Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-20
WASHINGTON.
COLLINS CHARGES AGAINST DE
LONG.
The Banks and The Treasury-Imp
Action as to Securities for Deposits.

WASHINGTON, November 1S.-Dr. D. T.
Collins, OF Minneapolis, brother Of Jerome
j. Collins, the newspaper correspondent
who died with De Long at the mouth of the
Lena river, has arrived here for the purpose Of
pushing his charges against De Longs man
agement of the expedition. He will ask to be
represented by counsel before the Jeanette
Board of Inquiry. He was interviewed late
last night by New York Associated Press
reporter, to whom he said he had prepared
a series of fnterrogatorfes which would be
propounded by the Judge Advocate of the
Jeanette Board OF Inquiry to Engineer
Melville, Lieutenant Danenhower, who is
to be recalled, and to all other Witnesses.
+ Collins will also ask to have his brothers.
diary, which is now in the custody of the
Navy Department, put in evidence before
the board. Collins states that this diary
will fully substantiate all the charges which
he has made; that 1t sets forth the fact that
his brother requested De Long to allow him
to accompany Noros and Ninderman; that
he was in better physical condition than
either OF them, and was confident he could
pull through and obtain succOr for his com
panions, but that De Long refused to let
MIN go. The diary con tsiDs a subsequent
entry which is substantially as follows /:
awe are starving, and through the mulish
stupidity Of our leader We shall probably all
be lost.'
DIR. Collins says he can prove by Noros and
Ninderman that his brother urged De Long
to let him accompany them, and that he
was peremptorily refused.
DR.. Collins asserts that he can establish
his charge of systematic persecution of his
brother, persecution due as he believes to
jealousy lest civilian should reap an undue
amount of credit or glory from the publi-
cation of the scientific material which he
alone had collected. and the custody of
which he had insisted on retaining.
THE BANKS AND THE TREASURY.
WASHINGTON, November 19.-An official
of the Second National Bank OF Peoria.
Ill, recently proposed to the Secretary of
the Treasury that personal securities be
accepted from the bank 10 place of call
bonds as security for public deposits. 1t
would be hardship to compel the banks to
go into market and purchase bonds at the
ruling high rates. Secretary Foiger declined
the personal securities, but, as he had legal
power to do, authorized the deposit of
bonds at market rates instead of at their
face value, expressly Teserving to the de-
partment the power to so control the
amount OF deposit as to keep the govern.
ment secure. This, he says, he had power to
do without reservation, but made itexpressly
to prevent misapprehension. No general
order on the subject. however, has been
issued, and Secretary Folger to-day decided
that the department will recognize assign
ments OF large denominations OF per cent.
bonds made TO different persons, and will
issue bonds of smaller denomination In the
names OF such persons, provided that
there be added to the assignments
Of large bonds the words ''waiving
all right by reason Of priority of issue of
this bond"