Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-03-24
Chicago Pleads for Gold Certih-
Gates Only to be Badly
Snubbed.
Postmasters Combine for Equal
ization Of Salaries Under
the New Law.
The Corrupt Villsiny Revealed
by Witnesses Before the
Grand Jury.
Hill Kellogg Con oilat ed With 82O,-
600, While Brady Receives
$1,000.
CAPITOL NOTES.
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GOLD CERTIFICATES IN CHICAGO.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-The act
Ing secretary OF the treasury has re.
ceived communication from officers
of several banks in Chicago asking
that gold certificates issued by the
assistant United States treasurer of
that city be made to bear some mark
of Identification; that gold received
therefor be held to redeem such GER
tificates and no others; that the assist.
ant treasurer In Chicago be supplied
with reasonable amount of both
large al d small certificates, and that
the diffsront denominations be inter-
changeable. The acting secretary re.
piled that 1t is not deemed expsdient
to place distinction marks ON current
series of gold certificates for the purpose
of identifying them as an Issue of the
Chicago Office; that such mark would,
In his opinion, lead to complications,
and tend to discredit these certif Gates
In other cities, where they might 90.
The department is not at present pre-.
pared to authorize the Issue of dis.
tihtive series for Chicago alone, since
thaHwouid involveths question of,sepa-
rate and distinct series for each sub.
treasury. If, however, the bankers
of Chicago wish to exchange ono de.
nomination of certificates for another,
and will 80 inform him, the depart
ment, In view of existing circum-
stances, will cause tire Chicago sub
treasury to be suoplled with gid Ger.
tificates of o smaller denomins alton
and authorize the desired exchange.
SALARIES OF PosTMAsTERs
The postoflice department has al.
ready received and filed for examina-
tion large number of claims of
postmssters who. are entitled to In.
creased SALARY under the provision Of
the resdjustment act known as "The
Spaulding bill" passed at the last ses-
sion of congress. An attorney repre-
senting a number of these postmas-
ters, now In Washington, has made
an informal argument In their behalf
at the postoffice department, main.
tanning that the Increase of salaries
provided for by the act may properly
bepsid out of the regular appropriation
for salaries for the cnrrsns fiscal yen.
Officers of the department assert that
the law providing for the read just.
ment of postmasters salaries cannot be
carried into effect without specific ap-
preparation, that to pay the amount
of increase OF salaries out of the regu.
lar appropriation bill would create a
large deficiency. IL is the intention
of the department to begin the work
readjusting Of salaries under the two
cent postage low as provided for In
the bingham bill" AS soon as poe.
sible.
THREE IN THE RING
1t is reported the investigation b.
the grand Jury of the evidence con.
cerning Brady, star routeloontractor,
Price, and ex-senator Kellogg will be
continued Monday. Last summer a
former grand jury return ed an indict.
ment against Brady and Price for con-
splracy, but refused to indlct Kellogg.
It Is understood that application will
now be made for indictment of Kel.
logg based not aloAe upon the testi
mopy Of Walsh, but also upon that
of Price and others. Ker, who pre-.
sented the evidence to the grand jury
yesterday, holds that the prosecution
will not be barred by the statute of
limitations as held by some lawyers In.
terested in tho defense of the star
route defendants.
It Is stated upon authority of one
who has seen the document aud whose
statements are believed to be trust.
worthy, that mail contractor James
B. Prize has made Eff iavit now In
possession of the government where
in he alleges he on one occasion gave
Brady 81. 500 iu a postal draft, to.
gether with $2 500 ia cash to corrupt.
ly influence Brady's official action.
He also alleges, 1t is said,
that on another occasion he
gave ex. Senator Kellogg, for similar
purpose $15 0C0 In postal drafts
drawn against his (Piioe's) pay as
mail contractor on the mail route
from San Antonio to Corpus Christi;
that In addition to the aforementioned
$500 of drafts he also gave Kellogg
a note for 30, 900, all of which paper,
he deposad, was paid at maturity.
Price testified before the grand jury