY.-The New York papers of Fri
| day pub lish the particulars of the sad case OF
| Major Virgil :. EggleStOn, who was lodged
| in the Albany penitentiary on Wednesday
| last. Born of wealthy parents, i'm Palmyra.
| N. \ he received a good education, and pos
| sessing influential friends, secured position
| in the pay department of the army. Whilst
| residing in Washington he became acquaint-
ed with beautiful girl, with whom he
eloped. They were married and returned to
| the maternal dOmicil, and Vice President
| wilson succeeded in procuring for young Egg
gleston the position of paymaster, with the
rank of major. He was sent to Oregon about
the close OfJohnsOns administration, taking
with him his young wife. EggleStOn acted
with conspicuous bravery in the MOdOc war.
and his herOism gained him favor with his
| fellow officers. Upon returning home from
the ModOc campaign EggleStoh got the idea
that his wife had proved faithlcSS to him, aud
| for the first time in his life he became reck-
| less, and engaged in q life of wild disorder
and dissipation. Debts multiplied, and he
| began to use the public money. The sum OF
$4,000 had been embeZZled and Squandered.
when he was arrested, tried by cOuTt-martial.
and sentenced TO be caShiered and impriSOll-
ed in the Albany penitenuary for the period
OF fNe years, and TO remain in cOnfinemc lt
| until the amount of money embeZZled was
| restored to the government, which practical
| ly amounted to a life sentence. President
|
but. with generous Endorsement regarding
EgglestonS bravery in the MOdOc war. fixed
the limit of the Imprisonment to ten years.
THE SATURDAY NIGHT CLUB-A large
number OF our best citiZe-S-beSt in every
sense of the wOrd-are members of the Sat
urday Night Club. Last night Mr.. Geo. W.
Childs, the millionaire proprietor of the
IedgeT. entertained the club, and among his
guests were many distinguished citizens
from all parts of the union: President Grant.
| Vice President Wilson. General BeIknap.
Secretary of War; Hon. Marshall Jewell,
| Postmaster General; Hon. Geo. II. Williams.
Attorney General, and several members OF
Congress. John w. Garrett, ESQ, president
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad; the trus-
Tees OF the Peabody fund and the John Hop
/ klnS fund, and number of prominent citi-
Zens of Baltimore. From New York there
were ii. j. Jewett, president of the New York
and Erie railroad; Robert L. Stuart. Alex. T.
Stewart, Hon. VIM. OrtOn, president of the
Western Union Telegraph company; Du
Ghalllu, the explorer, and Others. Mr.. VIM.
d Vanderbilt, vice president of the New
York Central railroad, was expected but was
compelled to decline the invitation on ac-
count of his health. England was repre-
se1ted by the Earl OF ROSebeTry the Earl OF
Caithness, and VIM. Hepworth Dixon, the
! distinguished author Governor Hartranft
and eN-Governors Bigler, Pollock and Cur
| I'm represented Pennsylvania, and eX-(iOY-
| ernor Joel Parker New Jersey. Altogether
the guests numbered about 800. 1t is doubt
| ful, If ever in this city, a more noble COM
pany met under any gentleman's roof-Ttii,L
| Cuy Ltcnl.
LABOR MOvEMENTs.-One hundred and
| lWenty-men are to be discharged from the
| BelVidere division of the PENNSYLVANIA rail-
| road on account Of lack of business caused
| by the suspension of operations in the min
| ing districts. Nearly a thousand persons
are thrown out of employment by the failure
| OF Ladenhaber's hosiery mills at Frankfort
Pa The Appleton manufacturing com
| pany, at Lowell, Mass, will to-day start 80
| looms which have been idle for ten weeks
| end will employ 12j additional operatives for
| the balance of the winter. THE weavers
| employed in the Granite Crescent Mills in
| Fall River, Mass, have given their em-
| ployers two weeks notice of their intention
| TO strike.
| A DISCHARGED EMPLOYEES REyENG F.
| Last Thursday night John Clafiin, of Marl-
boro, Mass, discharged employee of g. B.
| Brigham, of Westboro, called Mr. Melville
| Walker, a member of the firm, to his house
| and drawing pistol and exclaiming, That's
| the kind of man am, fired upon him twice
| One ball passed through Walkers cheek and
| jaw, causing painful but not dangerous
wound. Walker seized Clafiin and choked
| him. and then got away. Clafiin is under
arrest His motive was revenge.
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