The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-22
QUERIES AND ANSWERS.
ACTION OF The BARRIERS.

ACTION OBJ THE BARRIERS.
Please state what the BARRIERS have done in regard
to the IL o'clock and Sunday law READER.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April ID.
The BARRIERS work until 12 o'clock Saturday
night and keep their shops closed on Sunday,
the Supreme Court The hotel BARRIERS per-
mitted to shave on Sunday travellers who arrive
after midnight Saturday.
RELIGION OF THE PRESIDENTS.
Please state how many CT our Presidents have been
professors of religion. n. H.o.
ELYRIA, o.. April 16.
Washington and Garfield are said to have
been the only ones who were church members
men who revered Christianity. jefferson was
not believer, at least while he was chief mag
isrrate.
HoosAc TUNNEL.
l. In what State, on what railroad, and what
town is the Hoosac tunneIi 2. How long is ita 8.
Is it lighted by of the electric light A. Is it
the OngeSt mn ord1
KEIGHTsTowN, Ind, April 20.
/. Massachusetts,. Troy g. Boston railroad.
Greenfield at ore end. North Adams ethe ether.
2 About four and one-half miles. 3. It is
lighted by electricity. t. Yes. 5. The st.
Gothard tunnel in the Alps. 1t is nine aud one
quarter miles in length.
USE OF CAPITALS.
When Lord" is found ia Bible reading. on Sun
day-school leaves and on are we to always know
when earthly lord is meant by its being commenced
with small III NIB.
MILRoY, Ind, April 10.
The ruls is to capitalize the names OF the
Deity; but as the capitals; are sometimes seci
the context "a to the significance of the word in
any given case.
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
L At township election two candidates for town
ship trustee tie Has the board right to decide who
was electsdi If so, in what wsyi 2 How long has
q Reou II re ne
SPENCER Ind, April IA
l. The statute provides that in case Of tie
in such election il shall be the duty of the in
spectors to determine by lot who shall be deemed
elected and to issue certificate accordingly. 2
Since 1862. He is Democrat.
ENeL1sEc HISTORY.
1. What two English rrelates have sought to be-
the state to the church, What caused the failure
Of the first efforti g. In what great establishment
did the second effort result! IA. H.
HANCOCK, Ind, April IL.
Thomas a-Becket. Archbishop of Canter-
bury, and Cardinal Wolsey are probably the
prelates referred to. the intrigues of the one
his death, and Of the other resulting in the es-
tablishment of the Church OF England as it now
exists.
CHURCH OF IRELAND.
1. Did not Mr.. Gladstone, few years since urge
in the British Parliament the dsestablshment of the
Irsh church, Was act Of dsestablishment passed.
same as the Episcopal Church of Englandl 2. Are
tithes s collected in Ireland for the support Of that
INDIANAPOLIS April 20.
l. In 1868, on motion of Mr. Gladstone the
House of Commons resolved TO disestablish the
Anglican Episcopal Church The House of Lords
rejected the proposition, however. In 1869. Mr.
Gladstone. then Prime Minister, introduced a
new bill 80 the same effect, which passed both
houses and received royal assent. The formal
disestablishmens provided for by the act took
place JAN 1, 1871. q No.
sQuARE FOOT, AGAIN.
You say in your query column there no difference
between foot square and square foot beg leave
differ with you. square foot is block measur-
ing twelve inches four sides, while foot square is
in ways only. Is it that the Legislature of
the State Of Indiana refused to appropriate to
carry the war. IL 80 state when. READER,
COAL CRY, Ind, April Is.
l. The figure you first describe is cubic
foot. square Is an srea of four sides and four
right angles. 2 The Democratic legislation in
1868 contemplated taking the military power
out OF Governor Mortcn's hands and placing it
In the hands of four Democrats. These efforts
were defeated by the withdrawal of the Repub-
ican members, leaving both houses without q
quorum. The Governor then borrowed mon
ey on his own responsibility to carry on the
States government and uphold the federal
authority.
PRESIDENT OF SWITZERLAND.
Who is the present Presidents Of Switzerland, and
when electedl ERNEST D. LONG.
ANDREWS, Ind, April 8.
The name of the President now at the head OF
the Swiss Republic Is Friedrich Wilhelm Her
tenstein. He born in 1925, IN the Canton
of Zurich, educated in Zurich aud afterwards in
the forest academy a. Tharandt, served in the
forestry department. of his native canton, was
elected as a member OF the canton government
and afterwards one of the Haendsreth and
the Nationalrath. Ia 1880 he advanced to the
membership of the Bundesrath, the highest ex-
ecurive authority Of zhe Republic. In which he
was intrusted with tbs supreme direction of the
military department. and in 1856 his colleagues
elected him Viee-president, and in 1887 Presi-
dent of the Swiss confederation. In the army
he had been colonel o. artillery since 1872
ELECTORAL COMMISSION.
Please give the and tho politics OF the cleo
toral commission of 1887. 2. Also, the Republican
ton. JAMES NJ MURPHY
ARCADIA, Ind, April 81.
The commission stood as follows: Republic
ans-Justice William Strong, Justice Samuel
+. Miller, Justice Joseph p. Bradley Senator
GEORGE F. Edmunds. Senator Oliver
z. Morton, Senator Frederick 7. Free
hnghuysep. Representative James A. Gar
deld and Representa- George E. Hoar
Demo crats-Justice Nathan Clifford Justice
Steph en- j. Field. Senator A. @. Thurman. Sem
ator Thomas +. Bayard, Representative Henry
B. Payne, Representative Eopa Hunton and
Representative Josiah Abbott q compar-
ison Of the aggregate number OF trustees elected
by each party az ths former township elections
since 1852, shows the following
1882. 1884 1886. 1883.
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