The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-03-22
| BLISS AND BRADY.
Another Day Of Fencing Between These
Two Equally Matched In AdroltneSs.
Brady's Dirt Don't Pan Out as the
Prosecution Predicted.
Direct Testimony as Yet Unimpeached
In Any Pertinent Particular.
An Associate Justice Of Territorial
Supreme Court Suspended.
A Brazier of Goals of Fire From a
Celestial Source.
Lieutenant Harber VIII Continue the
Search for Thipp.
Number of Army Officers Placed on the
Retired List.
Other Items From the Capital.
Other Items From the Capital
Washington News Notes.

Washington News Notes.
ARMY BULLETIN.
WASHINGTON, March 16.-The following
named officers of the army were to-day
placed upon the retired list for disabilities
received in service: Captaihs-James Fl.
Rollins, ordnance department; William
Fullck. I'd infantry; H, NJ. Benson, TIN IN
fantry. First lieut5nants-W. Il. Harmon.
10th cavalry; D. A. Griffith, Sd infantry;
Charles B. Briggs, 18th infantry; George M,
Love, 10th infantry; John I. Trout, 23d in
fantry. Lieutenant-colonel William
Meyers, deputy quartermaster-ge general, was
also placed on the retired list at his own re-
uuest, under the thirty-year clause of the
act OF congress relating to army retire
ments. There are still four vacancies upon
the regular retired list of 400, which will be
filled upon the recommendation of the re-
firing board, to be convened by the order Of
the secretary OF war.
THE sTAR.RoUTE TRIAL.
After some delay, caused by difficulty
experienced in filling the panel of the
grand jury in the criminal court this morn
ing, General Brady again took the stand,
and was for full hour cross-examined by
Bliss. He did not remember that any in
congraity in Miners affidavit on the
Tongue river route had attracted his atten-
ton. Witness described the method of pre-
parparing advertisements for letting miscel
laneous service; the temporary contracts
originally ran for six months,
but the time was afterwards extended
to one year; the contract might have been
discontinued in order to put on better SER
vice, and for other reasons; the power of the
second assistant in that respect was broad,
as it was in all cases; except where services
were discontinued for cause (such rs failure
to perform service) it was required that the
contractor be awarded one months extra
pay; witness could not remember whether
or not the requirement to post bulletins of
temporary service to be let followed
stanced the Tongue river route
and asked how the contract was to
be made profitable by expedition, when it
was e9Hntraft Hat,aa at all srhednlel
'sYou stated you expedited TO mape IL
profitable TO the contractors"
, HNo: we expedited so as to get good SER
vice: we preferred to help the contractors
rather than oppress them, whether it did
or not is matter for the9ne."
Bliss pressed the Question in a different
form, witness ANSWERING he would not take
service without expeultlon,
when he was losing money on one trip per
week. Where expedition was aduea, now
ever. it seemed to benefit che contractor,
how witness did not know; that was
question for the contractors. a.,
Bliss inquired why witness dld not leS
service unCer temporary contract ihsteau OF
eTnediting. He answered be did not now
remember the considerations that Affected
his mind, but as q matter OF TACT no one III
the wide world would take such service
under six months contract; ne was
L. ,.-annua1 IN npt rln OF tne
stnmbline-block of increasing the ridicu-
Ions low figure at which the original serylce
had been taken to profitable figure. Inc
witness answered, 1--WE kicked the STUN
hline-block out of our way in order
10 get lust what we did-good service" In
answer to the question why the route nau
not been re-let under miscellaneous letting,
witness called attention to the fact that the
lsLIiug did not take place until the ial Q,
is7s 1hen the lowest bid would, in all
probability, have exceeded the figures 10
which the route had been expedited when
II was considered that IL was new route,
through rough country, some such result
mieht have been reached, under court oil
law. in a roundabout fashion, perhaps;
Bliss asked why witness had lengthened
the schedule timer He answered, IL wa
only Just where the schedule had peen nAeu
and the contract taken on misstatemen'
of the distance. y,,
@Tben why did you tell Judge Kiddei
Won could not do IL on the Nermilllor
Sioux fall route2" -
@Recause / do not remember there wa
anv such misstatement of distance"
Bliss asked If service was ever put up lol
an Individual. Witness said he sometimes
accommodated his friends that way: IN
contractors were very well treated Wnen ~
was assistant postmaster general.
Bliss-"I should say they were.
Witness added he thought 1t had resulted
~ RS'iss-"Donit Sis you know the post-oficl
denar,ment is self-supportingl"
dYes, but that is not the cause OF an.
curtailment Of star service. H. only result
| from increased sale Of stamps.
Bliss-"Did you always get e1Pedlbe'
.ervics at tbe lowest possible rate y
aI ,av that did. Having received 10
! .aidsvft of the contractor and having gen
eral rule Of my own that western serve
sbonld not exceed $50 per mile, l tired :
Get m Al that rate and 70 not exceed u, an
tbese nineteen routes show We were gettin
il at much less" .,,-.a A,
o,,,,rsstor 60 much more for expedito
nan n actually cost, ss shown By The ME
snh-coutract, such as upon the kugen
cSfv and Bridge Greek route. ID
snswered he was not oeAnn
T-ifb sub-contractors. The contrsc.o
80 heid for the service, summer and vi
- The eub-contractor was not oound
the department. and could throw ~ y
/. serxice auv time IN mid-vintef, ~ 'i
contractor was bound 20 imm-diaieiF -
s~,-s service. thought tte 49, G. rf
T,gsne Citt 49, ailat tr.~-- -if -
. chesr,lv LEI. Il e.s nos the prscsicr - u
~--...e q roufs whsre service vas peli
siresdv insdequateiy perf9rmedi s.s a. a.
vsrr infrequsnuy vhlle IN the p9s.-o.ll p9,ll
densrtmenl. and could not rsfnem per DC
he isarnsd Vale vs going % assume =
10. for Miner. Peck a CO. hh1 prote ?
hsrr iuformsd b. tie CHIEF clerk tne o.
. ~-.sriouaI INVESTIGATION IN lsls
- -sn.on fUr not insisting up
! tEs fmrnefiste establishment q =
? -. 81 living contracts on Ispo
l / c.-uor csfT. Port McDerm0tt and on
! ~~-lss- II We alvays bstter - frani
. .--sli eIiousncs Of time thnn 20 oeclHrs y
, crrrrartor q fsnlinE oontrsctor, tne-e
Z eEnndeut reason for tins, fosi-mas,
! cens-sl Key had inVsstiEsted the cnArE.
! r-~-~~nr.us nxninst tne witue8- W2
So fhs rurrrsssiDna c0umlt1et p =
r4rs-s1 tIUssT be tns1 tss-lne1 ~ -.
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= 1Irr no r.la an1 ne s-aternent - r.
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