Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-03-16
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Capital City People Clearing
Out Thieves.
A Pretty Rough State of
Affairs.
Washington.
DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY.

Washington.
DIsBLRRMENT OF ATTORNEY.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-The secre-
tary of the interior has debarred T.
C. Martin, of Waukesha, Wis, from
practicing before the department.
| THE PENSION OFFICE.
Of the temporary clerks in the PEN
sion Office whose probationary appoint
ments expire this month, $50 will be
re- appointed and 80 be discharged.
There will be no further re-appoint-
ments until April 1st.
CENSUS OFFICE.
Three hundred clerks have been dis
missed from the census office. Further
discharges will be made at the begin
ming of the mex. fiscal year in order to
keep expenses within the appropria-
tion.
THE WASHINGTON DETECTIVE SCANDAL.
The citizens committee organized
some weeks ago, to take concerted &C
ton for the suppression of crime in this
city, particularly burglary and robbery,
which had become SO alarmingly fire.
quent, while the detection and punish
ment of thieves had become cores
pondingly infIequent, met this after
noon to receive the report of Chairman
John w. Thompson upon the work ac-
complished. The report is volumin-
GUS and discusses the situation which
necessitated the L. cement, and de-
tails the steps PSs.ding up to
results plished. These in
general way have been published
from day to day and in conclusion,
are thus summed up: "First, the
committee discovered the existence of
an organized combination to rob citi-
zens and protect the guilty perpetra-
tors of crime; second, the committee
discovered that while thief relies upon
receivers of stolen goods, to take and
dispose of the plunder, he depends
upon the detective officers and some
times upon other members of the po-
lice force to secure himself from ar
rest, trial and conviction.
Third = The committee discovered
who are the principal receivers of
stolen goods, as we'll as the names of
the officers charged with the detection
of crime on whom the thieves relied
for protection.
Fourth The committee have been
able to supply proof of facts and cir
cumstances which resulted in the sus-
pension of portion of the force, and
not only demonstrated that a separate
orginazation fer well known persons as
detectives, does not tend to either pre-
vent or detect crime, but finally they
secured abolition by act of congress of
the entire detective force.
The committee not only discovered
the names of perpetrators of large
number of crimes before unknown but
they placed such testimony before the
grand Jury as resulted in the finding of
"a indictments principally against de-
tective officers and receivers Of stolen
goods, which they deem it to be of
most vital importance to have speedily
brought to trial, and finally have secur-
ed such full and adequate information
in relation to the operations of crimin-
ais, the names ard methods of their con-
federates in the police force and among
dealers whose shops not more than one
of our streets and who alone
made crime easy and detection impos-
sibie; and that information has been
SO fully placed before the public that
if these Investigations are not contin-
ued and these combinations broken
up, the public officers, whose sworn
duty it is to see that the laws are faith
fully executed and the guilty punished,
will be Justly chargeable for what citi-
zens may hereafter suffer.
The way for the future is ulain, and
labor comparatively light. Threats of
| violence and sianderous accusations
| will have but little terror, hereafter, to
men who conscientiously engaged in
an organized effort to protect life and
property in our midst, while tie entire
community cannot be but sensible
of the dangers from which it has been
at least partially saved, and will be
ready cordially to cooperate in all
proper measures which may be in
augurated for the suppression of crime
and the purging Of public service.
JEANETTE SURVIVORS.
Secretory Chandler stated that as
soon as practicable Bartlett and other
survivors of the late Jeanette, who
are now at st. Petersburg, will be
brought here and be called before the
garding the loss of this vessel.
| TREASURY STATEMENT.
| The statement of the U. S. treasurer
shows gold, siver and United States
notes in the treasury today as follows:
Gold coin and bullion, $179 7S2, 237
silver dollars and bullion, $105, ,465 431 j;
| fractional silver coin, $27, ,666, ,434; U. s.
notes, $44, ,764 ,6SS; total, $50. .67S 700.
Certificates outstanding-gold,S S41 BOG. :
$40; silver, $6S. .926. .710; coin, SIC, ,420,-
600.
DANGEROUS COUNTERFEIT OF THE DOLLAR
OF OUR DADDIEs.
The chief of the secret service divis
ion advises that a most dangerous
counterfeit of the standard dollar has
made its appearance in Ohio. The
base coin has the exact weight, ring
and appearance of the genuine, and
resists acid unless the outer coating oil
silver is penetrated. 1t would readily
be accepted as genuine by merchants.
Several # these pieces only have been
discovered on reaching sub treasury.
| CABINET MEETING.
The only members of the cabinet
meeting, to-day, were Ssc'ys Frehng-
huyseD, Teller, Chandler and Lincoln.
Sec'y Folger was too i'll to attend. The
post master general and attorney gen.
ersl were cut of the city. 1t is the i'm
preston among officials at the treasury
department, that Assistant Treasurer
Wyman will be appointed to succeed
Treasurer Gilfillan. The president hiss
said ne will be guided in this matter by
the secretary of the treasury.