The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-11
QUERIES AND ANSWERS.
BUDA PEsTH.


is the city or cities called BUDAPEST all city,
or two cites9 Do both have the same city lawsf Do
they both have the same Councill READER.
They are two cities, and have distinct govern
ments.
GERMAN COIN.
have piece of money supposed to be German; one
and hundred liner thaler date 1t is of copper.
VIII you please answer through your paper.
CoNEERsvILLE Ind, March 6. READER
It is probably pfennig. coin worth little
less than cur one-cent pieces.
RAILWAY AND TELEGRAPH
Please state the number of miles of railroad
GRAFTON in the United States; also. the number of
miles of telegraph. II.
KoKoMo, Ind, March 8.
One hundred and forty-six thousand and
thirty-seven miles of railroad: Isl, 1892 miles of
telegraph lines. and 489, GOT miles of wire.
FITz JOHN PORTER.
1. Where does Fitz John Porter resided 2 What
lady caused President TO change his Cabinet, and
what President it? 3. What is the age of General
Hawley9 4. Who is Governor of Rhode Islandl
PARK, Ind, March 8. j. B. JOHNSON.
l. In New York city. 2. Mrs. Eaton, wife Of
Andrew Jackson's Secretary of War. the
cause of several changes in that Presidents Cab
met. 3. S1xty-two years. T. q. 2. Wetmore.
BUCKEYE STATE.
L. Why Ohio called the Buckeye Stated" 2.
United States of Americai WIN. Ii. PoRMEN.
MAJENICA, Ind. March 6.
1. Because of the abundance of buckeye trees
found there. 2 Cotton seeds were first nted
in the United States experiment early
1921. but it little more than a garden
plant until after the revolutionary war. The
first extensive paintings were 10 South Carolina
and Georgia.
PENSION TO CHILDREN.
Suppose man without WIFE but W it'll children
under sixteen years of age is allowed pension and
then dies does his pension go right along the same as
the So month to the children2 Does the fact that
pensioner married after the any figure in his
widow obtaining pensiong
GAYS H., March 1.
/. His pension ceases with his death. If he
died of disability, wounds or disease. contracted
In the service, children under sixteen years
of age would be entitled to a pension OF ap-
plicasion which should be made through
guardian. If the pensoner dies of disability
not contracted in the service they are not en-
titled to pension 2 No.
cHIEF-JUsTIcEseoF THE UNITED STATES.
/. Name in ORDER giving time in Office and from
what State, all of the Chiefjustices of the United
States. q Was Pharaoh drowned In the Red Give
XGx1 fnd Marsh dss IL was or was not
1. John Jay, New York from 1850 to 1895
John Rutledee, South Carolina. appointed in
recess at August term, 1875; rejected by Senate.
December, 1875. William Gushing. Massachu-
sets; appointed and confirmed Jan. q, 1876;
declined. He was Associate Justice at the
time Oliver Ellsworth, Connecticut. from 1916
to 1900. John Jay, New York; appointed and
confirmed Dec. 10, 1900; declined. John Mar
shall, Virginia; from 1901 to 1886 Roger B.
Taney Maryland: from 1886 to 1864 Salmon
P. Chase Ohio; from 1864 10 1874. Morrison r.
Waite, Ohio; appointed in 1874; still holds posi-
ton. 2. There is no definite assertion, or ab
solute historical proof the fate of Pharaoh.
recently discovered mummy supposed by
Egyptian archRologists to be that of the Pha-
raoh in question, which. if true, would indicate
that he did not go into the Red with his
hosts.
THE LEGISLATURE OF 1868.
Did the Indiana Legislature any time during the
war bolt under the advice of Governor Morton IF
what was the cause3 j. Z. HARRELL.
GREENUP, Iii.
Ono of the many disloyal schemes of what is
known 1.-THE reasonable Legislature" of 1868
was bill TO take the control of the State militia
out of the hands of the Governor, where the
Constitution placed it, and put it in the hands
Of military board TO be created by the Legisla-
ture. The object wac to tie the hands of the
Governor and nuliify the efforts support the
government The Republican minority the |
House were unable to prevent the passage of the |
bill by ordinary parliamentary tactics. and |
asst resort when the majority showed a de- |
termination to pass it at all hazards the Repub |
leans left the hall of the House and soon after
wards left the city and went Madison. where |
hey remained till the end of the session. thus |
lefeating the attempt to revolutionize the State.
This step was doubtless taken with the approval |
If Governor Moston. They offered repeatedly /
% return and join in necessary legislation if the
majority would agree not pass the disoyal |
military bill, but this the latter would not do.