The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-27
Mr.. SCOTS SUCCESSOR
G. w. WILSON MAY BE INTERNAL
REVENUE COMMISSIONER.
Has Retained His Position as Deputy
Through Several Changes of Ma
tiOnaI Administrations.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Capt George
W. Wilson, of Butler county, Ohio, deputy
commissioner of internal revenue, will prob
ably be appointed commissioner, as the sue
cessor of Nathan B. Scott, of West Vir-
ginia, who has just been elected United
States senator. Captain Wilson has been in
the internal-revenue service for years Per-
haps no other man in the country is nearly
as well qualified for the commissionership
as he. He began in the service as a gauger.
and has advanced from ore position to an
ether always through merit, until in Presi-
dent Harrisons administration he was made
deputy commissioner. He was retained in
Cleveand's second administration despite
the assaults of Democratic spoilsmen. Com
missioner Miller insisted on his retention,
and President Cleveland was also friendly
so Wilson remained. His promotion to the
head of the Internal Revenue Bureau is
urged now by leading senators ana con-
gressmen, including Hanna and Grosvenor,
of Ohio. His elevation would carry out the
spirit Of the merit system in the civil serV-
Controller Dawes has authorized the Citi-
zcns National Bank, of Bedford to begin
business with $4,000 capital, and Archibald
c. Voris president and Joseph X. Norls
cashier.
Senator Fairbanks to-day presented in
the Senate eighty-six petitions from differ
ent parts of Indiana, praying for the pass
age of the Ellis bill prohibiting the sale of
intoxicating liquors in military canteens
soldiers homes and public buildings; Rep-
resentatives Steele, Robinson, Griffith,
Johnson and Overstreet presented number
of similar petitions in the House.
The Court of Claims to-day rendered
Judgment in favor of Indiana letter carriers
for overtime as follows:
ndiap4polis-James L. Moore. $S412; Am
brose Hamlin $S4 II; John A. Downey, $50
Elkhart-Nelson Bressau, $S5.S7; Willard
E. Livengood, $685..
Goshen@Arthur NJ. Cornell, $173S.
Linxwiler, s71.49; Ulysses B. Meeks, $6.72.
Huntington-Everett NJ Day, $5.9S.
Logansport-Fred Al Prosch, So. 13.
Kokomo-Davl1 A. Megrady, $5OS4,
Secretary Long has received a very cor
dial letter of invitation from the mayor of
Torquay, England, for the European squad
ron to visit that place. The mayor warmly
ratulates the navy for it's success in the
Spanish war. Secretary Longs response is
have been made yet to send squadron to
Europe, but one will go later, and ne will
bear Torquay's invitation in mind
The Senate committee on commerce
agreed to-day to report favorably Senator
Hanna's steamship subsidy bill. A few
amendments have been made to the bill,
but not such as to change the character of
the measure. Another bill, providing sys-
tenn of bounties for American ships, was
favorably acted on to-day by the House
committee on merchant marine and fisher
les. The vote was on party lines, the Dem
ocratic members opposing report. Amend
ments were made embodying suggestions by
ex-senator Edmunds in behalf of the ship
ping interests.
The President talked with a number of
callers from Congress to-day about the
peace treaty He expressed his satisfac-
ton that an agreement had been reached
for a vote and expressed confidence in the
result The President told his callers there
was need for prompt action, and said that
the present situation was one that should
not be prolonged. Senators Gray, Lodge ana
Lindsay were among the senatorial callers.
Commander E. Longnecker has been de-
tached from the navy yard, League island,
and ordered to command the cruiser New
Orleans relieving Capt. Folger, ordered to
duty as general inspector of the equipment
of the battle ship Kearsarge. All the MEM
bers of the graduating class at the Naval
Academy have been assigned to duty on
vessels now in commission, many OF them
going to vessels on Asiatic stations.
Representative Southland of Ohio, has in
troduced a bill for government participation
III the ONO OeDI6HLldl anu 4NOilnWSSl ISlII-
tory Exposition at Toledo in 1902 or 1903 and
appropriating 100000 of which 100000 is for
a government building.
The Senate committee on commerce to-day
authorized favorable report on the bill,
which has already passed the House, author
izing the lighthouse board to provide a
steam whistle at Michigan City, Ind.
The Department of Agriculture to-day is
sued the folowing The returns of the
number of live stock on farms in the United
States on Jan. l, 1892 show there to have
been 10 SOS, SO7 horses, 2,134 ,219 mules $780,
lis mich cows, 27,994,225 oxen and other
cattle, S9,114,45S sheep and 1851 631 swine.
These figures show a decrease of 295 604 in
the number of horses, 5000 in that of
mules, 1882 in that of oxen and other
cattle and 10S,962 in that of swine. On the
other hand, there is an increase of 149, 229
mich cows and 1,457, 493 sheep The average
farm value Of every description of live
stock is higher than on the LIST of January,
1898.