The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-07
Legality of the Young Rulers Title
Disprted by Germany, and the Core
sui Must Await Final Decision.
SITUATION At BLUEFlELDS
MINISTER MERRY's DECISION RE-
GARDING PAYMENT OF DUTIES.
Merchants Must stand Double Taxa
ton, but the Money VIII BE Turned
over to the British Consul.

| WASHINGTON, May Gas a result or
the Presidents consideration Of the report
| of the Wade court of inquiry, appointed TO
| investigate the chagacter of the food sup
| piled to the army, especially meats. during
| the recent war with Spain. the following in
structions were to-day cabled to the mill
| tary commanders in the Philippines. In
| Cuba and in Porto Rico:
by the Presidents direction you have
! from time TO time been requested 70 make
| suggestions as 10 change or rations for your
] troops. which you have complied with, but.
| to better enable the President to determine
| Statutes, what alterations. il any. in the es-
| tablished ration would be conductive 10 the
better health of troops serving in tropical
| you to Institute a board OF three officers.
| noted for their ability and experience, sery-
subsistence departments, to fully examine
into the subject of any desired changes In
the raticns for the troops of your COM
mard, and that you make report OF Its in
vestigation by cable and full report by mall
| together with your Recommendation. Refer
| TO the board previous correspondence ana
other available information relating to
| dietetics. Particularly should the experiences
| of officers and enlisted men of long service
in the tropics receive full consideration
No further advices have reached the State
| Department from Samoa, and 1t Is believed
| none will now be had until the Eastern mail
| arrives in about five days time. The COM
mission is due at Apia next Wednesday.
| and the departments information n there
| is no danger of further outbreaks mean
while. There is nothing in the reports 10
the department tending to sustain me state
! ment that United States Consul Osborne
has antagonized the British and Americans
| in Apia by openly adhering to the German
position. Respecting the reported refusal OF
| the consul to pay the salary Of King Tanu.
| although nothing is known Of the details.
| the disposition is TO approve of his action
| in that matter. 1t is not known here ON
| cially that Mr.. Osborne is acting in any
such capacity as president OF the Municipal
Council. but In view of the withdrawal OF
| the German Official DIR. Raffel, who occu-
| pied that position until recently. 1t is not
improbable the duties of the place may have
devolved upon the American consul. In
view OF the questionable legality of the pro-
| visional government 1t is believed Mr. Os-
| borne would scarcely be justified I'm assuIn-
ing the risk of making payments upon the
salary of the king whose title is called into
question by Germany.
| The United States minister to Nicaragoa.
Mr.. Merry, has advised the State Depart-u
the temporary arrangement he had reached
with the Nicaraguan government respects
ing the demand of that government upon
American merchants at 93luefelds for an-
other payment of the duties upon imports
which they had already paid to the revolu-
| tionary government. Under this arrange-
ment the additional sums collected are to bs
turned over TO the British consul at Blue
| fields, who is to be the custodian OF the
funds pending diplomatic negotiations be-
tween this countfy and Nicaragua as to the
permanent settlement of the question.
The following cablegram has been re-
| ceived at the Navy Department from Capt.
Dayton, of the cruiser Detroit, dated: Port
Limon, Costa Rica, May 6-"-Detroit with
minister proceeded Immediately to Colon for
coal. This Is the first report the Navy De-
partment has had from the commander Of
the Detroit with one exception since the
arrived at Bluehelds. 1t was pleaded by
the Nicararguan authorities in answer to
our complaints against tampering with our
cablegrams that the wires were unservice-
able. Port Lmon is about days run from
Bluefelds. Later in the day a change in
the order OF the movements Of the Detrois
was announced. This probably was brought
about by the receipt of the cable message
from Minister Merry which indicated thas
through the transfer to the field OF diplo-
macy of the questions at issue between the
government of Nicaragua and the American
merchants at Bluefelds there is no lcnges
the same necessity for the constant pres-
ence at that place of an American war ship
So the Detroit will not return 10 Bluefelds.
but instead will, after taking on coal at
Colon. proceed northward TO Greytown, and
there take on board the remains OF the late
Gen. Daniel Macauley. the agent OF the
Nlcaraguan Canal Company, who died on
the isthmus about two years ago. The ves-
sci Will come to Fort Monroe and the re-
mains will be transshpped TO Washington.
the interment TO take place at Arlington.
1t is not intended. however. to leave Asners-
can interests in Nicaragua entirely unprc-
tected, so il was announced at the Navy
Department that the orders 10 the yixen TO
proceed TO Bluefields remain unchanged
and she will start in the course OF a few
days.
The United States geological survey has
just published report on sewerage irri-
cation which contains much interesting
data on stream pollution and sewage dispo-
sition. This publication reports total OF
14s sewage publication plants in operation
I'm the United States and Canada. about I'D
of them having been either built or pro-
jected in the last twelve years II says it
Is probable as soon as the advantages OF ir-
rigation and filtration are more fully known
number of chemical purificston plsnts
viii be changed TO either irrigation or a.
tration. or even without complete chaneo
of plants the effluents VIII be treated by
either one or the other process. This 10
stated 10 be very likely In the cese OF q