The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-21
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
General Young to Succeed MiIes-AI-
legged Attempt at Bribery.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2o.-It is stated at
will succeed General Young as lieutenant
general Of the army upon the retirement
of the latter, who will succeed General
Miles. A dispatch from Cleveland says:
General Chaffee, when shown the forego-
ing, said: There was some talk of the
changes noted in the dispatch prior to my
departure from Washington. This. howev-
er. is the first definite information I have
received on the subject Further than
this General Chaffee declined to discuss the
proposed promotions"
james Kifer, of Pittsburg. Pa, has been
indicted by the federal grand jury of the
District of Columbia for attempting to bride
an employee of the office of the controller
of the currency to procure for him copy
of certain records relating to a Pittsburg
national bank after he had been refused the
information by the controller on the ground
that under the rules of the department
such records were not made public. Kifer
was arrested on the 18th inst. at Pittsburg
and appeared before the United States
commissioner and gave bail for his ap-
pearance for trial before the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia.
of the spread of the foot and mouth di-
sease from New England, where 1t is cpl
demic, to other States has passed A COM
mittee from Chicago, headed by President
Dowd, of the Union StockyardS and Tran
sit Company, has been in conference with
Secretary Wilson regarding the extent of
the infection and measures taken to COM
bat them. Secretary Wilson told them what
had been done and they expressed con-
fidence that every practicable step had
been taken in safeguarding the stock in
said Secretary Wilson to-day. 1--WE will
have destroyed every animal infected with
it or exposed to the foot and mouth d.
Sease."
famous extradition case by issuing a war;
rant TO the French authorities for Louis
Balensa, who Is charged with the embezzle-
ment Of several million francs from a
French corporation in whose employ he
had been. At present Balensa is in Sing
Sing Penitentiary serving a sentence for
forgery committed in the United States,
and extradition will not take effect until
the American sentence expires at a date
In the near future.
Deputy Consul Hanauer has sent the
State Department from Frankfort a copy
of an official order issued by the govern
ment of Saxony instructing the municipal
executive and police authorities Of the
kingdom to allow sales of dried fruit
which does not contain over 125 per cent
of sulphuric acid and not to proceed against
or punish the first infractions Of dealers
SelllnR ITull WHICH contains a n1Rnor per-
centage when circumstances warrant the
belief that they acted in good faith. This
order is based on a finding of the State
Medical Board of Saxony. which holds that
suphuric acid is not to be considered In
all cases as detrimental to health.
The controller of the treasury has decided
that the unexpended balance of $500 $50 OF
| the appropriation of 81, 100000 made by Con-
gress on June 2. 1872, for the purpose OF
reimbursing the State of Kentucky for
| money expended in raising troops to aid the
toI tnfn in fha rfxriI
be paid the State in partial satisfaction OF
| an additional claim of the State which in
| cluded interest on the original amount ag-
| gregating nearly N,320,00O This latter
amount will be reported TO Congress with
a recommendation that an appropriation
| be made in settlement of the claim