Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-07
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

John Dorsey's Denials-Acts Which
 Made Him a Defendant in the Star
 Route Trial.
 WASHINGTON, April 6.-John W. Dorsey resumed his direct testimony in the Star route trial this morning. He had some talk in 1878 with Vaile about selling out. He left letter of instructions for his brother and received two Iettorufrons hi.a ct Bismarck. The letters were destroyed He sold out in 1879 to s. w. Dorsey for $1,000. After he sold out he took no interest in the routes. He never paid any money to postofice officials and did not know that any of the defendants had done so. The witness was then turned over to the prosecution for cross-examina- tion. The witness had about $3, 900 capita 1 when he entered the mail business. He did not know how much money Peck had, but he told the witness he had sufficient money for the purpose. He afterwards found that Peck's idea was to sublet all the contracts that they might get, when ex-Senator Dorsey objected to their going into the business as he felt to some extent that would reflect upon him as a Senator. He did not know that Senator Dorsey was to have anything to do with the business. Witness put money in the busi- ness early December, 1877. He paid for the printing of circulars, postage stamps and other things '1 thought that s. w. Dorsey said he advanced the money for
 that" said Mir. Merrick. ''So he did," an
 swered the witness, ''but I refunded it. I
 sent the draft for about $500 from Chicago ," MT. Dorsey continuing said that the money was paid, some $500 of it for postage stamps, and the balance for printing and stationery. Witness acknowledged writing letter to Rer- dell from Baltimore in December, 1882, in which he said that if Rerdell did anything to ipjure the other defendants witness would
 prosecute him for forgery and another of
 fense he would not name. This closed the
 witness testimony and the court adjourned until Monday.
 Questions From Dr. Collins-Testimony Before the Jeanette BOard-Other Mat ters.
 WASHINGTON, April 6.-The Jeanette board met this morning at 10:30, when the
 judge advocate announced that he had re
 ceived communication from Dr. Collins,
 brother of Jerome Collins, containing a number of questions which he wished to
 have put to the witnesses. Fireman Bartlett
 was recalled. Bartlett in reply to some of these questions said he knew of no trouble
 between Collins and Melville, and believed Collins was treated with all the respect and courtesy of an officer on board of the
 Jeanette. He had never heard Captain De- long speak unkindly to Collins. Witness
 thought everything possible was done to res.
 cue Delong and his party, and had Danen- hover been permitted to search for them
 when he proposed to do 50 his efforts would
 have been fruitless This concluded Bart 1oEf Jc tha o6i | until tomorrow.
 It is estimated by postoffice officials that under the new laws regulating the pay of
 postmasters and reducing letter postage not more than one office in four throughout the country will pay any revenue to the govern l ment Under tine existing law every post office, however insignificant, contributes at
 least two ifths of it's receipts to the govern ment.
 The Secretary of War to-day transmitted to the Secretary of the Interior 8 copy of a telegram received from Captain Marshall, who is in charge of the troops in Arizona
 Territory, stating that the bodies of Judge and Mrs. McComas have been found, but not
 those of the boys; that Forsythe is on the
 trial leading through the foot hills of the
 Bunor Mountains and thinks that the hogtiles l are striking for Mexico and will probably
 cross the railroad near Separ. He thinks
 there are from fifteen to twenty Indians. The jury in the case of Frank Miner, col ored, on trial here for the murder of his wife
 last October, brought in g verdict this even ing of murder in the first degree. A motion for new trial was entered.
 Secretary Folger is steadily gaining in strength and his friends regard his restora-
 ton to health as a question of time only. He now thinks of abandoning his contemplated
 trip to the Bermudas and returning to the Treasury department sometime next week. The civil service commissioners have final
 ly accepted quarters in the Agricultural Bu-
 reau building. The room will be fitted up for occupancy in few days.