Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-11
WASHINGTON.
Bureau Report on Condition OF
Winter Wheat.
The Promised Raid on Western
DistiIIers.
L Fair Young Victim Of the Schiller

A Fair Young Victim Of the schiller
Catastrophe.
WASHINGTON, May 10.-Miss Caroline
NJ. Crane, of this city, one Of those lost by
the Schiller disaster, was a niece Of the
wife OF Senator Edmunds Of Vermont,
with whom she passed the winter in this
city. She was highly accomplished young
lady and was on her way to Europe to study
art in Italy.
Depressing Reports OF Winter wheat.
During the past week the condition Of
the winter wheat in $50 counties has been
reported to the Department of Agriculture.
About three hundred counties Of valleys Of
the Ohio and Mississippi, are represented
which last year produced seventy million
bushels of winter wheat, or sixty per cent.
of the product Of seven States from Ohio to
Kansas. The average ofthe cOnditionin these
States is 62 per cent only, indicating Of
full crop if no improvement occurs; IN
Kentucky 75 per cent; Ohio 81; Michigan
62; Indiana 66; Illinois 62; Missouri SO;
Kansas 81, though only thirty-two counties
in the latter State are represented. The
condition is better in Pennsylvania, Mary
land and Virginia, though below an
average. A few wheat counties in New
York make extremely unfayorable returns.
The portion to be replanted in other crops
averages IA per cent in the West or ], $780,
600 in a breadth of 100000 acres seeded.
The largest proportion is p per cent in
Missouri and Illinois; % in Kansas and
Indiana; IL in Michigan, Ohio 10 and
Kentucky 4. There will be very little re-
planting in the middle States except in
New York.
The whisky RiBg-Strring up the
Animals.
Officers of the Revenue Department who
have been specially instructed by Secretary
BristOw, have been successful in discover
ing evidences of and the means for pre-
venting very great amount of fraud in
connection with illicit distillatiOn. They
find well organized plan has successfully
ex' 'sted for some time in frauds upon the |
with the principal headquarters in |
St. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee. One |
result of the discovery has been the dis |
misSal of several Internal Revenue Collec- |
tors and stOre-keepers in districts where tie |
frauds have been IN full opera |
ton, the investigations of the department |
proving that several of these officers were |
bought up by parties engaged in the trans
actions. Other revenue officers in the same |
localities, including some Of much higher |
positions, are mentioned, and it is intima- |
ted may share the same fate, not because of |
actual participation in the crimes that have
been discovered, but for gross neglect in /
the performance of their official functions, /
which, if thoroughly attended to, would /
have saved the government great loss. Steps |
will also be taken to bring to punishment /
all other parties engaged in the business.
are intimations from official quarters
that several changes will soon be made Of |
Internal Revenue Collectors in the Western /
Districts, and also that not less than two /
supervisors will soon be appointed to fill i
he places Of parties row holding such Of
fees who will either be requested to resign
OI summarily be dismissed.