St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-18

Il PAtoA " EGOs 4. 1904. LtuQlQ2 70 Ol5crelft
the accounts of Baleman Il Co.
THE TOBACCO CLAUSES IN THE SPANISH
TREATY.
Oscar Hammerstsin, OF New York, editor
OF the United States Tobacco Journal, had a
long interview yesterday with Minister Fos-
ter and Senator Miller, of California, chair
man Of the foreign relations committee, re-
garding the pending Spanish treaty. Ham
merstein set forth there are very strong OBJ
jections to the toboeeo clauses in the treaty
as now worded, but suggested that these OBJ
jections might be removed If it we're proven
that the duty on tobacco, filters, ETC., grown
in Cuba, be wholly abolished and the present
/ duty on cigars reduced one half. In reply he
was assured by Senator Miller and Minister
Foster that if the tobacco and cigar trade will
/ agree upon this OF any other proposition to
harmonic the conflicting interests, there is
every reason to believe duly authorized ex-
preston Of the wishes Of the trade would
have great weight when the treaty reaches
the point of consideration for possible amend
ments by the senate.
THE eREELY-HowGATE AFFAIR.
Secretary Lincoln said to a Star reporter
to-day that the recent publications made it
useless for him to continue at the present
search for Howgate, and he believed they
were made in the interest of that defaulting
official
1T is intimated," suggested the reporter,
''that Lieut.. Greedy was the accomplice of
Howgate."
81 have had no such suspicious in the
matter" replied the secretary, 'but Lieut.
Greedy was unfortunate in allowing his own
name TO be used as giving out the informa-
ton, which was rendered useless by being
| published, and If he is correctly reported in
making the remark as to his friendship for
and willingness to assist Howgate, which
implied he regarded him as an unfortunate
man, rather than an escaped criminal, l say
| that was unfortunate, in that il tends to give
color 10 the suspicion of the friendship felt
and aid rendered HOwgate by persons form
erly with him in the signal service.
INVESTIGATING MARSHAL WRIGHT.
The committee appointed to investigate
the alleged misconduct of Marshal Let
Wright in the Ohio election, met this morn
ing. Dr. r. B. Bradford, resident of Gu
einnati, but temporary living here, testified
that he was in Cincinnati the dav of the cleo
ton, and saw the riot going on in the Plum
street district, but did not know who were
the aggressors; he heard persons say respec-
table people would not 60 into that district to
vote; he had heard the deputy marshals took
part in the riot; there were great many
unemployed negroes standing around the
streets, and he was told they were from Ken
tueky.
Frank P. Morgan, newspaper reporter Of
Washington, testified of being in Cincinnati
on election day. He saw several men from
Washington there acting as deputy marshals
and wearing metal badges. They were Moses
Wright, John Wright and James Donnelly.
The witness paid them social call in the
evening, and they produced bulldog pistols,
which were part of their equipment They
got their instructions from Gov. Wright first
and were afterwards drilled by Pension De-
tcctive Rathhone. Rathbone, it was gener.
ally understood, had charge Of the imported
talent The gentlemen had been summoned
BY the Republican national committee to
Cincinnati as they said, to see fair count.
The witness visited the voting precinct in
the Fourth ward ana saw a good deal of fight
ing The deputy marshals appeared to be
overbearng, insoient and insulting They
were hard characters, and seemed TO be
selected from the low class of colored men.
They went around swinging their pistols as a
policeman would swing his billy. The
efforts of the deputy marshals tended rather
TO break the peace than keep it. A week be-
fore the election there had been a couven-
ton Of colored Odd Fellows in Cincinnati,
and the witness met a prominent Georgia
colored man named Pledger who told him
while he was in the city ostensibly to attend
the convention, his real object was to carry
the election. The witness, he said, believed
ninety nine out Of one hundred of those
do, - L.
dissipated, and capable of intlmidatng de-
cent people.
DEDICATION OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT
The congressional commission to arrange
for the dedication of the Washington monu-
ment invites, through the medium of the
Associated Press, all civil, military and ma
val organizations in the United States to at
tend the ceremonies which are to be held at
the base of the monument on the 2lst of
February, 1885. Any organization accepting
this invitation is requested 10 notify Lieut..
Gen P. H. Sheridan, U. S. A., marshal Of
the day, of the number of persons in such
organization, whereupon he will assign them
to proper position in the procession provided
for by the commission. At a meeting of the
commission to-day programme was decided
upon.
|
Mr. Coon, assistant secretary of the treas
ury, was called to-day by ]. J. Barker, as a
witness before the subcommittee inyestgat-
ing the alleged irregularities in the Office Of
the first comptroller Of the treasury. In an
nouncing his residence Coon said he was liv-
ing in Washington very temporarily. Mr..
Coon said the resignation of Barker was So
licited because the latter owed a number Of
board and washing bills: He had not heard
of the fraud until the Florida claim for &c.
$50, when the resignation was offered, or he
would not have accepted it. The Florida
claim was afterward considered by Secretary
Gresham and he thought Barker guilty Of the
forgery.
j. H. Day, a witness called by Judge
Lawrence, said he believed Barker wrote the
fraudulent claim.
''Didnt you say if came into your room
you would throw me out of the windowl'
asked Barker.
''No, sir. 1 said you was a d scoun-
drel, beat and liar, and If you spoke to
me 1 would knock yod down. You went
!. through the corridors telling the clerks you
would use your influence to retain them in
possession"
Representative Milliken remarked that Mr..
Barker was not making up the next adj
ministration. At this Barker became
impudent and insulting, and the committee
concluded they had heard enough concerning
. his character.
Barker made a long statement denying
having had anything to do with the fraudu-