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Show Hhl 11 to 11 Ailt ict'ri. Washington, -X Aihtiph CIn s, engineer of the Hoard of Public Works, was MibjccUd to live hours' severe orosrf examination jto-day, and forced to a, k t lie protection ol'the committee, com-mittee, as he was without council. Many additional papors which when in his direct testimony he d:srenicui-bercd d:srenicui-bercd signing, were produced, and he was forced tu admit hid oiguatuie w.ui to tbeni; al?u U vouchers upon which rcccivcn pajmrnt, win-Ji m bis direi testimony he paid was measured by an assisUiut in his oltico without Ins knowledge. On the whole hi.i former Ustimony was Uully damaeed by the cross examination. He denied any intention of charging the Poard with intentional frauds, but only with a looso way of doing business. PdcekcusdorfiT, expert engineer of the committee, rciwrted the results of further measurements made by him since ho last testified, having m one street an over allowance to the contractors con-tractors of over L'O.ooO yanls; in another an-other of over iM.OOO, and on the same street an over allowance of nearly L',000 feet of curbing. In the Supreme Court of the His-, trict of Columbia, to-day, the case of Bucll, corresjtondenl ol" the Uelimt Free 1 'rr.t.t charged with libel by Senator Chandler, came up on the exceptions ex-ceptions to the order ovn-rul'ng by the lower court, of the motion to dismiss tho ccr(ivmri lo the Police t 'mirt. After argument the dmrt decided the case properly bwloned to the Criminal Crimin-al Court, whero it could be tried, thus sustaining the judgment id' the court below. Tho funeral of (Jen. Dyer look place this p.m., and w:m homely attended. at-tended. Thcruliiigof the. Speaker to-day. by which tl 115 Army Iteducfion lull was sent to the Cniiiinittce of the Whole, will send tho Pari If hill to the same Committee unless tho rules can bo suspended. ( n Monday such a motion will doubtless bo made on the Tariff and Currency billtt, hut it is not considered prubahlr 11 two-thirds vote can bo secured. II their consideration considera-tion multilist Like place in tho Committed, Com-mitted, final action may not be reached reach-ed this session, owing to the pressure of other business. David Ji. .Melli-di, representative Irom New York, who was removed to tho (iovernment asylum for the insane in-sane about two weeks ago, dial this p.m. |
