The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13
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Some 200 postmasters will, it is al.
legged, he implicated In tho star-route frauds.
It in now claimed that the sum EN-.
bezzled from the Government BY Capt. How.
gate amounts to &2OO. 200.
Coinage at the various mints for Sep
t,mber, s7,s47 800, Of which ea, 4oO. 900 were in
standard dollars.
Capt. Howgate, arrested in August
last for cmbezzling $4,000 Of Government
nal service, and who gave bail TO appear for
trial, arrived in Washington last week, and was
arrested On a charge Of embezziing 450,O00 I'D.
ditionsl.
In fixing up the White House and
preparing it for occupancy, ono Of the greatest
difficulties experienced ii in cleaning out the
roaches and other insects. They infest the
house in myriads. All kinds Of roach and 9th.
er insect-destroying powders are being used in
the house.
Commissioner Raum has decided that
taxes mus. be peid on the capital and dcpositr
Of every person or Arm doing businessin stocks,
bullion, exchange or promissory notea
DR.. ID. G. Lamb, who perforned the
autopsy upon the late President, appeared be.
fore tbs District Of Columbia Grand Jury on
the 4th inst, and explained, with the aid Of 4
diagram, the track Of tho wound in the Presi-
dents body. Edward L. Du Barry, new wit.
ness, who was present at tho depot and wit
messed the shooting, also testified. With thi>
witness the Grand jury concluded their investi-
CATIONS. Several additional witnesses were ex-
amincd, and true bill WAS voted unanimously.
Foreman Churchman proceeded to the office oi
the District Attorney and placed in Corkhiil's
hands the presentment against Charles J. Gui
teau for the murder OF James A. Garfield
President Of the United States, by wonndlne
him with a bullet fired from = pistol in tn.
hands Of Charles ]. Guitean, at the Baltimore
and Potomac depot, ON the ID of July, A. d
1881.
In the Criminal Court ut Washington
on The 4th inst, Brady, French, Turner ant
Brown, charged with etar-route frauds, mad,
their appearance. Their counsel entered mo
tons to quash the infcrmstions fled. The Dis
t,ict Attorney asked that the accused first entel
bail for their appearance. IA they sterpe.
forward to tho desk Judge Cox informed then
that he would soon fix the amount OF bail, ant
discharged each ON his personal recognizance
Prominent men IN the audience exhibited mncl
sympathy with the accused.
The Treasury Department has decid
cd that nlutilated silver coins are only wortl
the price Of the bullion they contain, and the.
shall be paid for at the mints at the rate pre-
vailing for silver on the day they are pre-
sented.
Tuesday 125 mail-pouches filled will
internal-reyeMnc stamps were sent out fron
tho Internal Revenue Bureau At Washington
The shipment was the largest ever known il
tho history Of the bureau. There were in th
pouches $4,000, 900 stamps, whose face vala
was %. so. 900.
The demand upon the Internal Reve
| nue Bureau for tobacco stamps is unprecedeni
| ed, and induces the Commissioner Of Interns
Revenue 10 think either that large traders ar
| preparing . corner in tobacco. or that dealer
generally, in view Of the short crop, anticipat
very considerable rise in that article. and WIS
| TO purchase il now to hold for the increase i
price.
President Arthur continues to occup
| tho residence Of Senator Jones' II is sal
| that, after the extra session adjonrns, ho vi
remove to aud reside at the Soldiers Home III
Ill the White House repairs are completed.
Cabinet meetings will hereafter b
held on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The President has appointed Calvi
G. Walker Deputy Commissioner Of Pension,
After an investigation covering sever
| al weeks, Pension Commissioner Dudley hs
discovered that about thirty employees Of b
office have been concerned in frauds which wi
reach into the millions.
Senator Jones has remarked to int
mate friends that Wall street spectators nee
not look to the treasury to relieve tho none
market. Secretary Window informed the banl
ers OF Boston that he would not deviate frol
his programme in purchasing bonds.
Justice Miller has appointed an E,
ccutive Committee. with Gen. w. T. shernis
~ Chairman, for the establishment in Wasl
ington Of q National and International Gartie
Memorial Hospital, TO the erection Of which
asks popular subscriptions in any sums fro
not only the people Of the United States b,
| from tho world ut large.
| A Washington dispatch says tia
Guiteau's eounsei, George Scosille. carried
the assassins cell sensation. He left wi,
him some papers, including some Chicago ale
which were the 6rSt papers that 0uitSeu b