The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
WASHINGTON.
KeIIogg's Case.

WASHINGTON, May Sat the meeting of the
House committee on expenditures in the Depart
ment of Justice to-day Mr.. Springer read letter
from Kellogg, in which the latter asked that he
may be allowed to appear before the committee
with counsel. Kellogg further said that if the COM
mittee did not investigate him he would ask the
House to appoint special committee to conduct an
investigation Members thought it looked as if the
committee was called upon to whitewash kellogg.
After discussion the committee instructed Mr.
Springer to confer with Kellogg and suggest that
the latter offer resolution in the House asking for
an investigation.
In affidavit given by j. B. Price relative to his
charge of having paid Kellogg 500 900 for securing
expedition in two Star mail routes Price says ssAt
different times Senator Kellogg entirely of his own
yolition made contradictory statements of what
became of the proceeds of the drafts and notes
aggregating $4,000 On one occasion he claimed
that the entire amount went to Brady he himself
having derived no personal benefit from the trans
action On another he admitted 1900 and assert
ed that Walsh kept the rest. On an intermediate
occasion he said that Walsh appropriated the WHOLE
Al all our interviews Senator Kellogg seemed to be
animated by two purposes, first to inspire me with
the belief that the current investigations and trials
would end in nothing and second, to deter me from
making any disclosures which would prove damag-
ing to him. said to Kellogg that should expect
MN to pay my attorney fees and keep me harmless.
He promised to do BOTH"
Trade and Commerce.
In compliance with the order of the House com.
m1ttee on foreign affairs Representative Stuart of
Iexas has prepared bill providing for the appoint
ment of three commissioners to serve two years to
aid in extending American trade and commerce
and in acquiring information looking to railway
connections between Southern countries and the
United States. The bill provides that the commits
sion shall visit Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras Sal
vador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. Colombia Venezuela
Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia. Argentine Republic Chill
Uruguay. Paraguay and Brazil.
Supreme Court Decision.
The United States Supreme Caurt TODAY render.
ed an important decision in the case of the Pacific
Railroad Company of Missouri against the Missouri
Pacific Railroad Company, Russell Sage, Jay
Gould and others, in error from the Circuit Court
Plaintiff alleged that the title to the Pacific road OF
Missouri had been acquired by fraud under fore
closure sale by defendants and that after acquire
ment of the road its name was changed to the Mis-
souri, Pacific. The Supreme Court reversed the
decree OF the lower court by which the present title
sustained and orders the case back to the lower
court with instructions for new trial
Facts and Rumors.
The Navy Department informed that the Esse,
has succeeded in rescuingsthe crew of the American
schooner wrecked on Marshall leland
The House committee on expenditures in the De
partment of Justice to-day determined to subp9n,
Foreman Mitchell of the grand jury which failed t.
find indictments in the Star route cases
The Senate to-day confirmed the nomination O
James A. Connolly of Illinois, Solicitor of the
Treasury,