The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-09
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, June Sin the crimina
court Judge Wylie said great injustice ha
been done by an article in New York an,
district papers to the marshal of the distric
and jurors. He then explained how care
fully the jury in these star route cases ha,
been selected. When jurors are regularl
accepted they ought to be free from crit
lcism, and it was cruel injustice for the
newspapers to assail them without a basis
as he was convinced had been done I'll,
thought the district attorney ought to TAX
official notice of these articles He can
toned the jury against being especiall,
careful to keep secluded and disarm sus
picion. McSweeney then renewed the ar
gument for Dorsey.
The Mexican minister has received off
cial information from the department o
state, Mexico, to the effect that the Mexi
can congress had repealed the export duty
on silver coin and bullion, which has beer
in existence since the Spanish rule, ane
which was one of the principal drawback.
to the developement of mining industrie.
of that country. Among the several rea
sons which determined the Mexican con
gress to repeal that duty is wish to en-
courage the Investment of American capi
tai in Mexico The Mexican act will take
effect the first of November.
WINDOWS committee examined A. c.
Buell., Chas. Nordhoff and Hawthorn Hill
The latter said he published in the Cincin
natl Commercial substantially the correct
statement made by Atherton.
Buell. confessed that he had been pref
udiced against the bonded spirits bill; he
believed it to be job and gave it no mer
cy; his information was general and ac
cumulative; he knew of nobody being Of
fered any consideration in connec ton with
this bill; he had suspicious, because he
never before knew of a bill involving six
ty millions of dollars to pass the house
under suspension of the rules; that in
dicated frauds; he had only alluded to
newspaper men as a joke: he thought two
members in the house and one in the SEN
ate took an unusual interest in the mea-
sure.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
WASHINGTON, June S.-The San Fran
cisco Chronicles Washington special says
1t is stated there has been falling out be
tween Grant and President Arthur, in con
sequence of Arthur not making certain
cabinet and other appointments suggested
by him, and that Grant is using every
effort to get each of the persons endorsed
by him to run for congress, or some othel
Office in the gift of the people, and thus
show the administration they have solid
and reliable backing.
Members of the house say that when The
army bill gets into the conference com
mittee sixty two will be substituted fol
sixty four years in the compulsory retire
ment clause. The house, after a full de
bate, have fixed sixty-two as the proper
time, and will stick to it as long as possible
A case of interest in which the Northern
Pacific railway claimed certain lands free
from expenses of survey, ETC., was decided
by Secretary Teller to day adverse to the
road. The railroad sets forth that accord
ing to the original grant it was not liable
for expense of surveying, selecting an6
conveying lands, and that congress had nc
authority by a subsequent act to require
such payment Secretary Teller holds thai
congress had such power, and orders thai
no further patents for lands shall be ISSUED
to the Northern Pacific company until the
amount due for patents already issued is
paid and also expenses of conveying pat
ents to be issued, and directs that the de
fendant shall not recognize any further Sc
lections of lands by the Northern Pacific
until all amounts charged against sucl
company for the purposes mentioned ar'
paid.
STAR ROUTE.
The examination of witnesses began, bu
testimony only upon the business system
of the Post Office department. Court il
overruling objection of counsel for the de
fense said it was not going to allow any
arguments on trivial points.
JOuu D. L uelp lpS ueCltuC0 LAC 1oAAIAdshOu
to tariff commissioner.
The senate finance committee decided *
make favorable report upon the nomina
tions of tariff commissioners. All repuD
lican members present voted aye; Bayart
and Beck, the only two democratic mem
bers present, who voted no.
Attorney General Brewster states that
counterfeiter Brockway was indicted at the
instance of private parties, for what pur
pose he did not know, and the government
had nothing whatever to do with his ar
rest
NEEDED CHANGE.
It is reported there viii be change il
office of marshal in the District of Colnm-
bia. in consequence of the manner in
which talesman, from whom the jury il
the star route cases were selected who
were summoned by the marshal's officers,