The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-15
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Assurances OF an Expose In the
sale'Burglary Matter.
Pressing the investigation in the Dis
trlct Real Estate Pool.
Nature Of the Charges Against Acting
Quartermaster General ingalls,.
Results of the Jcities nj Galveston
Satisfactory General DeTabnrra
Assumes Command on the Rio
Grnnde-Dr. storrs' Views.


WASHINGTON, March ll,-Prlyate
dispatches from New Hampshire in
dictate that the result will be close,
with the chances decidedly In favor of
the Democrats, Notwithstanding the
eXertions and money Of the friends of
the Administration which have been
expended.
The House judiciary Committees
bill for the further distribution of the
Geneva award provides for adjudica.
ton and payment, first of claims for
damages by what are called "exculpat-
ed cruisers;n second, for war premiums,
and third, claims of insurance COM
panies. There will be about $4,000, 900
to satisfy claims under this bill.
Members Of the Committee on Naval
Affairs say their examination is gener-
al as to contracts, and as to the allow
ance by Secretary Robson of claims
which had been rejected or disallowed
by Mr.. Welles, his predecessor. The
latter gentleman was before the Com
mttee several hours Saturday, and
may be recalled. Ex-Assistant Secre-
tary of Navy Fallon will also testify.
Much of the present inquiry relates TO
al hianiu hafNpn hn mi IiaA Of
which Sargent was chairman four
years.
Recent developments in the matter
of the safe burglary give assurances
that a complete expose will be furn-
ished and the instigators of the crime.
1t is said that the developments will
show that those generally supposed to
have been principals will prove to
have been only the tools of others.
1t Is understood that the names Of
the parties to the famous real estate
pool will he unearthed independent OF
the witness Kilbourne, who at first re-
fused to give the names but now is
willing and anxious to reveal what he
processes to know. Those who have
been pressing the investigation profess
that the pool, as now given, is n bogus
one, but Kilbourne proposes to pro-
duce the original book.
Some officers of the line of the navy
have started a movement to obtain
contributions from brethren through
out the service for use in the employ
ment of counsel and in defraying the
expenses, ETC., of an effort to secure n
repeal of the act of Congress equalizing
the grades of staff officers with those of
the line. r3 Iaa
In the investigation into General
Rufus Ingalls,, acting Quartermaster
General, the first charge is that he
rented a large building for the War
Department at $1,000 per month, In
positive violation of an act Of the last
Congress prohibiting any officer of the
Government from buying or leasing
any buildings without the consent OF
Congress. The second charge is that
he employed Boss Sheppard to do 3d.
600 worth of plumbing in said build
ing, in violation of the law which re-
quires proposals to be invited.
The Committee on Foreign Relations
expect to examine ex-senator Stewart
on or before the 26th of the present
month concerning his connection with
the Emma mine. 1t is expected Min
lister Schenck will appear before the
committee as soon as he can reach
Washington. The Department OF
State has not yet answered the note oil
the committee asking for the actual
date of the resignation osSchenck, and
all notes and kilograms in the same
connection.
GALVESTON, March 14.-The COM
pletion of the recent survey OF Calves
ton harbor by Lieutenant Quinn
shows the western point OF SANDY
Ridge where in 1875 there were Out
five feet of water has entirely disap'
pointed and soundings at the particular
spot show depth of over fourteen
feet of water. The western chanhei
formerly used crossing the inner bar is
entirely closed and the deep water OF
Galveston harbor channel has united
with the deep water opposite the emo
of the jetty and lacks only seven nun
bred and fifty feet of uniting with the
deep water of Bolivar channel. When
this connection is made, there will be
depth of over eighteen
feet of water on the inner
bar. The balions in the Jetty
are covered with sand; the old Swasn
channel is obliterated, and the ridge
is now connected with, and forms o
continuation of Galveston Island. Ii
is expected that as the jetty is extended
this formation will appear above water
The depth of water in the shoalest spot
across the inner bar, is now fourteen
and three.quarter feet Is at low tide,
and at ordinary tide there is sixteen
feet; before the city commenced the
harbor improvements there was only
nine feet of water on the inner bar
and the recent work of the govern
ment has confined the volume of water
to the single channel across the bar
The results already obtained are very