The Greenville times., 1894-06-02
WASHINGTON NOTES
WHAT Is GOING ON AT UNCLE
sAMs HEADQUARTERS
Comment Concerning Transactions in
the Various Departments.

The president, accompanied by Sec
retaries Carlisle and Gresham and Cap
tain Robley Evans. of the light house
board, arrived at Rieh's wharf on the
light house tender Violet at ll:l5
Thursday morning.
Thesenate bribery committee, Thurs
day. took up the sugar trust feature OF
its investigation. The first witness was
T. j. Edwards. better known as "Hol-
land. the New York correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Press.
The democratic managers are be-
coming impatient at the time being
consumed by the republicans in the
discussion of the metal schedule and
are beginning to talk among them
selves of the advisability OF prolonging
the hours Of debate.
The special committee appointed to
investigate the charges of attepni-'
senatorial bribery on the part OF
Charles W. Buttz submitted their re-
port to the senate Friday. Buttz is
found by the committee to have made
an attempt at bribery, despite his de-
NAL. and Senators Hunton and Kyls
are exonerated from all blame.
The discussion on the repeal OF the
ten per cent tax on state banks COM
menced in the house Saturday morn
ing. There is no limit on the debate.
and it is expected to continue two
weeks, at least, probably longer. The
house is so evenly divided on the prop
osition that the discussion may change
enough votes to pass or defeat the bill.
Secretary Carlisle is very much an.
noyed and disgusted at the newspaper
publications limiting a deal Of some
kind concerning the sale OF the govern
ment building at Chicago. tits learn.
ed that he had written letters to Col
onel Livingston, as chairman OF the
subcommittee on appropriations, show
ing that the charges made are utterly
false and ridiculous.
The comptroller OF the currency has
declared dividends in favor OF the
creditors of insolvent national banks as
follows: Second dividend of so per
cent. in favor OF the creditors OF the
Alabama National Bank, OF Mobile,
Ala. making in all 100 per cent. ON
claims proved amounting to s6s, s,699.
A fourth dividend OF the First Nation.
al Bank of Wilmington, N. c., making
in all 80 per cent in claims proved
amounting to Sj5l 1929.
Exposition News.
Assistant Secretaries Willitts and
Biekford, of the agricultural depart.
ment, were before the subcommittee
OF the house appropriations commit
tee, having in charge the proposed ap-
preparation for the Atlanta exposition
Saturday morning. These gentle
men stated that 100000 in
round numbers would be sum
sufficient for creditable govern
ment exhibit. They promised, how
ever, to furnish exact figures in few
days. Mr.. Livingston, chairman of
the subcommittee, received telegram
from Mr.. Spear, of Chicago, who erect
ed the government building at the
worlds fair, in which he estimated
that the cost Of taking down the
building and erecting it at At
lanta would be about $4,000.
The Trade Was Not Ratified.
Representative Livingston, of Geor-
gia. and Secretary of the Interior
Smith, had conference Friday with
Secretary Carlisle regarding the gov
ernment building at Chicago which it
is designed to move to Atlanta and
erect on the exposition grounds at that
place. Mr.. Carlisle stated that the
building was sold on the 18th instant
TO Chicago wrecking company, that
the contract had been made out and
the company's check received, but that
the contract was not signed as yet nor
had the money been turned into the
treasury. He stated that be would be
governed jy the wishes of congress in
the matter; that if congress desired
that the sale should be set aside he
would do so and the building should
be removed to Atlanta, agreeably to
the wishes of the exposition managers.