Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-05
CARTER CASE ECHO.
CONTRACTING COMPANY SEEKS 'o
WITHDRAW SUITS.
THE CASE OF MINISTER HUNTER.
yo,o~,ca Petition for Removal Oh
the OmciaI Not Yet Recei"e"
xv,,oyton-Dr. Curry Entert"tns
,,,,ona, University Committee

WASHINGTON. d. c., November e.
fspeoiaI The Atlantic Contracuns Ooii'-
,e,v which brought suit in the Court OF
Itoiros AGAINST the government In the
early spring for work performed IN 'he
i,nuroyement OF Cumberland Souhu an"
,ba barbor OF Savannah, Ga, now seeks
ebro,ob its attorney. TO withdraw the
suits This is the company which enter
ea into contracts with former captain
q. NJ Carter, who war convicted OF nav
ing embezzled millions Of government
Funds. The amount claimed by the com
pany as still due Is about $2oOVV' Nhe-
ther the change in the intentions Oh the
.onnanv 20 prosecute its claim against
The government grows out OF the cOhNIC-
tion OF former Captain carter Is Ho'
known. but the Department on JusuCc'
which has been at work ever sIhVe' s"'"
cling information and evidence 10 De uS'u
in a counter-claim, now opposes tno M
in Ia dismiss. Argument In the mdllet
viii be heard on Monday, November o.i
No briefs have as yet been hieu WIZ"
the court, nor has any testimony peen
eubmitted. Neither VIII the ohViaiS VI
the Department of Justice consent u u,S
cuss the case for pubhcauOh' p"' tno
fact that the government VIII OPPoSS w
discontinuance of the suits Is hOt "i,n-
~, sicnifcance The proceedings on
Tondav will. therefore be watched with
INC interest. for it will then develop
INST what course of action the govern
mont intends to pursue, as wen as the
rature of the testimony that IT Is aHeseu
20 have secured against the company anu
,bo nrobable amount OF the government
fountfr-claim.
THE HUNTER CASE.
Assistant Secretary Hill. of the state
r,onartment. was seen to-day by your
CORRESPONDENT. relative 10 the peu1oh
which has been forwarded 10 washington
nv the American citizens OF Guatehlala'
asLtrg inc removal of Minister Hunter.
MIR. Hin reported that the peutoh III
onestion had not yet been received ana
that even after its receipt II mlshl pe
a week. and perhaps . MONTH Deioie
ANYTHING could he given out by the ue-
partnlent for publication.
,rhe charges preferred against the or
Tending representative of TINS govern
uent would first Of all, nave to DC care
fully weighed, ana ample time Woula
hava 10 be accorded Mr.. Hunter 10 make
answer thereto. Under the circumstan-
oes. no definite action could be taken by
:te department. he SAID until fullinVes-
tigation had been made.
DE-. CURRY BNTERTAINS.
DIT. J. l.. NJ. Curry, VINO is member
Of the National University Committee
now in session here, gave dinner at
his residence, on NJ street, northwest
Thursday night, 70 his colleagues. The
guests were President Harper OF CHI
cago University; President Eliot, Of liar-
"a
nell; President Wilson, OF Washington
and Lee; President Alderman, Of the
University of North Carolina; President
Draper, of Illinois University; Justices
Brewer and Brown, of the Supreme
Court; Mr.. Langley, Of the Smithsonian
Institution; Superintendents Goldan and
Maxwell Of the city schools Of St. Louis
and New York. respectively; Professor
Murray Butler. of Columbia University
AIR. DOusherty, of Illinois. Mr.. Garfield,
librarian OF Yale University; Mr. KapOn,
% this city; Mr.. Hill, Assistant Secretary
Of state; DR.. Harris, OF the Bureau of
Education, Mr.. Putnam. Of the Con-
gressional Library, and Mr.. Proctor of
The Civil Service Commission.
Personal.
Colonel William r. Teller, who IS again
in the city. visiting friends, will 20 to
Richmond next week. 20 spend q few
days with his relatives there.
c. 4. Jones. George Perkins, Randolph
Turner. r. J. Williams. and a. c. Kicker.
OF Charlottesville. are at the Metropoli-
tan.
3. II. Marsh and Riie, Winston, n. c.;
w. II. Anthony. Richmond; Il. Il. Tug
gle, Blackstone, Va; George W. Cone
and wife. Riverton, Na.-National
I. ODonohue, Charlotte. n. c.; p. H.
Bowers and wife. Berryville. Va; W. l..
Mauphin. Charlottesville-St James.
W. G. Armstrong, Wilmington, n. c.;
G. W. Byerley. c. w. johnson, WilfIed
Pole. Bristol, Tenn; W. II. Conner and
WIFE, Salisbury. \. c.; w. Il. Reams and
wife Richmond; Miss Reams. Richmond;
G. y. Smith ~ +. Emerson Culpcper-
Howard House.
". G.. Coleman has been commissioned
fourth-class postmaster at Evol, va; Lee
Gerber at Napoleon, Va; James IA. o.
borne at Seven Pines. Va. and Cicero
Mann at Newport. y. G.