The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29
CABLE FOR PHILIPPINES
ISLANDS OF THE GROUP TO BE CON-
NECTED By SIGNAL CORPS.
Transport Hooker Under Orders to
to Receive S2O,OOO,0OO for Spain.

WASHINGTON, April 2S.-General Greedy
states that the United States transport
Hooker will be placed under the orders OF
Major Joseph E. Maxfield. on Saturday. She
will sail on Monday, carrying with her
Major Maxfield. Lieutenant Clarke and
twenty-five men Of the regular signal corps.
to replace signal corps volunteers in the
Philippines The ship carries 2l2 miles OF
deep cable and all the gear necessary
for laying. recovering and repairing sub
marine cables The cable is entirely OF
American manufacture. IL will be used TO
connect such islands and such points
Major General Otis may deem necessary for
military administration. Ii is expected that
this system will supplement the cable lines
of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Com
pany to such an extent that General Otis
will be able to communicate speedily with
all of the important islands of the Philip
pine archipelago. The progress OF the expe-
dition will be watched with interest, il be-
ing the first effort of American manufacture
ers and American officers TO lay a deep-sea
cable of such length in distant waters In
addition to the cable the Hooker carries
materials and instruments for one thousand
miles of land lines. one hundred telegraph
offices and one hundred telephone stations.
These supplies. with those already in the
Philippines, are sufficient for the construc-
ton of two thousand miles of telegraph and
cable lines The Hooker sails through the
Suez canal and should reach Manila about
June 20.
An official list of the different departments
of the army under the War Department.
has been issued. 1t shows no changes, save
those recentlysmade in Cuba. Texas is not
re
remains in the Department of the Gulf, with
headquarters at Atlanta, under command or
Col X. T. Frank, First Artiliery, Inc ae-
are under General Shafter; the Colorado
and Missouri, General Merriam;, Dakota,
General Wade; the East, General Merritt
The commanders of the departments are the
same as previously announced. No assign
ment is made for the department Oh the
Lakes.
The Wade court of inquiry spent to-day
in making final revision Of its report upon
the allegations of General Miles concerning
the beef supplied to the army during the
Spanish war. Colonel Davis announced. at
the close of the session. that the report
would certainly be signed ana handed 10
the secretary of war tomorrow
Secretary Hay this afternoon was noti-
fed by the French ambassador that Spain
would accept through him the S2O,co0.eO to
be paid under the treaty. of peace for the
the ambassador as soon as the PRESIDENT
returns.
Secretary Alger, in common with the other
Cabinet officers, is in almost daily receipt
of some crank letters. These are generally
harmless. but Secretary Alger Is the sub
ject of a vndictive attack and his corre-
spondent incloses daily about every ois-
agreeable criticism upon the secretary con-
duct that is 10 be found In opposition news
papers. Duplicates OF these annoying artis
ArG 1OpF
a disguised hand.
The computation Of the money-order
transactions OF the Postoffice Department.
lust completed by the auditor. OF the six
months ended Dec. 81, 1885. all OF the ac-
counts having been checked To that time,
shows that during that period money o DO
were issued 10 an amount OF SlO,5S 400 IN
excess OF the issues Tor the CORRESPONDENTS lo,nS
period in 1897. This increase Is very mucn
greater than during any corresponding Pc
Rod within the past thirty years. ihe re-
mittaDces by postal money order from
Manila prior TO March - were IN excess Vi
S225. 900.
The Dawes Indian Commission mas for
warded to the Interior Department report
OF fits plans for the allotment and citizenship
enrolment and other work required by the
Indian Territory act The fullbloods OF the
Creek nation have been very slow 10 &C.
cede to the policy OF the government as ex-
pressed in recent legislation: ana ire Work
OF enrolling has been retarded oy reter-
mination on their part 10 ignore The require
ments OF the commission. Upon the estab-
lishment of a land Office at Muskogee how
ever they have been appearing .or eLroll-
ment. The report. in discussing the enroll
ment details. calls attention 70 the cppor-
tunity for fraud and error. There Is large
colored population In the Creek nation hav-
ing no citizenship rights. but claiming them.
AS class" says the report, the negroes
are untruthful. and only a skilled clerk.
xxyffh II
conditions existing In the Creek nation. can
detect attempted fraud. Only those negroes
whose names appear on the ron made by
j. w. Dunn Immediately after the civil war,
with their descendants born subsequent TO
that roll and those who have been lawfully
admitted by act OF the Indian Council. are
entitled TO enrolment. The tribal records
are exceedingly unfaithfui. Many negroes
bear the same name and many have changed
their names.
nj