The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-10
Dl ANOuUlA TED PkESN.
A Cabinet Meeting Called 10 Consider
Secretary folger's Reslgna.
ton Something About
Gold Certificates.
Lord Durferln Replies at Last TO the
Snltan'S Sharp Note Affairs
In Egypt.
The NihilistS in Russia Cause An
other High Onlcial TO Bite the
Dust.
How Fares the Fever in Pensacola
Arabi'S Counsel.
The Steamship Herder Wrecked-No
Lives Lost.
MeSSrs. Wise and Smith Failed ia
Fight.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Washington News Items.
foLGER's RESIGNATION.

foLGEG's RESIGNATION.
WASHINGTON, October .. Secretaries Lin.
coin, Chandler and Teller will, at the re.
quest of the president, leave here tonight
Tor New York, where the cabinet meets 10.
morrow. 1t is understood that the object
oil the meeting is to take action ON Score.
tary Felger's resignation.
GOLD CERTIFICATES.
The amount of gold certificates sent IN
New York to-day for the signature of First
Assistant Treasurer Acton was Sl06SO 600
making the total Gent TO date Sl25, ,S9OOOO
Inc treasury department is in receipt of an.
picatlons tor these certificates from all sec.
uohs oil the country, and the demand can.
not De suppiled last enough, under the
present system. In order to facilitate the
issue oil these certificates, il is proposed 10
issue at Washington II certificate which
would not have 10 be countersgned, and
That question is now under consideration
THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
reassembled for the October term of 1850
at noon to-day. All of the justices were
present except justices Field and Bradley
who have not yet returned to the city. No
important business was transacted.
, NIrrED.
William ii. Salter and w. Ward were
TINS afternoon arraisned before United
states commissioner Bunday, charged with
unlawiully desiring to obtain possession of
the distinctive paper used in printing rev.
eaue stamps ana currency in the bureau
otenStavihg anu printing, through bribery of
employees AFTER short argument be.
MIR. Coyle, representing the government
expressed willingness to accept bail In The
sum OF $4,000 for each defendant. They
were accordingly committed to await the
actioh OF the grand Jury. An attempt Is
Delng made by their counsel to secure the
amount of bail.
FOREMAN DICKSON.
Foreman Dickson, of the late star.route
Jury, has sent the following to District Al :.
torney Corkhill:
TO George D. Corkhill, ESD, United States Dis.
trict Attorney:
DEAR SIR: am Informed that Won b,vo
been ordered by the attorney. general IN
hand to II. ii. Wells afldayits that were
llled by me and others that were i'm your
ONCE, IN which certain persons are charged
win having tried to corrupt the
Jury in the star-route cases
am also told that you have
complied with this order. | write for The
purpose protesting against your action.
and that of the attorney.gener in this be.
nail. Most serious charges have been made
against agents of the department of Justice
the charges OF the encouragement and
nothlng could be more absurd than to allow
the department to investigate these
charges. The attorncy.gencral should be
uhwllllng to investigate the charges
That so nearly touch his official
conduct, and the fact that he wishes TO take
charge of the investigation is the best reason
re should not. The investigation might with
equal propriety he left to the defendants
or their attorneys, or to persons CHARGED
with having offered bribcs to Jurors sus
pected OF having accepted them. The inyes.
tlgauOn should be under the direction of
the court before whom the cases were tried
and by the attorney for this dis
trict. II should be as open as dav.
and all parties should have not
only q chance of being heard hui
of hearing. For one, demand this inyes.
tlgation shall be taken out of interested
hands
| am sir, very respectfully, yours,
WM, Dickson.
An Arctic SENTINEL.
g. 7. Hazen, chief signal officer. received
to-day an official report of Lieutenant
Beebe, VINO was sent north in the steamer
Neptune last summer, with stores
Tor Lieutenant Greelcy's Artic signal ser.
vice party at Lady franklin Bay. The
Neptune made repeated and per.
sistent attempts to reach Tieutcn.
ant Greeleys station but was re.
peatedly beset and nearly crushed
in heavy ice in Smiths Sound and was un.
able to reach the SOth parallal OF latitude.
Part of the stores tor Lieutenant Greelev's
party were cached at Cape Sabine and A
part at Lynton, about twenty miles south
of Lieutenant Grecley's post.
THAT SrAR-RoUrE Jury.
Mr.. II. III. Wells, the newly appointed
special United States attorney, who has
been intrusted with the conduct of the
investigation of the alleged bribery of the
star'routc jurors, engaged this morning
in the careful examination of n large mum.
Der OF aflidavits already taken and other
evidence now in possession OF the govern.
mcnt relating to the case. Ii is not likely
any proceedings will be instituted immcdi.
ately.
Miscellaneous Foreign News,
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