The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-22
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
THE Secretary of War recently detailed
troops to escort to their homes the insur
gent Greek Indians held prisoners at For,
Gibson, Indian Territory.
A SPECIAL dispatch a few days ago to the
Cleveland Herald stated that Postmaster
General Gresham denies the published
statement that he has decided to exclude
patent insides' from the mails as second
class mattern In view of the law of Con
gress passed in 1874, providing shat news.
papers, one copy to each actual subscriber
residing in the county where the same are
printed, in whole or in part, and published
shall go free through the mails" such q
decision by the Post-office Department as
that limited at would be in violation of Law
and of no binding force.
THE Attorney General has decided that
when there are already two or more mem.
bers OF family in the public service, as
provided in the Civil Service act, the ques-
ton is not to be considered by the Civil
Service Commission, but by whatever
power may be called upon to pass upon the
eligibility to appointment.
THE Commission recently appointed by
the Treasury Department to investigate
the alleged smuggling of Chinese women
and children into the United States by way
of British Columbia, has submitted re-
port, from which it appears that the prac.
tice complained of was not general, al
though there may have been isolated cases.
THE Department of State has been ap-
prised by our Minister at Toxic of the de-
livery to the Government of the japanese
Treasury a draft for $7S5, 900, the amount
of the indemnity fund returned to that
Government by the United States. The
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan ex.
pressed in. the most cordial terms his
appreciation of this act on the part of our
Government.
WHEN the Star Route jury, to which the
case had been given, in obedience to the
direction of Judge Wylie entered the
court room on the morning of the 18th to
receive further instructions, and before
they were seated, Juror Verdon, who was
sick in the night, fell to the floor in fit.
The Juror has been a hard drinker, and it
is said had been more or less under the in
fuence ofliquor since the trial commenced.
The incident created a sensation, and
Judge Wylie remarked that he had good
deal of doubt in his mind in regard to the
consequences of the occurrence, and that
during the progress of the trial he had once
to take the juror aside and sharply admon-
ish him to abstain from drinking.
The jury in the Star Route cases after a
lengthy elaboration brought in a verdict
of acquittal. The verdict was received
with tremendous applause. Mrs. s. W.
Dorsey, wife of one the defendants, when
the foreman said mot guilty." sprang to
her feet clapping her hands, while the tears
streamed down her cheeks. The jury was
greeted with applause as it left the court
room, and one of them when questioned said
he thought if the Government, with all its
power in six months trial could not convict
a man, he ought to be acquitted. He fur
Their said the extreme length of the trial,
large amount Of oral testimony and docu-
mentary evidence in the case and the long
arguments, seemed to have had the effect
of befogging the minds of the jury so they
found it difficult matter to reach any firm
and fixed conviction.
In court at Washington recently Judge
Jones, in the case of j. Bigelow against
Bette E. Mason, to restrain the payment
of the "Betty and the Baby" fund, and for
a decree making Bigelow an allowance for
his services as counsel, signed an order
discharging the restraining order and dis
missing the bill on condition of the pay
ment of 800 to Bigelow for his expenses in
defending Sergeant Mason on his trial for
shooting at Guiteau.
ADDITIONAL charges have been preferred
against Hill, Supervising Architect of the
Treasury Department, by Burns & Greedy,
contractors, Washington, D. c., who allege
that he has favored certain contractor,
81. L. Crawford, in regard to asphalt pave
ments. 1t is alleged that contracts for this
work have been awarded Crawford at 81 50
per square yard without competition, when
by inviting proposals better work could
have been obtained for $1.55 per square
yard.
IT is said that S. w. Dorsey, who has
been so notorious as defendant the past
year or more, proposes to become plaintiff
for awhile. The rumor is that he proposes
to bring number of libel suits against the
prominent newspapers of the country.