The herald., 1898-05-20

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| the taxes upon life insurance policies was
passed over at the suggestion of White of
California The other committee amend
ments relating to marine, inland, fire. cas-
ualty, fidelity and guarantee insurance
| were agreed to.
Referring to the tax on druggists sup
plies now on hand, Allison said all sena-
tors had received letters urging that the
stamp tax be not levied upon stocks on
hand. Allison said many druggists were
willing to place stamps upon articles when
they were sold, although they objected to
being forced to go through their stocks and
stamp articles. He believed, too. that the
stamps ought to be placed on articles when
sold at wholesale.
Bacon thought the retroactive feature in
every part Of the bill unjust and ought to
be eliminated.
Aldrich pointed out that If articles in the
hands of the retailers were not taxed 1t
was absolutely certain that none of the ar
ticles would be in the hands of manufac-
turers on the day the bill became a law.
In answer to a question of Bacon, Aldrich
said he had seen in trade paper the state
ment that the amount Of the stamp tax on
stocks now in hand would amount to s15,-
O,oOO. After the reading of the commit
tees amendments relating to excise taxes
on persons, firms, companies and corpora
tions. the bill was laid aside until tomor-
row.
On motion of Allison, at 455 the senate
went into executive session.
At 5:35 the senate adjourned.
Nominations
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The President
today sent these nominations to the Sem
ate:
war-First Regiment Volunteers En-
gineers-Colonel, Eugene Griffin of New
York; first lieutenants, Algernon Sartoris
of the District of Columbia; Fitzhugh Lee,
Jr., of Virginia; Carlos Carbonel of Troy,
N. Y; Thomas J. Sullivan of Colorado;
Karl Fisher Hansen of New York.
To be commissary of subsistence with
rank of major, William H. Abernethy of
Missouri.
To be engineer officer with rank of major,
Charles Lincoln Woodbury. of Vermont; !;
captains, William D. Beach, Third Caval-
ry; George H. Sands, Sixth Cavalry, and
William A. Skunk, Eighth Cavalry.
Treasury-Edward Elias of California,
assayer of the mint at San Francisco.
To be assistant quartermaster with rank
of captain, First Lieut.. George s. Cart
wright. Fourth. Infantry.
To be commissary of subsistence with
rank of captain, Frederick A. Hyde of New
York; William H. Anderson of Ohio; Geo.
B. McCullom Of Tennessee.
To be assistant paymaster, William H.
Schofield of San Francisco: to be assistant
adjutant general with rank of captain,
Putnam Bradley Strong Of New York.
Combinations
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The following
army combinations were made to-day by
the senate:
To be assistant adjutant generals, with
the rank of major: Captains Walter S.
Schuyler, Louis v. Cassilar, William NJ.
Canon, James Pettit Alfred c. Sharpe.
Hugh L. Scott, Edward Davis; First Lieu
tenants Frederick Strong, Herbert Sar-
gent, Clarence r. Edwards, Samuel D.
Sturgis, Samuel Reber, Messrs. Campbell
e. McMichael of Pennsylvania, G. H. Hop
kins of Michigan, and John A. Logan, Jr,
OF Illinois.
To be assistant adjutant generals, with
the rank Of captain: First Lieutenants E.
M. Weaver, Jr., Francis p Fremont, DE
Rosey c. Cabell, Charles M. Truitt Ed
ward Saint Greble, John H. Beason, Har-
vey c. Carbaugh, John B. Mcdonald, AL
bert l.. Mills, Charles G. Treat, John A.
Dapray. William f. Hancock William H.
Smith. John F. Morrison, Benjamin AL
word, Henry c. Cabell, Godfrey H. McDon-
aid, William H. Johnston, John L. Senon.
Crol Hutchinson. James X. Thompson,
Carl r. Rechmann, Cornelius Dewey Will
son, William A. Holbrook, Robert T.
| Mitchie, Daniel B. DeVoe, Lucien c. Berry,
John T. MacMahon, Bentley Mott, Samuel
Seay, Jr., Robert G. Paxton, Robert i.
| Howse, George B. Duncan, Walter G.
Scherrer.
Second Lieutenants Douglass Settle,
Walter c. Short, Robert Sewwell, Henry
H. Whitney, Edward B. Cassat, John c.
Gilmore, Jr.
Among the civilians confirmed as assist
ant adjutant generals with the rank of
captain were William McKittnich of Cali
fornia and Joseph B. Foraker, Jr., of
Ohio.
To be inspectors general, with rank of
captain: George Lee, George S. Anderson,
Earl D. Thomas. Alexander Rogers, John
M. X. David. Philip Read, Thomas M.
Woodruff. Benjamin H. Chever. s. W. Rey-
burn, s. G. Mills. H. j. Sturm. II. C. Ben
son, w. P. Duval, Messrs. G. Creighton
Webb of New York and Russell H. Harri-
son of Indiana.
To be quartermasters. with the rank of
| major: Captains Charles G. Dennis, JNln
w. Sumner Hayes. Samuel r. Jones, M. G.
Martin. Oscar F. Long. Guy Howard,
Frederick Won Schaeder, j. E. Sawyer,
Frederick d. Hodgson, j. B. Aleshire,
|. Thomas Cruise.
First Lieutenant Eugene +. Ladd, Mr..
William A. Wadsworth of New York.
To be assistant quartermasters, with the
rank of captain; First Lieutenants Chaun-
cey Wolcott. Jr., Julius Penn. Ulysses M.
Alexander.
Among the civilians confirmed with this