The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-27
John Roach Writes TO Secretary Whit
ney--List Of P0stmasters Com.
missi0ned-Mhat Indian.
iaRs Are Doing.
The Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, Still in Session-Resolu-
tion on Roman Catholic
Baptism Tabled.
Roach's Letter to Secretary whitney, Chi
Mission Reconsfdered-P0st-
masters Commissions, Etc.

masters Commissions, Etc.
WAsn1NeToE, May 26.-The Marine Hos
pital Bureau is informed that during the
tEo weeks ended April so there were 1S8
deaths from cholera IN Calcutta.
The President today issued an executive
order closing all the Government depart
ments on the 30th inst
Secretary Whitney has received the fol-
OWING letter from Mr.. Joh n Roach:
Your letter of the ID inst. relating to the trial
trips OF tbe Dolphin is duly recsivfd. Although
| consider. and 1t appears very plain under the
te OF the contract, that my liability ceased and
on the termination of the trial of March 10 still
am very willing, as / have previously stated TO
YOU to 90 all in my powe to satisfy you n to the
efficiency oil the ship, so lar as an responsible
under M contract. For this purpose the trial On
Long Island Sound will be made on the 2sth inst.
as You direct. and the other at as early date
thereafter as practicable.
1t is understood that the President has re-
considered ais determinati TO give the
Chinese mission to California, because of
possible embarrassments on acc 3unt OF the
feeling of the people of that State toward
the Chinese. The friends of Colonel DENLY,
prominent lawyer of Evansville, Ind, are
urging him for the position.
Mr. Rufus Megee, of Indiana, recently ap-
pointed United States Minister to Norway
and Sweden, arrived in Washington to day.
de will sail for his new post Of duty the lat.
ter part OF this week
DR.. John f. Thompson, OF New York, re-
Gently appointed Minister to Hayti, having
recsived his instructions, left Washington
to-day. He expects TO sail June l. DIR.
Thompson has been instructed to Investigate
the case Of Vonbiokklen, imprisoned by the
Haytisn Government, and to report to the
Department OF State.
The Cabinet meeting today was attended
by all the members except Secretary Mao.
n.ng who is in New York on private busi.
ness. The session was devoted to the propo-
sition looking to the continuance of the
Worlds Cotton Exposition beyond the 3 lst,
and allowing the Government exhibits to re
main IN case continuance is declded upon.
a general desire was expressed to aid the
Exposition to the full extent OF the law, as
embodied in the act OF incorporation and
the various measures in sspport of the Ex-
position, but it is said q ajority of the
members of the Cabinet are of the opinion
tnst the President had no legal power TO an.
thorize the extension beyond the date al
r-ady fixed upon. The decision was ac-
cordingly, adverse to a continuance.
The President com mmissioned the following
postmasters to day: Albert B Psgs, Houl-
ton, Me-; Henry Kingsly, Schoiharle. N. Y. !;
George w. Evans, Ocean Grove n. ] ; Hen
| ~ B. Benner. Gettysburg Pa; Maurice
Ltsch Anchorja City, Pa; Martin A. But.
ler MyersdaIe, Pa A. p. Bibb. University
Of Virginia, ya.; B Gibson, Winchester, Va !;
Cald well. Warrenton. Va Arthur Mers.
| cbediet, La Grange. Tex; Samuel A. Ashe,
| Raleigh, n. c.. Mrs. Olivia a. Hastings, Port
Gibson, Miss; Carrie I. Pope, HilIsborough,
o.; s. w. Honibs. Storm Lake, Iowa; w.
| Stearns, Adrian, Mich: Charles A. B,wIes,
! Otseso Mich; George II. Paul, Milwaukee,
WIS; Mlcnael W. Cerbett, Aurora Ills ;
George w. Cooper, Columbus, Ind; James
| z PiDnell Lebanon, Iod John T. Regan,
| Terre Hsute, Ind; William Groesbeck. In-
! dependence, Mo-; G. B. FaIconer, Miune-
| apolis Kas.: Charles IL. Sproale. Etko. Nsv. );
| Archibald Mcdonnell, Bernil, Cat John j.
smitb, Oroville, CAL; James B. Rsdick, Tel.
luride, Col. James u. Cannon Aspen Col !;
| Albert @. Soyder, Cheynne, Wyo.
| Mr.. ID Sovenorn, the new Danish Minister
TO the United States, presented his creieL-
tials to the President today.
| The Postmaster General to day said that
the postmastels at jamestown, n. Y, and
| VincenDes, Ind, were superseded upon
! proofs of active and extreme partisan pa rite.
! ipation in the business of election. The
postmaster at Marengo, Iowa, was suspended
because he bad moved out of the State and
vas reported to have offered his resignation
for price.
The President will proosbly visit New
York on the 3oth inst and participate in the
local observance OF Decoration Day.
About So 600, 600 was paid out of the Z. s.
| treasury TO DAY Tor penslons making the
total amount paid out on that account dur
ing the present month about SO coo, 900.
Secretary Bsyard will leave Washington
next week for the West to deliver an Grafton
on Thomas Jefferson at the State University
! OF Missouri.
The failure OF the Bureau OF Engraving
and Printing 10 secure the contract for print
ing postage stamps for the Postoffi &c Depart
ment, will result in further reduction in
| the force employed at the bureau on the 30th
| inst. The formal transfer of the Office OF
chief of the bureau to Mr.. Graves will take
place on the 1st proximo. 1t is stated as q
| singular fact that there were more Democrats
| than Republicans employed in the bureau
under the last administration.
The Comptroller of the Currency to-day
authorized the Peoples National Bank OF
Clay Ceatie, Kansas, n to begin business
| the corporate existence fora period of twenty
years of the First National Bank Of Pawpaw,
Mich, and the Coldwater National Bank oi
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