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Show GENERAL. WASHINGTON. ClmruoM ol Corruption Dl- Tho jiiluiiiu;Aili Javit Compromise Willi WhisUy CroouM. Washington, 11. The new board of police commissioners dismissed the charges heretofore made against Major Richards, superintendent of police, and tho dotactivo corps, ou tho ground that tho public interests do not now rcquiro the singling out ol a few suboulinates to pnnish them for the state ot things l.fhich had been the imperceptible growth of years, and for which their suprior officers wero still moro responsible. Recommendation has been nude that Secretary Sherman appoint a competent draughtsman to take charge of all desigus for public build' iuks, and relievo the supervising architect of the duty, and confining the latter to routino duties. It is said the recommendation will bo acted upon, and Wilson, a Cincinnati architect, archi-tect, will be placed in chargo of the draughting. The published statement that E. Oilman, one of Lbo'b guards, has filed at the attorney general's office an affidavit to the effect that the confession con-fession of Leo was obtained by Howard, prosecuting attorney, by promising a reprieve, and that several important facta of tbo coufes6ion implicating Brigham Young were omitted, is denied by tho attorney general. general. New Yoik, 12. Times' Washington: Washing-ton: Assistant Secretary French has completed his report upon the Chicago whisky case3, and submitted it to Sherman. Roells, Junken &, Co., Fort & Co., and George Miller and R. C. Meserean aro tho principal, parties included in tho report. The parties named claimed that Bristow and Solicitor Wilson promised to re-leaso re-leaso thorn from the assessment and judgments if they would give evidence for government, and it is believed the report recommends that this promise bs fulfilled. Should the parties be released from the judgments given against them, it will be worth to them as follows: To Miller, $18,000; Meserean, $8-5,000; Roells, Junken & Co., $100,000; Fort & Co., $3-1,000. The decision will not bo made public for several dsys. Recent reports stating that the sickness of Moirill during the last days of his administration alono pro-vented pro-vented the whisky cases from being compromised, do that gentlemaa great injustice. Final decision upon ali these cases waBSuapended bydireel i orders of Morrill, and when Sherman i took charge of the department Morril! personally explained them to bim, and recommended that no compromise compro-mise bo made. |