The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-09

numbering a negro and more recently when
he married. about year or so ago, a girl
under twenty. of no education; he acted
against the wishes of his family. His wife
has since come into prominence because OF
her departure from his home, and his at
tempts to get her back
Please publish the financial statement of
the worlds fair of 1S93.-Reader.
Up TO Nov II, 1893, the total receipts of
the Worlds Columbian Exposition had been
$35. 290. 065.5S, and the total expenditures $Sl,
117,S5S79; outstanding obligations amounted
to about $4,000 leaving a balance of about
81 10000 Since this the last published
statemenD there have been some fire losses
and expenses in restoring the parks to their
former condition; we doubt if there was any
actual credit balance when everything had
been settled.
Why could we not collect revenue to main
tain the government by direct taxation in
stead of by duties on imports? 2. A friend
tells me that st. Patrick, when he converted
Ireland, expelled all toadS and snakes. What
is the other reason these reptiles are not
in Ireland?-E. l.. L.
We could; but we do not like the idea of
direct taxation. 2. Ireland seems to have
very few animals or fauna of any kind; an
encyclopaedia, in its long description of the
island, does not say a word about any in
digenous animals of any sort. Its fauna
seems to be very much circumscribed, per-
haps by the climate, the soil and the for
mer dense population.
Please name the military posts in Colo
RADIO, California, Wyoming, Utah and Wash
ington. And the number of soldiers posted
at each.-A Reader.
In Colorado, the only post is Fort Logan,
- 90
and eight companies of infantry, about $50
officers and men, In California are AL
catIaz Island say 14O men; Angel Island,
30; Benicia barracks, POS; Fort Mason, 20;
the Preside. say 800, and San Diego bar
racks, 20 men. In Wyoming are Fort ID.
A. Russell, about $50 men; Fort Washakie
1870 men; Fort Yellowstone, $50; in Utah are
Fort Douglas, with about $50 men, Fort Du-
chesne. with about 49, and in Washington
are these forts: Candy, with 20 men; Spo-
kane, about 14O; Vancouver, with about
$50, and Walla Walla, with 200 officers and
men. The figures are approximate
I find in Jesse Macy's Growth of the
English Constitution" page 30, this sem
tence: In less than twenty years from that
day (lS0D the. negroes of the United States
were not only in possession of all the rights
of manhood and citizenship, but they were
also in control of the legislatures of many
Of the Southern States, and were making
laws which white men are still bound to
obey. Is this fact?-J. G. l..
1t is a fact; that is, the legislatures of sew
eral states were controlled by the negro
vote, and laws enacted which still govern
white persons, unless they have been re-
pealed. In 1878 the legislatures of Alabama,
Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and South
Carolina were controlled by the Republic
ans who in those DAVIS in T1Oca states were
negroes; in 1874 Louisiana, Mississippi and
groes; in 1875 only South Carolina was left,
and thereafter she also changed her rulers
Which is the strongest fort in the United
States? Please name the forts that come
next. Where is the largest barracks in the
Western States? 2. WHAT is the name of
the largest war boat of United States navy,
and how large is she? How many guns
has SHEEP. Il. @.
Probably the Presicf~ of San Francisco,
is the strongest fort We have now. though
Fort Wadsworth, New York harbor, will be
the strongest when it is completed. At
the Preside are four troops of cavalry, four
batteries of artillery and six companies of
infantry, total of more than go men. The
next largest forts are Fort Leavenworth
Kan, and Fort Sam Houston, Tex. The
largest barracks in the country, it is
thought, are Jefferson barracks, near ST
Louis. 2. The Iowa is the largest vessel as
yet She is of II ,410 tons displacement. with
a speed of IS knots, and II, 600 horse power
she carries 1z-inch rifles, S S-inch and
finch rifles; 20 6-pound rapid fire guns,
1-pounders, and Gatlings, and has a COM
plement of 40 officers and 444 men. The In
diana ard Massachusetts are only u very
little less formidable.