The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-09

the panic have disappeared business is i'm
proving, wages are being increased volun-
tarily, and altogether the laboring people
are well off and, apparently. happy. Money
Is cheap, the farmers being able TO borrow
all the money they require for improve
ments as low as 4 per cent All Of this will
rebound 10 the credit Of the Republican
party. There is but one blot the existing
conditions, and that is the formation of so
many gigantic trusts. If il is proved they
are a menace To legitimate trade and in any
way restrict II / believe the next national
convention will declare against these corpo-
rations in its platform and that Congress
will enact legislation TO carry out the
w.shes Of the people as expressed in that
Platform"
Mr.. Lands will leave fo- home to-mor-
row. 's'
Exchange of ratlhcations of the treaty Of
peace between Spain and this country.
signed at Paris, will probably take place
here next week, and that ceremony will be
followed by a proclamation by President
Mckinley officially announcing the close OF
the war with Spain, and the resumption of
friendly relations. commercial and other
wise, between the two countries. The Span
ish copy OF the treaty, which was signed by
the Queen Regent March II, is expected to
reach here Monday and the arrangement
of the formalities attending the exchange
of ratifications Will be promptly perfected.
Secretary Hay has been officially advised OF
the forwarding of the Spanish treaty to the
French ambassador at Washington. The
document is now on the high seas and not
far from New York, and is expected to be
delivered TO the French ambassador early
next week. probably next Monday. The ex-
change Of ratifcatiOns will be followed
promptly by the payment of s2O.00000O to the
Spanish government on account of the ces-
sion of the Philippine islands to the United
States
The President has appointed the following
cadets AT large TO West Point to enter the
class beginning June next: Louis Turtle.
District OF Columbia, son of the late Major
Thomas Turtle, corps of engineers; John NJ.
Clayton, Arkansas; Thomas Bernard. Dis
trict of Columbia, brother of Lieutenant
Bernard. Fourth United States Infantry
killed in charge at El Caney, and son of
Brevet Brig. Gen. r. F.. Bernard. u. S.
A. retired; Charles F. Severson, of Illinois,
served with Company A, Thirty-first Mlchi-
gan Volunteer Infantry in the war with
Spain; Otto E. Michaels, sergeant Light
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son of the late Major o. o. Michaels, ord
nance department.; Charles H. Mason, Ohio,
son of the late Brevet Brig. Gen. Edwin
c. Mason. colonel Third United States In
fantrys William NJ. Nichols. California,
son OF the Rt. Rev William F. Nichols.
bishop of California; Henry S. Kilbourne.
Wisconsin. son Of Major II. S. Kilbourne.
surgeon United States army, late chief
surgeon Second Division Fifth Army Corps;
Pennock Rogers Maryland. son of Major
w. =. Rogers, Twentieth United States In
fantry, now serving with his regiment in
the Philippine islands; Frank ii. Phipps
jr., Pennsylvania, son of Lieut. Col. III. +.
Phipps, ordnance department
The cruiser Detroit got away yesterday
from Laguayra for Port Limon Costa Rica,
where she will receive instructions from the
Navy Department to her further course.
The cable to Nicaraguan ports is interrupted
through the arbitrary action OF General
Torres. Nothing has been heard at the
State Department from its representatives
in Nicaragua since Consul Sorsby cabled
from Port Limon three days ago on account
of Torres's action, and appealed for two war
ships. The Detroit is due at Port Limon on
Tuesday and unless there * a decided
change for the better Of the situation in Mic
aragua che will push cn with all speed 10
Bluefields. Our government Is determined
not to tolerate the extortion practiced by
Torres on American merchants there.
disuuieting feature of the situation Is the
reimbursement by Zelaya of Torres's
contention that he has a right to collect
duties which have already been paid by the
Americans to the de facto government of
Bluefields under General Reyes, the lea0er
of the late insurrection. The Nicaraguan
governments contention is that the foreign
residents of Bluefields having been warned
by the government not TO pay custom dues
To the insurgents, carnot now claim e.Semp-
ton from recollection by the government
Of duties so paid The State Department,
however. is satisfied that the insurgent gov
ernmeIt at Bluefelds under General Reyes
was de facto government in the full sense
of the term. and also that the merchants
paid the duties under absolute compulsion.
Therefore. it is determined not TO tolerate a
recollection of these duties on the part of the
Nicaraguan government. 1t is pointed out
that If the Nicaraguan governments con-
tention is correct, and the duties were ille-i
gally paid TO the insurgents. then President
Zelayas government Is fully responsible TO
the merchants for every cent collected by
the insurgents.
A notable ceremony occurred in the Blue
room OF the executive mansion at IL o'clock
to-day. when the French ambassador, NJ.
Cambon, presented TO the government and
the American people as represented through
President Mckinley two magnificent Sevres
vases from the French National Pottery at
Sevres. The gift was from the late Presi-
dent Of the French republic, Felix Faure,
and commemorated the opening of the new
Franco-American cable on Aug II last,
when President Mckinley and President
Faure exchanged the first message over the
new line. between the White House and the
Palace OF the Elysee. The vases and pedes-
tai stand six eight feet high and are
OF deep blue. characteristic of the finest
Sevres ware, as well in happy accord
with the prevailing colors of the Blue room.
The presentation was made the occasion
for happy exchange of international greet
ings, NJ. Cambon making an address and
the President responding. NJ. Cambon was
accompanied by the entire staff OF the en-
bassy. including NJ. Thiebaut. NJ. Taigney,
NJ Bouefve. Major De Grandpre ans Lieu
tenant De Fa-amond, and II. Lurienne of
the French Cable Company The President
was accompanied by Secretary Hay and
some OF the officials of the household. The
vases had already been placed in position.
one on either side of the large window look
Ing toward the Potomac. They far exceed
In elegance in the way OF porcelain any