The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-29

500, $50 pieces of mail matter. nearly Q per
cent increase over last year. OF these over
1900 consisted Of nsufficiently-paid mail. a
quarter million were undelivered letters TO
hotel addresses. over $4,000 unclaimed par
GELS and more than half million pieces of
foreign mails Mail directed TO fictitious
addresses decreased by 45 per cent, indi-
eating notable reduction In operations
OF fraudulent concerns. More than three
quarters of a million letters and parcels sent
TO the dead letter office were subsequently
delivered TO the owners unopened, and
money, drafts, etc, found in the dead mails
aggregated a face value of s1,l6S,OO0.
The charge d'affaires of the United States
legation at Lisbon, Portugal, reported to-
night. through the Marine Hospital Service
that up to October there have been $50 cases
Of plague in oporto, with eighty-five deaths
The Marine Hospital Service yellow fever
dispatches tonight report one new case
and one death at New ORLEANS and seven
new cases at Miami, lila, From Dry Tor
tugas, Fla, Surgeon Smith reports twenty
eight refugees remaining, of whom twenty
six are ready to go out but cannot leave on
account OF the weather.
Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, was at
the War Department to-day to confer with
the officials concerning the military legisla-
ton which is likely to be brought before
the coming Congress AS chairman of the
Senate committee military affairs Gen.
Hawley has much to do in the shaping Of
military legislation. He says that for him.
self he would be ready to go to work at the
coming session and pass a measure for a
permanent army establishment but he
recognizes that there would be difficulties in
the way OF getting such a measure through
OWING 10 the temporary army act which
provides for a force up TO July, 1901, and
also because or the uncertainties connected
Win the philippines situation. These rea-
sons VIII be sufficient, General Hawley
Ininks, TO keep quite number of men in
congress from supporting a permanent
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the belief that the permanent measure will
go over until the second session. At that
time 1t Will be essential to frame measure
1901.
Admiral Dewey was entertained at din
ner at the Metropolitan Club to. night by a
coterie Of friends, whose guest he was at a
farewell banquet just before his departure
10 assume command of the Asiatic squad
ron The dinner was OF twenty covers. The
same room was used and the same men oc-
q, 1897, and all but four of the original
party attended tonight. Judge John Davis
OF this city, presided. Admiral Dewey. in
the ovations given him and expressed
keener pleasure at being once more at home
among his old friends.
Supervising Inspector General Dumont, of
the steamboat inspection service. has re-
ceived from Supervising Inspector Starbuck
of the New York district copy of his de-
6ision upon the appeal Of Capt. Allen H
thompson, master OF the steamer Glen
Island. whose license was revoked because
OF alleged crowding during the recent
yacht races at New York. Inspector Star
buck reverses the action of the local in
spectors In revoking Captain Thompson's
license and directs that it be returned to
him. This action Is taken because Ii was
not shown that Captain Thompson violated
the rules of the race and therefore there
was no just cause for action.