The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-02
Native of Indiana. and Has Been Con-
nectcd with the Postal Service
for Many Years.
FOREIGN MISSION FOR EVANS
PRESENT PENSION COMMISSIONER
MAY BE SENT ABROAD.
Rewards for waIl-ScaIer Titus and
other Naval Heroes Who Sue
cored the Picking Legations.
pecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April John NJ Mas
tin, who succeeds George NJ. Allen as chief
clerk TO the first assistant postmaster gen.
eral, was born in Martin county. Indiana.
near the town OF Trinity, about forty years
ago. He entered the postal service in 1871
as clerk In the postoffice at Loogootee.
Martin county. being then seventeen years
old. -Four years later he entered the rail-
way mail service. his run being between
Louisville and Nashville. Then he opened
a new line from Cincinnati 10 st. Louis.
and was chief clerk OF the first car which
weA, out. in February, 1852. In the fall OF
the same year he was taken into the Of
fee of the superintendent of the railway
mail service at Cincinnati. In two years
he -ecame the supervisor of all the railway
clerks connected with the Cincinnati divi-
sion. One day in 1890 Mr.. Mastin received a
dispatch calling him to Washington. and
when he arrived here he was appointed
assistant superintendent of the railway
mail service, and was assigned to the con-
tract department. In December, 1898, he
went to Porto Rico as head OF the COM
mission which was appointed by the post
master general To map out a postal service
80 NA( obo-id- TUT Ills WOIh Ut WAS 0lkU-
~ praised. The following February he
mace a tour through Cuba for a similar
purpose. There his work was equally sat-
isfactOry. Mr.. Johnson, who succeeded Mr..
Heath as first assistant postmaster gen.
eral, decided, when the place OF chief clerk
became vacant. that Mr.. Mastin was the
best man TO nil IL because OF his envlable
record for efficiency.
George NJ. Allen said to-day he would
leave here tomorrow and go direct TO Dem
YER his new post of duty.
Rankin & Kellogg will send a man 10 In
dianapolis this week to look over the
ground before going further with their
public building plans and have so notihed
supervising Architect Taylor, who will not.
however, send any one there at this time.
The controller Of the currency has ap-
proved the application OF Mortimer Lever
ing, of Indianapolis, Albert A. Barnes,
Hiram w. Miller, w. NJ. Pence. Raymond
p. Van Camp and others TO organize the
Columbia National Bank. of indianapolis,
with a capital stock of 100000.
Senator Fairbanks called on the Presi-
dent to-day. but said 1T was simply to say
goodbye and devoid Of political signif-
canoe. He left for New York at 4 o'clock
this afternoon. He will be there two or
three days and go from there home.
XXX
The Indiana minister who was named
as one of the new army chaplsins last Sat-
urday night r. Rev. James l.. Grifhths. He
lives i'm the Tenth congressional district
and is Judge Crumpacso-'s appointment,
though he was in6orscd oy the entire In
diana delegation, including Senator Fair
banks. The newspapers have played havoc
with the new chaplain's name. printing IL
"Griffis" and Cries" and not TIL now as
the good old Welsh name 'Griffiths.'
Henry Dahlenburg's bond as postmaster
at Shields, Jackson county. was approved
and his commission issued to-day.
II seems to be understood that Pension
Commissioner Evans will be appointed TO a
foreign mission. The men oftenest men,
toned as his successor are former Con-
gresham Pettis, of Kansas, and I. ~.
Walker. Of Indianapolis.
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J.. ]. Coppack was to-day appointed post
master at Webster. Wayne county, Indi-
ana, vice Hattie Borton, resigned.