Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-16

Of their lawful commissions, and under THE
provision 81 600 can be recovered from post.
msste s guilty of the above described
practice.
SOMETHING TO KEEP THE SECRETARY BUSY.
The secretary of the treasury has before
him an interesting question in regard to the
transportation Of bonded spirits intended for
export. A little over seveu months ago j.. Il.
Thompson, Of Ha,rodsburg, KY, bonded
about 200 barrels Of whisky to be delivered
60 the collector OF customs OF Newport News
for expectation to Melbourne. When, how
ever, the time approached for actual with
drawal of the spirits under bond, the
distiller concude1 it would be better
TO export the spirits to come by way OF New
York and Fl led with the collector at Frank
fort new bond to cover the route from
Newport News to New York. The collector
informed him that only four days time re
mained to him under his original bond, and as
the new bond covered period of thirty days.
IL could not be accepted. In the meantime
believing that his new bond met all the re-
quirements Of law, he had begun shipping his
goods to New York, and internal revenue of
ficers seized large quantity OF it. The mat
ter was reported to the authorities at
Washington, and the dis,illers made
personal application to Mr.. Rogers, acting
commissiUn ner of internal revenue, for q release
Of his spirits on the ground that they were
shipped under misapprehepsion. The act
ing commissioner con.ulted with the solicitor
of internal revenue ard ordered
the release from detention of all
thew shall be held at Newport News subject to
acceptance by the secretary of the treasurer of
bond to cover the route from there TO New
York. Il Is believed that tr nsfers will be al
lowed in this case notwithstanding the expira-
tion OF the seven months bonded period.
THE WAR ON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. GOSSIP.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 13,-TPioneer Press
Special, Judge Powers of Michigan, the
new chief justice of Utah, is in he city, hav-
ing been called by the president to talk oyer
Mormon matters. Mr. Powers says that Mr..
Cleveland is determined to wage ss fercs a
war as possible against the Mormons. and has
law to the fullest and Lost vigorous extent.
He was pleased to hear from Judge Powers
that the war was working we'll and that poly.
gamists greatly fear it. A large number of
Mormons are now under indictment, among
them bsing John Taylor and George Q, Can
non, the two latcer being at the present time
fusitives from justice. Judge Powers says
that the Mormons generally are rapidly recoE-
uizing the fact that the government is in dead
earnest on this subject and they only preach
and practice polygamy WREN they are out of
sight of the officers of the law.
Judge Powers il the mau about whose ap-
pointment it was charged Cleveland wrote his
calo btated Cincinnati letter. and Don Dickin-
son is the man to whom it was written. Mr.
Powers referred to this when at the white
house the othsr Gay, Gnd he and Mr., Cleve-
land had good laugh over it. Judpe
Powers believes that no buch le.ter was ever
written.
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL.
Among the curious things which turned up
In the mall at the treasury department last
week was "a nsw broom, carstuily done up
and addressed to the secretary of the treasury
Whether it ia the purpose Of the sender TO
furnish sample of the quality of what he
wished to sell. or whether he wished 70 signi-
fly that the department itsalt particularly
needed some OF that sort, did not appear. 1t
/, saiito have me from Harrisburg.
Miss Cleveland has been visiting her sistsr,
Mrs. Yeamans, at Falmouth, n Y. and is
expected back ut the whIte house in o tober
1t Is rep Irted that she is wriiog IA novel The
,eport Is very likely true, fer if she can make
5,00l out Of volume of sketches, she can
certainly make as much more out of novel,
even though it be not very great literary
achievement. Shs has already received
nearly 81 1000 on her first book, which will
furnish her In pin money for good while.
Mrs M. V. Dahlgren has completed new
novel, entitled Lights and Shadows of a
Life" which will appear as serial in the
Brooklyn Magazine.
A daughter of Senator Teller will enter as
a student at the female college at Wellesley,
Mass, this fall.
The desire of the Army of the Tennessee to
remove the statute of Gen. Rawlins from the
obscure square southeast of the state depart.
ment is seconded most heartily by his frieo ds
and Washington people generally. The
place is in the midst Of unimprovod quarters.
and the square Is surrounded by ash heaps
and garbage hills
Gen CHARLES w. Field, now superintendent
of the Hot 1prings of Arkansas, has written
a gentleman in Washington stating that he
would not be candidate for doorkeeper of
the next house of representatives..