| Show bi Y kapr lAPH pic fir UNION LINE 4 it IR it 11 C A N washington 11 14 first comptroller durham durnam has written a letter to mr J A J cresswell united states counsel before the court of alabama claims in regard to the amount of his compensation pensa tion under the law in which he says without discussing that portion of your letter of tho the ath last replying plying to articles in the washington star and the new york LT erald herald with which this office has no concern I 1 would respectfully call your attention to section 5 act of june 1874 18 statutes at large in 1 n the following f ollo olio W I 1 ag words that the president inay may designate the counsellors at it law admitted to practice in the supreme court of the united states and represent the government in said suit and in all claims tiled filed for indemnity for fo losses as provided by this act subject to the supervision and control of the actor ney licy general such counsel couns counsel cl shall receive for his services aud and expenses such reasonable allowance iu in each claim as may chay be approved by the court to be apportioned in each claim ada caged and paid from said award upon the certificate of one of the j judges and according to the provision of the acton act of march ad adf 18 statutes at large thus that the compensation of a counselor provided for by section 5 bof of the act of con congress ress creating the court of commiss commissioners loners of alabama claims approved june 23 1874 shall liot riot exceed per annum 1 and 1 refer you to the rule of construction laid down by chief justice taney in Aldrid aldridge 1 geet geel et al vs williams 3 3 3 howard 24 as follows in expounding this law the judgment of the court cannot in any degree be influenced fluen ced by the construction placed upon it by individual members ot congress in the debate which took place on its passage nor by the motives or reasons assigned by them for supporting or opposing the amendments that were offered the law as it passed is the avill of the majority of both houses and the only mode in which that will spoken is is in the act itself and we must gather their intention from the language there used coap comparing arin g g it lt when any ambiguity exis exists t wi with t the laws upon the same subject and looking if necessary to the public history and the times in which it was passed s ed see also united states vs r union t sn railway company 91 01 U S 79 statutory law 50 bishop on written laws wick on the construction of statute and constitutional law foot note vol 15 of Attorney the generals decisions upon the language of the above section and the act of march id 1875 18 stat at lar lare large e amendatory thereof authorizing compensation to be allowed to a counselor at law I 1 I 1 am of opinion that such compensation comi pen pensa s tion atlon is not f nixed fixed at an annual salary of congress leaving the samy same not to exceed that sum to be apportioned in each claim adjudicated by the court of commissioners of Alabama claims and thac thad I 1 will dut nut be warranted in passing your accounts for compensation unless the plain requirements of said section are complied with the ruling of my ny predecessor pode cessor on the questions arising in in the former accounts heretofore to fore presented though entitled to weight are not binding on me in passing upon subsequent accounts now for the ache first time pre presented seated for the action of the office thereon if therefore in allowing your acco accounts drits the pres present crit question was called to the attention of my predecessors as you have suggested I 1 cannot concur with their views in passing upon the accounts now for the first time submitted t ed for the action of the office so much in reply to the legal position assumed letter in reply to your reference to the value and ane services servi ces ees of counsel I 1 will add that even iven admi admit ting your view ot of tile the same such services seem to have been abundantly compensated since I 1 find from a tabular statement prepared in this office that there has been paid for special counsel since the re establishment of said court in july 1882 to the 3 of march Nl arch auch isz iso the sum of this sain sum does not include the salary of the authorized counsellor at law ll 11 washington 14 secretary whitney returned to washington early sunday morning the comptroller of the currency has declared the fifth dividend of ten per cent in favor of the creditors of the first national bank of monmouth illinois making in all 90 per cent paid the tho creditors postmaster the general genera today to day appointed about 3 fourth class postmasters no appointments were made for fon f or the bract pacific fic coast the secretary of the interior was occupied for several hours today to day in hearing hearie arguments upon the case 0 of f the or southwestern mining company vs the gettysburg min iii lil t company of nevada anada the case has ban ann been before the department for years and has now been reopened re opened from a list of applicants for appointments point ments as messengers in the special delivery service the postmaster has decided to select thirty to commence with this number it is th thought ought w will ill lii aise give a good fair trial should the ser vice prove copular and more messengers are required they will bp be appointed the thle board of naval officers appointed ed to consider plans for the construe pi new naval vessels met in the navy department today to day tho the board expects to have its report ready to submit to secretary whitney within a couple of weeks secretary manning dismissed jabez babcz Fox fourth class clerk ia in the auditors office mr fox is pastor of the sire side church on capitol hill and the reason given by register rosecrans is that it was the pleasure of the appointing officer J judge chenowith first auditor of the treasury has returned to the city he is not inclined to credit the charges against the coast and geodetic bureau in la regard to the report that acting ting superintendent thorn had allied with some of the off omm officials iciaN of that bureau and had placed himself in antagonism to the reforms recommended mended and contemplated by the report of the chenowith committee of which he thorn was a member mr mr chenowith said that he discredited absolutely any adv such report concerning mr thorn BA 14 frederick L clayton senior partner in the ship brokerage firm of F L clayton co alf aifred alfred ned red brotherton and george W brown were today to day arrested on the charge ot of having conspired to defraud insurance companies clayton owned the brig 0 T tellman stellman tS of which brotherton was captain and the brig soiled from caari Caarl iton eiton south carolina 2 1884 wita with a cargo of staves for the west indies on sept was abandoned ai al sealand sea and her crew picked up three days later by a passing schooner in the early part of april ims Z the briwa bri brig was wa picked up and towed into Ber bermuda milaa her cargo was insured for all of this amount was paid to clayton on the statement of brotherton that he was compelled to abandon the brig because of heavy weather and the ot of the vessel when the stillman nan arrived at bermuda she was examined by the agents of the underwriters who found the vessel in excellent condition but with a number of holes below the tile water line which had evidently been bored from the inside side the underwriters underwrite ra at once put the matter in the hands of detectives and they pushed it with all their energy clayton was released on ij bail but for the others bail was refused A A singular coincidence is the t he fact that only this morning information was received here thattie scho schooner on PM j M Xe mcdonald Donald of which brotherton took command af after ter the stillman was wrecked nad been cast away off turks island from where she was bound hound to baltimore and that the mcdonald was also owned by bv clayton Clay ton ion the offense with wilh which brotherton bratherton is charged is punishable with death clayton has always stood high in t the 11 e community IVEST WEST BANK 14 4 p in the puritan an passed the imaginary line drawn from sandy hook towards prince bay 8 minutes 3 seconds ahead of the genesta p in the puritan has just passed the hospital ship the genesta is away astern pm the th e puritan wins the th race crossing the winning line at p pm m the fenesta crossed the line at 1 DEFEATED BY NEARLY SEVENTEEN MINUTES in the thirty eight mile hile yacht race over the new york yacht clun club course today to day the puritan defeated the genesta 10 16 minutes 18 seconds corrected time or 16 minutes 47 seconds actual time the wind was vas extremely light T from the start to sandy hook going p out and from there to the finish gom coming in from the hook to the lightship and eback it was a good eight knot breeze the tide was flood during the birst first half of the race and ebb coming home the largest fleet of steam steamers ers 7 ever assembled in new kew york harbor for a similar sight accompanied the yachts over the entire course the scene at the tile finish was one oue of thega and est ever witnessed both yachts were saluted by every vessel and the trun from fort wadsworth staten island owing Owins to 0 the cracking ot of the iron cap of the lle gen estas astals main mast the outside race is is postponed till wednesday HARRISON ohio 15 the bank of harrison harrlson has made an tin assignment liabilities adsetts about the same among the adsetts are noted as indian township warrants barrants which inay may be worthless NEW 1 1 4 ras 12 VS pacific ois GIs 28 central pacific SO burlington 28 northern pacific 21 preferred 47 northwestern sui smi new york central 97 oregon navigation SOX sou 80 trans conti cental 22 pacific mail 48 panama 98 st louis and san francisco isy 18 texas pacific 17 1 union pacific 60 fargo farl go express 13 western union I 1 to 70 cincinnati 15 col george ward nichols president of the college of music cincinnati died this mornine morning at his residence on east walnut hills of this city of consumption ile he was at work at the college until a short time before his death col nichols served upon gen W F sherman shermans Sher mans I 1 S staff during the thy war and wrote Sher shermana manya manla march to the sea ile he married a daughter of the late nicho la las ils ns Longworth of this city and for the past of teen years has devoted himself to musical education having founces founded a college of which he was president lent in this work he was greatly aided by the munificence of the late reuben springer SAN ylli FRANCISCO encisco 15 the atlantic and pacific railroad company which Aur purchased chased last tear year the M mojave ola VO division of df the southern pacific road made application in the U S land of flee in this city yesterday for an indemnity grant of odd sections of land alo aio alouies along nils its ils proposed V edline line through california the grant was asked for under the compessi com congressional ressi mial act approved july ism entitled arl ari an ail act granting lands to aid tu ill the cons construction traction of railroad lali lail road and telegraph lines from the states of missouri arkansas to the pacific coast the application was denied on the ground of not bein belh being in conformity wita with department regulations the road had not been built within the specified time cincinnati 15 Public publication atlon is made here today to day ot ol startling disclosures in society at celina mercer county ohio where three or four youths scarcely of age sons of leading and wealthy citizens am are under bonds for burglaries committed in that town 0 one lle ile of them is clayton marsh son of ilon hon A 1 marsh marshh speaker of the ohio house of representatives all an ani i other is a son of county clerk landfair who is A a student at a kentucky military institute several others are suspected but not yet et arrested the matter became public through the tile nephew of the sheriff who had been entrusted wit with lithe the aie ale sale of some 0 of f the stolen jewery jcoery young mars marsh I 1 tt t is said made a confession 11 he and d young landfair and a barkeeper a named e d joseph schilling have been arrested and are under bonds washington 35 15 there was a meeting of the cabinet helito held heid today to bayat day at which all the members were present except secretaries bayard antl and endicott it is understood that the silver policy of the government was one of the questions considered washington 15 the president today appointed t the e fol foi following lowin collectors of customs join S hager for the tile district of 13 sin in francisco john flagan all ali for the southern district of oregon L on SAN FRANCISCO erin ervn cisco 15 the san pablo arrived at tell ten this morning bringing hong kong dates to august ana ana yokohama sept tile the japan mail says there ie no ion lon longer any doubt but cholera has reappeared in japan the official gazette garette of august 3 woth soth announces twenty lour four new basss at nagasaki a aahl and says the disease is very violent n t death rapidly ensuing after seizure I 1 the infection is extending rapidly cholera is also reported at osaka but appears to be sporadic radie radle the total of cases f from rom augusi ad to the alst was only 22 deaths OTTAWA 15 A d dispatch from regina says sas rie riel I 1 1 has las been pending bendin 9 the decision of the british privy council washington 15 the treasury department today to day purchased on ounces D ces of silver for delivery at the new orleans and philadelphia mints for co coinage inae into standard dollars collaro postmaster Po stina Etina ster J W flagg of ellsworth mass has been recommended for removal for mailing circulars athis at his ahls postoffice post office that should have been at boston fourth class postmasters are paid salaries based on the number of stamps cancelled at their of offices flees if such a postmaster from friendship or through corrupt means induce s business men living in tile cities of a presidential grade rade to mail large quantities of matter at their off ices offices tile the effect is an increase in the postmasters salary this practice is believed to prevail to a great extent in small towns surrounding in boston and to a small extent around new york inspectors investigations have revealed the fact tact that there are persons in the cities who make a business of furnishing and addressing quantities of circulars for firms free of cost on payment of one cent postage on each circular they take these circulars to small village billage post offices and stipulate with tb the e postmaster for their share in his commission and this share it seems is laroe laige enough to make the business lucri lucrative ive lve there is said to be no statute under which such auch persons can be punished and it is probable that the tile attention of congress Con CoD gres giess will wiil be called to the needed legislation in this particular par ticul ar but the regulations of the rost Post poston postoffice nice lice department authorize the postmaster general to recover f from rom the postoffice post office any sum paid them tin lin in excess of their lawf lawt lawful al commission and under this provision can be recovered from post ollIces washington 15 the following general order has been issued washington sept 15 general order no 6 believing it to be the general desire of members of the grand army of the republic Ee public that a monument should be erected to their departed comrade gen U S grant which will testify forever their affection for him as a comrade and fitly symbolize their appreciation of his services to our country in behalf of which they with him peril led their lives and offered their all I 1 deem it proper not as clothed with official authority in that |
