The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-04
Exhibits for h Worlds Fair.
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WAsHINGToN. Jan. 3.-There are about
the worlds fair ready to be shipped to Chi
cago. One car is devoted to the State De-
psrtment. and contains An enormous
amount of material collected by the Latin
American bureau in SOuth America. There
are nearly twenty tons of samples of varl-
Gus goods used in southern countries.
These are pu: up In packages which Will
readily inform American merchants how
goods should be packed in order to secure
shipment over the mountain roads and
primitive transportation rontes of South
and Central America. The more valuable
exhibits of the State Department.. includ-
ing the historic manuscripts. Will not be
shipped until the exposition is about To
open. The Agricultural and the Interior
departments also have many carloads
ready 30 ship.
Patents Granted Hoosier Inventors.
Special TO tho Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-Patents were to-
day issued to Indiana inventors as follows:
Henry ]. Banta, Logansport. fence post;
Thompson r.. Bell. indianapolis. huid-pressare
regulator; William &. Coulter, StOckweil. fence
building device; Henry G.. Dunlap. Chicago.
assignor 10 Ford. johnson & Co.. Michigan City,
machine for splitting the end OF cane; Mary b.
Harris, New Albany, type-writinK machine; Au-
gustus o. Koontz, South Bend. windmill; Henry
+. POore, assignOr TO L. Z. Atkins. indianapolis.
growing saw; Franklin NJ. Reed, assignOr Of
one half to D.. c. Chapman, Anderson. gas pro-
tector; William E. Templeton. indianapolis.
bath tub; Edmund &. Westeryelt, South Bend.
pillow point; John J. Wheat. indianapolis. as
signor of two-thirds to Il. I'll. Kilhourne and III.
III, Hitchcock, Chicago, tracc-holder; James j.
Wood, Fort Wayne, Acknowledgement dynamo.
General Notes.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Mr. and Mrs.
Fred w. Heath. of Muncie. arrived to-day.
To remain a fortnight. visiting and sight
seeing. They 70 TO New York and Boston
on business before returning home.
Treasurer Nebeker and family have taken
possession of their apartments at the Coch-
ran for the winter.
The Senators and Representatives who
go home during the holiday recess rarely
hasten their return to the capital. so there
Is likely TO be a small attendance III both
houses. tomorrow, when Congress meets
again, and the seats will probably not be
filled before next week.
The total number of presidential post
offices on Jan. l was 3.3l9. y gan of 634 dur
ing the present administration.
Orders have been issued at the Treasury
Department directing the shipment from
Philadelphia to Chicago tomorrow night
of IS. coo souvenir coins. These $1,000 COINS
will be the last having 1892 on them, all
others having the year 1898 on them. So
far vouchers for $500. 600 have been passed
by the Tressuary Department. aud coins
issued for them. The mint Is now runnin z
at It's full capacity, and 10 daily turning
out twenty thousand COINS.
The Secretary of the Navy to-day ap-
pointed q board To confer and report q plan
for the equitable distrlb u tion of che CHILEAN
Ide;Dnity fund of $4,000. The board will
meet next Monday for the purpose of pre-
pairing q record of the injuries sustained by
the sailors of the Baltimore in tho riots OF
Nalparian ond will racNxn~and a crn vafa
distribution of the money in proportion 10
the injuries received by each.
Secretary Elklns will give instructions
for an unusually large number of United
States troops to assemble at Washington
March 1.
The Treasury Department Is preparing
an important circular relating TO immigra-
ton. designed to supersede all other circu-
lars issued on the same subject. The circu-
lar Will DO made public within q few days,