Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-21
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. DICKSON'S TRIAL. TRRe Defense Ready
 fOR' Sharp Work. THE TARIFF REPORT NOT YET READY, NO Work for tane Ways aRsG
 Means Committee.
 CAMERON REFUSES TO YIELD, An Independent Postmaster
CAMERON REFUSES TO YIELD.
An Independent Postmaster
 to be Removed.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Star Route TriaIs-DicIsen's Case Com-
 ing Up Friday - The Defense to
 Contest Every P%tnt - Congressman
 Hfs1's Efforts to Secure Cheaper Post-
 nge-DiTerent Matters eff Interest.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 2O.-The police con- missioners refuse to postpone the trial of Detective Miller and it will go on to morrow. It is expected that Foreman Dickson's trial will begin on Friday. His counsel says he has good many witnesses to call, some of whom are prominent men and that the trial will last week. He does not propose to admit any more hearsay testimony, but what ever competent evidence the government has the defense will sift to the bottom and get at the actual truth. Counsel also said that he did not regard Dickson as on trial in this case The defense was prosecuting great conspiracy. He believed that the case was to be tried partly for tho purpose of influencing the jury to be organized for the new trial of the Star route defendants.
 The most careful inquiry among Congress- men hero fails to show the slightest ground for the sensational story published in Gin cinnati concerning Democratic plan to steal the control of the House at the last session.
 Captain Berry, of the United States steamer Rogers, denies the charges of intoxication among his officers implied in Bruch's article in the San Francisco papers. Regarding the charge against himself he will say nothing except on official investigation.
 The annual report of Supervising Arehi- tect Hill shows the amount expended on pub lie buildings at Hartford to be $7O, ,322. The expenditures for repairs of public buildings was S132 ,615. The sum still on hand for work on the custom house at Hartford is $19,557
 The signal corps station at Delaware Breakwater reports as follows: At 3:45 D. the steamer Algiers has succeeded in get ting her leak under control. Has backed out of the mud. Is now steaming out of the harbor for Philadelphia. She has deep list on the starboard side with about eighteen inches of water in the forward hold. The Postofice department received dis patch from Postmaster Griscon at Chatta- nooga asking the Secretary of Wars permis- sion to the abandoned United States bar racks for smallpox patients as the city hos pital was full and the emergency pressing The Secretary of War telegraphed 8 reply that he had been informed by the department commander that such action would be an out rage on Mrs. Mcintyre, the widow of Lieu ! tenant Mcintyre, now residing there, and upon the superintendent and employees of the National cemetery. He therefore denied the request.
 The probability of inadequate patronage to repay the enormous outlay of the Garfield memorial fair is being recognized by the committee, and plan is said to be deter mined upon to get joint resolution through both houses of Congress on the first day of f the session granting permission for the fair to | continue Ban extra week. which it is thought ! would insure the success of the enterprise. Colonel Cogswell, whose sudden death oc- ! cured this morning, was one of three Union | officers prisoners of war who were held as 1 hostages at Charleston, S. O., in 1862, to l prevent rebel privateers being executed by l the United States government.
 The German legation here has information | that the proposed changes in the treaty ot
 naturalization which the new German min- ! ister now on his way here has been directed
 to obtain relate moro to the general applioa | tion of the present treaty than to its provi | sions, which are pronounced quite satisfac- tory. The present treaty does not include
 the territory of Alsace Lorraine some oth-
 CT portions of the German empire acquired l since the Bancroft treaty was signed. Tho ob ject of the proposed changes is to extend ths l provisions of the Bancroft treaty over this
 territory and make some unimportant chan ges in the same.
 Congressman Hill of New Jersey, who is l in the city. expresses himself certain that
 his bill reducing letter postage from three
 cents to two cents will pass this session He | is working hard to get the Postmaster Gen
 eral to recommend it in his annual report
 and is urging it's importance everywhere In response to an official telegram from
 Judge Kelly asking when the Committee or
 Ways and Means could nave the report o
 the tariff commission, reply was this even
 ing received from Secretary Porter saying
 "We are working day and night, but it is i'm
 possible to have it ready before December
 as requested by law" As this leaves tn
 committee practically with nothing to do tn
 meeting of the committee, which was hel,
 under order of the House, will probably be
 adjourned to morrow until the regular meet
 ing of Congress.
 new system has been adopted by tn
 Postoffice department in the interest O l economy and will go into operation in Jan
 uary. It has been the custom heretofore t.
 allow all postoffioss of the first and secon
 classes to purchase offioe furniture and ste
 tionery and send the bills to the departments
 Such purchases amount to 8 large sum annu
 ally and they will now be made by the b]an l agency division at saving of 25 per cent from the present cost. To carry out this number of postmasters of the larger citie
 have been summoned to meet here two week
 hence to consult with the department on tn D subject and to adopt uniform blanks an I office hookS