The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-29
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cial shipment for our land and sea forces in
the Philippines. Supplies from the New
York ward will. however. go 10 Dewey by
the Glacier, now at Brooklyn. The bids
opened to-day cover wide range Of items,
more than half being for materials and not
foods. Among the food supplies were bids
for 5000 pounds of canned corn beef and
5000 pounds of canned roast beef The bids
require the submission of samples. subject
TO inspection. and these cans together with
all timed vegetables are to be marked with
the date OF packing. But these specifications
are in nowise different from those issued for
many years by the Navy Department, and
are entirely without significance. Most Of
the supplies for which proposals were opened
to-day are TO be delivered within thirty days.
The bids will be classified during the next
few days and the contracts awarded. There
were several hundred bids for the various
classes OF supplies, ranging trom a few
hundred to several thousand dollars
Mr.. Chin Pom Ye, the minister from
Korea at Washington. has been transferred
TO Russia, France and Austria. His sue
cessor as minister plenipotentiary and en-
voy extraordinary to the United States will
be Mr.. Whan Young Min. He already has
been designated for this mission and will
arrive here in few months. possibly in
June. Minister Yes new mission is an i'm
portant one and he will direct the diplo-
matte affairs OF Korea in all three countries
named, dividing his time between ST. Peters
burg, Paris and Vienna, though he will
doubtless remain most of the time at Paris.
Mr.. Ye will be accompanied by Mrs. Ye and
their two sons. ''s
The Navy Department has construed the
sections OF the naval personnel bill relating
to naval cadets appointed TO the Marine
Corps and as to promotions Of retired men.
As TO cadets, it is held that members of the
class OF naval cadets now at sea who may
hereafter be appointed second ieutenarts
will take rank after officers who in the
meantime may be carried frcm the three
classes of appointments named in the law.
tO-wit, those who are serving or who have
served as second lieutenants in the Marine
Corps during the war with Spain. meritori-
Gus noncommissioned officers of the Marine
Corps or persons appointed from civil life.
The decision as TO promotions on the Ie-
tired list was made on the application Of
Boatswain Nash for promotion under the
personnel bill. The department holds that
the law of 1852 that there shall be no further
promotions on retired list is still in force.
and unaffected by the personnel bill.
Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn
has received an official report from the Gus
toms service at Havana. In a commercial
sense the report shows fiattering conditions.
The opposition TO the more honest and ex-
act system of doing business inaugurated
by the United States government which
MI tod ha of ip,Ya
ers when the custom houses of the island
passed into American hands is gradually
passing away. The subordinate places in
the entire customs service OF Cuba are filled
by natives. On the customs rolls of Ha-
vana are carried 276 employees, at an aggre-
gate monthly salary of sl0,SO9 in American
gold
Captain O'Neil, chief of the Ordnance Bu-
reau of the Navy Department. to-day for
warded to the secretary for his approval a
form of advertising for bids for armor for
the battle ship Maine and the four moni-
tors authorized last spring. for which a
price of 800 ton was fixed by Congress,
and the three battle ships and three ar
mored cruisers authorized by the last naval
appropriation bill, for which 500 is TO be
paid. The contract involves about s.. .0o0 0oo
or 900 tons at a mean cost of about $3.50
per ton. Though the Krupp process is not
specifically mentioned. the tests practically
call for Krupp armor.
Acting Postmaster General Heath has
cabled the postal authorities at Manila to
forward all confiscated mail coming into
their possession to Washington. where it will
be placed in the dead-letter Office.
Senior AzDirOz the Mexicap au1ba dor
visited the State Department to-day in COM
pany with Senior Godoy, secretary of the
embassy, and paid his respects TO Secretary
Hay pleasant interchange of views was
had No arrangements made for the
presentation of the ambassador to President
Mckinley. .**
Private Vernon knight, Company ID, One
hundred-and-sixtieth Indiana, was to-day
honorably discharged from the service.
Edwin p Thompson was to-day formally
designated for appointment as postmaster
at Havana. -
DIR. j. s. Spurrier was to-day appointed on
the board of pension examining surgeons
at Rushvle
The gunboat Castine arrived at Colombo
Sunday On her way to join Dewey's fleet at
Manila. The gunboats Annapolis and Vicks-
burg LETT santiago yesterday lOr f1dNdna
The gunboat Machias has arrived at
Livingston, Guatemala. Owing to the dis
turbed state of affairs in Guatemala and
Honduras it was deemed wise to have one
Of our war ships at hand to look after
American interests in case Of emergency.
To-day's statement Of the condition OF the
treasury shows: Available cash balance.
s2S2, ,Ol9 $50; gold reserve, s242 s02, ,76s.
General Greely, chief signal officer. left to-
day for Cuba via Miami, Fla He will visit
Havana. Pinar del Rio and Matanzas. ex
arnining the telegraph lines and comforting
with Colonel Dunwoody on the operation OF
the signal corps in the island.
An important event in the work looking
to an Independent government system in
Cuba is an order issued to-day by Acting
Postmaster General Heath abolishing the
military postal service heretofore existing az
the principal offices on the island and allow
ing the substitution of an independent
Cuban for service.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow returned to-day from Cuba, where
he accompanied the postmaster general. He
says there is no feeling Of antagonism
the part Of the Cuban people generally
against the Americans, for whom almost all