The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-31


Our government has not Cancelled the or
ders to the United States cruiser Philadel-
phia to proceed from San Diego to Samoa
TO represent United States interests there,
so that If it is m contemplation to reach
joint agreement between the three powers
interested in Samoa not to send war vessels
there that Will apply to the future. AS Ger
many has now only vessel at Apia and
the British government two. no complaint is
expected OF the presence in that harbor of
at least one United States vessel. The Phil
adelphia was TO have left San Diego yes
terday. but was detained by the nOnappear-
ance CT Chief Engineer Bates, who was or
dered from the Texas At Havana overland
from New Orleans to the Philadelphia. and
the ship.
The record of the court-martiaI in the case
OF Commissary General Eagan was placed
in the hands Of Judge Advocate General Lie
Der to-day for review. Secretary AIger dis
eussed the matter with the President yester-
day. and the papers came to the judge advo-
cate general through the usual routine chan
neis. General Leber could not say to-day
Row long it will take him to complete the re-
view. When he has concluded with the pa
pers ne will send then along TO the adju-
The President to-day nominated Col Asa
b. Carey, assistant paymaster general, to be
paymaster general, with rank of brigadier
general. Also a number of brevet noYnina-
tons and promotions in the army
The Senate committee on judiciary has
made an adverse report on the nomination
OF Hamilton c. Ewart to be United States
district judge for the Western district of
North Carolina. Judge Ewart was appointed
during the recess and now holds the posi-
ton. An effort will be made in the Senate
TO have Ewart confirmed, Notwithstanding
the adverse report.
The Publishers Association met here to-
day and adopted resolutions strongly urg-
ing Congress to. provide for free paper and
free pulp from Canada in any treaty made
with Canada by the joint high commission
now IN session here in an effort to form
treaty settling matters in dispute between
the United States and Canada. A laxge part
OF the daily press was represented.
Secretary Alger went to Boston hastily
last night to look after his son Fred. a stu
dent in Harvard University, who broke his
leg there yesterday. The secretary and his
family have had an unusual series of mis-
haps during the past year.
The commissary generals office has re-
ceived a telegram from Lieut. Col Abel
Smith, at Havana concerning the beef
shipped on the Michigan for which a board
Of survey was ordered. The dispatch says:
Not pound of beef condemned or thrown
overheard known to me- On the contrary
the board called for by me pronounced the
Dbel me. Inc QuaTJermaSter unlOaOed part
OF cargo contrary 10 my recommendation,
but was stopped and the ship held till the
meat could be properly handled. My calling
lhe board was unnecessary, but deemed a
wise precaution."
General Thaddeus H. Stanton. paymaster
general of the army was retired at noon
to-day in conformity with the age require
ments of the service The occasion was taken
advantage of by the officers of the pay
masters department, in Washington. to
present their retiring chief a silver loving
cup as mark of their personal regard and
appreciation of his public services. The cere-
mony occurred in General Stanton's office
The room was filled with his old army
friends and associates, while the doorways
were crowded with clerks and other SUBJ
ordinates Major George w. Baird made a
brief address, referring to General Stanton's
long term of active service, extending from
the civil war through all of the Indian wars
of the West and concluding with the recent
successful with Spain. During all this
time, Major Baird remarked, the paymaster
generaI once always had been fully
competent in the discharge of all its duties
and never had been the subject of official
investigation. OF the $66 SEQ 600 that had been
disbursed by General Stanton not a single
cent had ever gone astray nor been sub
ject to official question. General Stanton re-
sponded, thanking his fellow-officers for the
nearly support they had always accorded
him and ended by presenting them Colonel
Carey, his successor in office.
The board consisting of Generals Schwan
and Boynton and Colonel Carter, which has
been for some time past arranging the list
of army officers to be recommended for
brevets, having completed that portion of
the work involving the Santiago campaign,
it was to-day forwarded to the Senate for
confirmation Of the names. The board was
guided by the following rules in making up
the lists: For the Santiago campaign one
brevet to be awarded to each officer recon-
mended, giving, as far as possible, the date
OF July /, 1898, when the principal action
or this campaign took place as the date
TO be borne on the brevet commission. Reg
ular officers serving as volunteers to be
breveted as volunteers, those serving with
the regulars to be breveted in the regular
service. The board also decided to regard the
La Guas1ma fight of June "a, 1898. a sep
arate and distinct battle from the engage
ments fought near Santiago. The board also
decided not to recommend brevets for those
officers who were promoted to be general
officers of volunteers for services in these
campaigns The board has carefully consid-
cred all the reports which have come into
its possession and recommends that brevets
be bestowed for services as specified in each
case. The list, which is very long, includes
most of the officers participating in the cam
paign. Among the names appear those of
lieutenant General w. r. Shafter, Lieut..
Col. j. J. Aston, Capt. William Aston Cham
Ter. Capt. Stewart NJ. Brice Col. Leonard
Wood, Lieut. Col Theodore Roosevelt, Brig.
Gen. Henry M. Dufield, Capt. Fred NJ.
Aiger. Lieut.. Col. }. H: Dorst.
Sewell NebelSer, of Covington. son of Z.
"A. Nebeker. is at the shoreham.
Colonel James N. Moore, assistant quar-
termaster general has completed arrange
ments for bringing home the remains of the
soldiers who lost their lives either from
wounds or disease in Porto Rico and the
province of Santiago, Cuba, in the recent
A funeral 81 Of fvvp
undertakers and assistants will leave New
York city next Thursday on the transport
Roumania for the purpose of executing this
sad mission The party will be in charge of
Mr.. 7. H. Rhodes, formerly superintendent
Of the Arlington Cemetery, who was Sc
lected because Of his pre-eminent fitness for
the service.
Senator Penrose to-day introduced a bill
to provide for the better protection of rail-
road employees and others All operators of
railroads are by the terms of the bill required
within six months to securely guard the
frogs, switches and guard rails on their
roads and otherwise safely protect cross
ings. The companies are required to report
10 the Interstate-commerce Commission
when this has been made. A minimum
penalty of 5000 is provided for each failure
TO comply with this law.
Secretary Long has addressed a letter to
General Stewart l.. Woodford, in which he
says he finds the newspapers attribute to
him certain statements with regard to the
supply of ammunition in the navy during
the war which are so erroneous that / can
not believe you have been correctly re-
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