The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-05-19
via, wa. a.mpered by the collapse of Jay

nr,se was hampered by the collapse OF Jay
Cooke.
Tine ommitt on Postofices and Post hoads
have several bills already reported 10 tne
House. one Of which they VIII attemps 70 pass
under a suspension Of the rules. one OF .noss
Is the bill providing for the estaohsnmen.
nostal savings banks, which Is Q very poPu-
lar measure. and may be brought up on Tues
day.
The Hon. Roliin M. Daggett, ex-Representa,
tive from Nevada. IL to be appointed Uniteu
states Minister TO Honolulu, Hawaiian isianus'
Mr.. Daggett Is O practical printer, has had con-
siderable experience rs an editor, the iast GU
itorisl chair filled by him being that OF the Ier.
~ritorial Enterprise, and ne Is tne au'nor Vi
several literary works.
In the star-routec cases, a deputy marshal re-
ported that he had been unable to arrest John
W. Dorsey or to learn his whereabouts. Judge
Wylie ordered the crier to call Dorsey's name'
when that Individual walked up to the bar 10
plead not guilty. The hearing was adjourned
to May Is, the marshal being reminded that ne
was responsible for the safe-keeping OF DOT
sey until bail was furnished. Afterward the
culprit gave bonds in $4,000.
Several Democratic Senators have Indicated
their determination to ~antagonize the Dill
which passed the House the other day creating
a department of agriculture. The Senate Ag-
ricultural Committee, however, Is UNDERSTOOD
TO favor the measure and some OF them are
in favor of adding two or three bureaus, such'
for instance, as the railroads, public LANDS,
and national survey.
The comptroller of the currency says that
twenty-five saving banks have. failed In New
York city and vicinity, and that the expense
of closing up their affairs under the state
laxua VIZ 10 mar oapt nf tho uh0la amount 0f
dividends paid to creditors. During the opera
tions of tho national banking system seven
national banks have failed in New York city
and Brooklyn, and all but one have been hnal-
ly closed, ut an expense of only 8 per cent. OF
the total sum collected. The total loss to de-
positors through these national bank failures
is $4,000.
Officers Of the naval engineer corps are very
indignant at the effort Of line officers of the
navy TO rob Engineer Melville Of the credit OF
bringing the survivors of the Jeanette to
safety and of discovering the remains of De
Long. There ia a bill before congress to thank
Melville and advance his rank. This formal
recognition of Melville rs the hero of the voy-
age anuoys the line officers, and they are try
ing secretly to kill the bill. The engineer Of
fcers found this out, and have united In a pc
tition to congress urging Melville's claims.
Congressman Steele, of Indiana, has a report
ready to present to the committee on military
affairs, providing for the retirement OF non
commissioned officers of the army on three
quarters pay. The law ut present makes no
provision for this class, and the effect Is bad
on the army. There are many sergeants who
are old men, and who are practically OF little or
no use to the service, but they are retained
because II would be hardship TO faithful men
to discharge them for disabilities. 1t is be-
lieved that IL the bill shall pass to retire on the
same conditions as those of higher rank. the
soldiers will be better satisfied and the service
benefited. Three-quarters pay, which the bill
provides, is only about what a pension would
amount to, so that IL will not be a very heavy
drain on the treasury. 1t believed that the
measure will find favor in congress.
1t is understood that Charles ii. Reed, Gui-
teau's counsel, will fight 1t out to the end. If
the supreme court of the District in general
term shall refuse to set aside the verdict, he
will apply for a writ Of habeas corpus In the
supreme court of the United States. He will
carry the question of jurisdiction and the al
legged illegal date of the execution to the high
est tribunal in the country for final adjudica-
ton. Lawyers are looking with special inter
est for the decision of the court in banc on the
question of the jurisdiction of a court trying q
criminal for an offense committed In one state
and which eliminated in another, as in the
case of Guiteau. 1t looks as though the dis
position of Guiteau might be still some dis
lance in the future.
The indulgence granted the wretch Guiteau
by the warden of the Jail who has him In Gus
tody has become 80 notorious that Senator
Hawley, of Connecticut, has called the atten'
ton of the senate thereto by introducing q res
olution directing the committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia to inquire into the manage
ment of the Jail In this District with reference
to privileges granted to prisoners and the free
dom with which visitors are admitted. He re
ferred to q recent escape from the jail, and &c
the newspaper reports that n notoriousp prison
err now there holds n daily levee, and receives
on Sunday from sixty to one hundred visitors
He deprecated this as ministering to a morbid
curiosity and projudicial to public morals. He
Of course, referred to Guiteau as the condemn
ed criminal, and Howgate as the escaped pris
oner. The warden Of the jail-alarmed, per
haps because Of the manner in which he has
allowed Guiteau to add to his notoriety-ha
ordered that the daily levees the wretch has
held all winter be broken up. Guitear
continues in excellent health, and appears II
good spirits, but evidently realizes his stun
,,o,, and caau,c r,nra aario1a than f0rmarly