Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Stockslager Settles Town
site Subjects.
NAVAL PAYMASTER VANISHED
Superintendent Bell Gives an OpJecI
Lesson in Civil Service
Reform.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, May LAND Commits
missioner Stockslager to-day sent lette
to Inspector Paisley, at Kingtsher
Oklahoma, in regard to entries for town
sites, in which he says: "In the alb
sence of officers properly qualified t.
make entry ia trust for the inhabitant
of a town, there can be no parties inter
ested except inhabitants. Registers ant
receivers are instructed, in case of appli
cation to enter by the party in interest
in the absence of proper officials, to re
port to this office"
PRoCToR'S PEREGRINATIoNs.
Secretary Proctor has returned to this
city from New York and was at the Wa
Department today. Saturday morning
he will start on a trip to the West, &C
companied by General Drum and Colone
Barr. The military school at Leaven
worth, Kas., will be inspected and the
party Will proceed to Denver, Cheyenne
Omaha, st. Paul and Chicago.
FouL-pLAy FEARED.
The Navy Department has been Off.
cially informed, by the commanding
officer OF the Essex, that Passed.
ant Paymaster Henry w. Smith went
ashore ON the 25th ultimo, with the in.
tention to return next day, and has not
since been heard from. He had 81 200
belonging to the Government in his pos.
session. Smith was man of high
standing in the navy, and owns hous7
in this city, and at the Navy Department
it is generally believed that he has been
foully dealt with.
RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE METHODS.
General Superintendent Bell, OF the
Railway Mail Service. in reply t. a ques
ton as to the number of changes which
were made in the service between March
4th and May LIST, when the Civil Service
law was extended to it, said he did not
know the exact number; that he had
made change whenever he could i'm
prove the service. He added: "In the
making of appointments in the Railway
Mail Service since | became United States
General Superintendent, my course has
been, as far as possible, to weed out in
competents and probationers, and my
first consideration to bring back those
whose records indicated proficiency, and
who were removed mainly because they
were Republicans. l think 90 per cent
of the appointments that have been made
comprise the class mentioned, and of the
remainder my aim has been to select
from those who have been recommended,
such as are most likely to become
capable clerks alter serving the usual
probationary term. After carefully re.
viewing the force in connection with the
revision of the superintendents, 1 feel
confident that the service has, because OF
the changes, been materially strength
ened, and while should have been glad
to have had more time in which to bring
back more of old high-class men, lave
no doubt but that which has been done
in the past few weeks will speedily add
to the efficiency of the service.
BLAINE GETTING BETTER.
Secretary Blaine maintains the i'm
provement of the last few days, and is
expected to return to the Department to-
morrow.
INCREASE IN THE TREASURY.
A statement prepared at the Treasury
Department shows that there has been
an increase of $76S,683 in circulation
since APRIL l, and that there has been q
net increase of $493, 0S4 in money and
bullion in the Treasury during the same
period.