The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-03
SAFE BURGLARY MATTER.

in all cases OF issuing patents for mineral
lands.
SAFE BURGLARY MATTER.
The safe burglary mystery is to be
cleared up. Yesterday. J. Proctor Knott
Chairman Of the Judiciary Committee,
called upon Attorney General Pierrepont,
and was in secret conference at the De-
partment for a long time. After the
Cabinet meeting he called again, and re-
mained for more than two hours. tits
believed that the judiciary Committee
have requested the Attorney General to
give immunity to Col. Whitley II he testi-
fes fully and fairly before the committee.
It is not doubted that immunity by the
Attorney General has been put in the
hands OF the Judiciary Committee, TO be
used as they think fit.
REPoRT ON THE PrERREPoSr LETTER.
The report made by Representative
Lord, from the Judiciary Committee,
concerning Attorney General Pierrepont,
was unanimous, with the following ex-
ception: One member voted no, because
he wanted to wait for the action Of anoth.
er committee, and another member voted
no, because this gave him the right to
move q reconsideration Of the vote
adopting the report, and to reserve his
ind1men. as TO whether he would concur
In Il. There will be no minority report.
rur ,orO,prxr,s ,,tvrcs
The President has recovered from the
direct effects Of his late illness. Still it
mas Ieit nim exh exhau:.ee anu weaS. s. NJ ng
passed. sleeP'esS n'snt iast n:su., anu
to-day was unable 10 receive Visl'ors OF
dispa'ch business
BROKERAGE IN Observation-Disclosures
T1MoNY OF, A FORMER PARTNER OF
BELKNAP.
General Rice, the Washington attorney
whose name has figured 30 prominently
IN connection with o3taialng post-'raaer-
ships from Seneral belknap, wa e1ahr
lned To-Day before tne :uocomIII'ee, Oh
tae eommit1ee on 1uuictAty. ne gave
ms story 9i tne lUGs os',.IaaefsPs ..L:at ~ u
nsocn,od eH III fo- % y,.;ons nHr,;es His com.
pensation varied. From one person he
got $4,000, from another 5000, from q
third he got one.hali OF the net profits,
and from the fourth he got one-third OF
the net profits. He and General Belknap
had been residents OF keokuk, Iowa, had
served together IN the war, ana were on
friendly and intimate terms; hence ms
success IN getting these appointments
He denied that General Belknap knew
anything OF the money which he lkicel
received from these appointments; that
he had never given or loaned, except 10
some triting amount which had been al;
ways repaid, money to Mr.. Belknap, and
had never given him any presents, except
perhaps some wine and cigars anu a
small wedding present 10 MS vile.
TREATY WITH JAPAN.
The Po.t Office Department TODAY re.
cs;ved notice Of the ratification by the
T,nsnese government Of The additional
noit,I ,rreement concluded between he
limited States and Janan. The agree
ment goes into effect to-day.
BANK CLOSED.
The Sacuritv Rank of ,bi, citv closed
,o.dav orJ w;iI ~ into I;on;Jot;3n lin.
S;l;,;s. aLomt Sion oOo II which S5S 000
ora Jne jsnos;tors
80 N'N W f>'s'.0'
THE CHARGES AoAiSsr @ EA'eoAA'SS'oShA
sAl.h'
The House COMMITTEE on lndiah AT
fairs to-day examined Miss CooE' IN or
der to relute the tcSnmony Oh me lnGIah Hi
Bealieu against Z. +: smith. NiSs COOK
acted as clerk ior smith whlle ne was
agent Tor the Chippe"as. II was mol true'
a. charged, that smith brought scrip from
the Indians tor the purpose Of spec1Ia'
tlon win the government supPhes' Ill ne
did was to sell some scrip LOT the INDIANS
at full price, paying them the money IN
every case. smith never received any
money from the Indians seiling or from
parties purchasing scrip. she denied other
statements OF Bealleu, including the one
referring to hetselt-that she went 10 the
agency to buy scrip ior Commissioner
smith, under MS dlrecnon.
MAIL CONTRACT FRAUDS.
The House Committee on Postofices
and Post Roads. TODAY. examined ]. l.,
Sanderson OF The arm Of Barlow & San.
derson. formerly Barlow, sanderson & Co.,
mail Contractors. He testified that he
never made straw bid, never caused one
10 he put. and had no kdowledge that any
member Of The firm had ever made one,
never paid money or made present to
any Postofiice official, nor ever knew Of
any member Of the firm doing such a
thing. Being questioned with reference
to the testimony recently given by S. A.
Danforth, Of Chicago, Sanderson declared
that nearly all Of Danforth's assertions
were absolutely false. The witness had
never been room mate OF Danforth.
Witness had allowed Danforth to occupy
part Of their office building, in Kansas
City, at the request Of the railroad COM
pany for which he (Danforth) was agent,
but never talked with him about the
firms business. except, possibly, he may
have become bondsman OF some bid about
1870. In May, 1875, Dantorth showed
witness, in St Louis, letter from the
Postmaster General, asking him Dan.
forth TO furnish Information about their
contracts, and asked the witness what he