Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24
Chicago Pleads for Gold Certif-
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 Conoilatsd With 82O,-
600, While Brady Receives
S5 5000.
CAPITOL T
naciol Disnatch tn LIE RRR-

GOLD CERTIFICATES IN CHICAGO.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-The act
Ing secretary OF the treasury has re.
ceived a 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
tifcates and no others; that the assist.
ant treasurer In Chicago be supplied
with o reasonable amount of both
large ard small certificates, and that
the different 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 go.
The department is not at present pre-.
pared to authorize the Issue of q 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 so inform him, the depart
ment, In view of existing circum-
stances, will cause tire Chicago sub
treasury to be suoplled with gid Ger.
t~ificates of o smaller denomination
and authorize the desired exchange.
SALARIES OF PosTMAsTERs.
The postofice department has al.
ready received and filed for examina-
ton q large number of claims of
postmssters who are entitled to In.
creased SALARY under the provision Of
the resdjustment acc known as "The
Spaulding bill" passed at the last ses-
sion of congress. An attorney repre-
senting a number of these postmas-
tiers, now In Washington, has made
an informal argument In their behalf
at the postofice department, main.
tanning that the 1 Increase of salaries
provided for by the act may properly
be paid out of the regular appropriation
for salaries for the cnrrsns fiscal yen.
Officers of the department. assert that
the law providing for the resdjuSs.
ment of postmasters salaries cannot be
carried into effect without specific ap-
preparation, that to pay the amount
of incre 8 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" rs soon az poE-
sible.
THREE IN HI RING
1t is reported the investigation b.
the grand jury of the evidence con.
corning Brady, star routelcontractor,
Price, and ex-senator Kellogg will be
continued Monday. Last summer a
former grand jury returned an indict.
ment against Brady and Price for con
spiracy, 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 seer the document aud whose
s~tate'uents 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 ia a postal draft, to.
gether with so 500 ia cash to corrupt.
~ 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 (Piice's) pay as
mail contractor on the mail route
from San Antonio to Corpus Christi;
that In addition to the aforementioned
SIS, 900 of drafts he also gave Kellogg
a note for 80, 000, all of which paper,
he deposad, was paid at maturity.
Price testified before the grand jury