The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-04
INDIAN APOLIs SATURDAY MORNING,

sailors. marines or other persons in the
United States service in Guam and the
Philippines. The order is given immediate
effect, and postmasters are directed to dis
regard all ratings of postage due in excess
Of the domestic rate made prior to this
date. ss'
In report to the State Department, Con-
sui McCook. at Dawson. under date of Sept.
II, says the gold shipments for this season
aggregate ss.247745 Prices Of living he
says. have been slowly declining. Typhoid
was decreasing and the death rate had also
decreased. The rush to Cape Nome con-
tinues from mining camps along the Yukon.
At Circle City only seventy-five people re-
main out Of 800. Eagle City has lost 500 of
its 1,500 and Rampant City has only 200 Of
its former population of 1900 remaining.
The Cape has now a population numbering
thousands and supports many stores, dance
houses, saloons etc. The consul says that,
as to the richness of the country. there can
ruby sand which has been traced along the
shore OF Port Clarence. 130 miles west OF
Cape Nome. The creeks back of the Cape
are also improving 1t is calculated that
upwards of 10000 people will be in the coun-
try the coming year.
The proposition for a national university
at Washington under government auspices
was negatived to-day by the committee Of
the National Educational Association,
which has been in session here for the past
two days. Instead, the committee has a
suggestion contemplating a plan in which
the persons who have had exceptional edu-
cational opportunities may secure the ad-
vantages afforded by the institutions at
Washington. The following resolution was
referred to a subcommittee consisting or
Messrs. Wilson, Schurman and Garfield, for
investigation and report: THAT the gov
ernment, through the State Department,
might wisely maintain in. Washington a
school for consuls, analogous to West Point
and Annapolis, and. like these schools.
leading to life career in government serv-
ice -
Permission has been given to agents OF
the British government to compress in New
York and Boston a large shipment of Ca
madam hay, destined for the use Of the
British army in South Africa 1t was rep
| resented to the Treasury Department that
| at present there are no suitable presses In
the Dominion which are available, and as II
| is important that the shipments should
| leave luSSc nOl ldltl ludl TIE l0ll
! Of the present month, this government was
| appealed to to make the concession. Thi:
was done as an act Of courtesy TO the Brit
| ish government, and Is not to be regarded
as precedent. The British agents repre-
sented that while the hay shipments from
Canada probably would be very large, the,
expected to have modern compressors ready
| for Use within short time in the section.
where the hay Is raised.
| Commander James G. Green has been as
signed to command the Havana naval sta
| ton. Commander Green was recently sue
Ceeded in command of the Puget-sound sta
| tion by Captain Coghlan, of the Raleigh.
The War Department has Cancelled the
| order for the manufacture of the high ex
| plosive thorite in the Philippines. After
conference to-day between Secretary Root
the chief of ordnance and the inventor o.
the explosive, it was decided to begin tn,
manufacture of thorite at Sandy Hook i'm
| mediately. ""s
Advices to the surgeon general of TIL
| Marine Hospital reports ten new cases o
yellow fever at Miami, Fla, yesterday an,
| Wednesday.