The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
fOULKE GOING TO EUROPE
RUMORS THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE
WILL BE REORGANIZED.
Miss Stone Wants Damages from Tur-
key-Senator Bate Asks Postmaster
General to Continue Rural Route.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 16.-William Dudley
Foulke, of Indiana, member of the United
States Civil-service Commission, Mrs. Foulke
and Miss Foulke, will sail Monday morning
from New York for a ten days sea voyage
to Naples. Mr.. Foulke takes the journey
on the advice of his physicians. He has
been actively engaged for the past year in
conducting Investigations and in the work
involved in codihcation of the civil-serv-
ice laws and regulations. The more i'm
portant of these matters have been dis
posed of and upon his his return from the
West, where he went to see President
Roosevelt he found himself in state of
physical and nervous exhaustion. His ply
scian realized that if Mr.. Foulke remained
in Washington he would not take the rest
and recuperation which it is believed is
necessary for him to recover his normal
physical health. Consequently he insisted
that Mr.. Foulke take a long sea voyage.
1t has not been decided how long Mr.
Foulke will remain abroad, but it is not
thought he will stay on shore longer than
few weeks If his health is fully recov
cred when he returns he will resume his
duties on the Civil-service Commission
Welt campaign, when he will resign for the
purpose of conducting an active canvass in
behalf of the nomination and election OF
the President.
With the departure of Mr.. Foulke for
foreign tour has come new crop of rumors
relative to the reorganization of the COM
mission. Mr.. Proctor denied again to-day
that he had any knowledge of an intent on
the part of the President to transfer him
TO a new position in the Department OF
Commerce, or to give him something
equally as good" in the government serv-
ice Mr. Proctor himself points out that as
a Democrat there would be no occasion
for the President TO give him desirable
political plum. He has received no 1ntlma-
ton that such is the Presidents intention
nor does he believe that Ii is contemplated.
He is satisfied, he says, with his present
position.
Rural carriers have been appointed in
Indiana as follows: Henry P. Comstock and
Elmer z. James, at Warsaw; Joseph M.
Clark and David Huntsinger, at Brooks
ton.
Senator Bate, of Tennessee, to-day had
a conference with Postmaster General
Payne concerning the reported intimida-
ton of John A. Algood, carrier on the
rural mail route at Gallatin, Tenn. Sen
ator Bate informed the postmaster general
that only two persons had participated In
the intimidation of Carrier Allgood, and
maintained that the entire law-abiding
community should not be held responsible
for the actions of the two men, He urged
that the department restore the service on
the route. No action will be taken pend
ing the receipt of the report of Inspector
Conger who is investigating the matter.
His report is expected to reach the depart
ment next week.
The State Department to-day received a
long letter from Miss Ellen NJ Stone. de-
handing damages from the Turkish gov
eminent on account of outrages perpe-
trated on her by the brigands who captured
and held her prisoner while she was in
the Turkish empire. Miss Stone does not
fix any amount as a basis of her claim.
The letter is written from Kear Portage.
Ont In the published correspondence be-
tween this government and Turkey no sug-
gestion of a claim for damages was made.
There is intimation in note from Spencer
Eddy that indemnity might be demanded
for the amount of ransom of Miss Stone,
but this claim never has been pressed.