Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-30
ARMY CIRCLES INTERESTED.
The Fort Omaha Case an Absorbing
Topic
AMONG WASHINGTON OFFICERS.
Nebraska's Internal Revenue Cob
lections-The Geodetio Survey-A
Supposed DeGaultcr-New Post.
masters Appointed.
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WAsnrNGToS, d. c., July 20.
The courtmartal case now in progress at
Fort Omaha is attracting great deal of at
tention in army circles here. All the news
that can be cleaned in relation TO it from the
papers Is eagerly scanned and army officers
frequently come to THE BEE onlco to ascer-
tain whether any additional information has
been received at this end of the wire Every
copy OF THE BEE received here is read by at
least dozen officers anxious for the details
of the court-martial.
SUPPOSED DEFAULTLR.
The Associated press dispatches this MORN
ing from Kansas City stated that Charles s.
Crysler, prominent lawyer of Independ-
ence, is n defautcr in the sum of S50,000 and
that he has been missing from his home for
some DAYS Crysier has been in Washin gtou
since last week and was stopping at the Eb-
btt house until tins morning. Those who
know he was here attempted to see HIM as
soon rs the paragraph appeared IN the pa
pers, but it was discovered that he had left
early in the day and no one about Washing
ton has any idea rs to what direction he took
1t is about a twenty hours ride by the most
direct route from Washington to the nearest
point on the Canadian border.
INTERNAL REVENUE REPORT.
The annual report of the commissioner OF
internal revenue for tho fiscal rear just
closed was issued to-day. 1t shows the fol-
lowing receipts in the states of Iowa and Me-
braska from all sources: Collector Byr on
Webster Of the Third Iowa district col
lected Sl49, 0S2, and August II. Kuehlmeser,
of the Fourth Iowa district, reported $243,-
404. During the year two men have served
as collector of the Nebraska district. Dur
ing his term Simeon III. Calhoun gathered in
S22lI, 792, while John Peters reports show
that his collections were S33, S32.
THE GEoDETIC SURVEY
Prof. S. G. Mendenhall, of Indiana, who
was recently appointed chief of the coast
gecdetic survey, has arrived and took charge
of his Office to-day. Prof. N1endenhall does
not intend to make auy immediate changes in
the force under him, and will probably re-
tain all, or nearly all of his subordinates.
The force in the court survey is an excellent
one, and the work performed is so scien-
tifcally accurate that when two lines were
brought together, one from the coast Of
Maine on the north and the other from
Charleston on the south, there was less than
half au inch in variation.
HAS HIS CHOICE.
Mr.. A. b. Ball of Tecumseh, who was re-
Gently appointed timber agent of the general
land office has been in Washington day or
two for instructions. MIR. Ball has his choice
of three locations. He can go TO the Black
Hills in the northern portion of South Da-
kota, to Arizona or to Washington territory.
He has not yet fully determined which Of
the assignments he will accept, but at the
present time is inclined towards Seattle and
will probably make up his mind to go there.
THE PENSION OFFICE INVESTIGATION.
The investigation into the methods pre-.
valing in the pension Office is progressing
rapidly. 1t promises to be more searching
than it was expected Mt first, and the chances
are that it will extend back to the period
where the last investigation left Off Coma
missioner Tanner has supplied the committee
with every facility for carrying on the in
quiry, and among the data furnished is
batch of papers upon which cases were made
Especial" These papers extend over peri
cd of several years, and among them is a pile
occupying space OF about four cubic feet. 1t
is reported that this pile accumulated during
the administration, and that nearly all of
them were cases in which CIVIL Service Com
missioner John III. Oberly set forth excellent
reasons why some fifteen hundl ed cases
should be taken out of their regular order
before the democratic national convention
met in st. Louis last summer. There is no
question that Commissioner Black made
hundreds Of cases special during the last
months of his administration. and, it may be
proven, that in matters of this kind Civil
Service Commissioner Obery was the most
powerful man in the country with the PEN
sion Office.
IOWA PosTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
Gamma, Scott county, Joe Henderson;
Moingona, Boone county, Mrs. j. Is. Gubert;
Wheatland, Chuton county, Jerome Dutton.
NEW NEBRASKA PosTMAsTERs
Elwood, Gosper county, M. b. Reid: Una
dilla, Olive county, Henry Huchins; Oxford,
Furnas county, j. M. Lee.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The secretary of war to-day published the
retirement of Major Alexander Sharpe pay
master. The retirement of Major Sharpe re-
duces the pay corps to forty, five more than
the maximum fixed by recent act of con-
gress.