The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-05
REPORT OF THE NAVAL BOARD
OFFICERS RECOM-
MENDED FOR PROMOTION.
Internal Revenue Law RuIings-Re-
port of the War Investigating Conn
mission COmpleted-Ihe Miles Case.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Herbert MyA
rick, who was exposed in the Senate q
couple of weeks ago by Senator Fairbanks
for sending copies of Carnege's anti
expansion literature to agricultural and
other country newspapers with the request
to please publish and send me the BILL, is
being heard of again as the American Su-
gar Growers Association" He has been
sending countless anti-expansion petitions
to farmers and others in the West and
Northwest, with a request that they secure
signatures and send to their senators and
representatives in Congress- Hundreds OF
these petitions unsigned are being received
by Republican members of Congress, hav-
| ing been sent on to Washington by eonstitu-
ents who are full of wrath at the attempt
which has been made to enlist them in a
crusade with which they have no sympathy.
The letters which accompany these up-
signed petitions which are being forwarded
to Washington are in every case an indig-
| nant protest against the scheme which is
being promoted by Mr.. Myrick and the se.%
fish interests behind him, and many Of theu
demand that the trick be exposed in tne
most public manner possible. Judging from
the number of these unsigned petitions
which flowing into Washington Tiers
win be enough of them on hand by the end
of the session to fill a freight car.
If a bill which Mr. Crumpacker, of IN
diana, introduced to-day is passed there Will
probably be an important cutting down lin
| congressional representation in several
| Southern States which have fallen.i ths
| habit of disfranchising the colored vote
| Under the provisions Of his bill the superin-
| tendent Of the next census will be required
to furnish Congress, in December, 1900 data
which will disclose the extent to which this
disfranchisement is practiced, and also cons
pilations of state election laws When Re4
publican Congress gets down to work tbs
boasted Mississippi Constitution" may not
turn out to be such a good scheme for sup4
pressing the colored vote as the Southern
Democrats seem TO think it is.
The naval promotion board has recom4
mended only twenty-eight naval officers Cor
| promotion for eminent or conspicuous cons
duct in battle or extraordinary heroism dur
ing the late war. The board is composed OF
Admirals Sicard Matthews and Norton.
with Ensign II. E. Smith as recorder and
has been steadily at work on the records oE
the officers since Sept 10 last. They also
considered the reward OF marine officers and
bestowed eight brevets, being aided in that
part of the work by the colonel comman-
dant. The findings of the board do not take
into account the cases of any officers whose
| services have been heretofore recognized
by the Navy Department Thus the list in>
cludes none of the commanding and execu-
tive officers of Dewey's and Simpsons fleets
who were in the two great battles. The
findings in the case OF the naval officers aIe
as follows
Ensign J. r. Edson Of the Gloucester
recommended for promotion eight numbers;
Lieut. G. H. Norman, jr., of the Gloucester.
eight numbers Lieut. I. c. Wood, Of the
Gloucester, eight numbers; Ensign w. II.
Ward, ten numbers; Ensign W. II. Buck.
eight numbers Lieut. f. FL. Newcomb. OF
the Hudson, seven numbers; Assistant Sur
geon J. +. Bransford, of the Gloucester
three numbers equivalent to one in medical
corps); Lieut. A. {. Dillingham;, Of the
Nashville, two numbers; Lieut.. j. NJ Helm,
of the Hornet, five numbers; Ensign 4. II.
Magruder, of the Marblehead. five nuns
bers; Lieut. c. w. Jungen, of the Wompa-
tuck, five numbers; Assistant Paymaster A.
Brown of the Gloucester, three numbers
equivalent to one in the pay coTpsl; En-
sign W. S. Crosley. of the Leiden, two num-
bers; Lieut.. c. II. Harlow, of the Vixen.
two numbers; Commander j. j. Hunker, ot
the Annapolis, three numbers; Lieut. j. /.
Purcell, OF the Oseeola. two numbers; Come
mander c. G. Todd OF the Wilmington,
three numbers Lieut.. A. Ward. OF tha
Wasp. two numbers; Lieut.. l.. Young Of
the Hist, three numbers; Assistant Engi-
neer A. NJ Proctor. of the Gloucester, one
number equivalent to five in the Inels
Assistant Engineer +. Lyon. of the Oregon,
one number equivalent to five in the hnel.
Lieut.. E. L. Mead of the Hudson two num-
bers: Passed Assistant Engineer e. N. on
ley, of the Oregon, one number equivalent
to five in the hne); Assistant Engineer j.
NJ Reeves OF the Oregon. ore number
equivalent TO i've in the ine); Lieut.. J. II.
Scott, of the Hudson, two numbers; Mate
+. Muller, Of the Hudson. five numbers, OF
TO be boatswain Lieut.. Commander +. Ma
rix, of the Scorpion, two numbers. Com-
mander W. 7. Swinburne. OF the Helena.
two numbers; Assistant Engineer j. Nor
ton of the Vixen. one number equivalent
to ave in the line)
The marine officers recommended for
brevets are as follows. each being given one
grade: First Lieutenant J. +. Mahon. First
Lieutenant c. G. Long, Second Lieutenant
NJ j. shaw Captain c. l.. McCawley. First
Lieutenant W. n. McKeIvy. First Ileuten-
ant II. l. Draper. First Lieutenant a. S.
McLemore and Captain A. G. Kelton.
The monthly comparative statement ok
the collections Of internal revenue shows
that the total receipts for December 1895,
were s22 I92. S9I. an increase as compared
with December. 1897. Of $1sl9.2o9. The re-
ceipts from the several principal sources 81
revenue are given for December as foAoWas
Spirits. s, .s2s al Increase over DscemhSn