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witness, and she created laugh by asking
Gen. Butler if he would tell her how he got
the letter she wrote to Gov. Kellogg. Butler
| sufficient for you to know l have it,
Gen. Butler asked Mrs. jerks If she would
give up the letters Anderson had written her,
| derson's letters were not couched in style
that would suit you. Gen. Butler, for / know
you Gen are R"t1yri very oTery;t ;ryy;t [La9gh;eT
doesn't write good letter. Such as he writes
Witness said: 81 havn't got them with me. -
Gov, Gov; kMeloggs M letters to heis She hesitat2u,
no obligations to Kellogg now" "Oh, no. =
so,ely on behalf of the party II he had been
a.n,e Feeiie Islander I would have acted the
Witness said that she had copies of all the
| political letters she ever wrote. She wanted
| to preserve them.
Mr. uaaR,NaS Mr. MACMAHoS 4IIs CATCHES 1T.
L want to preserve them in the files of the
archives OF this august tribunal, as you call it.
The Witness.-.The tribunal needs some.
Witness was asked repeatedly to explain a
letter written by her to Gov. Kellogg. She
saId: nIheTeby hangs tale"
fold" Laughter
Witness said that Anderson had made
RoaSts RGHd st that he would seat Spoiford and keep
Mr.. MacMahon.-The administration was
not very friendly when Kellogg was fighting
| Tor his seat in the Senate.
Mrs. jerks. with a sneer)-It wasn't
friendly to anybody who stood by it.
w Witness was asked if she had heard from
Mrs. Weber before she wrote the letter to Gov
Kellogg. setting forth that Anderson could
| not get the documents he wanted. She said
she would not be positive about it.
BY Chairman Potter:-Q. Did you ever see
secretary Sherman write?
\. never did.
Witness was shown letter, and asked if it
| was her husbands. She said she didn't know
M she never paid particular attention to her hus-
Q. What is your opinion of the signature.
a. 1t is very good signature of the kind
| Will rot swear it is not his signature.
| q. Ii you knew what was behind it YOU
| would know better how to answer.
Witness said the sO-called Sherman letter
wa was written in ink. She never read any of
| Sherman s letters; had never read any of his
| composition; had heard him speak in the Sen
| ate; was not familiar with his style of compo
sltlon was familiar generally with the style
| OF StateSmenS composition.
often? 0'''0
A. have frequently used it,
q. Can you produce single letter or name
| single person to whom you ever wrote a let
ter in, in which you spoke your letter of even
Witness said she could not, but insisted that
| she had frequently used the expression "eyen
| date in writing letters
Witness said that when Bristow was Secre
| under him about two months. She had also
| appeared before the British mixed commission
| i'll behalf Of her mother.
| GEN. BUTLER GRATIFIES MRS. jerks CtJRIOs-
Gen: Butler told Mrs. jerks that he asked
| Gen: Kellogg If he had any letters bearing on
him several, and by these means he had come
i'll possession of several of witness letters.
q. How did you happen to have case before
| the British Commission?
A. My mother was a subject of Great
| Britain, and also until l lost my individuality
| by marrying all American.
Witness could not remember who was in
charge OF the room in which she was employed
| in the Treasury, but that she went verv often
! to work when she had nothing else to do She
| Gen. West, of Louisiana.
MRS. JENKS MOVES TO ADJOURN
Mrs. jerks was then told that she was ex-
| cuSed Tor the day, whereat she created laugh
py craving sigh and saying, - move that
At o'clock the committee took recess of
| half hour.
GEN. BOYNTON ON THE STAND.
The committee IeaSSembied at fifteen min
ntes past II O'Clock. when General II. v
| Boynton, correspondent of the Cincinnati
GoIette; ~ was sworn: He was asked if he called
the time Anderson was appointed consul of
Funchal. He said he did. In conversation
with the President on another snbject the
matter Of Anderson's appointment came up.
1t had been printed in ademOcratic paper that
| he was appointed because of something he
had done in Louisiana. Witness asked the
President said it was because of services he
had rendered the party in Louisiana.
The examination of the witness was in pro-
gress when our report closed.
Gov. BROWN INSISTS ON PAYING HIS SHARE.
Ex-Governor John c. Brown before leaving
Washington responded to the letter of Secre-
tary Sherman, returning the draft forwarded
to lhe department in payment of Mr.. Browns
share of the Louisiana commission expenses.
again enclosing the draft, which, he saws, he
feels constrained to do from sense of duty to
himself and to the parties who are liable for
probably retain the check and await future
action concerning the payment of expenses
incurred on account of the Louisiana commits
sion.
THE ARMY REORGANIZATION SPECIAL Com
MIssION.-The commission on the reform and
reorganization of the army, of which General
burnside is the chairman, has completed its
organization, and the work of the commission
has been divided underfOur heads as follows.
Stan, line, pay, and stations and for each OF
lhese SUBJECTS subcommittee has been
named. Each member of the commission has
been requested to prepare bin covering the
subject of organization, to be submitted 10 the
commission and form the basis of its prelimi-
may uSlIuCIdtlOuS LIS meetings IOr The
ent will be held in Washington, but on the 21d
OF July the members will go to White Sulphur
Springs.
Frightful Gas Explosion.
NEW YORK, June 24.-Oliver j. Vincent and
VIM. Code, clerks in the Tax Collectors office.
Brooklyn, entered the vault wherein the books
OF the department are kept. Code lighted a
match TO light the gas jet, an explosion of gas
1nStantaneOuSly followed and the wall of The
vault was blown in the office, and railings
furniture, windows and sasheS We're demOl.
lShed. Vincent was blown across the room
about 10 feet, his clothes torn off. hair burned
aud face and body fearfully lacerated. Cod.
was buried in the ruins. These two men are
fatally injured. Several in the tax office at
the time were severely injured
PLOW FACTORY BURNED-The works of the
New YORK PlOw Company, ON the Passaic
river, were destroyed Dy fire yesterday morn.
ing, with several other buildings. large
number OF hands are thrown out of employ
ment. The loss is estimated at from Sl6l lslO
to Sl5O,0UO. The fire originated in the paint
shop.
CHARGE OF FORGERY.-Harry Leyere was
arrested i'll New York SATURDAY. on charge
of forgery preferred by Mr.. Peterson one of
the owners of the New York Trade Journal
Levere was formerly employed on that paper.
but was lately discharged.
MYSTERIOUS BANK ROBBERY-The First
National Bank of st. Joseph. Mo-, was robbed
on Friday OF $4,000, but how or by whom has