The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-07

are q number OF cities and villages in the
sewage Is discharged into ponds. lakes and
running streams. which are now are or ike
y 70 De In the future the source of water
will require publication. and all town
authorities are advised that with other con-
eitions equal, the cost tn, OF the ia abs, P 5bat
OF the chemical
Col. Alfred Mordecai. Ordnance Depart
ment. has been relieved from command of
the WatervIiet arsenal, Watervliet, n. Y.
and assigned to the command Of the Benecia
arsenal, Benecia, Cal. relieving Col Law
renee I. Babbitt, who has been assigned to
the command Of the United States powder
depot at Dover. M
A dispatch from Troy. n. z. says a num-
Der Of men at the Watervliet arsenal are
idle I'm consequence OF not being satisfied
with what the commandment. Colonel Nor
decai. decided they should do. They in
formed the e0nlmanoant what they desired,
but their wishes were not granted. and
they quit. Several conferences lave been
held without result. and the commandant
refuses to reinstate them and they have
given up their places.
Particulars OF the new Syria ttoman
railway. which is to run from Haifa. near
Beirut, 10 Damascus and thence 10 the Per-
sian gulf, have been furnished the State De-
partnnent by the United States Consul
Rayndal. at Beirut. He says the Thames
ircn works, one of the contractors, being
crowded with orders, the rails and rolling
stock for this road will be bought in the
United States
Consul General Lincoln, at Antwerp, re-
CARDS II as a fact worth reporting to the
State Department that during the last quar-
ter more than $50 600 worth of rice from the
East was exported from Antwerp to Cuban
ports. He says 1t would seem, in case the
Southern states cannot supply rice 10 Cuba,
that our merchants at least should have
some hand in procuring the supply needed
Fred Ernest, Of Indianapolis, land George
kneigg. Of Laporte. were to-day appointed
letter carriers.
John A. waldridge. Bart Gaines and
Alonzo Starns. letter carriers in the Indian
apons off1ce. were to-day promoted from
500 to $500 per annum:
A new postofice has been established at
Dark Hollow. Lawrence county, Indiana,
and Fernando Deford appointed as post
Joshua K. Brown, United States Chinese
inspector at Hawaii, has made a report TO
the commissions general of immigration re-
lating to the Introduction OF Asiatic labor
into the lands In the course Of the re-
port he says that the executive council is
now earnestly considering the question, both
with reference TO the present needs of the
islands In their rapidly increasing agricul-
attempt to meet the increasing demands
for labor may have OpOn their future re-
lations to the home government" This
has resulted in a notice to the planters as
ISOLATION that some policy must be adopted
looking to the restriction OF the present
influx Of assisted Asiatic laborers. The
public. Mr.. Brown asserts, is thoroughly
imbued with the idea that the large num-
Der OF ~Jananese laborers brought TO the
Islands since annexation has already
aroused antagonism in the United States.
and that a continuance OF the policy will
result in a colonial. rather than a territorial,
on the other hand 1t is admitted that the
material prosperity of the country Will be
seriously hi1fered II foreign labor cannot
TOW being rapidly brought under cultiva-
ton.
admitted to. the islands since annexation,
Mr.. Brown says, is 1870. OF this number
1.19 were free. the only requirement being
hat each individual shall be the possessor
ing 1928 were contract laborers. These
contracts are simply that the laborers SHAH
work for the contractor three years on stip-
ulated terms. At the end OF that period he
Is at liberty to remain in the country or
leave 1t at his own pleasure.
says: is Asiatic, and of this number the jap
anese exceeds the Chinese by about 10000.
He predicts that before the end OF the
stands will largely exceed all other ma
~tionalities combined. and that the excess of
Japanese over Chinese will be fully double
what II Is now.
Arrangements have been completed for
the Presidents trip to Virginia, and, ac-
cordine To- present plans. he will leave
washington Monday. He will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Mckinley. his physician.
DR.. Rixey. Assistant Secretary Cortelyou
and probably a stenographer. The Presi-
dents trip Is taken solely. for the purpose
of rest and recreation. His general health
II even better than IT was at the time OF
his Philadelphia trip. and his desire Is TO
take a rest before the heated term sets in:
He received callers to-day as usual, all OF
whom said he was looking we'll and cheer
.faL. The Presidents physician has advised
the best way to avoid a reaction from the
heavy duties of last year is by all the rest
the President can get whenever business
will permit his absence from washington.
The Department of State has been in
formed by the United States minister at
Guatemala. under date of Oct. S. that the
American citizen. ]. Oscar Biggs. who was
captured at Ocos on the 10th OF August last,
when the town was taken by the national
troops. was lodged In prison there with other
OF Morales's followers, and after a stay OF
about one week was removed for trial to
s5saan M1 before p trial @ sad aeeonditio 1n fa9 pa "a
'doned, and Is now at his homo near Santa
Lucia. Malacatan-
The Chicago sailed to-day from Gibraltar
for Tangiers. The commander is under or
ders to consult at that place with the
United States consul general. but ii is not
expected that the stay of the ship there
will exceed forty-eight hours. II Is a mis-
take to assume that she is TO engage in any
effort 10 collect claims in behalf of Amer
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