Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-25
CAPTAIN PETERS APPOINTED
Collector Of Internal Revenue For
tho Nebraska District.
COLONEL M'LEAN WILL RETIRE.
Hiram Smith, of Cameron, Missouri.
to Succeed Him as First Dep
uty Commissioners of
Pensions
WASHINGTON BUREAU, THE OMAHA BEE,
513 FOURTEENTH STREET,

WASHINGTON. d. O., May %.
Captain John Peters, of Nebraska, was to-
day appointed collector of internal revenue
for the district Of Nebraska. Captain Peters
was indorsed by all of the state delegation,
but is recognized as the special appointee of
Senator Paddock, in whose regiment he was
during the war. Nebraskans say the ap-
pointment is good one and will give gen.
eral satisfaction. The commission was
made out late this evening, but the appoint
ment is not yet officially announced.
COLONEL M'LEAN TO RETIRE.
Colonel William E. Mclean, of Terre
Haute, Ind, first deputy commissioner o
pensions, will retire from his Office in a few
days. He is to be succeeded by Hiram Smith,
of Cameron, Mo. Smith has but one arm
and one leg. He went out at the beginning
of the war with the First Vermont heavy
artillery, and was an excellent union soldier.
He Is indorsed by Secretary Noble, his per-
sonal friend, General Warner, ex-congress-
man from Kansas City, now grand COM
mander Of the G. A. r., and other prominent
Missouri republicans. Colonel Mclean has
made one of the best deputies the Office has
ever had. He was a brave union soldier, and
has administered his Office with firmness,
without partisanship, and in such an efficient
and satisfactory manner as to secure, with
u
large number of republicans in congress for
retention. Colonel Mclean is a very large
property owner Mt Terre Haute, where oil
has been discovered, and he will return i'm
mediately to his home to look after his in
terests.
RosECRANs' HOPES.
General Rosecrans has said to his personal
friends that he does not expect TO be asked
to step out of the position of register of the
treasury, although he is drawing salary of
81, 100 year Oh the retired list of the army
and is a very strong, partisan democrat. He
shas brought the G. A. II. influence to bear to
have himself retained. Notwithstanding
this, it is stated that he will go out before
snow flies.
MAIL SERVICE DISCONTINUED.
Special mail service in Iowa has been or
dered discontinued after June 80 to Bluff
county; Buck Creek, Bremer county;
Burrell, Decatur county; Crather, Ply
mouth county; Fielding, Cherokee county;
Fissus, Audubon county; Liken, Benton
county; North Des Moines, Des Moines
county; Olmitz Lusas county; Red Rock,
Marion county; Glencoe, Poweshiek county;
between Muscatine, Ia, and Ferdinand, Ill +;
Logan and Persia; Glldden and Coon Rap
ids: Secor and Endora; Midland aud Traer.
Changes have been ordered in the time
schedule of the Star Mail route extending
from Carbon to Cumberland, Ia, as follows
Leave Carbon Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
IS Ss3, q. f, ivosst& Carbon by 10
m. Leave Briscoe Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays at $3.50 a. IN. Arrive at Cumber-
land by 12 m. Leave Cumberland Mond ays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at p IN. Arrive
at Briscoe by 4:30 p. IN.
MINOR MATTERS.
1t is understood that the first second and
third auditors of the treasury will be named
next week. Their successors have been
agreed upon.
The appointment to-day, of Judge Glkin-
son, of Pennsylvania, to be second comptrol-
Ter threw some of the states fixed uE, all out
of gear. 1t sets atloat eX-Congressman John
Il. Thomas, of Illinois, who expected it, but
it is reported that he is to be given one of
the auditorships unless he is made director
OF the mint.
Surprise is expressed at the delay in the
appointment of William NJ. Meredith, of
Illinois, to be chief of the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing. His name is hourly ex-
pected to appear among the appointments.
The hitch over the appointment of a com
missioner of navigation is causing consider.
able inconvenience and doing damage to the
public service. The present incumbent has
not rendered decisions in a number of cases,
which involve large interests, and which
have long been pending.
Mrs. Clarkson, wife of the first assistant
postmaster-general,i is spending fortnight
in her Iowa home. PERRY S. HEATH.