Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-07
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THB LAST GUN FIRED. Close of the Case By the
 Government IN THE STAR ROUTE TRIAL. Keller Again Stirs Up the
 Reporters.
 THE FLOODS AGAIN AT WORK. Swollen Rivers Leaping From
 Their Beds.
THE FLOODS AGAIN AT WORK.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

l Dorsey's Writfng-Its Identity i'm Some l Letters-The Case Closed by the Govern l ment-A Days Happenings About the l Capital.
 WASHINGTON, March 6.-The fourteenth week of the Star route trial began with A. E. Boone on the stand under examination by
 MT. Bliss. The testimony of this witness
 was confined to identifying the handwriting of signatures attached to the several papers
 shown. He thought that part of g memo
 randum was in the writing of Senator Dorsey,
 but that letter purperting to have been l written by Senator Dorsey to MT. Rerdell 1 was not written by Senator Dorsey, as he was
 in this city at the time, and the letter bore
 date of Mountain Springs The witness was
 cross-examined by Col. 1ngerson and said in
 regard to the memorandum mentioned that
 all above the words ''proit and loss" is in
 the handwriting of Senator Dorsey, all below
 in the handwriting of Rerdell. Mir. Boone
 then left the stand and Mir. Bliss announced
 that the government was through, with the
 exception of putting in the evidence of the
 revenues of the routes and the expeditions
 made by Gen. Brady and others. Col. In- gersoll objected and the court sustained the objection. Mir. Bliss said the remaining tes-
 timony was as to the productiveness of the routes, and, in order that it could be had from the Postofice department. recess to 1:30 was taken. After the r recess B. M. Bur bank, of the Postoffice department, was called to the stand to prove the receipts of offices along the Kent-Kearney route. MT. Wilson objected and said he would demand the receipts of all postofices west of the Mississippi river if the question was allowed. The court overruled the objection and an ex- ception was noted. Joseph T. Smith, book keeper of the sixth auditors office, testified that an individual account was kept with each postmaster. The court ruled out the ques- tion f'How many Star routes pay the expense of carrying the mails over them?" Other clerks were examined in office work pertain 1 ing to the Star routes. This closed the case for the government and the court adjourned. !
 The Postmaster General has revoked the | order declaring Wilson Fox, of Fultonville, l N. Y., engaged in fraudulent business. MT. 1 Fox was convicted and served term in pris- en- but is now engaged in g legitimate busi l ness
 George W. Seaver, of Vermont, was to day | appointed private secretary to MT. Edmunds, president of the Senate.
 The name of Assistant Treasurer Wyman was mentioned here to-day as successor to Treasurer Gilfllan.
 The session of the Cabinet to-day was of short duration and no business of importance was transacted. Secretary Chandler, Secre tary Teller and Attorney General Brewster were absent.
 The President has decided not to appoint chief examiner of the civil service committee but to let the committee appoint one at it's own convenience
 Henry A. P. Carter, the newly appointed 4N President Arthur to-day by the Secretary of State. The Japanese envoys to the Hawaiian Islands now in the city accompanied Mir. Carter and paid their respects to the Presi- dent.
 The Malagassy embassy and suite arrived here this evening and are staying at the Ar ington Hotel. They were accompanied by Mr. Hoffman of the State department.
 Four hundred and ffty-fve patents were issued from the patent office to day, the larg est number ever issued at one time in the history of the office.
 sion. accompanied by Senator Pendleton, called upon President Arthur to-day and sig. aifed his acceptance of the office.
 A delegation of printers from the govern ment printing office to night presented Sena- tors Voorhees, and Conger each with an ele- gant gold headed cane in recognition of the ltterances of those Senators in Congress in support of the right of the typos to combine for the purpose of protecting their own in- ierests.
 Doctor Max Soaring, of Berlin, is now in Washington preparing himself for the work assigned to him by the Prussian government, which is that of investigating and reporting 1pon the agricultural and transportation in erests of the United States. MT. Nimmo, | thief of the bureau of statistics, has to-day supplied him with maps and reports and ,iven him other information besides furnish ng him with letters of introduction to the , officers of the principal boards of trade and ,hambe-s of commerce of our chief cities md to leading railroad managers. Df. Scar pg bears surprising likeness in his person Il appearance to the late President Garfield turing the early period of his service in Con- ,ress ,