Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-09

court. when Judge Wyiie in iraperstiye
tones ordered him to return, and De
| ciared his conducs gross contempt Of
cVrt, and faed him 800.
Gen. Miles on the stand.
WASHINGTON, March e.-General Mel
son A. Miles was called On tas witness
stand this morning by the defense in
the star route trial. lie testified cha,
10 the summer os lo76 be went into the
tongue nyer country. 1t Was Just afte,
the Custer massacre. There were few
white settlers excsp. army attaches who
established Elali service. Tg-u.y "a
sixty days or more we're Consumed In
the communication with Washington.
witness remembered that john Dor
sey came 70 Fort Keogh before the
tongue river route was opened. Think
lag route might be established more
direct than TIA: proposed. witness sent
out an armed escort n IN attemr. 10
nnd such route. The attempt failed.
however, and Dorsey returned to Bis
marck. de discovered obstacles to tie
estaoilseInent OF = mail routs, arising
from hostile Indians. Sometimes. he
s.ia, men could pass safely over the
route. and again they wero liable to be
uloiessed and murdered. On one occa-
sion, when tbs mail had been captured,
witness mad called upon the Postma ster-
UeI.efal and one Of his ASSISTANTS, and
had written letters for the esta blishmsnt
oi ine Tongue river route. Gen. niles
produced a copy of the frs. letter he
nsd written III that connection, but IL
was excluded on aceoan. of the date
he said fe recommended an increase of
service because they only got mail once
a week. and were lucky to get that. At
times the ronte has besn of great ser
vico, often advising him of the move
ments of the Indians, and enabling him
10 anticipate them.
Nothing of Importance developed liz
the cross-examination, aud after its
conclusion counsel spsnt some time In
the customary wrangle over official pa
pors.
Hanuibal ID. Norton was called. He
had been for six months Chief Finance
Clerk 20 the Third Assistant Postmaster
General. He described the method
pursued III tina. Office of paying remiited
fines.
q. w. Sweeney. of the Contract office
next appeared with huge pile of papers
being accounts of deductions, fines and
remissions made out In the inientnre
Mr. Wilson began ~ examine witness in
connection.
A Personal Matter.
WASHINGTON, March S.-A Star repor-
ter called OH Representative Baiford to-
day touching the appearance in the
Star of yesterday of an article from the
Denver Republican, in which it is al
legged that be (Beiford) had arranged
the bail bond of one Hoyt, a star route
man, who made false affidavit as to
the value Of property owned by him in
Colorado, and then was arrested and
held TO bail by Judge Smell for false
swearing. Bedford said his connection
With the matter was Just this: VIM.
Hoyt was held to bail and wanted
bonds. Being q member of Congress he
could not 90 on the bonds of anybody.
know he owns valuable mineral mines
in the southern portion of my State.
Had l not been n member Of Congress /
would have gone on his bonds. Instead,
wrote letter in which stated
knew Hoyt and knew him to be respon-
sible, and that slough could not my
self go on his bonds, would have no
hesitation in in demnifying any one who
would become his surety. l did for
Hoyt that which / would do for any
friend. / did it IA friendship for a
friend whom l knew TO be responsible.
So far as that $4,000 cheek story is
concerned, IL is the foulest fabrication
ever concocted by n confessed har.
think tho court treated me unfairly yes
tcrday. in not letting me disclaim a lie
| in the place where it was uttered.
Fishing for Remains.
/ T,x II
search for the bodies OF missing men
| night tho remains of young man about
30 years old were found and identified
IA Theodore Wamack, a moulder. A
few hours later the bodies of VIM. Mil
Ter, boiler maker, and John Fritz, a
| former policeman, were taken from the
ruins. These mon were crushed To
death by the falling of the wall of Lit
| eros drug store. while in the act of re-
! ceiving property from an adjoining
building during the fire about ten O'Clock
last night.
| The Coming Storm.
| New York. March S.-1'he Herala
says: If tho storm predicted by Wig
gins is to arrive on time we shall Ger.
tainly hear today of its forerunner wave
striking the Pacific coast. He promis.
ed that this storm should first be felt in
the Northern Pacific, whirled along ovel
a current of warm Kurosiwo in which
the atmosphere is reeking with moisture
favorable To its expansion. Such a cy
clone will raise immense ocean swells
several feet high, the force OF which
g'ons far in front of the howiing tempes!
| - hn
dicted by Virgins are attended by tida
waves proportionate to the elimination
Of pressure IN storms created. We are
entitled to look for this premonition on
the California coast. In fact if his Gal
oula.ions are right, the tidal wave a
San Francisco Is already overdue, ant
if nat very speedily reported those VIII,
ara apprehensive that the Canadian pro
phet's big storm will arrive on tim,
breathe little mere freely. 1t is posi-
BILE that q storm of dangerous fore,
may enter the Pacific States withou
such preliminary oceanic disturbances
but then il could hardly develop int,
the monster tempest predicted TO
March 18th, and would be compare
lively tsms affair, like that which ap
peared in Oregon March 8, 1881.
Keeping Rack q Delegates Pay.
WAsnISaToS, March S.-The FRS
! Controller OF the Treasury has advise,
the Treasurer to make no payment OF
accoun. of salary of Theo. +. Sineirsel
, the newly elected Delegate 10 the Hons
If Representatives. from Idaho, unit
his accounts ss Secretary of tho Terri
are adjusted. There is nothing wron
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