Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-08

the Committee on Expenditures In the War
department closed yesterday:
Thomas B, Co,.aery testified that he was In
charge OF the New York Herald, under Mr..
Bennett. al the time when the cipher dis
patch of February 10 was printed. Mr.. Dan
ford asked him IL he knew Detective Bell.
he said he did; that he met him in New
York on Sunday, February g, and hal a con-
versatiOn with him. Witness decliued TO
answer any questions relating TO the subject
OF That conversation without the colsent OF
Mr.. Bennett.
The committee decided that the witness
should go TO New York consult Mr. Bennett
and return IN Washington by Tuesday next.
oCARTERMAsTER GENERAL NEiGs
appeared before the committee in obedience
10 Geographic summons, and testified that
The statements of David Webster given I'm
The morning session 70 the effect that he
sought an Interest In his moth extermiuatOr
by suggestion OF any kind that could be
tortured into such a suspicion was absolute
ly false. He said he had never told Webster
mat The government was swindled out OF
large sums because the process then in use
was worthless, that he had never aSkei him
what benefit the contract would be to him;
mat he bad never asked him how much he
would give him. (witneSSO He had ALWAYS
considered witness, like many Inventors
crazy on the subject of bis preparation for
J. exterminating moths. Witness said that
Webster had offered to furnish 800 worth
OF tie moth eIterminatOr provided he be
allowed TO use il himself. Witness declined
| 10 permit him To go into the arsenal and
handle The clothing, because he did not
EEow enough about him. He had considered
! him honest, but rather light in the head. and
had never inquired into his character. Wit
ness did not want outsiders In the arsenal,
| because II was dangerous policy To admit
| them. Witness coTrobofated generally the
other statements Of Webster from the rec
! ord, but pronounced his charges false In
! every particular, the creation OF a very ac-
| tive and Imaginative brain. During all
| this time Mr.. Webster was walking around
very much excited. leaning over the shout
| ders o. mem bers OF the committee and pro-
| posing questions, much 10 the amusement OF
everybody present. Witness was asked
whether he was The means o. the adoption OF
the George W. COwles & Co process for eN-
terminating moths. He replied that he had
opposed its adoption even after a board OF
| army Off1cers had recOmme nded its adoption,
| but finally yielded In the accumulation OF
testimonials in it's favor. When asked by
whose influence ii had been kept in use, he
| rtpi1ed that George W. Brega and Dom
| Piait were very active in the matter. Wit
| resS said the CowleS process is not now in
use, because AT the last session OF Congress
| III was provided in an appropriation bill that
| 10 money should be paid for the use of any
! patent pro cess for DISCRIMINATING moths or
preventing mlldew. They now use camphOr.
Hon. l.. n. CHANDLER MIssISG-Hs
! S,lI,o,cd Se,cbie.-Hcn. l.. II. Chandler mys-
/ trliGusly disappeared from his residence I'm
Norfolk yesterday morning. aud f. Is be-
Ieved he has committed suicide. When re
thing TO his room Wednesday night he gave
orders to he awakened early in The morning
| 10 go Ia Richmond at five o'clock. Thurs.
cay morning he was missing. having left his
l'btl III IlS EiSDE CLONES, shoes and hat
ana 20 trace OF him has as yet been diScOv-
eTed. Mr.. Chandler was formerly l. = dis
lrict attorney for the Norfolk district but
Was iatteriy pension agent for the state OF
Virginia, ard one Of the most prominent aud
lHfuen tial republicans ia the state He had
teen mentioned as the coming nominee or
ma PARTY for Congress from the Norfolk
district he left no papers 10 indicate The
cause OF his sudden disappearance. He was
injured at the Capitol disaster iu Richmond
some years ago, since which time he has
been subject To Occ9 SfOnal ,nnrfO2g Of
! Choly. and IL is thought he has DESTROYED
himself while Iaboring under one Of these
sILacks. his accounts were Yesterday eN-
amined by an agent OF the department, and
found correct. He was from Maine hri
went TO Norfolk thirty years ago.
UNDERGROUND TELEc sAPH WIRES
The great majority OF the telegraph wires II
London are still conveyed underground, bat
| the old fashioned way. Some OF these which
were lately blown down formed a loop over
| gateway, catching an omnibus driver by
The neck and inflicted such wound t3st he
shortly afterwards died. The stir created By
| the event was intensified by an opinion ex-
/ pressed by an eminent engineer, SIR John
| HANK have, that owing 10 atmoS pheric ac.
| tion the galvanized wire used for telegraphic
purposes must, in a dozen years or so. be-
| come rotten. and in the first storm would be
brought TO the ground. II would not choose
| its time for falling, but just come down in
| discriminatory, and, If nybody happened TO
| be below. so much the worse for them. IL
! was urgently recommended that all wires
| should be laid underground.
RAILROAD ACCIDENr-The s 20 train last
| evening going from Kensington depot, Phil-
| adelpbia, ran Off the track about four miles
from Philadelphia. TIE engine and one car
were upset, badly injuring both. The fire
| man, FAMED Burke, was badly injured, and
The engineer slightly. Several passengers
We're burned, and others slightly ipjured.
| The employees were removed TO the Eplsco.
| pal hospital for treatment. and the paSsea-
gers taken To Trenton. The names OF the
! passengers hurt were +. j. Byron. leg broken;
| John Exter, ribs fractured, and James n.
| Ware, hands and face burned. They belong
| To Trenton, N. J.
! THE CANAL CONTROVERSY WITH CANA
| DA-The controversy between the Tnitei
States, Canadian and British governments
| relative 10 The reciprocal freedom of 4 merf-
can and Canadian canals, has reached an in
terestiDg point. The British government
| calls the attention ofthe United States 20 the
existence to law OF Congress which author
| ICES the United States government to permit
vessels laden with products OF Canada to
| load or uoload at any port or place in any
| collection district Of the United States, pro-
Nfded similar privileges are accorded 10 Yes-
| sels OF the United states in the colonies.
A CROOKED CHICAGO GRAIN OPERATOR
Quite sensation has been created ia 'ae
| Chicago grain market by the discovery that
| Frank Camblas, large grain operator, who
had lately been 'hullIug' the market, had
| withdrawn his account from bank sud de-
| camped, leaving between 100000 aud 6p0 600
| bushels OF wheat which he had lately bought
| unpaid for. This grain having been thrown
on The market by the owners has caused a
rapid decline in prices.
| DETECTIVE BELL CONTRA BICrED.-Reve-
nue Agent Colony, OF st. Louis, contradicts
| the statement made in Detective Bells affi-
| davit that he Colony had in hts employ
| one OF TIE operators in the office of the West.
| ern Union Telegraph. from whom he obtain.
cd valuable information. An Investigation
| by the officers of the company also falls TO
| show that there IS any truth in Bells state
ment.
| NICKEL COUNTERFEITERs SENTENCED
In the u ). District Court at Boston, yester-
| day, Patrick Deveny, Joseph Deveny, Mi
| cbael May and Mary +. Deveny were all
| convicted OF making counterfeit five cent
| nlckels. and the men sent TO the state prison
| for two years each, and the woman TO Lowell
| jail for six months. The gang was arrested
| by the L. 8. secret service officers last jan
| Cary.
| A WARNING TO DUNs-MichaeI McCon-
| nell, who was hanged a few days ago for
| numbering Mr.. Nelson Mills, at Hamilton.
| Canada, said on the scaffold: "If Mr.. Mills
| had taken a little more pity on me this
! would not have happened. He made me a
| bankrupt for debt of Sii, when all asked
| for was a little more time / got angry. and