Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-24
VERY LATEST IS,
THREE O'CLOCK A. y.
srEHESrING ITEMS OF NEWS


NV YoRx. JULY % The Investigation o.
thc charges of swIndling against bispns and
Straiton. OF The United Service Peuolcurn Com
pany was continued Yesterday The principal
| portion CT the day was occupied in hearing Che
testimony OF Colonel Hollier. formerly OF Gen
Grants army. The conclusion of ,ha case va
adjourned till 10 o'clock Monday
NEw DOLLAR oRErSsAcK oouSrERBKIrs
New photograph counterfeits OF one dollar
| greenbacks, well executed. made their appear
ance pretty extensively last night This city,
| Brooklyn, and Williamsburg police, By getting
early information Of the fraud, aad notifying
shop keepers, prevented it from being as sue
| cessful as designed. No arrests made.
ARREST or ROWE, rErHoIKuy MAN.
Frederick A. Howe, of Meadvle. Penusylva
MIA was brought before Justice Bowling yes,er-
day, on the charge of defrauding n Sheldon, OF
| Brooklyn, by false representations in regard TO
oil lands. Howe was released on bail.
TEE PRESIDENT CONE on ANOTHER EXCURSION
President Johnson accompanied BY Secretary
Welles, Assistant Secretary Fox and Hon Pres
ton King, left this afternoon excursion
down the river ON the steamer Harriet. The
party will be absent until Monday morning
GOVERNMENT RENTS FoRps THEATRE
The Government takes fnal possession OF
nfttft OF flOuQhNs EFcrNtusDK IL Dtiug
packed for removal. The Government is to pay
the rent to MI Ford until February, and il al
that time Congress has not made sn appropra
ton for the purchase, il will DO returned to him
STATEMENT FROM oNE OF DAVIS OFFICERS.
The Herald publishes u statement from a
staff officer who accompanied JEFF Davis in his
flight from Richmond. giviag the details OF the
passage OF the party through South Carolina
The residents OF that State closed their homes
against Jsf aud hi accompanying officials. aud
compelled hem 10 live in the cars on the rail-.
road track. and tire iew necc.saries they got
were given grudgingly Ii is said to be no mis-
take about the South Oarolinisns being thofoug
ly subdued.
DECISION sF INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSIONER.
WASHINGTON, July % The Com missioner OF
Internal Revenue has rendered the following de
cision That banks, ia making returns of divi.
bends, and taxable gain, shall include the
amount OF income derived from investments in
bank, insurance, anc railroad stock, although
such may have previously paid tax. rs the divi.
dend tax imposed upon the circulation aud lie
posts qi the banks constitutes an Indebtedness
by such banks. which continues TO accrue so
long a. the prescribed conditions, exceeding five
per cent Of the chartered or declared capital il
outstanding, or any OF the deposits remain IN
the custody OF the banks or Us agents liability
TO make returns and pay tax thereon. will con
tiuus
iNTLkIsrING DECISIONS FOR MILITARY nEx.
Hr. Broadhead has addressed letter To the
Paymaster General. in the course OF which he
says: The question has been presented whether
the three months pay proper. granted by tic
fourth section OF the Act OF March 81, 1865, 10
officers, on their discharge at the close of The
war. 10 subject to Internal Revenue tax Of five
per cent, to be deducted by proper disbursins
officers, on careful examination Of the law. he
says:
II am satisfied that u must be 20 deducted
Ii is clear this extra pay is given for military
service, or 1t Is given for nothing. Capricious
and irrational donation of public monev TO any
number OF individuals cannot be impaired 70
Congress II was for services gallautly rem
dered by officers and gratefully recognized by the
country that this payment authorized snd
being for services, tax must DC deducted Paw.
masters will be governed accordingly"
POST OFFICE At SAN FRANCISCO.
The postmaster at San Francisco reports that
during the month of May 1913 900 letters ere
sent from his office to New York The postage
amounted to Sl25 493 During the same period
the Overland route, the postage for which
amounted 10 S30Y .0s4 OF the above number
2.O34 were free At the same time SIG circu-
lars were sent the postage Of which amounted
TO i375S. These figures show that durns
that month 60.73S letters were sent to New
York