Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-18
The "ReSourCeS Of Civilization"
as Applied to the R0gan-
Grafton Of Africa.
The Black Republic Luxuriat
ing on Pure American
"Pawnee Weed"
Architect Hills Profitable Rela
tions With Contractors
Publicly Explained.
"A Suit of Much Importance te
Millers Argued In tho Su-
prsms Court.
The Star Route Trial Near the oiose

The Star Route Trial Near the Olose.
CAPITOL NOTES.
Special Dispatches TO The Bnn.
EXPORTING sNIDE TOBACCO.
WASHINGTON, April II. - Consul
L,wis, of Sierra Lsone, writes the
department OF state that Importers OF
leaf tobacco from the United States
claim that 1t IL dishonestly packed;
that the hogsheAds on being opened
are found to contain . great deal OF
refuse tobacco; that from 20 to DO
per cent of all imported II not accord
ing to sample and this 10 particularly
the case with Kentucky tobacco. Ow.
Ing to the d,ffioulties Of inspection Of
inferior character tobacco, according to
Consul Lewis, it IL rarely disooysesd
until II has found its way 70 the
retailers shop and the result Il the
Importer d obliged to make allowance
to the consumer which In some cases
averages G2 per hogshead on the whole
cargo. Ho urges more careful In
spection Of tobacco before shipment.
THE NATIONAL HOME. ~
The board of managers Of The Ma.
tlonal home for disabled volunteer sol.
diers met at noon to-day at the
Arlington hotel. The following oficsvs
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, General w. B. Fesnklin;
f.st vice president, Colonel L. A.
Harris, of Ohio; second vice presi-
dent, General John A. Martin, OF
Kansas; secretary, General Nj. I.
MacMahon, of New York. Theresig.
nation Of General w. s. Tilton, gov.
ernor of the home at Togus, Maine,
was accepted, and General Luther
Stevenson, Jr., of Massachusetts,, was
elected. Dr.. s. X. Towel, Of Con-
cord, was elected surgeon of the
southern home at Hampton, Virginia.
Other bushes of the board was of o
routine character. The board leaves
here to morrow to visit the soldiers
home at Hampton.
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY CT SOEENCI $
met this afternoon In the national
museum; 26 members were present,
including some of the best known
scientific men Of the country. Prof.
o. @. Marsh, vioa.president, was in
the chair, and Prof Adolph Hall
acted a. secretary. The academy will
remain 10 session until Friday. =
THE CHARGES AGAINST N.Y. ,sse'
Eleven charges preferred s.s.uss
Supervising Architect Hill by OF r. ,p.
resentative Murch have been referred
to special committee. These
charges allege general Encouragement
on the part Of Hill In connection with
the postofiice of Pbiladelphia and the
custom house Of Chicago; also that
Hill corrupted the administration I, f
his Office sg ainst tho interests of the
United States, and that contractors
known to be guilty Of fraud are
specially favored by the supervising
architect. Another specification Ia
that employees In the office have used
government time and material In the
designs and construction of private
dwellings. Among the witnesses
named are Secretary Folger, Senator
Dawes and A. B. Mullett.
THE STAR ROUTE TRIAL.
Ell Postmaster General James was
called to the stand In the star route
trial to day. The exc mination wal
brief. The prosecution put on the
stand for the purpose Of oontradictlng
John w. Dorsey three hotel clerk'
who showed by registers that Rerdei
was In Nebraska and Colorado OF
April 9. although Dorsey had sworr
he was In Washington.
Judge julius b. Blssell, OF Lead
Vile was the next called and was ex
smined with regard to the so called
"Belford Check" In the argument
as to the sdmissibillty Of this tesi
mony, Bliss said the books showed q
check draft to ~. b B" He would
not say who 81. b. B." represented,
but would admit that he did not now
believe It meant Belford. Witness
said in June, 1879 he saw Dorsey
draw Q check or draft In Leadville tc
order Of 81. B. b.; did not remem.
Der Its exact amount. but thought II
was for about $2 coo; 1t was to bs
divided among four gentlemen
Judge Bowen, after wards Senator
Bowen, was one of the party.
In reply to Ingersoll witness sale
his (witness) initials were placed OF
the check, and Dorsey suggested tina,
Charles w. Tankersley, one of the
party, collect 1t; did dot know on wha
bank the check was drawn. 1t haC
been given to Tankersley because th'
latter was Dorsty's attorney, and tn
check had to be collected out of town
Rerdell was recalled, and contra,
dicted John w. Dorsey where he sal,
that he (Rerdell) WAS in Washington
In April, 1879.
Bliss then raid that, with the eIcep
, tion of proof of the contents Of tn
Clendennin letter, the prosecution ha
concluded.
Court then adjourned.
AN IMPORTANT SUIT.
Argument was begun In the Unite
States supreme court to-day in
case which may prove to be one {
much interest and importance to q
millers who make what is known a
! "patent process" -four. The case
that of Robert l.. Downton, appellate
= agaiost the Yeager Milling company
a which comes here upon appeal frol
! the circuit court Of the United State