The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-30
WASHINGTON.
Appropriation for FOrtiil-
cations nj Galveston.
.
Fifty Thousand Dollars Secured
by the Hancock Bill.
HaIlett Kllbourne to be Again
Summoned.
II lie Persists In Contempt, Wlll Re
llc d Despite Carter's DeClslon.
rhe Mary Merritt InyestiEaiion'siIii
Continues, hut without ImpIica.
Ting HrisIOw chandler HeIore
Ihc Real Estate Committee,

WAsHNdroN, April %, The House
Committee on Military Ailairs report
ed unanimously Ia favor OF the bill OF
MIR, Hancock, of Texas nppropriatinp
Arty thousand dolars for the construc
ton Of Qualifications In the hurbor o.
Galveston.
The Treasury Department received
to-day Que hundred thousand dollars
in quarters from san Francisco.
Davenport was again before the
Committee on Expenditures in the
Department Of Justice to-day lie ex.
hibited his vouchers for money ex-
pended ia New York, The eXamlua.
tion elected nothing new,
The Committee on District Of Col
umhia have agreed to abolish the pres
ent board Of health and establish u
new one, composed Of an attorney, a
medical officer OF the army, and one
citizen OF the District.
Tho impression prevails that the
Real Estate Committee will again
summon Hallett Kilbourne, aud II he
persists in contempt, to hold him de-
spite the decision of Chief Justice Car
ter In the habcas corpus case.
The Mary Merritt investigation was
continued Throughout the day, but with
out duplicating Secretary Bristow in
her release. Mr.. Bristow again at
tempted to show that the movement
was instigated against him 10y the
whisky ring, but investigation in that
direction was refused by the COM
mittee.
Secretary Chandler testified before
the Real Estate Committee to-day that
he had received letter from the
Whitehouse, saying It was rnmored
that Pension Agent Clementsswas pay
ing money for influence and request
ing him to communicate with Glenn
enta and notify him that If 1t was true,
it must be stopped. Chandler
caused letter to be sent TO
Clements to than effect, but did
not receive any reply. Shortly af.
forwards the President sent in Mr.. Ar.
raltz's name for Clements place. The
witness was not aware Of any money
having been paid by Clements for this
position.
Mr.. j. II. Qourelatta testified before
CIymer's committee to-day that he
was connected with the Office Of the
United States Marshall OF the northern
districts from 1865 to 1873 as bailin aud
special deputy, that the salary or
or amount charged as paid to witness
was much larger than heeyer received;
that he had visited the Treasury De-
partment since arriving in Washing
ton and taken q memorandum of the
figures on the emolument account
there and found them much greater
than the amount he received. For
the last six months In lsdT the emoiu-
ment account purported payment to
witness of S3,905, but that he
received only $3.50 besides
his balliff fees, and In
the first half of 1868 he is charged with
50, 533 and only received about one
thousand. Witness gave other in
stances OF the same character, one Of
blank receipts which were filed up to
agree with the emolument. He had
made demand on J. Russell Jones
who was Marshal at that time, for n
settlement. Mr.. Jones was getting
ready to go as Minister TO Belgium,
and told witness he had instructed MIR.
Coles to give him 81, 200 for the first
year, 81 800 for the second and $4,000
per annum for the balance Of the time;
but the money had never boen paid.
Witness wrote to Jones four months
ago asking ~ he was going to send an
agreement and Jones said he was