The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-06


chinists. of whom four ranked as chief ma
chinists and were paid SO a month, ten OIL
ers at $36 a month, one or two painters at
$50, two blacksmiths at $50, one coppersmith
at $50, one plumber at $780, thirty or more
firemen at from $50 TO $S5 a month, about
the same number of coal passers at $22 and
ten or more oilers at $S6 month. Prob
ably the distribution of machinists is about
the same on all the ships of equal rating.
Please give the name of the rebel ram at
Fiymouth, y. C., for the destruction. of
prize. What was the amount of the prize,
and to whom was it paid?-V. L. H.
The ram Albemarle was destroyed by
Lieut.. William B. Gushing, but we find no
record of a prize offered or received for
the deed.
Do the state officers of Indiana make an
nual reports? 2. How many appointments
are there made in various state Offices? 3.
How does indianapolis compare with other
cities in regard to living, health, ETC.? 4.
newspapers published in London, England?
5. Who appoints the consular clerks in diff
ferent postS?-A Subscriber.
l. Yes. 2. From three to six. 3. The cost
of living is about the same as in other cities
Of the size. The death rate is low, being
about twelve to the thousand. 4. Times,
What is a machete and how is it used? g.
Does little King AlfOnso's mother rule
Spain? g. Who was the seaman who said to
Captain Sigsbee: Sir, have to inform you
that the ship has been blown up and is
sinking.'t4 4. What is Grover Cleveland's lit
tie sons name? 6. Who is called 1.-The first
lady of the land" and why Is she so called?
Constant Reader.
A heavy knife or cutlas used in Spanish
American countries both as a tool and a
weapon. 2. She is Queen Regent; that is,
she acts for the King during his minority.
8. William ANTHONY. 4. Richard Folsom 5.
The Presidents wife, because she is the
Presidents wife.
Was Hugh Wynne real character in the
revolutionary war? 2. Who was the wife
of Mohammed II, who reigned in the fif-
teenth century? g. Name the seven wise
men.-WilkeSbarre.
He is not; probably he is drawn from sew
eral real persons, however 2. Lew Wallace
in his Prince of India" makes him marry
the Princess Irene, last of the Greek royal
house. We find no evidence of this mar
riage and no other statement on the sub
ject. In Mohammeds time 1450-1481, as well
as now, Turk did not talk about his wives.
1t is quite probable that Mohammed had
a Christian wife, but who she was history
does not say. g. The seven wise men of
Greece were Scion, Periander Pittacus,
Chlo, Thales, Cleobulus and Bias. They
lived in the sixth century before Christ.
What was the population of indianapolis
In 1883? 2. Are the pensions coming to SOL
diers in the soldiers home in this State
and other States used in defraying the ex-
penseS Of the institution? If a soldier in the
soldiers home has a dependent wife, child
or children, how are they supported, while
the soldier is in the home?-Reader.
4 oil
ton in 1s47 is estimated at 5000; in 1850, at
5000. 2. Veterans may bring their wives
with them to the Indiana State Soldiers
Home. If an inmate is a pensioner and has
a dependent wife or children outside Chill
dren cannot be brought into the institution,
he is required to apply the money in excess
of IS a month to their maintenance. Other
wise he pays all that he receives above IS
a month to the home. On receiving a pen
sioner into a national home inquiry is made
as to his family, and if there are any de-
pendent members he is required to share his
pension with them.
What is the name of the principal general
street is it? 2. How many state hospitals
for the insane are there in New York?
Please name them in order of their size and
state where located.-Kenno.
Eagle streets g. There are thirteen all told.
The Hudson River Hospital, at Poughkeep-
sic; the Middletown at Middletwon; the
Criminal Insane Asylum, at Matteawan; the
Binghamton, at Binghamton; the Willard,
at willard; the Utica, at Utica; the Buffalo.
at Buffalo; the Syracuse, at Syracuse, for
fsehle-minded children; the Rochester, at
Rochester; the Asylum for Predetermined
Women, at Newark; the st. Lawrence, at
Ogdensburg; the Custodia. Asylum, at
Rome, and the Wards Island Asylum, re-
Gently transferred from the city of New York
to the State. The Collins farm at Middle
town is not included in the thirteen; it is
connected with NIiddletown Asylum.
What were the names of the men who
came over in the Mayf1ower? Or where
their names be obtained? 2. How long and
how much money would it take to go to the
Klondike? 3. Is there any truth in the
ground hog idea? 4. How much silver is
nov being coined at our mints?-N. N.
There were los passengers on the May
flower too many to name here. These, how
ever, were the heads of families and unmar
ried persons: John Alden, Isaac Alberton,
John Allerton, John Ellington, William
Bradford, William Brewster, Richard Bit
teredge, Peter Brown, John Carver, James
Chiffon, Richard Clarke, Francis Cook,
John Crackston, Francis Eaton, Thomas
English, Moses Fletcher, Edward Fuller,
Richard Gardiner, John Goodman, Stephen
Hopkins Edmund Margeson, Christopher
Martin, William Mullins, Degory Priesy,
John Ridgdale, Thomas Rogers, Captain
Miles Standish, Edward Tilly, Thomas
Tinker John Turner, Richard Warren,
William White Thomas Williams, Edward
Winslow, Edward Dotey, John Rowland,
Edward Leister and George Soule. 2. From
Seattle, about three weeks; the fare is $3.50.
we think. 3. No. 4. About a million dol
lars a month, little in silver dollars, the
rest in small silver.