Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-07
CIRCUML0CUTION.
DEPARTMENT or JusTIce-Rso TAPE
~ PAYING CLAIMS.
How the Fable Buildings Ma Re Ham
Pered-The Illness os n Juror Inter
rupts the Kincaid Trial.
fFrom Our Roeular Corrospondent.l


WASHINGTON, April 6.--The Department
Of Justice has been very slow in allowing
the claims that were appropriated for by
Congress under what is known IS the Bow.
man act. twill DO rendered that the bill
included nearly three hundred claims and
many Of the claims are located In Virginia,
West Virginia, and North Carolina. Origi-
ually they were all passed upon and re-
commended by the Court OF Claims. Then
Congress not only gave them q thorough
.vsrhaulnQ, but the Department Of
Justice once more scrutinized them
a.l. Now, IL would seem that ~
TIE money has been appropriated, they
should be promptly paid, but il Is stated
Of the department that 1t will be from
three 10 four months before the Treasury
vli get the proper certificates 50 that pay
mruts can bc made. There Is naturally
mucp complaint on the part OF the inter
esled persons.
SERIOUS BREAK.
II Supervising Architect Windrim gives
up his place at the Treasury, as is init
mated. 10 viii make a serious break in the
work Tho public buildings provided for
fr the suudry civil and general
deficiency bills passed by Congress
10 the Inst session are humorous, and
|..r money VIII bt NNaliANlc on July l5ls
lY have a new architect means That the
successor Of Mr.. WIndrim viii have no
t'uns at his own and somewhat different
from those Of his predecessor. The work
is much behind in that Office as It is.
low sALAREs.
The Supervising Architect has been ham
I.red by the fact that he cannot get com
uetant men. Salaries for draughtsmen are
not only too low as allowed by the Govern
UcIt. but Tiddlewinks" Roosevelt and
his fellow-theOrists on the Civil Service
Commission have insisted on compelling
this Office 70 90 through the CHI
examinations, and competent will
not put mp with any such nonsense. The
Supervising Architect has complained con-
t'uUally about having bis Office thus inter
Tered with, but the regulations still apply.
The buildings 90 bC erected ia Virginia
under the provisions of the acts alluded to
are at Roanoke, Norfolk, and stanton, and
there Is also one for Reidsyille, n. c.,
INTERRUPTED.
The Kincaid trial was again interrupted
to-day on account Of the serious illness Of
one Of the jurors. This man grew so much
worse that court had 10 be adjourned, and
Mr.. G.. Maurice Smith Of counsel for de
tendant, was cut on in his argument.
Sir. Smith, who formerly resided IN
Richmond, has been very active IN
tie case, aud the address to the
Jury as far as II went to-day was highly IN
tDrest.nC. He Is making an earnest plea in
Folalf Of his client. and the case has been
attracting widespread attention. The in
torrst here IS great, and prominent law
ycIs are In attendance daily at the court
room.
MR.. SMITHS ARGUMENT.
II is hard 10 say just what the verdict
of tine Jury will he If one of the Jurors
should die the whole case would have to
ua tried over again, and Darcy, the
srkest Of the stricken jurors, has bad
case Of the grippe, and had to be car
rsI % mis- room this afternoon. lie
was seized with a violent vomiting spell.
IN the SICK juTyman can stand the
.rdoal tomorrow Mr.. Smith will resume
h,. argument. 1t viii require nearly three
hours yet for Mr.. Smith TO conclude his
areumcnt. and bis friends are much inter-
cs.ci ia the summing up Of the case yet to
he made.
North Carolina postmasters were ap-
pointed to-day as follows; II. w Boyd,
Hmuum Springs, lredeu county, rice j. J..
Pope, resigned A. +. Scales. Lou Gap,
-urray county, Uioe l. Is. Sandefur, re-
signed.
IMPROVING.
Ex-senator John f. Lewis, Of Virginia,
who has been III, continues TO imp owe.
iia has had severe attack of the grippe,
and the bad weather prevents him from
going out. His condition has not been
alarming, as some of his friends supposed.