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Show THK fSEVFAltry VfcsJTI3V II OS, fesiiuiouy DHmniriuu; to Uic Ueleuuaut, Washington, 21. Tho BewaiJ investigating in-vestigating committee was in session tu-day, and Chairman Springer said the question whether .Seward should he required to obey tho stibpccno duces Uciaii, and produce the books, papers aud vouchers called (or, wculd remain undecided until tho hou;o re-assembles. re-assembles. Lewis, consular clerk at Shanghai, who had charge of tho book in which was kept the account known as the seaman's fund, leetificd that all through hie servico an addition of 5 percent, to the disbursements was .ujjKcei ngainoi government uuuer instructions of Seward, who said it was designed to cover the loss by exchange. ex-change. At one time the porcentago was increased to 20, but Acting Secretary Sec-retary ol Slate Conger reduced the percentage to 5 and required re-quired tbe reimbursement, of , the differences. The witness also testilied to bis refusal to sign u quarterly voucher (or $301) for services iu the consular post office on the ground that ho had worked a very short timo. Tho explanation given of thia was that, while witness' salary in the consular clork waa 2,000, his nominal salary aa clork was $1,000, and the difference was made up eithor out of the post office fund or else Seward's own pocket. The witness SOSOified tWO mnrteappu nuorenui I some $15,000, Seward had taken about tbe time there was the lariat balauoe on hand from the seaman's fund . Seward was also owner of forty or fifty Chinese houses in Shanghai, the aggregate cost, of which could not exceed ex-ceed $5,000. Seward was the lessee of the consular building at Shanghai, and BUblet it to government at $3,G00, whereas an equally commodious building could be obtained at a much less rate. Witnesa, after deocribing the books at tbe consulate in which the daily transactions were entered, was proceeding to state how be went to look for them in the lolt ol the oonsular buildiug, where the old j books and doouments and othor j rubbish were kept, and learned from the Chinaman who had tbe key ol tho loft what had become of them, but before he could finish the story, Merrick, Mer-rick, of the counsel, objected, on the ground that the testimony waa hearsay, hear-say, and therefore incompetent. After a long diacuseion, tbe chairman overruled the objection, assigning aB one reason that there hud been bad faith on the part ot Seward and hia counsel iu withholding withhold-ing these books, while ono of the ex press conditiona on which the caro had bsen continued was that these books ebould be produced. Merrick aud Ashton resented the charge o , bad faith, and claimed that the brjoki iwere private. An appeal from decesion of chair waa taken bj Buody and the committee sustained sus-tained tbe appeal yeas, Blaine Buudy aud Dunnell, naya Deau anc Mayham. The chairman later modified mod-ified tho remarka which had given offense, too violation of what in hie judgment waa an understanding. The reporter was directed to omit all allusion to the unpleasantness. Adjourned till Monday. |