Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-12
WASHINGTON.
Still Investigating Architect HilI-Increas-
ing the Star Mail Service-Blooded Stock
for the Indians

| WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE committee
to investigate the charges made against
the administration of the supervising
architects Office of the treasury depart
ment, met to-day. Coleman, the counsel
for Murch, stated that he had prepared
| specific charges which he expected to
prove under contracts already in evidence
before the committee. He also stated he
had recently been retained as counsel for
Manley & Cooper, Justin Mccarthy a.d
several others who desired to prefer
charges against Hill. and that he would in
few days formulate charges to cover
their several grounds of complaint. Cole
man then read the charges and speciGca-
tions which set forth fraud and extrava-
gance in connection with the purchase
| and dressing of stone for the
public buildings of the United States.
Steinmetz. an expert, then took the stand
and resumed his statement relative to the
cost of the granite used in the public build
ings at Philadelphia. The witness said
that since the last meeting of the com.
! mittee he had made a computation of
twenty courses upon the third and fourth
and attic stories of the building and had
calculated upon each stone in excess paid
by the government upon basis of quarry
dimensions. He had made calculation
for the third story of the Chestnut street
front of the building and found the aggre-
gate excess paid by the government for
stone was 1850. The opposite part being
identical with it, the total for the two
would be $4,000. Witness stated that he
had not computed the other fronts, but
would continue his calculations for each
front and for each floor, so as to give the
aggregate excess for the entire building.
At this point Homer Campbell, a store
cutter, was sworn. Witness had worked at
his trade upon the public buildings in
New York, Boston and Philadelphia, and
was employed upon the public buildings
in Philadelphia during August, 1880, and
from memoranda which he had at that
time, he stated that he cut nineteen feet
six inches of stone in thirty days and was
paid at the rate of 1926 per day. He was
employed ten days upon one stone which
measured six feet three inches by three
feet ten inches.
SteinmetZ was then called and testified that
forthe stone described by Campbell the gov
eminent paid the contractors $27O. 26,while
they paid Campbell but $3.50, net profit
to them of $22976. Campbell was paid
by them for his entiae work $1O2. while
ed under their contract with Hill, $847 net,
giving profit to them on the work OF
this man of $745.
Coleman stated he could go no further on
this branch of the. case until Steinmetz had
concluded his computations. 1t was sug-
gested that the commission visit Boston
and other cities for the purpose Of taking
testimony without deciding whether they
would accept the afidavits in evidence, or
visit the different points to take testimony.
The committee adjourned till Wednesday
INVITED TO The EXPOSITION.
The president did not visit the White
house to-day. He remained at the Sol
diers' home. During the afternoon be re-
ceived delegation from Kentucky, includ-
ing Senator Beck, Representative Willis,
and Evans, commissioner of intern al reve-
nue., who invited him to attend the Louis
vile exposition.
SUITS AGAINST MAIL CARRIERS.
Two suits were entered to-day in behalf
OF the United States vs.. Albert E. Boone,
principal, and Saml. n. Hoyt and W. S.
Barringer, sureties on mis- bond, to car
ry the mail from Pomeroy to CalvilIe,
Ohio, from July 1880 to July 1884, and from
period.
THE SILVER DOLLAR ISSUE.
The issue of standard dollars for the
week ending June 8 was $2O6,OOO, and for
the corresponding period last year SPILL
499.
MOTION OvERRULED.
In the court of claims, motion for re-
hearing the Leopold case was overruled.
CHIEF JUSTICE DRAKE DENIES REHEARING.
In the court of claims, Chief Justice
Drake announced a decision of the court
overruling the motions for a rehearing in
the case of Cadet Engineer Leopold. The
original opinion is thus allowed to stand
as matured Judgment. The court, after
hearing all the additional facts and argu-
ments submitted by Secretary Chandler,
through the attorney general in his recent
letter, the secretary told the cadet engi
neers if the decision was again in IL err
favor the case would be appealed to the
supreme court. On Saturday the navy de-
partment ordered Leopold to join the
steamer Yantlc, which is about to start for
tho Arctic regions. President accepted
twenty-five miles of the Northern Pacific
railway recently constructed in Montana
THE STAR MAIL SERVICE.
During the month of May the total in
crease of the star mail service amounted
to &39615, and during the same period the
mount saved from the decreased service
was SCOOPS, making net increase in the
service during the month of $3.50. In
the steamboat service the net increase
during the month amounted to $3.50.
STOCK CATTLE FOR THE INDIANS.
Secretary Teller expresses bis intention
of expanding all the money he can legally,
in purchasing stock cattle for the Indians.
WANT THEIR BONDS BACK
A bill in equity has just been entered in
the courts here against District Commits
sioner West for a recovery of railroad
bonds placed in his hands in Nov, 1881,
for negotiation, and which it is charged he
has appropriated to his own use.
Mrs. Mary Jane Stinde and Chas.
W. Stinde, residents of Louisiana, arelplain-
tifs in the action and in the bill filed Mrs
Stinde alleges that on November, 1881, at
the request of West, the defendant, she
delivered to him for negotiation 100 bonds
of the New Orleans, Baton Rouge &
Vicksburg railroad company, of the de
nomination of $1,000 each, he promising