The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-11-30
BREWSTER'S BEARINGS.
The Dispute Between the Attorney Gen.
eral and District Marshal
Regarding Star Route Iurymsn Was
Rather Warm.

Regarding Star Route Jurymen Was
Rather Warm.
General Brewster Gives Marshal Henry a
Piece of His Mind.
WORDS FROM WASHINGTON.
THE CHAMPAIGN NATIONAL BANK.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The comp
troller of the currency today authorized
the Champaign National bank of Cham
paign. III, 10 commence business with
capital OF $4,000
REFUSDING.
Tie exchanges OF three aud one-hatf
per cent continued bends into threes TO
da.e, ataoaut III the aggregate to $3.50,
1884, $50.
FOR BoNDHoLDERs.
Treasurer Gilfillan to-day mailed
IL .063 checks representing S2,111, 1S9,
being the interest falling due on Dec.
list on The registered AZ per cent bonds
of the funded loan of 1891.
THE STAR ROUTE JURY DISPUTE.
The department justice to-day made
public the copy of the interview be-
tween Gen. Brewster and District Mar
shall Henry, held at the formers Office
| on June I'd, last, Immediately after the
drawing for jurors to serve in the star
route cases In which the attorney gen
| eral INTERCEPTED Marshall at length as
to the qualification of the men selected
| as tsilsmen. In response Marshal Hen
~ said he gave directions to plaintiff to
ernf h oiR
posed they were such. Brewster took
Marshall to task for not selecting the
men himself and informed him it was
his duty TO have done
So During the course of
the conversation the attorney general
| told Marshal he wished him and every
body else to understand that the govern
ment does not want conviction unjustly
obtained. 1t wants fair play and will
have It. The attorney general then ques-
toned Marshall about Dorsey's calling
at his Office, of which fact Henry denied
any knowledge and insisted that he and
his men had clean hands in the matter.
Brewster charged Henry with picking
up men on the streets for taIIsmen,
whereupon Henry Eetorted that he had
| done his entire duty and was as anxious
| for a fair trial as any one and that if
| any failures had been made that had
been made through ignorance and not
through design.
In closing the interview Marshal
Henry said: al challenge the closest
investigation" In reply Attorney Gener-
al Brewster remarked, IF there is a Just
acquittal by twelve responsible men !
will rejoice; if one man holds out
against eleven, the people will say
| How came that jury to be put in that
ann6itsnn ThSc 81, Of &1i-
will not tolerate"
THE DEBT REDUCTION.
The estimated reduction of the pub
| lie debt for November has reached SIX
millions of dollars.
THE TINE CONGRESS WILL MEET.
Speaker Keller decides that the house
of representatives will meet at II a. IN
Monday next.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The annual reports of the National
board of health detail the occurrence oi
yellow fever at Pensacola and Browns.
vile during the past year aud recon-
mends additional protection for the Rio
Grand region, and closes with estimates
for the continuance of the work amount
ing to $4,000, with an epidemic con
tingent fund of 100000.
THANKSGIVING.
All executive departments except the
Interior were closed at noon today
Tomorrow all the government offices
will be closed.
In police court this morning, the hear
ing in the case of Dickson, the late fore
man of the star route jury, is fixed 70
Tuesday next.
The House committee on approprIa
tion today completed Indian appropria
ton bill. General appropriation bill ha
been reduced, except on allowance 70
educational purposes.
PRINTING AND ENGRAVING.
The annual report of Col. Irish, chi
of the bureau of printing and engraving
shows that during the year there wer,
completed and delivered z ,641 Jos sheet
of notes and securities of face value
$309, S57, 200; "a ,257 ,45a sheets OF inter
nal revenue and customs cigar stamps
containing 9S7 ,221, 149 stamps, and G49,
919 sheets Of checks, drafts, etc. Thi
aggregate expenditure for the year wer'
| 1896, 700. OF this amount there were
expended in the execution of the worl
of the various bureaus of the treasury
department and other depart
ments and reimbursed by then
, from proper appropriations under thei
control $58S,050 aggregating expendl
lures for the year, over that of the pre-
ceding year, deducting from expendI
lures of that year amounts paid TO
paper and expenses thereon, which thi
year were paid from a separate appro
prIatiOn, was q little less than IL pc
cent. increase; in deliveries there was
little over 20 per cent. increase in mum
Der of employees about 10 per cent. A
the close of the year the regular force
of the bureau consisted OF about ont
thousand employees.
FoLGER WILL STAY ANOTHER YEAR.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-The lease Of
Folger's residence in this city expires
December 10Th. His friends attribute
the report of his resignation TO that fact
Folger, however, has renewed the leasG
for one year.
DOWN AND OUT.
A prominent government official il
conversation this morning intimateG
that there would be more removals or
account of completely with the star
reuters, but declined to mention names
Rumor has it that Discussing Officer
Burnside, of the postoffice department
and Fifth Auditor Ella are likely to be
among the number.
| A FURRY AMONG THE OFFICIALS.
It is stated authoritively that no furth-
er removals in connection with the sta
/ IOutC CdoS0 10 ny pres
ident at present. This would seem to
indicate that there is no foundation fol-
the rumors in circulation so tar as they
relate to high officers. 1t is rumored
that several subordinate officers of the
postoffice department will be invited to
resign. 1t seems to be well founded
that the appointment of Tullock to sue
coed Anger as postma steI
at Washington is only temporary
but it is believed it will be made per
manent. A successor 10 Spencer, one Of
the directors of the Union Pacigc rail
road was appointed this afternoon
No selection has been made for District
Marshal to succeed Henry.
Senator Logan was at the executive
mansion this afternoon and had long
interview with the president, il is be.
lieved in favor of the retention in the
Office of public printer of S. p. Rounds
District Attorney Corkhill also had {
long interview with the attorney gener
al, and afterwards informed friend
that he was safe.
News Nuggets Via Chicago.
CHICAGO, Nov, 28.-The local paperi
are calling attention of mayor Harrison
to the fact that large number of gam
bling bells are openly running in tht
city. The name of the places aud num-