The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-27
MORTON STATUE BASE
SCULPTOR NIEHAUs PROMISES MIR.
sHIvELEY TO RECONSTRUCT 1T.
Drawings to he Approved by Mr..
Observation-Disclosures Coming Trip.
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sculptor, that the latter would reconstruct
the base. Plans for the same were made,
but not formally accepted. Before Mr.. Me
haus goes to work on a new base his draw
ings will be passed upon by Controller
Tracewell and two architects of national
reputation. The drawings will then be for
warded to Mr.. Shiveley for approval. and
If they meet with his Endorsement will be-
sent to the artist in New York. No time
will be lost and the new base and pedestal
will be in place within six or eight weeks.
1t is the intention to have the statue COM
pleted and in position before Congress
meets. Senator Fairbanks and Representa-
tive Overstreet will look after formalities
in the two branches OF Congress incident
to the acceptance. Mr.. Niehaus has re-
ceived a half payment on the statue C2, 500,
and will be paid the balance when the COM
mittee formally accepts his work.
Charles S. Bernly, of New Castle, reached
the city this evening and will remain a day
or two. He expects to be in New York on
Dewey day. "
Otto f. Line, Of Alexandria, Ind. has
been appointed a railway mail clerk.
Homer j. Miller has been appointed a
clerk in the South Bend postcfice.
JAWS u. DdlH anu OduuuSl ELlOT6 nave
been designated a board to conduct civil
service examinations at Martinsville, and
George F. Rauft and Miss Eva Allen were
named for similar duties at Alexandria, Ind.
All of the members of the Cabinet at
tended to-day's Cabinet meeting except Sec
retaries Hay and Gage. The meeting was
entirely devoid of results. A few routine
matters were taken up and the dispatch Of
Admiral Watson, giving details of the loss
Of the gunboat Urdaneta, was read. The
were gone over and the details Of the Pres
idents Western trip were discussed. The
President will be accompanied by Mrs. Nc
Kinley and the members Of the Cabinet.
Leaving here on the 4th the party will pro-
coed to Quincy, Ill, arriving there on the
9Th of October. They will go to Galesburg
reaching that city at $3.50 p. m. On the
18th they will be in Evansville. on the 18th
in Minneapolis, the 18th in Duluth and later
the same date in Fargo; the 14th in Aber-
deem, the 18th in Sioux City, the 18th and
18th in Milwaukee and the 18th in Cleve-
land.
The Mexican ambassador, Senior Azpiroz,
has received a dispatch from the secretary
of state of Mexico confirming the press adj
vices to the effect that President Diaz will
not attend the coming celebration at Chi
cago, and that the secretary. of state will
go as his representative. The State De-
partment also received the following tele-
gram from United States Minister Clayton
at the City OF Mexico: President will not
visit Chicago; Minister OF foreign affairs
goes instead"
Additional subscriptions to the Dewey
home fund have been received by Assistant
Secretary VANDERBILT as follows: Joseph
Pulitzer. of New York, 1000; Senator H.
Mcmillan, of Michigan, $500; s. Brown, Of
New York, 500: Jules Fieischmann, of New
York $500 SS Hartley & Graham. of New
The announcement that Archbishop Chap
pelle, of New Orleans. has been chosen
apostolic delegate for the Philippines at
tracts much attention in official and clerical
quarters. The position has been vacant up
to this time. and, owing to the large prop
erty interests of the church in the Philip
pines, the official status it occupied under
Spain and the influence Of the clergy over
the natives, 1t has been regarded as an apt
factor in reconstruction. About a year ago
the Pope named Archbishop Chappelle as
apostolic delegate for Cuba and Porto Rico,
ippines, and the archbishop of Manila has
continued to exercise chief jurisdiction,
dealing directly with Rome. In view of the
his cooperation with the United States
military authorities at Manila has been the
source of much satisfaction to the church
authorities here. But 1t is felt that the
presence of a delegate in this country au-
thorized TO act for the Vatican will permit
which are constantly arising Under Span
ish rule the archbishop of Manila was a
government official. receiving sl2.o 700 annual
four dioceses constituting the island, re-
ceived 5000 each. This status no longer
exists, and the church officials are main
expected that Archbishop Chappelle's ap-
p~ointment will permit a reorganization of
the church system of the islands, based on
changed conditions.
Admiral Melville's attention has been at
tracted to a published interview with him,
which made it appear that he and the chief
constructor of the navy held widely diverg-
ent views concerning the speed of the new
battleships authorized by Congress last
spring. He authorized the statement to-day
that the report was misleading in the infer
ences drawn from Ii. Each member of the
board of construction he said, lis striv-
ing TO secure for the United States navy
ships that will be superior to any yet built.
Naturally the preliminary designs tenta-
lively drawn up by each member of this
board will differ and the problem before the
board OF construction will be TO secure in
the designs that which IT, as a body. deems
to include as many as possible of the ad-
vantages OF every proposal by any Of it's
members.
"Of course said Admiral Melville, leach
member of the board of construction has
his speciality. The board will probably lean
toward the views of Admiral Hichborn, the
chief naval constructor, when il comes to
questions of size and form of hull, but prob
ably also it will give particular attention to
the views of Admiral O'Neil. the chief Of
the Bureau OF Ordnance, when Ii comes to
decide the question of armament. In the
matter of speed, each member of the board
seems to desire as nigh a speed as possible
consistent with the maintenance of the 9TH
er offensive and defensive qualities of the
ship"
1t is the conviction Of Admiral Melville
that, for battleships limited in draft by
American harbOr channels, the use of triple
screws may be regarded as absolutely i'm
perative, not only because of the enormous
economies which they give the ship when
working at full speed, their far greater
maneuvering power and other mechanical
advantages but on account of the increased
coal endurance that follows the adoption of
the triple-screw system of propulsion at all
speeds. particularly under ordinary cruising
conditions. This conviction, he says, appears
to be fortified to-day by the latest practice
of every European power.
Assistant Secretary Meikeljohn has pub-
lished a circular amending a former cir
cular relative to patents, trade marks.
labels, ETC., In the Philippines, Porto Rico
and Cuba. That portion of the former cir
cular which requires the payment of a fee
for filing certified copies of patents or GER
~tiicates of registration OF trade marks.
prints or labels is rescinded. A power of
attorney from the owner thereof authorizing
another to file a certified copy OF a patent
or a certificate of registration of a trade
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