The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-30
Two of Mr.. Hermann's Snbordinntes
Charged with Neglect Of Duty
and Mismanagement.
vINcENNEs SITE SELECTED
FEDERAL BUILDING TO BE AT FIFTH
AND BUssERoN STREETS.
Price Fixed at ss.0Oo-Opposition to
Ratification of the Cuban Treaty
Growing i'm the senate.
stan Correspondence of the Journal.

stan Correspondence OF the Journal.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2S.-Several impor-
tant changes in official life were announced
to-day. one of especial interest to Indi-
anians being the resignation of Capt. A. D.
Lynch. chief of the division OF insolvent 3
national banks in the Office of the con-
troller of the Treasury Department, who
resigned on account of failing health. +.
+. Oldham. of Cincinnati, an attorney and
special agent in the controllers office in
connection with failed banks, has been Sc
lected for the vacancy. Mr.. Lynch's home
is in Indianapolis
One of the most important changes is
thai of assistant secretary of the treasury.
Robert b. Armstrong, now Secretary
Shaws private secretary, will succeed Gen
o. l.. Spaulding on the reassembling Of
Congress. the latter's resignation having
been rendered some time ago. Mr.. Arm
strong comes from Illinois, and his Sc
lection is a personal one with Secretary
Shaw. He will have charge of the customs
branch of the service. Mr.. Armstrong.
who is twenty-nine years of age. is re-
garded as young man of excellent ability.
and has the entire confidence of the off,
cials of the Treasury Department.
Binger Hermann, commissioner of the
General Land Office, has resigned. and will
be succeeded by William A. Richards. now
the assistant commissioner of the General
Land Office. Commissioner Hermann said
this afternoon that the Change viii hs-nas,-
erative Feb. 1. The relations between Sec
retary Hitchcock and Commissioner Her
mann have been strained for long time
Mr.. Hermann's resignation was requested
about two weeks ago by the secretary, and
was Immediately presented.
Charges have been preferred against two
of the subordinate officials of the Land
Office, involving alleged Irregularities, and
they have been given a specific time in
which to make answer. These officials are
Harry King, chief and Fred Metzger.
assistant chief of the draughtsman's di-
vision of the government Land Office. The
former is charged with neglect OF duty
and the latter with mismanagement and
unsatisfactory administration of his duties.
They have until tomorrow TO submit their
answer to the charges Mr.. Metzger was
formerly form Kansas. and was once
chief clerk of the General Land Office
xxx
The Treasury Department to-day selected
a site for the new federal building at Vim
cennes, deciding on the property at Fifth
and Busseron streets. The ground was Of
fered by Henry Eberwiue. and the depart
ment will pay 5000 for ii. The selection
was made after sharp contest. John w.
Parsons special agent of the department,
recommended a site at Seventh and Main
streets, where 81, 900 was the price asked
In advocating this site he said he felt that
the growth OF the city would be in that d.
rection. and he thinks that selection to
tho westward, in the present instance,
will eventually result I'm leaving the build
ing in location where possibly IL will not
be convenient to business men and others.
There are two more sites TO select for
Indiana federal buildings One is at An
derson and the other at Charlottesville.
The selection of the latter site Is put on
until two weeks from Dec. "a The stua-
ton regarding the Charlottesville site has
now reached point where IL VIII be- nee
essary for the friends of the Irwin site
raise $500 or $1,000 IL IL Is purchasedv
Should the money be raised the department
will condemn the property IL Mr.. Irwin
continues to decline to sell IL at reason
able figure. The Anderson site Will likely
be selected some time between the 18th and
10Th of January.
Mr.. Parsons evidently failed to please all
the people In Logansport in his recon-
mendation OF a site. The editor of one
of the Logansport papers has forwarded
marked copies ,,.efr of his paper One, One article
nounces the selection in strong terms. An
other section of the headline says Gov
ernment building located on mongrel
grounds" The editor of the paper wrote
a letter to Mr. Parsons in reference TO the
article, saying, II hope you viii read this
in the spirit in which 1t was written"
Daniel NJ. Ransdell. sergeant-at-arms Of
the United States Senate. has addressed
letter OF thanks to his friend, Smith
King. at Indianapolis. for the Christmas
present received from King in the shape
of a sack of coal. You certainly are
good to me-" Colonel RansdeIl wrote
"Your valued Christmas present came I'm
the nick of time. and the adjournment OF
Congress on account OF no coal has been
I'd anrnT L.
utilitarian turn Of mind has prevented a
catastrophe that would have shocked the
country. No doubt when the Senate meets
vote OF thanks with the privilege OF the
floor for life will be extended TO YOU I
have kept out OF the consignment enough
for family use to prever; suffering during
the winter. i hope you will be spared the
agony of mind which i experienced before
relief came Do not fail to call on me
/ think / can succeed i'm having the limit
raised. Wishing you and yours happy
New Year, believe me ever your debtor
DR.. w. p. Kane. president OF Wabash
College. arrived in Washington this even
ing from New York DIR. Kane has been
spending the holidays in the East. visiting
his daughter who Is at school at Forest
Glenn. near Washington, part of the time.
He will leave for Indiana tomorrow. While
East he visited a number OF institutions
OF learning. among them Johns Hopkins
/ University, the University of Pennsylvania
Columbian College and the Union Theo-
logical Seminary of New York. In most OF
the institutions he visited DIR. Kane found
Wabash College men taking professional
courses. He also found that this Western
institution is much appreciated by the
Eastern colleges. II think IL Is safe to
say" he remarked. that Wabash In
the recognition IL receives from Eastern
colleges. stands at the yery front among
Western institutions. An undergraduate eo-
ing from Wabash College is given the same
| standing in an Eastern institution that he
| had at Wabash. Our college Is 80 appre-
ciated hy the Eastern schools that fhoR