The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-22
rECIDED TO NAME AN EX-UEION SOLDIER
10 Succeed Commissioners Raum-A Com
mittcc Appointed TO Inquire Into
the immigration Problem.

o,ory pension claim presented and in a few
months Tanner came into collision with Sec
~.tArv Noble and the Pension Commissioner
lad to resign. General Raum was selected
a- Tanners successor. and now Inc Is N "a col
lsln with Noble.
several weeks ago. when THE TINES stated
t.at the administration had determined to
demand the resignation of Commissioner
Ha1m. the latter rushed into print and denied
Sc asserting that he enjoyed the entire conf
d.uce of the President and Secretary Noble.
and chat ho would not resign.
TO NAME SOME Ex-UNIoN SOLDIER.
Now it turns out that when TIE TINES dis
patch was written Secretary Noble had plain
is unlmatcd to Commissioner Raum that he
wanted his resignation. At that time the
Secretary was fully advised OF the delin-
osruclos of Commissioner Baum's son. who
was ly the acJ of the Commissioner put
..AlsOluto control If the Office 10 can be
stated as an absolute fact that Commissioner
Baum VIII be compelled % resign within less
than thirty days, and even now the President
ia considering the matter of appointing his
successor. While he has not selected the in
dVlual. he has decided TO name some eX-
T. mon soldier
General B0um, Commissioner of Pensions,
tonight denied the truth of the report that he
had rendered his resignation 10 the President.
Ho declared emphatically that he had not re-
snsd but beyond this declined TO say any
thing about his future intentions.
CONDITION oT TEE TREASURY.
Tho President is taking an active interest
sd tho financial condition of the Treasury, and
la- directed that he be furnished with an es-
tate of the probable revenue from all
sur.as for the next fiscal year. based on the
tOI made bv the last Congress IN the GUS
TIM. and internal revenue laws. The results of
t.. changes are now becoming apparent IN
tie daily receipts of the Treasury Depart
unnf The customs receipts show "a continual
falling off of the recoipts from this source by
statement at the Treasury issued to-day tor
f.e first twenty days in May, being less attthe
roIt of New York 10y S1690,93 than they
ra for the corresponding period m last
lay The same ratio Of decrease Is reported
81 other ports. Internal revenue receipts also
el .N decrease. but not SO marked. The net
s.vlusin IN the Treasury despite the docreasel IN
se ions is crawling up, the drain from direct
tA Expenditures being almost eyen,and AT the
clos. vi business to-day was moro than cl5,-
HH0lO. The Treasury statement issued to-
dr shows that the Treasury holds, May Goth,
e-6LO574e3 i'm gold bullion and coin, being
decrease since the first of the month of more
than s12 000O0O and since the lst of January
of more than v5z,OOO,t00.
THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.
Secretary Foster to-day appointed q COM
mission composed Of eX-COngressman Charles
' H. Grosvenor. of Ohio, DIR. Walter kompster,
the noted expert ON insanity. and Mr. Pow
derlv, a brother of Il. Y. POwderly. toproceed
t. Europe and investigate the immigration
problem. The commission VIII sail about the
middle of July.
Prior to their departure the commission
Will devote some time to studying the char
acter of the immigrants who come % tins
country and land at the port O New York.
The commission is instructed 70 eyote special
attention TO the countries of Southern Europe.
q q a-o rf ash n
ing of people from Southern Europe To the
United States. the character o cmlorants,
the financial aid furnished them iy municipal
lties whether criminals and INDECENT emil
grants are sent here by the sanction of the
state or municipalitie and all information on
the subject that VIII enable the nited States
t. frame laws TO prevent undes raDle lmml-
grafton into the country or to stop IT entirely
through diplomatic intercessiOH.
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.
Mr Mason. commissioner of internal
revenue has prepared q statement showing
that for the month of April. 1871, receipts
from internal revenue decreased as compared
with April, 1890. S2,lSO.69J. For the ten
months ended April Both the increase IN col
lecti0ns in principal items as compared with
the corresponding ten months of the preced-
ing year were Spirits, S2,448,358 Tobacco,
S43l. 952: fermented liquors, S2,16S,O4S; Oleo-
margarine S239 $40
Commenting on the decrease during the
gast month Commissioner Mason SAYS " 1t
sill be noticed that there is q decrease IN the
receipts for special taxes on rectihers, whole
sale and retail liquor dealers and manutactu-
fers of stills for the month of April OF
slz54, ,3s9. in special taxes on brewers and
Wholesale and retail dealers IN malt
liquors of cl154, ,425 and IN special taxes on
manufacturers of wholesale and retail dealers
ln oleOmargarine of Sll $50 making an az
gegate loss from these items of s1,3Si ,69i.
his is due 10 the fact that the last Congress
changed the special tax year so as TO COM
mence Oh the first Of July instead of the first
of May Collectors, therefore. on the first of
May collected only two months taxes from
lue first of May to the first OF July instead of
Twelve months taxes.
CAUSE or THE DEcREAsF.
The total amount of special taxes collected
during the last fiscal year was S72, 500 063
Congress. however has repealed all Of the
special taxes relatingto cigars and tobacco,
thus taking off S1,5l5.45l. leaving balance of
special taxes which would have been payable
the first of May but for this change III the
Law of s.. ,6S24l. So that instead
# nearly &c 900. 600 being due on the lst of
May there was, IN fact, less than Sl,00O,00O;
and as a considerable part Of the tax due on
he lst of May was pad an April there was a
decrease in special taxes for May of II, ,391 ,G4.
bis VIII be made up, however. IN the
months of June and July, when taxes for
he new fiscal year will be collected
- here is a decrease in the amount col !
octed from tobacco and snuff os compared
with the amount collected during the same
months of the last fiscal year. This is due TO
tho change in the law reducing the tax from
ight TO six cents per pound Notwthstand- !
ls all Of these reductions there IS still an IN
crease in the total amount Of S5.393,4g2 for
the ten months ending April 30 1891, as COM
pared with the same months of the previous
Year,
CAPITAL MOTIFS.
postofice has been established at Eheart.
Orange county Va. with Benjamin +. Lheart |
po. o.lmaster.
j. NJ Hin has been appointed postmaster at
lpps. Wise county, Va, vice }. HonseucKer'
Dr.. resigned
The President to-day issued proclamation
opening 10 public settlement under the nome
, lead law about ,OOO, 900 acres OF land III the
Iort BerthOld Indian reservation, IN the !
northwestern part Of North Dakota.
Attorney General Miller said TINS afternoon
that the President will take up the question
of tho appointment of land court judges Win
u a few days and the appointments VIII pro-
oably be announced next week. The AttoI-
hey-Genefal further said that the appoint
Inent Of circuit Judges authorized by the last
congress will not be announced until Con
eieas meets in December,