The Portland daily press., 1883-07-10
WASHINGTON.
The Lottery Decision.


WASHINGTON, July 9.-Po3tmaster General
Gresham will to-day forward to the postmasters
at New Orleans and New York copies of his
decision in the lottery CAGE, together with let
ters directing theGe pcatmasters to discontinue
the delivery of money orders or registered
packages to agents of the Louisiana Lottery
Co. Counsel for tue lottery company today
submitted to the Postmaster General a queE-
tion as to whether under his recent decision
registered letters addressed to agent Of the
company in Washington could be withheld.
This question the Postmaster General has not
yet decided.
The Assassination of Judge Haughn.
The Department of Justice has received
additional information in regard to the assag-
sination Of Judge Haughn, the principal wit
ness for the government in the pending cleo
tion cases in Texas. The Department is in
formed that threats have been made by the
defendants in those caEes that when they go
into court they will go armed, and If the trial
should result in conviction they will kill the
court and everybody concerned with it. The
assassination Of Judge Haughn has given rise
to considerable uneasine5s in Texas, and it is
not known how sc IN others may &c tue same
way.
Paymaster Wasson's Case.
The President has been subjected to the
mc1t pressing opportunities 10 relieve Pay
master WAGON from his sentence of imprieon-
ment. The highest social influences have
been used to this end. but the President has
shown no inclination to interfere with the cen
tence of the Court. The West Pointers are
not taking any part in this movement. They
all keenly feel the fact that Wasaon was a
West Pointer and not volunteer.
Whisky Expectation.
General Raum and other counsel of the
Whisky Association, it is said have notified
their clients that the opinion Of the Attorney
General win not interfere with the expectation
of whisky to Bermuda.
The Horton Report.
Commissioner Evans, being asked this morn
ing for information as to the report of the in
yestigation Of the charges against Horton,
said: There are official reasons why 1t would
be premature to give any information on that
subject at pre-ent. Nothing will be given out
for publication to-day"
The President Not Going to the Yellow
stone.
The PRECEDENT has given up the trip to the
Yellowstone. He says that he will have to
wait until he is private citizen, and can with
p,oprlety get out Of reach by telegraph
for week or two. When he inquired
last week OF the signal Office how long it would
take to run a military telegraph temporarily
into the Yellowstone Park from the point
nearest TO it on the Northern Pacific railway,
his idea was that it might st-ke a week, and
would probably cost $500 or 5000. This cost
he intended to pay out of his own pocket He
found, however, that il would take more and
very much more, money than he had estimat-
ed. The signal office reported the cost about
$500. The Pre1ident thought this too high
price to pay for picnic among the geyrers
He says he has deferred the trip until the sum
mer OF 1895. Though disapI ointed in the
western excursion Mr. Arthur intends to have
a trip on The Despatch. On Tueeday, perhaps,
he will go aboard and put out to eea, to be gone
ten days. The course is not exactly marked
out, but il is po-sible that. Newr ort and the
coast of Maine will be touched.