Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-06-07


! WASHINGTON, June l.-Secretarv
Kobeson was before the House Naval
committee to-day, and explained his
account with Gattell Il Co. and said
ne was wronged by the publication
OF detached statements of the motter
and gave instances of the inimst;c..
tnat had been done him. He gave
cifc1unsta4tlal account of transactions
Wlth Cattell " Co., and showed that
inc accounts were all settled, and pro-
uuced notes and checks corroborat-
ing his evidence.
| WASHINGTON, May 3l.-Beforc tho
House Judiciary Committee TO-DAY
Warren Fisher Jr. testified that Gs
never said he gave Blaine SIa0O0o in
PONDS OF the Little Rock & Fort
smith Railroad without considera-
tlon, nor had he ever said ANYTHING
OF this nature, nor had he as a mai.
ter of fact ever given Blaine $l3OOOO
IN bonds without consideration.
WASHINGTON, juno 2.-The sub-yu-
dietary Committee met again this
morning. VIM. Il. Chandler iii behalf
or Blaine stated that one of the coun-
sci before whom Blaine wished to Law
letters for examination was not ac-
cesslble last night, and he was COM
PEELED to wait till this morning for
them to examine tho letters. Blaine
would come up at the earliest mo-
ment, and in the meantime would
abide by the action of the committee.
whether they should 60 on with the
examination or adjourn until he
could be present. After consultation
the committee postponed further in
vestigation until Il O'Clock.
Before the committee come to
conclusion witness Mulligan was
served with summons to appear be-
fore the committee in Investigating
the real estate pool of which General
Glover, of Mississippi, is chairman.
Witness at once obcyed the summons,
but on reaching the room none of the
committee were present, and the clerk
stated he was not aware that any,
thing was to be done this morning.
"A messenger was dispatched for Gen.
Glover and it was ascertained that Ile
was acting as chairman in the Militia
ry Committee i'm the absence of Gen.
Banning, and would be engaged there
until II o'clock.
AT II o'clock Blaine had not ar
rived at the capitol, and further post
poncment took place till 9 O'Clock.
When the sub-Judiciary Committee
there was much excite
mcnt. The room was filed with
of Congress and others.
Jlainn nnsI
that he had submitted them TO emf
ncnt legal counsel, and had received
from them a statement, which was
read. In it Jeremiah S. Black and
Matt Carpenter, as counsel, say they
have examined all the letters and
find nothing in them bearing at all
upon the case now pending before
the committee, aud they advise Blaine
to assert his right as an American
citizen and resist to the utmost any
attempt to take from him any of these
private letters. They say that the at
tempt to do so would be tyrannieal
and unjust.
Blaine then informed the commits
Tee that in accordance with this legal
advice he would decline to produce
nv iSA'ciS VI IieHIoidIslulH III tHolF
contents.
Muiligan was recalled and testified
IN answer to Blaine that the letter re-
serred to didn't contain any .allusion
% Tom Scott OF Union Pacific bonds.
II the $4,000. The only bonds that
witness knows of going into the
lands of Blaine was $4,000 worth
which Blaine received on the day of
Sept. lS7l-72.