Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04
WASHINGTON NOTES. ,

Henry ROates Jackson, who has been
nominated as Minister to Mexico, is native
of Georgia, and is siXty-fOur years of age.
He graduated at Yale College in 1889, and
was shortly afterWard admitted to the bar.
He was Colonel of a Georgia regiment in
the Mexican war, and for four succeeding
years was Judge of the Eastern Circuit OF
Georgia. In 1858, he was sent TO represent
the United States at Vienna, Austria, where
he remained for five years. During the Re
belliOn he was a Southern Brigadier Gen
eral, and had a command on the Upper PO-
tOmaC. Since the war Jackson has practiced
law in Georgia, but of late years has held no
public Office. He is a man with an indie
pendent fortune, and is highly endorsed by
prominent men in his State. Mr.. Jackson
is the author of several poems, "TaIlulah"
being among them.
Attorney General Garland has furnished
an opinion to the Secretary of the Treasury
in which he held that sailed meats which
are exported with the benefit of drawback
of duties on foreign salt used in curing meats
are entitled to be reimpOrted duty free upon
a refunding Of the drawback. This opinion
applies particularly to the ADglO-American
Pork Packing Company of Chicago, which
recently exported a large quantity of pork
cured with foreign salt, upon which they
received the drawback. The meat finding
q ready market abroad was reimpOrted, and
under q decision made by Secretary McCuI-
lOch the company was required to pay duty
on both meat and salt as foreign goods.
Secretary Manning has sent a circular
letter 70 the heads of bureaus and chiefs of
divisions of the Treasury Department re-
questing them to report to him as soon as
practicable whether in their opinion the
force of employees in their respective offices
can be reduced, and to what extent without
detriment to the public service. They are
also requested to report whether the meth
DDS of business can be simplified and in
General To make gTFch aurpaSfiona and 20
Communications as may seem to them as to
how the efficiency of the service may be i'm
proved, the business of the department IA
cilitated, and expenses ourtailed.
Combinations: Postmasters-James E.
Meet, Versailles, KY; Henry D. Beach,
COshOctOn, o.; Henry @. Cassidy, YOungs-
town, o.; John MilehRm, Topeka Kan
Vincent J. Lane, WyandOtte, Kan; James
N. D5Tmond, Davenport, Ia; NJ. NJ. Ham
Dubuque, Ia; James Lander, State Center;
Ia; Heny O. ShanlOn, Erie, Pa; r. Q. Den
ton, Gainesville, Tex. VIM. r. White, Pres
cot, Arkii 40 J4hn Cunnlng III Asttoon III;
J. Knox Hall, TOulOn, Ill; SOuden Lister,
South Bend, Ind; Willis G. Neff, Green
castle, Ind; David 0. Irwin, Lake City,
MINI; George W. Cate, Stephens Point,
Wis. Thomas Q. CrenshaW, Jr., Collector
Internal Revenue for the District of Georgia.
Commissioner Black has issued nc TOI-
lowing circular: To advance any one pen
so much the adjustment of thousands Of
others which precede it in the order of
fling. To prevent the practice of fradu-
lent impOsitiOns upon the pension Office. it
is announced that no claims viii be made
speCial-that is, taken out of their order
for expedition, unless such reasons are
shown in writing as viii, in the Judgment
of the Commissioner, warrant such action.
Where statements Of claimants themselves
are uncorreborated by those Of disinter-
ested persons, they viii not be deemed
sufficient to warrant such special action.
Solicitor of the Treasury McCune is a
lawyer OF high standing and a man of con-
siderable means. He is fifty years Of ace
and has just retired from the bench of tie
City Court of Brooklyn. It is understood
his appointment was made at the instance
Of Assistant Secretary Fairchild.
The Secretary Of State is informed by the
United States Minister at Stockholm that