The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-30
Representative Overstreet's Final
Recommendation Presented to
the Department at Washington.
SUGAR BETS In INDIANA
CAN BE RAISED PROFITABLY IN
NORTHERN PART of STATE.
George Browns Examination for Paw
master-Haiti Determined to Re-
sent German AggressiOns.
Al to the 1ndiananolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Nov. pa conference
will be held tomorrow at the Postolfice De-
partment between the officials and Repre-
sentative Overstreet to discuss the changes
made necessary by the creation of greater
indianapolis. Mr.. Overstreet was at the d.
partment to-day and presented mis- final
recommendations in the premises and to-
morrow will meet First Assistant Postmas-
ter General Heath and the various bureau
chiefs under whose supervision the several
matters relating to the enlargement of the
area of the postofice at Indianapolis come
and the whole subject will be carefully gone
over The matter of leases for the new sub
stations, rents, changes of clerks transfer
of carriers and the question of employment
OF additional carrier and clerical force will
receive attention Mr. Heath said this aft
erncon that he thought it probable that the
order creating the new service made neces-
sary by the consolidation of the outlying
towns with the city of indianapolis. COM
monty spoken of as Greater Indianapo-
lis, would be promulgated tomorrow. Mr..
Heath was not prepared to state the pre-
else date the new service would go into ef-
feet but he is anxious that it should be-
come operative at the very earliest possible
date.
Professor Fl. w. Wiley, chief of the di-
vision of chemicals of the Department of
Agriculture, has been pursuing line Of
investigation on the subject of beet culture
in the West, ard in a letter to Senator Fair
banks on the subject he writes: II am
fully convinced that there are many locali-
ties in northern Indiana which have adj
vantages equal if not superior to any parts
of this country, outside of the irrigated
areas and some points on the Pacific coast,
for the cultivation and production of the
sugar beet. Indiana ought to look forward
to making at least all the sugar she con-
sumes, and this is not only a possible but
probable outcome of the investigations
which are now making in this line of
agricultural progress" The farmers of In
diana have been told that they have an ex-
cellent soil and climate for raising sugar
beets, and the conclusion reached by Pro-
fessor Wiley is strong confirmation of the
opinions previously entertained.
John c. Bllheimer, of Washington, Ind,
is in the city qualifying for the post of
consul at Zanzibar to which he was ap-
pointed a few weeks ago. Mr.. Billheimer
was introduced at the State Department by
Senator Fairbanks, and made a most
cellent impression.
George Brown, of Indianapolis son of
Admiral Brown, has just completed a most
trying examination for the position of as
sistant paymaster of the navy, to which he
was recently appointed by the President.
He was on the rack for nearly week, and
was put through the severest kind of a
test, covering remarkably wide range of
subjects. The fact that he had spent two
or three years in the naval school at An
napolis probably induced the Navy Depart
ment experts to make the examination
especially arduous. Mr.. Brown had a very
high standing in the school, but was obliged
failure of his eyes, he being threatened
with blindness. The examiners found him,
therefore we'll equipped for the test to
which he was subjected:
Hon. George w. Steele. representing the
Eleventh Indiana district, has arrived and
has taken up his quarters for the winter
at the Arlington. Mr.. Steele is in favor
of a short and busness-lke session of Con-
gress, but he does not say that he believes
there will be a short session. He has not
much hopes of financial legislation. Major
Steele, like his colleagues, Messrs. Hem
enway, Lands and Johnson, is strongly
opposed to the civil service system. is
one of small handful of members who
voted against the passage of the civil serv-
ice law of 1888.
Instead of there being deficit in the
federal treasury for November Of $9,000,00O
or Whereabouts, the last statement will
show an excess in receipts for the month
over the disbursements amounting to about
81 OOO COO This remarkable change in the
complexion of the receipts and diSburse--
ments accounts will be due to the payment
of $13 coo, 800 into the treasury by the Union
Pacific reorganizatio ton committee When
the entire Union Pacific deal is closed with
the government the deficiency which now
amounts to $47000,000, will be wiped out.
Beginning Jan. l, Washington, Daviess
county, will have free delivery service,
that determination having been reached to-
day by the Postoffice Department. At the
same time the Democratic postmaster will
be displaced by Republican A
Allowances were made to-day for the .pur-
chase of time registers in about twenty free
delivery cities in Indiana.
The controller of the currency has ex-
tended the corporate existence of Howard
National Bank, of Kokomo, Ind, until
Nov. IS, 1917
James B. Vernon has been reelected a
member of the civil service board for the
postoffice at Huntington, Ind.
Dr. e. B. Mitchell has been appointed a
pension examining surgeon at Knox, Ind