Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-20

| construction bureau of printing to award 1 the contract for brick for consideration said superintendent being under the immedi l ate contract and supervision of the supervis ing architect; eighth, removal of the superin.
 tendent of repairs at Pittsburg on false charges by the supervising architect; ninth, l the substitution of proposal at increased
 price by consent of Supervising Architect
 Hill; tenth, the attempt to destroy the cus-
 tom house at Chicago; eleventh, the cancel
 latlon of the percentage contracts for granite
 cutting by Secretary Sherman and the substi-
 tuition therefor of specific contents at fraudu-
 lent rates
 The treasury transfer count was finished
 this afternoon. An excess of three cents in
 favor of ex-Treasurer Gilfllan was the only
 unbalanced item found.
 The Postmaster General has revoked the
 decision placing the Portable Electric Light
 company of Boston on the fraud list, on the
 ground that advertising the articles offered for sale by this company is not scheme or artifice within the meaning of the law.
 Hon. s. s. Cox, of New York, arrived here to-day from Richmond, Va. On the speak ership question Mir. Cox feels quite encour- aged. He says he will have the New York delegation with Lim and votes in the Wiscon- sin, Virginia and Missouri delegation, which he did not expect, but which have been pledged to him by letters unasked.
 MT. Charles H. Reed, who figured promi- nently as one of Guiteau's counsel, will act as counsel for ex-Senator Kellogg in the forth coming conspiracy suit against that gentle man. The friends of MT. Kellogg claim that the alleged offense is already barred by the statute of limitations. Mir. Reed declines to State whether motion would be made to quash the indictment under the statute of limitations. The trial he thinks will be snort and ought not to occupy more than 8 week. It is expected that the case will be brought into court soon.
 The Secretary of the Interior has affirmed the action of the commissioner of patents, who decides that when petition is present. ed asking that an investigation be made to determine whether an invention which is the subject of an application for a patent has been in public use two years or more, clearly identifying the invention and fixing the time and place when and where it was first used or when 1t was put on sale the commissioner will direct the examiner of interferences to fix a time for taking testimony by the peti- tloner and show the facts alleged in the action, giving thirty days for the production of such testimony. At the expiration of that time the inventor or his assignee may pro- duce testimony to show that the facts alleged are not true. On the completion of the talk ing of testimony the same will be returned to the patent office and be considered the same as testimony in interference cases, that is 1rst by the examiner of interference, from whose decision an appeal may be taken to the examiners in chief and from their decision to the commissioner of patents in person.
 The committee of the Postofice depart nent to which the matter was referred have agreed upon a postal note similar to that rec ommended by Congress, and advertisements I for specifications looking to it's issue will be I made tomorrow. |
 The National Academy of Science to-day | 1eld only business session, which was oc- | 'upied chiefly in considering the names of | candidates proposed for membership Prof. I Simon Newcomb WAS elected vice president | md Professor Holmes secretary.
 The Secretary of State to day exchanged | with the Spanish minister negotiations of the 1 rade mark and extradition treaties.
 The published report that the Union Paci- c railroad company will be debarred from aying dividends on it's stock or interest on IS bonds during the pendency of the contem- lated government suit against it to deter nine the meaning of the term net earnings ] the Thurman act is authoritatively denied the department of justice.