Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10
WASHINGTON NEWS.
THE LOUISIANA RETURNING pa,n


prehension at the North as to the ar.
of the indictment Of the Louisiana -
turning board upon the president,
Southern policy. Judge Spaflord saw,
that the returning board is indicted mo-
the charge of the alienation of tho w.
turns of 600 votes III one parish. that -
Vernon, and that whether this altarro
ton was honest or not it did not Off,.
Mr. Hayes title to the presidency. r.
indictment, he said, was never direct
to the president, and is intended onIr
rs punishment oi crime. Ey-Ranrc
sentatives Shellabarger and Wilson who
were counsel of the returning board
when in contempt here, have been on.
gagged to 60 to New Orleans and defanl
them. Jere Black, it is said, will % f.
assist the prosecution
SENATOR DORSEY,
of Arkansas, has arrived. He announca,
himself rs supporter of the admin.
lstratiOn.
WANTS A Observation-Disclosures.
Gen. Ed. McCook, of the fighting
McCooks, formerly governor of Colorado
and minister of the Sandwich Islands
is an applicant for the position of consul,
general at Paris. Gen McCook nov.
resides on the Pacific slope, and. if an.
pointed, would not be charged to Ohio.
as is generally supposed.
ALL CORRECT
Gen. Clarke, revenue agent, has sub
mitted reports of the inspection Of the
collectors offices at Cleveland and To
ledo, and finds both in excellent condi.
ton. His report is especially creditable
to Collector Waggoner.
CoLoRING SUGARS.
Some new evidence has recently been
obtained by the treasury depalmen,
relative to the artificial coloring of SUI
CARS, in order to reduce their grade and
enable them to be entered at lower
rate of duty than would otherwise have
to be paid The captain of one, and the
mate of another vessel, once in the EN-
plov Of Il leading importer of sugar in
Baltimore, having been discharged BY
him, have made atlidavits describing
the manner in which sugars are ari-
licially colored in Demarara. They are
reported to have asserted that they saw
a coloring matter sprinkled on the SUI
gar from Il vessel similar to Il watering
pot.
CoLoRED PENSloN-AGENT FRAUDS
Since the discovery of the corruption
on the part of the colored pension agent
in New Orleans, the colored politician,
there have been endeavoring to secure
the appointment of one of their own
race to the place. 1t is now expected
that they will unite on Casanova, one of
the colored members of the returning
board, and the only representative Of
that board who does not hold federal
office.
CORRUPT COMBINATION.
The Etening Star calls the attention of
the secretary of the navy to the acts Of
the new naval constructor, Steel, who
is placed in charge of the Washington
navy yard. A reference to the testimo-
ny taken by the naval investigating com
mittee last year shows that Steel, while
at the Philadelphia navy yard, entered
into what appears very much like cor
rupt combination with his father, the
effect of which was, the Star charges, to
rob the government of several thousand
dollars.
AN ILLUSTRATION.
Mr.. Frank Dodge, of the treasury de-
partment, was to-day appointed collect
or of the port of Georgetown under pc
culiar circumstances. His appointment
furnishes an AIT illustration of the new
civil service system. 1t was discovered
this morning that the collector OF
Georgetown is defauter for about 81, :
BOG. Within few hours after this de
falcation was discovered, the secretary
of the treasury sent for one OF the
clerks of the department, Frank Dodge.
In view of the fact that good many
dismisSes are now being made, the
clerk could not know that he was not
sent to receive his dismissal. The ilr't
question asked him, however, was.
Will you accept the position OF col
lector of the port of GeorgetownE lie
did accept Mr. Dodge was formerly a
prominent merchant and importer ana
! is thoroughly familiar with custom
| house business. He has no political
support, and was offered the place SIM
ply on account of his own merit.
/ DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
/ There is difference of opinion be,
tween the postoffice department anc
the treasury as to the conhscatlon o.
/ books received from foreign countries
through the mails. Collectors OF Gus
toms, under the present regulation
seize them. The complaint has been
made from foreign countries that tines,
seizures are in violation of the pos'a
union which requires that if dutiahlt
books are sent by mail they shall be re-
turned to the country sending them a
non-mailable matter and not be coili'S
Gated. The superintendent OF iore 1s