Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-06-06
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
BLAINE AND THE STAR ROUTE ONCE
MORE. ....-
General Tyner to be 0epossd-Ths Read
jusier Nominations Satisfactory -
frenchs Scalp loek Wanted
Prominent Treasury Officials
TO Step Down and Out
Bonds Extended.
MISCELLANEOUS WASHINGTON News
wAsHINaTOH.
General Tyner's Successor.

WASHINGTON. June 4.-The inquiry
concerning the rumored appointment oI
a successor for First Assistant Postmaster
General Tyner, results in ascertainins
from the highest official sources that nc
change has YET bssn ordered. 1t is true
however, that General Tyner's resigna
ton has been at the disposal Of the
President for some time, in accordance
with the usual custom, almost immedi'
ately after the present administration
came into power. The resignation has
not yet been accepted. 1t Is rumored,
however, that it will be accepted at an
early day and that ex-senator Spencer,
OF Albany, will probably be appointed
to fill the vacancy.
Blaine and the Star Route.
WASHINGTON, June The represen.
tatives OF the Attorney General and OF
the Postmaster General, now and here
tofore in charge OF the Star contract
investigation, emphatically discredit the
published rumors that Secretary Blaine
has been implicated in the matters re-
ferred to, and that in the interest OF
himself or OF his implicated friends he
has endesvored to stop or impede the
investigation. The committee OF inves.
tigation and their superior officers unite
in denouncing all such reports as utterly
groundless, and say that on the contrary
Secretary Blaine has from the very first
encouraged the investigation most
heartily and has constantly taken the
ground that it should be prosecuted to
the utmost.
Scalp Of Assistant Treasurer French
Wanted.
WASHINGTON, June A number Of
heavy importers and business men Of
New York and la Syers, who have bust.
ness in relation to customs collections
and duties. are making an attempt to
procure the removal OF Second Assistant
Secretary OF the Treasury French, on
the ground of lack OF knowledge OF GUS
toms laws, rules and regulations, and OF
the general duties OF his Office pertain.
ing to customs matters Nobody has
been proposed for French's place, but
those moving against him say they want
a more competent man.
Printing and Engraving.
The officers OF the Treasury Depart
ment who distribute government stamps,
etc, have made complaint against the
management OF the Bureau OF Engrav.
ing and Printing. They have com.
planned that the Bureau is dilatory
in supplying stamps and notes, and
that the work has in some cases been
badly executed. Tobacco stamps are
said to be especially bad and nearly
worthless. The tobacco manufacturers
of the west have protested against the
poor stamps supplied them. Nocharges
have been made against the Bureau or
its management, but these complaints
are openly made by Treasury officials.
Star Route Fraud.
Colonel Cook, special counsel 10 pros
ecute the Star route ring, to-day went
to the First Comptroller's office and ex.
amined Ex.Auditor McGrew 3 accounts.
Attorney General MacVeagh spent an
hour or so at the Postoffice Department
10 day, going over the papers and doc.
umen,s brought out by the experts OF
the investigation in their examination
OF Brady's administration of the office
OF Third Assistant Postmaster General.
Tho Readjusters Well Pleased With the
Ticket.
WASHINGTON, June The Virginia
Readjusters express their entire salts
faction with the ticket nominated yee-
terday. A prominent member OF that
party who does business In Washing
ton, lays the action OF the convention
has secured a union OF the Republicans
and Readjusters; that while some Re
publicans will oppose the coalition and
contend for straight out ticket, they
will be too week to succeed in getting
Republican convention. Virginia Dem
ocrats say the Readjusters' ticket
is as good as that par.
ty could make, but cannot
win. An ex Congressman says that
Lewis will not draw Republican sup.
port 10 the ticket, but will drive the
Democratic Readjusters from 1t. Cam.
eron, the nominee for Governor, pro.
claimed himself Democrat in accept
ing the nomination, and this is said TO
have caused dissatisfaction among the
Republicans. Generals Wickham and
Starke, and other prominent Republi.
cans are still bent on having a regular
Republican Convention. Malone Is
well pleased with the ticket.
Probable Treasury Changes
WASHINGTON, June 4.-Tbe Star
states, on what it claims to be the al.
thority OF an intimate friend OF Secre-
tary Window, that q number OF changes
among the prominent officers o. the
Treasury Department have been decided
on. These changes, he said, included
both the Assistant Secretaries, the ap.
pointment OF clerk and the removal oil
Custodian Pitney and Cobaugh, Captain
OF the Treasury Watch. The Treasury
investigations would, he says, have TO
be With all the predicted changes, ex-
cept that Of Assistant Secretary French.
His removal. he said, would be on &C.
count Of the opposition TO him by New
York business men and others who have
business in relation TO customs duties
with the department
Bonds Extended
WASHINGTON, June L-The Comp
trolIer OF Currency reports that OF the
467 banks which held ~ ,685, $50 OF 8
per cent. bonds, allhave been extended At
81 per cent. with the exception oi the
two banks holding 500, 500. One thous-
and three hundred and forty-eight banks
held Sl39, 403, $50 OF 5 per cents, ali of
which, it is estimated, have made spp.i.
cations for extention with the exception
Of the banks holding $365, ,000, 900.