Daily globe., 1883-06-24

mas appointed Col. S. B. Parker postmaster
for this city, vice Tullock, deceased. Col.
| farKsr has been long time chief of the
inspectors division of the postoffice depart
ment.
| CONTRACT ANNULLED
| Second Assistant Postmaster General
Elmer has annulled the contract to John R.
Miner to carry the mail upon the Niobrara
star route. This action is based upon the
fact that the award for the contract was
made upon contract received in Nav.
while ne advertisement was published in
| April, which the department, after mature
deliberation, has decided contrary to the
| statutory requirements. This point was
not mentioned In Senator Van Wycks
| letter.
STAR ROUTE PROSECUTIONS.
In the criminal court to-day, Williams,
counsel for Brady, asked Judge Wylie to
dispose of the original AMI untried indict-
| ment in the star route case. Ker and
Bliss was in New York and Merrick was
sick. He therefore asked that further time
be allowed. Judge Wylie said he hardly
thought the old indictment would trouble
Williams again.
| Wilson, counsel for ex-senator Kellogg,
| then asked to have some action taken by
| the court upon the pleas in abatement
submitted Monday last, but upon Ker's
| statement that the government was not yet
prepared to proceed in that matter, Judge
| Wylie postponed argument until Saturday
next.
| Gen. Brady to-day gave bail in $4,000
under the new Indictment.
WON'T HAVE THEM ON THE RESERVATION.
| hos of
published dispatches from Generals Scho-
field and Crook regarding the treatment of
Apache captives. The secretary will insist
that these Indians be kept off the reserva-
tion, and says Secretary Lincoln will CO.
operate with him to that end. Secretary
Teller will leave Washington for Chicago
tonight, to be absent about week.
DANGEROUSLY ILL.
Hon. Montgomery Blair is lying danger
ously i'll at his summer residence, near
Silver Springs, Md.
APPOINTED POSTMIsTREsS.
Mrs. Elizabeth J. G. Rook has been re-
appointed postmistress at Arkadelphia,
Ark.
LAND CLAIMS DECIDED.
1AS COntSsb D0GW60u u. MCh60 anu
Joseph Jonson VS.. J. +. Kennedy for title
to land in Bloomington, Neb., has been de-
cided in favor of Jonson. The case of
Wilson vs.. Gabriel, involving title to land
in Francisco, has been decided in Ga
brie favor.
10 BE ISSUED MONDAY.
1t was supposed that the presidential or
der consolidating the internal revenue col
lection districts would be issued to-day,
but the clerical labor of reducing the
| scheme to writing was greater than antici-
| pated, and it was not ready to be sub
mitted to the president till late in the af-
ternoon. Meantime some considerations
had been offered that seemed to make
some change needful, and the issuance of
| the order has been deferred until Monday.
EVANS DEFENSE.
Walter Evans, commissioner of internal
revenue, furnishes the following defense of
his action in the Horton case. Owing to
certain factional fights inaugurated after
the administration of President Hayes be-
gan, Horton, who belonged to the Sim
mons wing of the Massachusetts, 'Republi-
cons, was removed, and G. w. Eldridge ap-
pointed IN his stead. Some time after
ward the services of Horton were asked
by Collector Tinker, and other New Eng
land collectors, and during this period,
Horton made seizure of certain property
transported by the Boston and Albany
railroad, among other things some beer
casks from which the stamps had
not been removed, and which seizure was
tsubseq quently compromised by the pay
ment of 5000 and costs as had been the
custom of those employed in such matters.
Horton claimed certain expenses to the
amount of $11 as properly included in the
costs to be paid by this company under
the proposed terms of compromise. The
practice of the revenue officials to claim
these and witness fees was not discount
enanced by the revenue bureau, until sub
| sequently, when the first comptroller rem
dered decision adverse to such claims.
There was nothing in this transaction that
! would Justify impugning the motives and
conduct of Horton.
Eldrige was Horizons bitter enemy, and
resented the employment of the latter
after his removal. In the spring of 1881
| Eldrige, verbally and not in writing, made
| certain representations to the commission
er of internal revenue, Gen. Raum, upon
which circular letter, April 8, to the New
WAASNS-1
| reads as follows:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Office Of Intern
al Revenue, Washington, April 8, 1881
Sir: It is reported to this Office that Chas.
NJ. Horton, formerly revenue agent. but
some time since discharged from service
is going through the collection districts of
New England looking up and
reporting for prosecution violations of
| the internal revenue laws, and he does this
for the purpose of securing witness fees.
In some districts he claims to have author
| ity from the collectors. The practices of
Horton IN this work do not meet the ap-
proval of this Office, and yos are directed
not to extend to him any official counte-
nance por recognize him officially in any
way. Respectfully,
GREEN B. RAUM,
Of all this action on the part of Ed
| ridge and the Commissioner Horton was
| ignorant, as was also Commissioner
Evans. AS Horton was reappointed, a
careful examination of the flies of the
revenue bureau shows there was 10 official
report whatever made up in which the
| letter of April 9th 1881, could be based,