The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-19

managers or other persons in control OF
the branch or local business Of corpora
the exact location Of the principal once
OF the corporation which they represent
and to forward the Information received
from such agents or persons 10 the coli
lector of the district In which said princi-
pal office is located"
A large number OF income tax returns are
being received at the Internal Revenue
Bureau by every mail. and the work OF ex-
amining, extending and fling them Is well
in hand, and is going on without any hitch.
Nearly all the collectors throughout the
country have made their February reports
show a very satisfactory acqulescence
on the part of the income taxpayers In all
of the regulations governing the collection
of the tax The utmost secrecy as 10 the
being observed, but ii is believed that the
receipts so far are behind the expectations
of the officials.
Justice Jackson's Resignation.
WASHINGTON. March 1s.-It is under
stood in the Supreme Court circle that JUS
tice Howell L. Jackson. who is now at his
home in Tennessee, will resign from the
bench of the Supreme Court next fall IL his
health does not permit him to resume active
participation in the work of the court after
its summer vacation. Justice jackson has
been absent from Washington some months
on account of illness, which was thought
by his friends to be consumption in an ad-
vanced stage. and although his recovery
was for a time considered out of the ques-
ton he has recently greatly improved. The
movement in Congress to pass a bill placing
Justice Jackson on the retired list was
based on the understanding that he would
not be able to again take his seat with
the court. His Improvement during the past
few weeks has led him to believe that he
months more. and should this hope fail OF
fulhllment IL is said to be his intention to
place his resignation in the hands OF the
A Railway Not the Cause.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Senor ROM
ero. the Mexican minister here, has en-
tered a formal denial of the accuracy OF
the published statement that the impend-
ing war between Mexico and Guatemala
is due to the influence of a British syndi-
cate which controls the Tehuantepec rail-
way from fear of the competition of the
"a the Tehuantepe railway' is not cons
trolled by a British syndicate, but is owned
by the Mexican government; that its nat
ural advantages are so pronounced that
the projected railroad cannot compete with
it successfully. and, finally. that a war
the completion Of the new road. 1t would
also appear, says the minister, that British
bondholders would have much more to lose
than to gain by a war which would tend
to reduce the value of their securities.
IA and ome Must Wait.
WASHINGTON. March 1S.-Secretary
Smith says that it is probable that procla-
nations will not be issued opening public
lands within the next three weeks. The
proclamations that have been prepared for
opening the Yankton reservation in South
Dakota and the SiletZ reservation ia Ore
gon provide that within thirty days after
being issued the lands shall be opened.
land opening thirty days hence, and SO
the proclamations will not issue.
Joseph II. Herod Reappointcd.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The President
to-day announced the following appoint
ments: Joseph r. Herod, of Indiana, to be
of the legation of the United
States to Japan; Henry A. c. Emery, a
citizen of the United States, to be inter-
prefer to the consulate of the United
States at Ningapo, China; George =. Smith
ers. a citizen of the United States, to
be interpreter to the consulate of the
United States at Osaka and Hioga, Japan.
Cleveland Is Fifty-Eisht Years Old.
WASHINGTON. March 1S.-President
Cleveland is ffty-eight years old to-day.
There was, however. no special observ-
ance of the day at the White House, and
the President kept closely at his desk as
usual. Several congratulatory kilograms
were received, and several of his intimate
gratulations accompanied by baskets of
Aside from the little incidents the
day was uneventful.
General Notes.
WASHINGTON, March 1s.-Controller of
the Currency Eckels has gone to North
Carolina for a weeks shooting.
Funeral services over the late Sister
Mary de Chautal, for sixty years a nun,
and for half that period Mother Superior
of the convent of the Visitation, in this
city, were held at the convent to-day.
A p,ono fha a1lhoarar vunra AToychu1
A., Wilson, Senator Roach, of North Da-
kota, and Alexander Porter Morse.
First Lieut.. Charles II. Shoemaker has
been promoted to be captain in the revenue
marine service. This is understood to be
preliminary to his appointment as chief of
the service, to succeed the late Captain
Shepard.
To-day's statement of the condition of
the treasury shows: Available cash ball
ance S12A OIL 30. cold raSerNe- 500 4Gi aQS