Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-08
OMAHA NEB TUESDAY MORNING MAY g. 1883

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court In case Of the Illinois Central
railroad company, plaintiff In error,
against the people Of the state Of iii.
nois, which involves precisely the
same questions which we're presented
In the proceeding case. For reasons
given by the court In Its opinion In
this case the Judgment Of the suprme
court OF Illinois is affirmed.
AN ARMY BOUNCE.
The resignation Of Lieut.. Col.
Guido Idges, Eighteenth infantry, to
take effect January next, has been
received at the war department, hav-
Ing been forwarded from General
Terry's headquarters. Secretary Lin.
coin directed It be returned with In
structions that If the resignation be
rendered to take effect Immediately,
1t will be accepted; that otherwise q
court martial will be ordered to try
him upon the charge Of duplicating
his pay accounts. Idges was one of
those who, during the war of the re-
bellion, appeared to have charmed
life, having been engaged In o7er
eighty hot engagements and came
through unscsthed. He warred against
the Apaohes after the close of the
war and conducted brilliant winter
campaign against the northern hostiles
in Montana three years ago He Is a
man Of intrepid bravery and those Of
the army who personally know him
felt sympathy for him despite the
charge resting against him.
BLIssFUL DREAMS.
Bliss continued his argument In the
star route trial this morning. He
declared the official records showed
within three months after the date
upon which S. w. Dorsey came into
possession of his twelve routes, ten of
them had been increased or expedited,
and most of the orders had been
made while Dorsey was In the city,
and no one knew how far the thing
would have gone If new administra.
tion had not come in. The
honest men, McVeagh and James,
stepped to the front, yet
with incompatible impudence Dor
sey had patched up Rerdell's
affidavit addressed to the president
and had attempted to defame the men,
ory of Garfield By asserting that upon
that affidavit Gai field would have
removed two Of his cabinet. Bliss was
speaking Of the j. B. B. check (the
Belford cheeky when Wilson asked II
that had anything to do with the mail
business. Bliss replied that he did
not know. Dorsey had told Rerdcll to
charge 1t to the mall and the defence
should have produced the books to
contradict Rerdell upon that point.
If Dorsey had cheated bis partners BY
charging that check to them 1t don't
concern the prosecution. An impor.
tant fact WAS that Rerdell had been
corroborated In bis statement.
PATENT PROCESS FLOUR.
The supreme court also rendered a
decision In the patent case Of Robert
L. Downton, appellant, against Yeager
Milling company, which involves the
question of the validity of the patent
on what Is known as the new process
for making flour by crushing grain
between two rollers. The court holds
the patent is void for the want of nov.
city the procear which the ppellant
claims as his invention having been
clearly described as early as 1847, In
publication called "Anglo Day
American and s wiss Science Milling,
ty Christian Wilhelm Fritsoh, of
Leipsic The decree of the circuit
court diminishing the bill IL affirmed.
After reading ever opinions in 9
large number of cases, most of which,
however, involved only questions Of
local or private interest, the court ad.
journed for the term.
THE HILL INVESTIGATION.
Murch had an interview with Act
Ing Secretary New to-day In refereno,
to the investigation of affairs OF the
supervising architects Office. He In
formed New he proposed to proceed
with the investigation as far as he wal
concerned, as soon as he could get hi
papers In shape and prepare case fo
presentation. He hoped to be abl,
to accomplish this In about week
New says the committee ara waitin,
solely upon Murch and the investlga
tion will be proceeded with as coon a
that gentleman Is ready.
A BONANZA IN RESERVE.
Judge Lawrence, first comptro,le
of the treasury, has not yet decide'
the important question whether tn
earnings for government Transports
tion on uusubsidized roads leased b,
the Pacific railroad companies can b
withheld ss Is now the practice of tn
the treasury department, or whethe
. the amounts shall be paid the com
psnies In cash. The amount withheld
) for such transportation on unside
lines of the Union Pacific from Jul
1, 1878 (the date when the act wen
into oDeration) to December 81, 1885,
Is $410, 900; and the sum withheld
from unsubs,dixsd branches of tn
Central Pacific from the date whe
the Thurman act took effect, to d.
csmber 81, 1881, amounts to $978, ,O0(
The figures have not been made q
beyond the dates specified.
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