The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-25
He Doesn't Aspire TO the Vacant Con.
trollership.
DECREASE OF The TOBACCO Tx.
oe,er, Harry Beth's Condition Is Greatly
Impro,ed-CollectorR Ryan's DISTRICT
is Rated No. ODe-Changes In
virginia and North Caro-
I'M Postal Routes.
TIMES BUREAU, RApLEY BUILDING,
WAsHINGToN. April "a, 1873.

1
,-,,,ar ,acc of Captain George ID. Wise
uos seen i'm the Departments 'o-U"''
,r,oro a,e few men who served III '''e
lac, cone,ess who at all times are ino'7
.a,a,iv erected by the Department.
! .m,ers than Captain Wise, of virginia
Ills earnest labors for years j" u'"''-
NJ his constituents have maue nm
freouent visitor In every department. "''0
ha alvvavs finds a warm welcome "ne"
| he engages m the official ROUNDS. 49,.
- nas been stated from here that ,ap'
| lain Wise was a candidate LOT 'he .ho
| tion of Assistant Complio'iOi 70
Treasury. and several letters io,o,,, ~eio
aat,@od here and filed with .SecIe.ais.
| cav,ielo i'm his behalf. As matter Oh i".s i,
.a+totn IViae has never been canaiu"eo
| 90 ,hts Mace. and this morning ne az
| n,,ed the Pre- sdent that his name silo.''' ,
| rot he connected with TINS a9poiil'uxrSri,'a W.,
| few earnest friends OF 'ap'Sin -,
| snggeated TO him Il is Office, ana 10 'nei"
~S..,'rossod himself as profoundly m
dehted hut having resumed the piac,ice
~ his LEGAL profession. In when ne haS
oi ,ained such prominence IN virginia
| captafn Wise would not accept poSi
| tion even of this high character uIu0i .no
ordinary rolls Of departmental uu.y, no..
| withstanding the fact that In .d sucn
pcsition he would enjoy the 0on'i'"s~ w..
confidence of the Presidene ~. ,,n,a n Who
teartv support Of Secretary carlisle, VIZ
| has always recOgllzeu III NM
tative of Virginia ...,u,,
Cantain Wise called upon Secretary
| tyortort of tho Navy this morning anu
stroneiv recommended Mr.. A. r. Hoiia-
| dav. Jr Of Richmond, for the postum
| of oaymaster in the navy. Ihe Sec'e'alS ',,,
| promised Mr.. Wise to prlhg nis nam a,,
| IA tho attention Of the President at n"
early date u.t. manning
| b,, cantatn Wise uron POstmaster-Uehe-
| raj Wilson I'm reference TO the assls'ai'
s,,rerintendent of the railway mail ser
vice.
GENERAL HETH GREATLY IMPROVED.
A rumor prevailed here yesterday tnat
| General Harry Heth had sullereu d - -
Ianse. and was seriously indisposed. 10
| the qualification Of his legion OF lrienus i's
| this rumor proves 70 be enurely MI.noa .i,,..s
| foundation. on his porch this morning,
In tho bracing air of spring, General
| Heth sat, reading the morning papers,
| and seemingly possessed of more physlcai
| xipor than has characterized nm lot
| many months. So apparent was MS per
feet health that l did not even broach
the subject Of the rumor.
IL.
this mornirg from his home in Manassas.
AS usual he was met and hailed by
| formidable array of reputed citlzens OF
| the Eighth district, who severally tesu-
| fed their Willingness to accept posi-
| tion under the Government The break
ing up Of the ice in the Potomac, ana
| It's increasing warmth Of the coming
spring, has made 1t possible for a larger
| namber of his constituents TO wade over
and plead Cor positions than was possl-
BILE during the months OF January ana
February.
No man ever worked harder for
desiring constituency than has Mr..
Meredith. and the number of the people
now i'm office accredited to his district
is the natural envy of every other con-
gressman In the State.
BEtENuE ixriRr FxAMINens.
No business in this country is conducted
on such thorough business lines as that
of the United States Government. Its
excellent system Of reports, its rigid in
spection of work. and its ingenious checks
on officials large and small, enable the
departments here to keep run Of every de-
tail of official business throughout the
land. Every day, for instance, the Treas
ury Department knows the cash receipts
! deposted to Uncle Sans credit in the
Government depository in every town,
and every day the department knows,
not only the whereabouts of every reve-
nue. agent but also the hotel at which he
is stopping.
The revenue agents who examine the
work of the internal revenue collectors
are not only men Of experience in affairs
but they are expert accountants. Each
| revenue district is visited by one of these
| experts about five times year. and the
collector is never apprized of the agent )
| coming.
The result Of the last examination OF
Collector Ryan's district has just been
made known here, and 1t Is gratifying 10
report that the district gets grading No.
l. out of the sixty-three districts In the
United States only about six or seven.
am told, are graded No. at any one
| time. Ii is a coincidence that the col
lector stationed at Richmond KY, and
the collector stationed at Richmond, Va,
both stand in the highest class. The
Boston office and two of the offices In
New York State are also No. /. Most
collectors think they are lucky If they get
grading of 1-2. Comparatively few gel
as high as i-2. Twenty or more us
ually stand No. 2, and not a few get 2 IL
No. 3 is the lowest rating and the col.
iector that strikes that figure had better
look out In order TO get No. the exam
liner must not only find that The
cash accounts at the head office
| ana the DIdltH VHiNtS boioHNt w.
the stamps sold and on hand 10 a cent
but all of the records-and many Of then
are intricate-must be in perfect con
dition and the correspondence must bt
conducted with courtesy. tact and judg
ment.
DECREASE IN TOBACCO TAX
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
7 this morning gave out the follo'Jine
} statement. showing the decrease on the
taxes of tobacco: The regular monthly
statement of receipts from all sources OF
tobacco shows an increase OF $g5l, ,oo5.5
for the nine months ended March 81, 1885
: as compared with the same period Of the
preceding fiscal year: but a comparison
, OF the receipts from the same source FOR
March. 1884, with those OF March, 1885
shows decrease for the latter months
OF $l6.S6i33 distributed as follows: De-
crease from cigars and cheroots. N5,23O.lI
] cigarettes $4,s65. II; snuff, $137T.Si; man
I ufactured tobacco of all descriptions,
S,1476i.
The following orders affecting the pos
tai service M Virginia and North Caro-
lima were issued to-day; Virginia-route
| 14545. Hickory 10 Land of Promise. from
May l. 1896. increase service 10 six times
q week, changing schedule 10 daily. ex'
| cept Sunday.
For North Carolina-Route ls.o3. Mon
tezuma to Loggy, three times a week. by
a schedule of not TO exceed one hour run
ming time each week: route iS,fsS, Wease
| to Dresden, from MAY /. 1895. change ser