The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-23
From Washington.

RERDELL interrupted the proceedings in
the Star-route trial at Washington on the
14th to plead guilty, placed himself at the
mercy OF the court and offered to divulge any
facts in connection with the defendants
In answering the request OF General Hazen
for an Investigation Of the Signal-Service
Bureau by the Senate Secretary Lincoln on
the l4th suggested that the articles of war
provided tribunals for dealing with officers of
the army.
IT is announced that the Malagassy Am
bassadors to the Court of st. James have con-
cluded to visit the Uaited Statea.
DURING the seven days ended on the 18th
the business failures in the United States and
Canada numbered 254-against 275 for the
seven days preceding, distributed as follows:
New England States, 10; Western 90; South
ern, "a; Middle As; Pacific States and Terri
torres, 8; New York City, z; Canada, %.
THE examination of Rerdell as a witness
occupied the entire day in the Star. route trial
on the 10th. He identified various letters Of
the defendants, and admitted altering petit
tions and letters by the dozen. One letter
from John w. Dorsey toS. w. Dorsey was adj
mitted as evidence. The writer said: II
TO Tongue River; will pay him (Vaile), or
some one, 100000 for the contract term"
Rerdell testified to making out a number of
blank aflldayits which were afterward filed in
by direction of Dorsey. The witness also
testified that while he was in Jail his papers
were destroyed, and that s. w. Dorsey
was the only person who had access to his o.
flee. The last papers consisted principally of
the correspondence between Dorsey and him
SELF The greatest interest was excited by
the production Of memorandum written on
United States Senate, official paper, setting
forth that Dorsey had advanced William
Smith $4,000 Witness did not know at the
time who William Smith was! Dorsey subse-
quently asked him II he had charged Brady
with a certain amount, ''No," said witness,
''there has been no account opened with Bra.
dy." Dorsey said; mr. Smith, then; Thought
you knew who William Smith was.n Wit
ness testified that he was summoned to APP
pear before a subcommittee of the House of
Representatives, and to bring certain ac-
count-books and lhtter-press books. He tel
egraphed this fact to Brady and the Dorseys,
and, in compliance with their instructions,
had the books copied over again, emitting
anything that it was undesirable to have APP
pear. This was the work of several days,
and so, to excuse his non-appearanee before
the committee, he obtained and sent to Mr.
Blackburn a DOCTORS certificate that he was
not sufficiently we'll to venture out
AT twenty-five clearing houses in the
United st ties, the exchanges for the week
ended on the 18th aggregated Sl,007. SIG, S73,
against 81, lSS, 70S, 631 for the week previous,
indicating decided FILLING off in business,
particularly in the region affected by the
floods. As compared with the returns for
the same period in 1882, the reduction is 1877
per cent.
The yea and nay vote in the House on the
18th ON the motion of Mr.. Kelley (from the
Ways and Means Committee) to suspend the
rules and pass the bill to reduce internal rev.
enue taxation was as follows, the motion be-
ing lost for want of the necessary two.thirds
in the affirmative:
YeGS.-Adrieh, Armfield, Barr, Bayne
Beach, Belford, Beethoven, Bingham, Bis
bee. Bliss, Bowman, Brewer, Buck. Buckner
Burrows mich. }. Butterworth, Cabel, Camu
bell, Gambler, Cannon, Carpenter, Chapman
Grape Cullen, Curtin, Cults, Darrell David
son, Davis ON. }, Dawes, Deering, Dezendorf
Dowd, Dwight, Ellis, Ermentrout, Errett, Far
FlOWer
Fulkerson, Geddes, George, Gibson, Godshalk
circuit, Hall, Hammond IN W Hardenbergh
Hardy, Harmer, Harris Mass y Harris N III
Haskell Hazolton, Holman. Henderson
Hewitt (Ala.), Hit, Hiscock, Hoblitzell, Hoge
Horn, Houk, Huhheh Hwbhs, Humphrey
Hutchins, Jacobs, Jorgenson, Kasson, Kelley
Kenna, Ketcham, Klotz, Lacey, Latham
Lord. Lynch Mcclure, McCoid, McCook. Nc
Kinley, McLane Md, Mclean MOI, Miles
Miller Moore, MOrey. Morse, Mutchler, Neal
Norcross O'Neill, Parker, Peele, Pierce Pet
tibone, Phelps, Phister, Pound, Prescott, Ran
dali, Ranney, Reed, Rice (0., Rice (Mass)
Rich, Richardson IN. ", Ritchie, Robson
Robinson Mass }, Robinson (0J, Ross, Russ III
Scales, Scoville, Scranton, Shall enberger
Shelly, Schultz, Skinner, Smalls, Smith pal
Smith [lll.l, Spaulding, Speer, Spooner, Stone
Strait, Talbot, Taylor, j. D., ThOmas Town.
send (0), Tucker, Tyler, Valentine, Vance
Van Aernam, Van Horn, Van Voorbis Wads
worth. Wait, Walker, Ward, Washburn, Wat
son, Weber, West, Williams Wis.,. Willis,
Willis, Wilson, Wise (Va.l, Wise tPa.l Younc
jet.
WGps.-Aiken, Anderson, Atherton. Atkins.
Barbour, Belmont, Berry, Blackburn. Bland
BIount, Bragg, Briggs, Buchanan, Burrows
MOI, Caldwell, Carlisle, Cassidy, CasweIl
Oardy, Clark, Cobb, COlerick, Cox, Cox IN
w. Cravens, Cllberscn, Davis (Mo.), Denote
Duester Dibrell, Dingiey. Dunn, Dunnell
e wins, Forney, Garrison, Guenther. Gunter
Hammond (Ga,l, Hazelttae, Hatch, Hepburn