The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-30
POSTMASTER GENERAL
PAYNEyS ANNUAL REPORT
WILL Make SUGGESTION

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
Ter was suspended from duty during the in
vestigatiOn which is still in progress. The
controller holds that as an cmploye of the
government he is not entitled TO compensa-
ton during suspension.
At the instance of President Roosevelt,
who has interested himself in the reports
from abroad on the massacres and con-
templated massacres of Jews in kiShinen,
the State Department is making active in
quiry through it's diplomatic and consular
officers with the view to ascertainlng the
exact situation as affecting the people The
United States consular agent at Odessa al
ready has been heard from and he cabled
the State Department to-day that there had
been no fresh outbreak at Kishineff, as re-
ported. Simon Wolf, representing the B'na1
Birth, and Adolphus S. Solomons, of New
York, one of the trustees of the Baron De
Hirsch fund, who are interested in the mat
ter, called at the White House to-day, but
did not see the President. They were in
formed that the President had anticipated
their mission by requesting the State. De
partment to inquire through its consular
officers in the Kishineff district as to the re-
ported conditions there.
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Louis A. Dent, register Of wills of the
District of Columbia, called President
Roosevelt to-day and talked over the re-
cent action of the President in displacing
him and naming Corporal Tanner his
successor. Inc PRESIDENT mas tenQere0 10
Mr.. Dent the position of consul at Dawson
City, Yukon.
Rear Admiral George w. Sumner, recently
detached from command of the South At
lantic squadron, and now on leave of alb
sence at Patchogue, Long island, will be
retired by operation of law account of
age Thursday next. He is a Kentuckian
and entered the navy in September, 1858.
His retirement and the retirements of Cap
tain Charles T. Forse and Commander
Charles A. Adams Will result in the pro-
the Bureau Of Ordnance, TO be rear adj
miral, and Commanders John A. Rodgers,
A. V. Wadhams and John d. Adams, to be
captains.
s. n. d. North, director of the census
has received a report for the year ended
Dec. 81, 1862, from w. M. Stewart chief
statistician for manufacturers, relating to
! the mining or quarrying operations and the
subsequent reworking of slate, marble and
clay when done at the mine quarry in
cident to the production. The figures given
relative to clay, however. do not include
brick tile, pottery or other clay products
During the year there were operated 1873
slate, eighty-four marble and 2O5 clay
| mines or quarries. The valuation of the
product for the year was: Slate ST. ,051;
marble, $5,044.3S2. and clay. $2,O6l,072.
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Judge Advocate General Davis has re-
ceived the record of the court-martial pro-
ceedings in the case of Second Lieutenant
Paul MacLain. of the Thirteenth Cavalry
tried at Manila on the charge of embez-
zling funds belonging TO the United States
! while acting commissary of the guard
! operating the Maraquina river in the
! Philippines. 1t is understood that the Off
Ger was sentenced to be dismissed. In that
] event the case will have to be referred to
President action.
! Commander Reginald Nicholson, detail
officer of the Bureau of Navigation, will
leave here next Tuesday for San Francisco
to assume command of the new protected
/ cruiser Tacoma, now receiving finishing
| touches at the Union iron works. This
vessel will be attached to the Pacific
| squadron and her first service probably will
1 be in isthmian waters. Commander Henry
| McCrea, recently detached from command
| of the gunboat Machias. has been detailed
| to duty as the successor of Commander
| Nicholson and reported at the Navy De-
| partment to-day.
! Commissioner Richards, of the General
Land Office, to-day received by wire de-
tailed information concerning the sale
yesterday of the timber the
Chippewa Indian reservation in Min
nesota. The message was from the
|
| that the sale was a complete success. The
bids were higher than those of Dec. 5, and
ran as high as s12 per thousand for white
! pine lumber in the tree, and $40 for Nor
| way pine. The aggregate of the bids of the
! land office estimate of timber was 81. 100000.
/ The timber on one section OF Go acres
! brought $lO5,OOO.
/ 1t was stated at the War Department
to-day that with the promotion of General
! Chaffee. on the retirement next week of
! General Young. a certain number of officers
will be promoted through the vacancy to
the grade of major general and retired, and
others to the grade of brigadier general
| and retired
Following a conference between the chief
of the Bureau of Navigation, the chief con-
structor of the navy and the superin-
tendent of the Naval Academy, announce
ment was made at the Navy Department
| that no more transfers from the gradual
| ing class of midshipmen TO the construction
corps would be made until the two years
! term of sea service is complete. This ac-
| ton was taken, il is said, in order that
| those transferred to the construction corps
| might acquire the knowledge to be gained
| by a cruise in addition to that which they
had upon graduation.
Senator Scott, of West Virginia, tonight
denied as absolutely without basis reports
that the Craftsmanship of the executive COM
mittee of the national Republican committee
! had been rendered him by the President and
! mad been declined by him.
!
Rural routes have been ordered estab-
| lshed on Feb. ! as follows
Cherubusco. Whitley county, additional
| service. routes and 3.-Length of routes,
| 433 S miles; area covered. 10 square miles;
! population served. lilo; number of houses
| on routes. ODD.
Saint Joe Station. De Kalb county addi-
! tional service, route No. 2-Length of
| route 221.S miles; covered, p square
! miles; population served, $50; number of
/ houses OH route. 10.
Rural free delivery carriers appointed
to-day:
Arcola--Regular. George w. Whitney;
! substitute. William j. Miller.
Star City.-Regulars, Charles A. King.
| Charles ID. Brown, Henry Il. Washburn
| substitutes, Lucy II. King, John w
Brown. Charles Miller,
| ominskey-Regulars, James NJ. Bridges.
| Everett a. Sheppard; substitutes, Essac
| Covert, Charlie Sheppard.
Samuel Ganderson has been appointed
| postmaster at Marble Corner. Ripley coun-