The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-03-01
THE NEWS IN BRIEF,
Events IN WASHINGTON

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The proposition made to pay years sal
elect of the lorty-eighth congress, who have
died since their election, was defeated, prin-
cipally through the efforts of Representative
Miller of Pennsylvania. It was successfully
shown by him that in reality they were not
entitled to recogniti on by the present con-
gress. In committee of the whole he sue
ceeded in obtaining consent for a yea and
nay vote in the house on the Herson case,
and as this was was decided agsinst the
claim,l the committee having charge Of the
question obtained consent to withdraw the
name OF Updegraf. Thus $4,000 were
saved to the country, for, although con-
tested hitherto, congress has on several oc-
cases.
Counselor Ingersoll subjected Rerdell to =
cross.examination Wednesday in the star
route case and made the most of the affida-
Wit that Dorsey bulldozed him into sisning
by threatening to give away some tel!-tale
letters he had written to some woman. 1t
is quite clear that Rerdell was worthy Sec
rotary for Dorsey, but se:i-interest forced
them into antagonistic relations with each
other, and now we may learn from each
the evil there is in the life record of the
other.
A good deal of comment has been caused
among naval officers at the proposition 70
the promotion Of Lieut.. Berry. They de-
clare that Berry simply went to the entrance
of the Arctic ocean and got his ship burned
and that he did not make proper exertiOns
for the rescue of Master Putnam. 1t is on
this account they are opposing the promo
ton. If the charge is without foundation
some means should be taken to make an
authoritive. record of its contradiction.
Comment on the Chandler-Gorringe cor
respondence has been, in the main, very sc
we're upon the secretary OF the navy. His
right to question the views OF an officer up.
on the question of free ships is denied on all
sides, and the matter receives the more u :
favorable comment from the fact that Mr..
Chandler, previous 10 entering the navy de-
partment made no secret of the fact that he
was one of the representatives of John
Reach.
Senator Don Cameron is suffering great
pain from hemorrhoids. He refuses to per-
NIT an operation to be performed until
congress adi"urns, because. he says, he
wants to watch the tariff bill in the senate.
After congress adjourns the operation will
be performed Some changes in Pennsy l.
vania offices are to occur when he gets we'll
Friends of Belford of Colorado are very
indignant at the idea ofcoupling him in any
criminal way with the star route gang Rer
dell swore that a check for $4,000 had been
charged to Belford, The latter has already
given sharp denial to the story and de-
marded 10 be put on the stand, where he
could do so under oath.
Paine, Foote, Shaw and Dickson, under
Indictment for attempting to influence the
jury in the first star route trial were ar
raigned Saturday and entered plea of not
guilty. Judge Wylie ordered warrant to
| be issued for the arrest of Henry A. Bowen,
alleged to have improperly approached
Foreman Dickson.
The house committee on appropriation
discussed the proposition of the secretary
Of the treasury to consolidate customs col.
lection districts and decided, view of the
lack of time tor satisfactory Investigation
! of the subject to make the regular provision
| in appropriation for customs districts as now
| constituted.
The rumior is revived that the president
will soon remove Collector Robertson, o.
the port of New York.
British Ambassador West and daughter
of Washington, are in Ottawa, the guests o
the governor general.
German publishers and printers petition
congress not to admit foreign books free.