Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
Secretary Noble Will Not
Stand FOOlishness.
SOME POSTAL APPOINTMENTS.
Men Who Will Have Something to
Say About Uncle Sans Muster
Roll Next Year.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD


WASHINGTON, April 25.-Ex- Governor
William M. Stone, of Iowa, has been ap-
pointed Assistant Commissioner in the
General Land Office.
THOSE ''Too PREVIOUS" SETTLERS.
Immediately upon receipt of press re-
ports that government officials and en-
ployees in Oklahoma used their author
ity to secure prior rights in lands, the
President and Secretary Noble tele-
graphed special agents now in the Terri
tory to make thorough and prompt in
vestigation and Immediately notify the
Secretary of their findings. The report
is expected during the week. Secretary
Noble said that NO injustice to the set
tiers would be tolerated for moment.
As soon as the facts could be aseertained,
if the officials were implicated in any
wrong-doing, the action of the Govern
ment would be very prompt and de-
cisive.
CONFINED TO THE HOUSE.
Blaine is better this morning, but the
weather is bad, and it is thought best
| for him not to venture out.
PosToFFICE APPOINTMENTS.
Division inspectors of the Postoffice De-
partment were to.dayR appointed as fol-
assigned to Philadelphia, vice Timothy
O'Leary, resigned; George A. Dice, Of
| Illinois, assigned to st. Louis, vice B. F..
Guile, resigned; George L. Seybolt, of
California, assigned to San Francisco,
vice L. A. KirkWood, resigned; W. G.
Bacid, of Illinois, J. D. King, of Ill
inois, and J. c. Culver, of California,
have been reinstated as postoffice in
spectors on all mail departments, under
CivillService rule No.10, they not having
been separated from the service more
than year.
CENSUS OFFICERS RECOMMENDED.
Robert P. Porter, Superintendent ol
the Census, has recommended to the
Secretary of the Interior the appointment
of J. @. Stoddard as disbursing officer ol
the census. Stoddard is at present dis.
bursting officer of the Department oi
Labor. He also recommended the ap.
pointment of w. G. Hunt, as statistical
expert. Hunt was formerly Chief oi
Division of Results of the Massachusetts
census. 1t is understood that both these
recommendations will be appeoved by
Secretary Noble.
VERDICT IN THE ARMIES CASE.
The Armes court-martial at its meeting
to-day read over the records of yester
days proceedings and went into secre
session. The result was an agreemen
upon verdict and the court adjourned
to await the action of the Secretary o
War and the President upon their find
ings.
ANATOMICAL POINTS AND PENSIONS.
Commissioner Tanner, to-day rendered
decision by which the pension of Hen
ry Dembetz will be increased from $3'
to $72 per month. The pensioner in thi
+ case has been receiving pension OF $3
), per month for what is known as Perifoff'l
amputation of both feet. This amputa
tion is the removal of the entire foot
with the exception of the heel bone ant
, the integuments OF the heel which ar,
brought forward to cover the ankle joint
The case was presented to the Commis
sioner to-day, and he held that the lega
ldistinction between the loss of 30 mucl
of the feet as was experienced in thi
( case, and the total loss of the feet, was
, mere technical difference, and that th,
claimant was entitled to a pension o
$72 per month. This decision will appl,
to a number of other cases of like ma
ture.
MILITIA EQUIPMENTS.
Il The Major General commanding tn,
army has ordered that, hereafter, al
arms, ordnance, quartermaster store
and camp equipage issued to States ant
Territories shall be turned over to th,
Qusrtermaster of the Department, th,
charges for transportation to be borne b,
the Government.J