The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12


trade or a chamber of commerce is a body
of men in a city interested in developing
the trade of that city for their own and for
the public benefit. @ On the stock ex-
change, by whatever name it be called
more money cannot be lost than is made
If A loses B wins. 8. A board of trade
does not pay dividends. 1t is not money
making body. directly. 4. 1t is of interest
to boards of trade if persons are not max
ing money. If that condition is widespread
it shows that something must be done to i'm
prove business. 5. Big traders on the stock
exchange have no interest in shaking out
small holders, unless for some special pur-
pose, such as getting control of the STOCK
etc.
Is not this year, 1897, the limit of time
granted the Maritime Canal Company in
which to complete the canal and open it for
traffic? 2. How much of the canal has
been constructed? g. VIII the present com
panys charter be annulled by the noncom-
pletion Of the work within the ten years
allowed in the concessions? a. What is the
United States governments present position
with regard to it's there any bill now
pending concerning it. and what has the
government done, If anything, in the past
year and half or two years? s. Who is
the preset president of the canal company
and of the Canal Construction Company?-
+. A. S.
years for surveys and ten years for con-
struction. The thirteen and a half
years are not up until August
1902. q Very little. Breakwaters
at San Juan have been built and part of the
path cleared The company got into diff
culties and work was stopped. 8. That de-
Ponds on the Nicaraguan government. A.
A bill was passed authorizing the United
States to guarantee $7O000,00O of canal
bonds, but it provided for prior report on
the canal by government experts. One such
report has been made, not satisfactory to
the government and a second commission
of experts is to begin work within a month.
5. The president of the Maritime Canal
Company of Nicaragua is Hiram Hitchcock;
the president of the Construction Company
is John r. Bartlett.
Were there any Germans in the battle Of
San Jacinto? If so, what were their names?
2. Is 1t true that in certain portions of
Japan tremors (slight tremblings of the
earth) are felt every day? 8. Give a brief
Give short biography of Spreckels. 5.
Who were the Moravians, some of the early
settlers of South Carolina?
A full history of Texas does not speak of
any Germans as being present at San
Jacinto, but it is quite possible that some
island" they are of very frequent occur
renee. but we think not of daily occurrence
3. Sanford Ballard Dole, first president of
the Republic of Hawaii, was born in Homo
lulu in 1874, the son of American mission
aries. He studied at Williams College, in
Massachusetts, 1896, then studied law and
practiced in Honolulu from 1868 to 1887,
when he became judge Of the Supreme
Court. He was president of the provisional
government and was appointed President
of the Republic July 4, 1894. A. Claus
Spreckels was born in Hamburg about 1880,
came to San Francisco about 1850 and was
a brewer until 1861 when he built a sugar
refinery. About 1873 he went to Hawaii.
Since then he has become owner of a large
refinery in San Francisco and of vast cane
plantations in Hawaii. He owns the
Oceanic steamship line, is banker in
Honolulu, and otherwise is an important
financial factor on the Pacific coast. He
has a daughter and three sons. s. The
MoravianS were members of the Moravian
Church, officially called 1.-THE United
Brethren church which originated in
Moravia about 1922, succeeding the more an
cent Moravian church founded by John
Huss, which was crushed by the thirty
years war; and became practically extinct
about 1870. The Moravians settled in
Georgia and Southern South Carolina in
1885, but removed to Pennsylvania in 174O,
where they founded Bethlehem and Naza-
reth. These towns were managed on the
communstic system, the church owning
everything and providing necessaries to its
members. This system was given up years
ago, but the ecclesiastical system of the
church remains. In 1890 the Moravians
numbered 10, 497 communicates.
What is the meaning of the word "ru-
baiyat,' used in the title of Riley's latest
poem?-Reader.
1t is said to mean quatrains-the form of
verse in which the poem is written.