Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-30
REARKEN, OFFICE SEEKERS.
Many Changes Soon to Be Made
In the Civil Service.
A SMALLER POSTAGE STAMP.
wapnamnker Thinks II Will BE Pop
uIar--Milicr and the Supreme
Bench Again-The In
dian Negotiations.
WASHINGTON BUREAU, THE OMAHA BEE,
l1a EOURTRRNTH STRRET.
DO FOUHTEkNIH oTHHET,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 90.


quietly Whiting for the political mill to grind
them into places are likely to he satisfied
very shortly. The fiscal year practically
closed to-day with the appointment Of a small
batch Of consuls and one collector of internal
revenue, but IL is stated upon excellent
authority that during the next month a great
many changes are to be made in the civil
service of the government, and that the be-
ginning Will be on Monday. The Star to-
night, which is usually correct in its state
ments, says:
"The,prcsident has been unwilling to make
changes more rapidly than he could possibly
consider the character and fitness of the can
ddates for appointment He could not be
satisfied to take just the recommendation of
this public man or that who might have been
imposed on himself, or be under obligations
to a candidate that would make him not too
scrupuous In recommending him. MIR.
Cleveland suffered several times from &C.
cepting such recommendations. General
Harrison has had more experience and is less
trustfui. BY his own labor he has satisfac-
torily informed himself In many cases that
he can act as promptly as the good OF the
service requires or will permit During the
month he expects to clear up everything that
1t is desirable should be acted upon, so that
during the fiscal year all officers influencing
the policy of the administration may be IN
accord with that policy"
MILLER AND THE SUPREME BENCH.
The presence Of Stephen b. Elkins in the
city at this time has given rise TO the rumor
once more that Attorney General Miller is
to be promoted to the supreme BENCH and
that his place is to be given to some one else
as soon as congress assemblies. The latest
rumor in this connection is that Mr.. Elkins
is here in the interest of the candidacy of
GrH NJ mis-
the attorney generalship. Attorney General
Miller of course declines to say anything
upon the subject at all, and there is no way
of securing definite information as to the
probabilities IN the matter.
THE INDIAN NEGOTIATIONS
At the interior department to-day 1t was
stated that the hope was practically aban-
doned that the Sioux commissioners would
be able to negotiate with the Indians for the
peaceful opening of the great Sioux reserva-
largely from the action of Red Cloud in
f and the 10 fact tha. ''' the " wiley iEH'
chief has succeeded in keeping back more
than half of the signatures OF the Indians at
the Pine Ridge agency leaves 1t almost hope
less that the necessary three-fourths of all
the signatures can be secured. 1t is stated
now that the outcome of the negotiations be-
tween the commissioners and the Indians de-
pends largely upon tho action of the Indians
at Standing Rock. Here there are said to be
upwards of a thousand votes, and if the
greater part of these arc secured for the
opening of the reservation, then the commits
sion may be successful after all; otherwise
their efforts will have TO be abandoned, as
were the last 1t was firmly believed here
ten days ago that Red Cloud would sign. In
. fact it was reported one morning that his
signature had been secured, and the greatest
satisfaction was expressed among those who
have close knowledge of the situation 1t
seems that some of the most potent factors
against the government have been the
actions of that somewhat obstreperous gen.
tlenan known as DIR. Bland, of this
city, the secretary of the socalled Indian
Rights association This man while ostens-
IDLY q philosopher, really stirred up moro
trouble among the Indians than any other
one man in the United States, and he has
for some unexplained reason been particular
: ly close to Red Cloud. Bland publishes
paper called The Council Fire, which makes
semloccasiOnal appearance, and it is per-
haps due TO efforts that the benefits which
civilization would receive by the opening of
this vast tract Of at present Improbable
land in Dakota are withheld. There are
thousands of families in different parts of the
5 country ready to move into the reservation
the moment it shall be thrown open to set
tlement, but the present Indications are that
the efforts of the gentleman OF the north
west. who have been working so industri-
ously TO secure the opening of the reserva-
tion, for years will again be called forth and
once more before anything can be done.
SMALLER POSTAGE STAMP.
The third assistant postmaster general
with the approval of the postmaster general,
has been at work upon designs for a new
series of postage stamps. 1t Is proposed to
invite bids from contractors for supplying
two sizes, namely tho size now IN common
use and a smaller stamp three-quarters by
seven-eighths of an inch In size. This idea
was doubtless brought about through the at
tacks which have been made IN all parts of
the country upon the cont stamp now in
use. The so-calied siclkly pale green stamp
has been condemned everywhere, and 1t has
been the intention Of the department for
some time TO mako Il change in the color at
least. Specifications inviting sealed pro-
posals were prepared some time ago, and bids
will be opened on the 18th of July. II is pro-
posed TO PRINT postage stamps OF the size now
in use of the following colors: l cent, ultra
marine blue; cent, metallic red; 8 cent
vermillion; cent, milorl green; cent
chocolate; cent, dark red; 10 cent, light
brown; IS cent. orange; 30 cent, black, and
30 cent, carmine. For the proposed smaller
stamp The colors chosen are l cent, ultra
marine blue cent, caTminc; cent royal
purple; 4 cent, chocolate; cent, light
brown; cent, vermillion; 10 cent, milorI
green; Is cent, steel blue; 30 cent, black,
and ~ cent, orange.
AWAY BEHIND OMAHA.
The Washington and Georgetown Railroad
COtHpuHy Will UeBln WUTh upUu tue UTbt cuDlO
railroad for Washington IN q very short
time. The road will be about three and
half miles long and will run from the Poto-
mac TO the northern boundary line Of the city
The cable will take tho place of horses now
; used on the line.
.t IOWA PosrMAsTRRs APPOINTED.
4 Fourth-class postmasters for Iowa ap-
pointed to-day: Armstrong, Emmett county,
E. u. Campbell; Dakota City, Humboldt
county, q. A. Griswold Dedham, Carroll
county, Edward l.. Kay; Leland, Winnie
bago county, G. w. onstadt; Multa, Mar
shal county, w. e. Lynn; Pomeroy, Cal
houn county, George w. Hamilton; Rippey,
d. Green county, ii. T. T4oveioy,
tr'' MlscEILASEoUs.
Mr.. Il. G. Parkinson, of Seward, Neb.
Is in the city MIR. Parkinson is civil service
examiner for the departmental service in
May. Mr. Parkinson says in reference to
I, previous notice OF himself In THs BEE that
II he is appointed he thinks there should be
: no objection TO charging him up 10 Nebraska
as he has lived in that state nine years
During the past week great efforts have
been made towards repairing the break IN
tho Georgetown level of the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal. To-day the laborers on the
worries were paid their first wages and il is
reported tonight that two OF the worst
breaks in this level have been fixed up
Frank A. Fletcher, of Iowa, and Horace
A. Kingsley, OF Iowa, second class clerks in
the pension Office were to-day detailed for