Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-30
INVESTIGATIONS.
Another Chapter of schenck's.

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Another Chapter of schenck's.
/ WAslIlNGroS, March 29.-General
Schenck reappeared before the com
! mittec on foreign affairs this morning.
Abiding TO the writ served on hun
just previous to his leaving London,
/ he produced note from the law firm
stating that they bad served it under
+. the impression that he had resigned,
/ apolog,zing for the mistake and ask
ing him 10 consider proceedings aban-
/ doned
In answer to the remark that he
| had not taken leave OF the queen,
| schencl< explained ,hat-h he came home
on leave of absence. The usual
note was-scnt to Lord Derby saying
he was leaving suddenly aud not able
to pay his personal respects and that
he had left the legation in charge of
| Colonel Hoffman, 1t was usual that
the resignation of minister took ef,
feet OH the appointment Of his sue
ccssor, and as 10 successor had
yet been appointed he supposed lie
was still minister. He appeared'here
solely to explain his business transac-
lions. with Park. lrk Insisted on
allowing him six thousand pounds as
interest due on the purchase aud sale
Of stock. Shenck refused TO receive
any such credit and insisted on pay my
or setLlimg in some- way as best iirc-
could out OF his means the, balance OF
his note. This was done BY tie pay
meut of about seventeen hundred dol
lars in cash and by turning over to
Park certificates of5paid up stocks in
the Vermilliou coalzcompany, OF Hi
,lui;s,, t1c nutionai iITsuTIHct,Y Wash
| Iington aud in other companies to the
amount OF thirty 40 -t10usiind-1tuf.
lars, and pronissory note of III. W..
SSNpurihrll- for $500 mase stock, ,--1Te---
4tieenable-iH-leue Years,
Hewitt interrogased closely as to
1.-The above settlement, calculating that
.llsScllcneiS instead Of being out olzI1ocket
wns--iu pocket sS3 600 by the trans
action. Schenck said he wished he
could view i, in that light. Hewitt
said he had proceeded very carefully
4 IN his questions on the theory that
4 Schenck made bona ,fae contract
+ with Pafll4bu the point remained,
why Schenck, having turned over
! h,s property TO Fark, should continue
4 to receive dividends. OH it. Schenck
sexpained that it was no, right to re-
I.cclve dividends which were 81 400
on Insurance and coal stocks was to
continue four years, within which
1 time he had right TO reclaim stocks,
4 paying both principal and interest.
TIE EVENING SESSION.
i Resumed session I 80 o'clock. The bill
| for The equalization OF boun,ies was made
the special order fornext Wednesday. The
house then went into committee of the
4 whole, Mr.. Cox in the chair, On the leys
ative appropriation bill, the question being
Il on several amendments
The committee adjourned Till Monday
CUSTER TEsTITIEs.
J, Gen. Custer appeared before til,
committee on expenditures in the
war department, to-day. testified
] that Robert l.. Shief, post trader a,
t Lincoln, told him his profits wcr,
$4,000 year, one third Of which
3 was paid to Gen. Hendrick, Of Iowa
r He understood that a portlon,: OF il
t went to the secretary oi war.
Gen. Custertestified that the proc
lamation Of the president extending
! the great Sioux military reservation
e enhanced the value of trading ,the
North Missouri river, because it rcn-
dered them more complete monopo
ly. The witness said that Thumb
J trader at Ft. Peck, was about to b
6 removed when he obtained some aft
: davits showing that Orville Gran
!, and Layon Bros, were mixed in In
4 dian frauds, Gen. Custer said the ot
ject of Gen. Belknap's visit to til
frontier was to prepare arrangement
!, whereby whisky could be brougt
:, y across the border at a reduced rat
! and increased advantages given t
: post traders. Gen. Custer relate
various instances in whic! grain la
been stolen from the fort, post trade
taking it into their stores.
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ct Knights Templar.
n CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, March 3d.
: At meeting i'll Urbana to-da
! which comprised representatives fro
81. most of THE communicates of knigh