New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-30
NEWS NOTESAT THE CAPITAL
THE ATHA & 1LLINGWORTH CASTINGS
FINALLY ACCEPTED.
BIDS FOR THE NETWORK DRYDoCK OPENED
THE BOARD or VISITORS FOR WEST

BIDS FOR THE NETWORK DRYpocK OPENED
THE BOARD or VISITORS FOR WEST
porNT-rNpiAN TROUBLES.
| Washington. April 2s.-The Navy Department has
accented the four steel castings for batleshps made
bv the Atha & Iilingworth Company, Of Newark
Y = which were rejected with somewhat sensa-
tional results last fall. the action being followed
by the arrest Of and institution Of criminal pro-
ceedngs against some OF the officials OF the COM
pany on the charge OF attempting TO defraui 'ne
! Government. As far as is known, the Department
of Justice has taken no steps 70 quasn the charges
bu, as thp Navy Department has nov accepted the
material on which the proceedings were based II
| il probable the case VIII be abandoned.
The C1lcf Of Naval ordnance in explaining the
matter this morning. SAL that the defects III inc
castings had been shown 10 be supertciiL ihese
castings are the piston-heGIs used TO el"Va'e me
hig guns in the turres Of the battlesAips row 30
rel~ completion. 1t would have been awkward 10
deav further the completion of these vessels ana
az IN, castings were founi equal to the purposes
for which they intended u was decided 10 uSc
them II IS explained that las: f1lL after the
,roul,o with the Carnegie ilwaoios in armor-
plates. and also with material received from the
Penn steel Casting Company. OF Pennsylvania, the
Naval INSPECTORS rcGpG5ci their efforts 70 detect
frauds When the big castings from the Atha q
| Iilngworth Company were examined careiu'is' y
was found that plugs h4d been u. mo DO ", me-
officers declared ;hi. to be papnble
i,,ri 70 cf~aii and Secretary Herbert determined
To- riikr an e.Anpic Of the pfesumabay suil'y IIi
~ and promptly sent forward the af'iaviis OF me
in.io,,.ri - Attorney General Olncy, who pro-
ccedc against the officers of the conAany tho conn
The Department. returned IN ls'iss 10 tmc ,,n
nan ,,tica a icd for pcrmi' sion 10 mithlne ne
pieces asserting hat he hclcs were 0ny on ,irnnf
down to t1cr required size they would prov SCUM
NM oycm@n ~, %o tyi @9 'o M Iaai ' Rcce";y
hovayer IN, department. needing the pstons; coh-
sei 70 Sn l9Y m as assert i'S b. The r s ma
nas were opened in the Navy Dcpartrn'nt ms MS
@ Yiigfy"Tk Xayy yard ,cft diminished by John
| t;ill,cs whose contract anruled on ne i.,A
n.r.or,Iancc The G.iAes contract was made by
Secretary Tracy GA November H. ~ !of e, 80. a,
Congress having Appropriated |5@oc' for the pHi
pose eS mas already T",rEc c e ny sclarcI o.
Utrn or no account to any other contractor Only
$2e,d9 remained to be PAD GNes; VINO IN ,nir, or
his YORK or the Original appr9pratioT $50 'Y,b hin
hi. amount, congress must be cailci on for The
E5ianc". In the moan TIM the Navy has nearly
an equipped navy yard until the New-fork dock Is
tn" n.ls were AS follows: simpson Dry Dock
Cn,nr,u, Sici ,c6: j. H. Wesicrhrook SHP.>', Colin
Mclean. SS77.on; Thomas and August WASH
Secretary Herbert who opsnea the bids in person
said that he would thorouehN 'ha iin' 'nT p'o'-
Secretary Lamont has appointed the following as
nicirb.r~ q the Board OF Visitors to inc, WoSt
Point Military Academy senators Villas, o. Wis
., nsir AMI FRYE. ~ Maine. Representatives w hecI
81 OF Alabama. Washing IN, ~ Tennessee ana
Nlll,kcu " Maine. Frank T.. Blair, OF Illinois Ten
nr,i Thomas Wood. " ohio. \. Leo knott ot
N,rylard. Dr f. 6. Jan"way, Of New lork, Sisoui =
MY Iutlcr Of Massachusetts. John NJ. wright, oi
| Kentucky and Peter Harision. u Virginia
officials Of the Indian Bureau ulac" ~ cr"9ence
| ~. "a oh do'
that 90 Mount Turtle 'hipre~3 Indians were
! about IL 20 on tho warpaih. Their was som" minor
trouble among them recently on account ~ me
Indians cutting nrewooi. which they have rght
~ do f1r use and United states deputy arsha
e,4a,,,ro5 IN rrcyepf (, The Indians sntc1
this interference ma requested the aid 81 the indian
bureau. Indian Agcn: Hall was sent 20 lnV"Stlgate
~ r1sf,or In; has not We, been heard from which
FAC; leads the officials TO believe that nothing s"fi
| GUS has occurred