The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-11
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Deputy Commissioner R0gcrS Is mention
cd as likely 10 be appointed Us Gen. Raums
successor.
The Treasury Department Is preparing
for the redemption of the bonds em0raced
in the twelfth call without rebate. The
bonds mature in May next.
The map of the definite location OF the
Northern Pacific railroad through the Rocky
mountains section has been approved bythe
secretary of the interior.
The Secretary of the Interior has issued
an order disbarring Oscar Z. Treat, or OK
ford, Mich, from prlcticing before that de-
partment or any of its bureaus.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has sus-
pended Galen G. Green, special agent at
Jackson, Tenn, pcrling Investigation or
the charges preferred against him of official
misconduct.
The new land Office at Haley, Idaho Ter.
rtory, will be organized about the lst OF
June next. Mr.. l.. Pound. son of the Hon.
Thaddeus c. Pound, of Wisconsin, will be
Register, and John 5. Waters, of Oswego,
Kan, will be Receiver
1t has been decided by the treasury de-
partment that customs officers on the Rio
Grande may arrest smugglers as well as
seize Struggled goods. The government, lt
is estimated, loses $4,000 annually by
smuggling on the southern border.
1t is not improbable that the president
will promote Deputy Commissioner Rogers
70 the post vacated by Green Il. Raum at
the head of the internal revenue bureau
Mr.. Rogers, who Is Pennsylvania, mas
been in the revenue service great many
years.
1t is estimated that the decrease in the
public debt for the month of April amounts
to about 49, 100000. The smallness of the
amount in comparison with the average
monthly reduction for years past is account
aH w a a been
paid out during the month Oh account OF
pensions.
Ex-senator Dorsey has returned answer
to the suit of William Lilley for l0,OOO
damages alleged to have been sustained by
him from personal assault by Dorsey;
The answer is confined to q simple and
broad denial of Lilley's allegations, and the
expression of respondents Willingness to
submit the case to jury.
Mr.. Ker concluded his argument in the
star-rOute conspiracy trial Saturday, having
spoken six days. The defense offered to
submit the case to the jury, proposition
that took counsel for the government by
surprise. No response was made to the Of
fer but the probability Is the floOdgates OF
oratory will not be thus suddenly closed.
Gen. Green b. Raum, for the past six
gears and nine months commissioner OF in
tarnal revenue, on Saturday rendered his
resignation of that Office. to the president,
his attention. The president expressed sur
prise at the commissioners decision, and
accepted the resignation with protestations
of esteem for the retiring official.
| 1t is expected that the President will, in
| a few days. fill the vacancy on the Missis-
| sippi River Commission caused by the resig-
nation of Captain James II. Eads. 1t Is UNI
| derstood the appointment lies between
Captain Henry Flad, of st. Louis, and Gen.
| s. w. Ferguson, of Mississippi. Represent
alive O'Neill, of st. Louis, had an inter
view with the President in the interests OF
Flad.
| The discovery of some dust-covered ac-
count books in the treasury department dis
| closes the fact that in 1872 there was bal
ance of S161, 339 due the government and
unaccOunted for by General George Wash
| ington. The charitable explanation Is sug-
gested that the money was lost In war oper-
ations, and not In options on corn. Benedict
Arnold was also short In his accounts ST.
| S31.67.
| Supervising-Architect Hill has requested
| Secretary Folger to push as much as posi-
| BILE, the pending investigation into the af-
| fairs of his office, as he Is DESTROYS of having
all imputations against his character grow
| ing out of the charges removed. Secretary
| FOlger has not as yet received a reply from
Mr.. Murch In regard to the designation Of
Fifth Auditor Alexander as a member Of
| the committee and Mr.. j. 5. Blair as spe-
cial counsel to assist In prosecuting the
case.