The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-23
WASHINGTON.
Investigation Still the Or
der Of the Day.
LongfeIIOw, the Poet, and the
English Mission.
Ey.Postmaster. Genrfal CresS-
well In the Mlre.
secretary BrlStOw Explains Ills Con-
npcllOn With Thompson 4 Co.
aud Itis Crooked Cadet Capers--
spurious Spencer The Safe Bur-
gIary fallen
ContractiOnists.
secretary BrlStOw Explains Ills Con-
nrcllOn With Thompson 4 Go.

WASHINGTON, March 22.-The Mrs.
General Burton to whom General But
Ter referred as being eOgnizant of the
relations between Hon. George H..
pendletOn ana Mrs. Bower Is known
ID the lobbies as Minnie White.
Henry w. Longfellow is seriously
spoken of as Schenck's successor as
Minister to England. Senators Cam
eron and Frelinghuysen (Republicans)
and all the Democratic Senators voted
against the confirmation OF the nomi-
nation of Dana in committee.
The investigation into straw-bids
aud collateral Irregularities in the
POstotlice Department is assuming an
ugly form for Cresswell. Jewell is yet
untouched except in allowing pay from
the department for political services.
Congressman Burleigh reiterates his
charges against the officers in charge
Ofthe Kittery (Maine) Navy Yard, in
fegard to frauds In building a sloop-of-
war. He declares that the yard has
been run in the exclusive interest of
Senator uamlin. The Chief of the
Bureau of Construction and Repairs
will now have an opportunity to ex-
plsin.
There will be no postal cards after
April LIST unless Postmaster General
Jewell gets II special appropriation of
sos, 500 to pay for them.
The new steamboat law allows coal
oil of 10 degrees ignition point in me-
iailic packages and of $50 degrees i'll
barrels to be carried on deck or on the
iOreeastle. Steamboat owners having
knowledge of defects in the packages
are liable EoT the amount of loss, while
innocent Owners are still liable for the
amount actually owned.
The srory of the safe-burglary will
shortly be fully told. Whitley, chief
of detectives in the secret service, who |
is indicted for completely in the affair,
is here from Colorado, and denies that
he has been out of the country.
The Committee on Naval EXpend-
lures are developing facts which go to
show that while Barring Brothers
were the custodians Of United States
funds abroad, the money was held for
legitimate purposes, and that after the
transfer of these funds to the banking |
house of Jay Cooke, Mccullough x Co.,
the latter firm used the money in all
kinds of reckless speculation.
Captain Whitney, manager of the
Washington office of the Western
Union Telegraph, produced the mes
sages which passed between Belknap
and Marsh. In one of. them Belknap
says to Marsh-"Come here; some
hitch in the arrangements"
The evidence against Hays, in the
alleged cadetship Irregularities accu-
mulates. Mrs. Beardslee got a three
thousand dollar draft from her Utica
banker, and told him the use she was
10 make of it.
The supporters of Paynes bill are
discouraged. Holman and other Demo
cratic intlationists will vote for Atkins
proposition, which virtually repeats
the resumption act.
Belknaps counsel continue to assert
that Marsh's presence will benefit the
ex.Secretary, and that the latter's in
nocenee of the charges will be fully es-
lablished.
fhe committee attempted to obtain
from, Scott Smith, correspondent of
the New York Post, the name of the
person who informed him that proof
could be obtained of the payment OF
money from Pendleton to Mrs. Bower
in New York city, but was unsnccess-
full. 1t is said, however, that the de-
sired Information, and much more, is
in the possession of Danford of the
committee who was unable to be pres
ent on account of sickness. Smith is
toappear again before the committee
Tomorrow morning, and General But
Ter is also summoned for the same
llme, when there is likely to be lively
session.
Secretary Bristow's explanation be-
'9Es the War Department Expendi;
Tyres Committee to-day of bis eopne2F
lion with Thompson 4 Co.'s claim
against the government for failure to
'lIlil contract is accepted on all sides
~ conclusive, although the universal
confidence in him made 1t almost
unnecessary. The fact in his behalf
Is that he argued the law Of the case
before the Court OF Claims in October,
io,V' about year after he left the
ohce Of Solicitor General, and six
months before his entry Into the
Vaoinet. He was successful and re-