Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-28
CREAM OF THE SPECIALS.
What the Washington Correspondents
Have to Say About Men and Things in
General

CREAM OF THE SPECIALS,
What the Washington Correspondent.
Have to Say About Men and Things il
General.
JOHN c. NEWS RESIGNATION.
John Z. News resignation as Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury occasioned nc
surprise. Ever since he took the place
he has been dissatisfied. He has been
practically a cipher In office, without
power, without the confidence of his su-
periOr, almost without occupation. He
has fretted and fumed about the matter to
Mr. Folger and has sometimes sworn
at the presumption OF the subordi.
mates by whom Mr. Folcer is snr.
rounded and whom Mr.. New regarded
as usurping great deal too much of the
power OF the Secretary himself Mr.. New
mas always replied, when asked if he in
tended TO resign, that when his resigna-
ton was handed in it would be to the
PRESIDENT, and that the information would
come from him. 1t cannot be ascertained
mere That the President has received Mr..
news resignation. Some of his friends
! say, however, that they know he wrote
1t before he went home and that he left
thls city with the firm intention not to
| return to 1t again as Assistant Secretary
The position of Mr.. New in the Treas
urY has been puzzle to many persons.
lie has never been on good terms with the
secretary. Mr.. Folger, from being cold
ana distant, is said to have grown so
/ arctic IN his frigidity toward Mr. New as
/ practically to have cut his acquaintance.
Ihelr relations were not strained, for they
nad none. Mr.. New scarcely ever met
Mr. FOlger. There was an impression at
tne tlme he came here to accept the place
that Mr.. Folger would 90 out soon. and
that Mr.. New would drop into the Vaca-
| ted chair. If he had succeeded Mr.. .Folger
| the politicians here believe that he would
have plowed up the department in such
| way as to delight all ''the bows" He ewould
nave dealt with it as politician, paying
every debt, and yet having a large reserve
OF uniulnlled promises to work upon. His
frankness on political subjects is known
to everybody, and none of his acouain-
tances doubt that he would have made a
very stalWart administration if he could
nave induced the President to part with
secretary Folger and name Mr.. New for
the place.
In connection with the reported resig-
nation OF Mr.. New comes the report that
Assistant Secretary French is also TO re-
sign. The report is not generally credit
ed, and MIR. French says he does not
know anything about it.
PUBLIC PROPERTY AT HARPER's FERRY.
The Solicitor of the Treasury, who has
custody of the government property at
Harper's Ferry, says he has used every
means in his power to dispose OF the
property without sacrificing it, Several
corporations have intimated that they
would like to purchase it, and use the
water power for manufacturing purposes.
The property was advertised for sale for
three months, during which time but one
bid OF $4,000 was made, and that came
from the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company. Gen. Belknap, ex-
Secretary of War. as attorney
for certain corporation offered
to bid $4,000 if the property was again
put up at auction, but as he gave no
guarantee that his promise would be full
filled no attention was paid to his pro-
pOsal. The government pays a man five
dollars month to take care of the prop
erty, and that is its only expense. The
solicitor says the property has already
caused him much ANNOYANCE. and he
would be glad if Congress would authorize
hlm to dispose of it to the highest bidder
without regard to the amount offered.
THREATENING MR.. HEWITT.
Mr.. Hewitt has received one threaten
ing letter written by some crank or some
ldiotic practical joker. On it is depicted
collin, skull and cross bones, and il is
filled with epithets and threats of VEN
geance for his being a traitor to the Irish
cause. 1t Is signed by ''The National
irish League of National Avengers -
This is the only letter of the kind MIR.
Hewitt has received, and is the only basis
ior the sensational story that he is being
inundated with threatening letters,
KEIFER's DANGER.
The committee which is examining Mr..
helfers action in removing certain stem
Ographers and appointing his relative to
a sinecure position during the recess, has
so far sat with closed doors, because, it is
said, its INQUIRIES had gone but little wavs
when disevverleS were made so damaOinp
10 Mr.. keifer that it was thought adyisa-
bic to make nothing public until these dis
coYerles should be further and more
carefully looked into. Mr.. Keifer
gave testimony to the committee AT
first in the form of a statement
not under oath. This statement IS said to
have now beenshOwn to be at suchyariance
from facts that he had been summoned to
come before the committee tomorrow to
testify under oath. To-day it is said that
matters have been discovered of so seri-
GUS nature that unless they are dis
proved it may happen that motion will
be brought into the House for the expuI-
sion OF Mr.. Keifer. The committee, it is
understood, will sit with open doors after
taken viii then be made public.
NO ADMISSION TO PILOT HorrsEs
The Board of Supervising Inspectors of
Steamboats,, at their meeting TODAY.
adopted an amendment to the rules of the |
Steamboat Inspection Service prUhibi |
all persons on passenger steamboats,, ~ |
cept the proper sfficers of the boat and !
officers of the inspection service, from en-
tering pilot houses while the boats are
under way.
A BISHOPS BAD BOY,
Detective Block last night arrested
young man named Green Durbin for rob-
berry. 1t seems that for some time past
coats and other valuable property have
been stolen from parties at the Capitol
EX-Representative Goode and Mr.. Rob-
inson have lost OvercOats, and Mr.. w. E.
DOugheTty lost a gold watch and chain.
Durbin is the son of Bishop Durbin, of
Indiana. The prisoner is held at the Sec
Ond nrppippf nnIipQ station