The Indianapolis journal., 1903-02-12

SiS month. This provision Mr.. Crum-
packer proposes to have stricken out OF IL
IL possible. He contends that the govern
fnent Is able to continue paying TINS SlVo -
year without requiring the State to pay
over any of the money collected from the
veterans.
The President to-day appointed Stanley
s. Tut to be postmaster at Monon, Ind.
The Senate confirmed the nomination of +.
Is. Meyer to be postmaster at Rensselaer,.
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Harry s. New and Dr. Henry Jameson
left for Indianapolis this afternoon.
Senator Fairbanks expects to call up the
Pulaski statue bill for passage in the Sen
ate whenever the opportunity arrives 1t
is understood there will be no opposition TO
the bill.
The >post0ffice and post roads committee
of the House, of which Representative
Cromer, of Indiana, is member, called on
the President to-day TO request him 10 ap-
point Chairman Loud as the delegate repre-
senting the United States at the interna-
tional postal congress TO be held In Rome,
Italy, in 1904.
Mrs. Charles w Fairbanks gave large
reception this afternoon at her home on
Massachusetts avenue. Although the wealth
er was not of the sort that encouraged the
wearing of pretty gowns. more than four
hundred callers were entertained at the
Fairbanks home. Among those who as
sisted Mrs. Fairbanks in receiving were
Mrs. Foraker, Mrs. Burrows, Mrs. Dolliver,
Mrs. John w. Foster. Mrs. George NJ
Sternberg, Miss Flora Wilson and her guest,
Miss Grace Mckinley. a niece of the late
President, Mrs. Steele and Mrs. Brick OF
Indiana and Mrs A. III. Snow. Music was
furnished by a stringed orchestra, and the
decorations, which were lavish and hand
some, were of pink roses, white lilies and
palms. Mrs. Foraker, Mrs. Burrows and
Mrs. Foster presided at the refreshment
table.
The State Department to-day sent ca
blegram to the vice consul at Genoa, in
structing him to have the remains of Hub
bard T. Smith. late deputy consul general
at Cairo, Egypt, shipped at once to this
country No ARRANGEMENTS for the funeral
have been made, but it is expected the
body will be sent for burial first TO this
city and then to Vincennes, Ind. where the
father of the dead vice consul lives.
A bill introduced by Representative Crit
fifth to-day has a little story behind it. The
| measure is for the relief of Jacob H. Wei
kert of Madison, who lived during the days
of the rebellion at Gettysburg, Pa. In fact.
his home was on the Gettysburg battlefield.
He claims the Union soldiers fed their stock
from his corn and oats and used his pro-
visions to feed themselves. He claims the
government owes him $575. He admits the
troops of the Southern Confederacy also
helped themselves to what he had. but there
is no way of collecting damages on account
of their acts. In 1879 Weikert filed a claim
against the government. but Ii was not al
| lowed About this time he moved TO lndl-
ana, few weeks ago he came East and
visited the old Gettysburg battlefield, but
| found very little there that he recognized.
| Mr.. Griffith also has introduced bill for
an increase in the pension of David Allen.
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Rural free delivery service has been or
dered established in Indiana, March 2, as
| follows:
Armstrong, vanderburg County-Two car
| riers; length of routes, 4912 miles; area COW
| cred, 2S square miles; population served,
Office at st. Joseph to be discontinued. Star
| Route 33s01, to be discontinued. Mail to
| Armstrong.
Cypress. vanderburg County-Two car
| riers; length of routes, 4S1a miles; area COW
cred q square miles; population served, 800;
number of houses on routes 200 Postoffice
at Heusler, Posey county, to be discontin-
ued Star Route 33lO6, to be discontinued.
Mail at Cypress.
Evansville, Vanderburg County-Five ad-
| ditional routes, five carriers; length OF
| routes, 237 lie miles; area covered, III
| square miles; population served, 6.034; num-
| Der of houses on routes, 1.496.
| Martinsvile Morgan County-Three addi-
tional routes, three carriers; length of
routes, 7lA miles; area covered, 70 square
miles: population served. LAP; number of
| houses on routes 81. Star Route SS4uz, TO
| be curtailed Postoffices at Herbemont and
| Wakeland to be supplied by rural carriers.
| Mail to Martinsvifle.
McCutchapville, Vanderburg County-One
| carrier; length of route 25A miles; area
| covered, 10 square miles; population served,
| sos; number of houses on route, 127.
| Senator Fairbanks tonight attended a
| dinner party given by Senator Hanna in
| honor of General Booth, head of the SAL
walton Army. The guests included Post
master General Payne, Secretary Moody.
! Speaker Henderson. Bishop Satterlee and
| Secretary Cortelyou. After the dinner
General Booth MADE some remarks, In
| which he told Of the work in which he is
| engaged, and of the results that are being
throughout the world. During the evening
| Mrs Hanna escorted Mrs. Booth Tucker
| to the White House, where she was intro
| duced to Mrs. Roosevelt. They were ac-
| land, Mrs. Shaw and other ladies.
| A. A. Purman. of Fort Wayne, is in
| Washington, his mission here being to see
Senator Perkins on a matter of business
| Elizabeth Curtis has been appointed post
master at Wheeler, Porter county, Indiana.
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| Thomas Downs, of Connersville, Ind, has
been appointed a special agent Of the Indi-
an Bureau, vice Eugene McComas of I'LL