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Show WOOLLEY j STEPS DOWN S treasury Demands His j , Resignation, i lAssayer in Charge Is Only ; Too Glad to Com-I Com-I Pty- : . I Serious Charges WTade Against the I Official Investigation Results, His Retirement Follows. A fptclal (o The Tribune. : WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 7 Bishop l Smith Woolley of Boise. Ida., assayer la charge of tho mint at that placo. hao itfencd. Tho Secretary, of Treasury do-Vn&dcd do-Vn&dcd tho resignation, and tho bishop y4 glad enough to comply Serious cfirges. It Is said, were filed against IVoollcy some time ago. Involving not only i charge of signing his brother's name rlthout authority, but maladministration, la fact, when tho Secretary o Trcaaury ?as made acquainted with the charges, ;e decided It was of sufficient Import to Hirrant a thorough Investigation. Thorough. Inquiry Blade. He called upon Chief Vllko of the secret Service department, and obtained ne of his beat men. who was dispatched 'orlhwlth to Boise with orders to spare 10 ono and mako a thorough expose of hi situation, J "What Inspector Found. Jt Is Impossible to secure tho report of he Inspector but enough Is known to warrant tho statement that the detective tour.d that Woolley had signed his mother's name to tho pay roll, and that he had given his brother leave of absence ifllhout authority from Washington. It 5 said Woolley answered the charges Mdi against him. but they were unsatisfactory unsatis-factory to the department, and tho case ma submitted to the Secretary of Treasury Treas-ury with all reports. President Decides Case. Then It Is said the case was: presented !o tho President, and ho decided that IVooilcy'a resignation be callsd for. In he meantime Woolley had kept the wires xit. and telegrams crying help, help ame pouring1 Into the office of tho Junior Senator from Idaho. Then, It Is said, tho tn:itor got busy. It wn3 he who had fouched to tho President for. "Woolley. ! It ns ho who had made a personal matter if his confirmation In the Senate, and he Kis disposed to seo to It that these itarges bi quashed Heyburn No Life Saver. !But tho proceeding up to this were kept itcret, and when Senator Ilcyburn was xlled upon as a life preserver the ln rpwtor had made his Investigation and SVoolley wns doomed It la whispered In IVashlngton that Joseph Plnkham of Bolte Is slated for the place, t Story of Appointment. 'Tho story of Bishop Woolley's appointment appoint-ment and the fight mado over his Kaflrmation Is well known to the readers s: Tho Tribune Bishop Woolley Is tho wa-In-law of Bishop Budge, the same one Jt.o testified before the Sinoot Investigates Investigat-es committee some time ago. Ho was formerly deputy internal revenue collector col-lector for Idaho, and was named as ns-"Jr ns-"Jr to succeed J. W. Cunningham. At we time his name was sent to the Senate T tho President, cx-Senator Heltfcld forced for-ced to tho Senato Committee on scco. through Senator Dubois, numer-charges numer-charges against him. impugning Integrity and specifying some nasty argea Involving transactions with sa-ttoutecpera sa-ttoutecpera and the postmnstcr at Lowls-Senator Lowls-Senator Dubois took -'tho position the time that he did nott wish to an-MEonlie an-MEonlie his colleague, and merely ransmltted tho charges to the President, j. Second Inquiry Ordered. -A second Invostlgatlonwas 'ordered, tho ono having failed to devvlop nny-t-ns startling Then it was that cx-tator cx-tator Heltfeld was called to Washlng-l Washlng-l ? m trlvalc business. Incidentally, It ?' X 'e was Invited by Senator Teller V,10 Finance commlttco to appear be-ro.a be-ro.a that commlttco and sustain his SeVrnd thl9 Mr- Heltfcld did. Ho ua Z-a U srUd- thflt tno Junior Senator Sr..!ua Personal appeal to tho mcm-S," mcm-S," tho committee for tho blshop'a KaUon nnd thcn Heltfeld, knowing fiL,".rte.ly oC Senators in such matters, VtimtSShT Aho. CQSC wIth th0 committee, 7IZiu?B Ulat such appointments were tltta Sta th0 Dcmcrac party in |