The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-15
SHOULD KEEP RECORDS
CENSUS BUREAUS ADVICE TO CREAM
cry AND CHEESE FACTORIES.
President Mckinley to Visit ST. Paul
After the Chicago Cornerstone
Laying Ceremonies If Possible.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-THE census Of
ficials have sent out a request to cream
cry and cheese factory managers and asso-
Citations asking them not to destroy their
records this year, as is the custom with
many of them after their annual meetings.
This destruction says StatistIcian Power,
will seriously impair the value If our sta
tistics. The farmers who sell or take their
milk to the factories may know, in a gen.
eral way, about how much they have so
taken, but that will not give to the enumer-
ator the quantity or value Of the butter or
cheese produced therefrom. He must oo-
tain this from the factory neicer or man.
ager. For that reason 1 hope that in any
locality where such is the custom the de-
struction of cheese-factory records will be
omitted for the year 1899 and until the ar
rival of our enumerators.'
President Mckinley is daily receiving let
tiers. petitions and resolutions from various
parts of the country urging his mediation in
behalf of Dreyfus and suggesting that he
tender his good offices in the pending dis
pute between Great Britain and the Trans
vaal. These have come in such volume that
there has not been an acknowledgment in
being turned over to the State Department
as they arrive. The administration will take
no action. holding that until the interest Of
the United States or the rights of her citi-
Zens are involved ii Is not within the
province of this country to meddle in the
domestic or foreign affairs of other countries.
The President has appointed Henry w.
Diedrich, United States consul at Magde-
burg, to be consul at Bremen in place of
Louis Lange. jr, who retired as the result
Of an investigation by the State DEPARTMENT
Fl rich. s and @as eeeeon%m%SssnISdRed ''f by MIS- Senator major
Cullom. "
To-day's statement of the condition of the
treasury shows: Available cash balance,
$2S2, 76l, S51; gold reserve, $256, S47, 576.
The Great Council of the Improved Order
of Red Men was received by President Nc
Kinley in the East Room Of the White
chonee of the order, made the presentations.
Over 900 members and their families were
present at the reception;
Ambassador Choate has advised the State
Department that her Majesty's secretary of
state for war has accepted the invitation of
the military surgeons of the United States
and mas 70 d sitsnS ~, mr., ei MEHa annnaI :; me q; M,
on Sept. "a at Kansas City. Mo.
Maj. James w. Pope has been relieved as
chief quartermaster at Manila, his place be-
Ing taken by Maj. Crosby p. Miller.
M Navigation Bureau of the navy to-
day issued a list of vessels of the United
States navy of all kinds, making the sur
prising showing of 312 craft. This includes
many small vessels and craft captured in
Cuba and the Philippines, but the W
is. nevertheless. remarkable in comparison
with the naval list of two years ago.
Captain Leary. the governor of the Island
of Guam. has reported his arrival at his
post on the steamer Yosemite under date
Of Aug. z. The collier Brutus and the sur
veying ship Nero arrived at the same island
Aug. 10 and Sept 7 respectively.
The Presidents trip to Chicago in Oc-
tober will be supplemented by a short tour
through some of the principal cities Of Illi-
nois and may extend west as far as st:
Paul. This plan has not been elaborated
and the extent of the presidential vacation
will depend on the press of official busi-
ness at that time.
General Smith will speak for
the administration in the Ohio campaign.
No definite programme has yet been ar
ranged for Mr.. Smith, but 1t is probable
that his oratorical campaign will begin
Immediately after the visit of the presi-
dopfial Marty tn Chicago.