Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-16
WEST POINT SCHEME
MARINE suB-nosPrTAL MAY he
ESTABLISHED THERE.
TOBACCO TAX RULING.
IL In Mnde In Response to the Re-
quest of n North Carolina Manufac-
turer-Personal and Postal Note.
of Interest.
of Interest.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 15.--(Sps-
ciaL)-West Point. Va. will probably be-
come an important point for the treat
ment OF the sick and wounded during the
present war. United States Marshal Nor
gan Treat who takes a deep interest in
all that concerns that euterprising town.
Is pressing the establishment Of a SUBJ
hospital Of the marine Service. TO he To-
Gated there. To-day, IN companw with
Chairman Agnsw and National Commit
teeman Bowden, he called upon Surgeon
General Wyman, Of the Marine Hospital
service, and strongly urgel the sanitary
advantages of West Point for this pur-
pose' besides the demands OF the present
time for such hospitals. The Surgeon
General seemed to be very fayorably i'm
pressed with their arguments, and prom
ised 10 give the matter his favorable con-
sideration.
They afterwards did some missionary
work at the Post-Office Department, and
secured the appointment of a few more
fourth-class postmasters.
Judge Waddill came over to the city
yesterday, after adjourning court in Alex.
delphia. He will sit with Judge Cor to-
morrow to resentence John Andersen. the
cook of the Olive Pecker, convicted of
murder.
TOBACCO-TAX RULING.
North Carolina manufacturer Of to-
bacco asked for a ruling on tobacco
stamped up 70 June lith; and also on to-
bacco that was stamped and moved out
q 40 cd ;oh
their request. The internal-revenue office
held that all manufactured tobacco held
by the manufacturer at the factory on
and after June 18th was subject to tax
at the increased rate, IL cents per pound;
and that the additional tax imposed BY
law on dealers who had stamped tobacco
on hand June 18th, subject to tax, did
not apply to stock Of tobacco stamped and
held by the manufacturer on that day
although he may have temporarily re-
moved the tobacco from the factory: and
that tobacco temporarily stored off the
tobacco premises and voluntarily placed
in the hands Of jobbers and brokers, and
which was on and after that date to be |
sold on his account, would be subject 10 |
tax at the increased rate, the same as
though ft had not been removed from the |
|
lector of the district, says:
you are now further advised that all /
tobacco stamped and on hand in the fac |
tory June 14th will be subject to the tax |
at the increased rate, ~ cents per pound, |
ana the manufacturer will be required 20 !
pay the additional tax OF cents per
pound on such stamped tobacco removed |
from the factory, on and after June 18th. |
and to furnish you with complete and |
correct inventory Of all tobacco so re-
moved. The additional tax collected will
be reported by you on Forms % and 81
Tor the same month as an advance col
ection on said list.
"All tobacco stamped and removed from |
he factory previous to June I4th, and
which on that date was held by the
for sale, will be invento-
led by them and returned TO the col
ector for assessment of the additional |
AK, cents per pound
THE tobacco which was stamped sold.
nd removed from the factory and billed
o jobbers previous to June 18th will be
ubject to the additional tax of cents
er pound, and the person or persons 10
yhom the same was sold win make a
eturn on Form 4i6 on or before July H.
sSS, for assessment of the tax"
PERSONAL
Miss Leila Pizzini. formerly OF Rich
lond, who recently graduated as |
-ained nurse at the Garfield Hospital,
I'LL leave for Baltimore in a few days
n her vacation, returning to serve out
I'LL term OF two years. She will, how
YER. visit her friends and relatives In
In the fall.
DR.. r. A. Martin, OF Petersburg, has
cen recommended for appointment as
ssistant surgeon in the navy, and will be
'dered here Immediately for examina-
on.
Colonel Peter c. Haines, of the En- !
neer Corps, well known in Virginia, has
zen appointed a member of the Mica I
lgua Canal Commission. =
Hunton, of Virginia. was I
sitor at the White House to-day, as
ere also visitors Chairman Agnew and
ational Committeeman Bowden. but y
ey failed to see the President, owing to | Z
q pressure on him due TO considering | b
Id directing the proposed terms of the n
rrender OF Santiago.
Hamilton Glover Ewart has been APP a
lnted by the President Judge Of the a
estern District OF North Carolina, as q
edicted In this correspondence several
VS. ago he would be. Soon after the (
Of his appointment he le
mt to the office OF Assistant-Attorney- g
neral Boyd, where his commission was a.
ivered to him, and he is now United
ltes Judge for the Western District OF p
nth Carolina. 50
'homas G. Mock has been appointed a "
lrth-class postmaster at Atlantic, Ac u
nae county, Va, vice John d. Parsons, re
moved. al
ARMY ORDERS.
BY direction of the Assistant Secretary
War, Private Frank NJ Morgan, Com ~
~ A, Fourth Virginia Regiment. now fc
Jacksonville, Fla; Private Joe w. al
rnes, Company II, Second North Caro- m
4 Regiment, now at Raleigh; Private il
ais NJ. Buchanan, Company A, First W
ryland Regiment. now at Fort Monroe. A
be discharged the service by the ri
officers of their respective W
tons. m
Acting ssistant-Surgeon John A. Nc Of
ma, United States army will proceed TO
m this city to Camp Alger. Va. and iii
ort to the commanding officer for ho
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