The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-09

Hay to-day. "
The President to-day sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
To be Indian agents-James NJ. Monteith,
of Butte City, Mont. for the Blackfeet
Agency. Montana: George W. Hazlett. of
Arizona, for the Navajo Indians in New
Mexico.
Army-Infantry-second l~ieutenants to
George B. Pond, Third; d. T. Merrill.
Twelfth: A. NJ. wetherill. Sixth; c. A.
Murphy, Twenty-second II. a. Baldwin,
Jr., Twenty-fourth; G.. Fl. Shields, jr.,
ger. Eighteenth; ]. B. Kemper. Fourteenth;
J. w. Barnes. Eighteenth; /. A. Saxon,
Sixth: G.. E. Thorn. Twenty-seeond; NJ; s.
Eighteenth: T. j. Fealy. Fifth; F.. w.
R0well. Second; III. A.. Drumm. Twelfth:
J. NJ Campbell. Twenty-ffth: Cavalry-To
be second lieutenant. Private F. w. Fonda,
Troop p. Third.
Volunteer Army-Porto Rico regiment,
Capt VIM f. Amy. Fifth Cavalry, to be
major; Joseph f. Lugo Vina. of Porto Rico,
acting assistant surgeon Z. s.. A.. to be
assistant with rank of captain.
A bill giving American register TO the
steamer windward. presented by a British
citizen TO Robert Z. Peary. II. g. N. the
Arctic explorer. was passed by the Senate
to-day
James r. Sovereign continued his testi-
mony at the Occur d'Alene investigation
before the House committee on military
affairs to-day. His cross-examination de-
veloped no new facts.
The homeward movement of the Fifth
Cavalry. which has been stationed I'm Porto
Rico since the Spanish war, will begin next
week and will be carried through as rap
idly as possible. The transport Kilpat-
rick has been ordered TO San Juan to
embark a squadron of that regiment con-
sisting of ten officers and 37S men with
So horses. They will be sent TO Jefferson
are altered the egiment will be assigned
to posts now occupied by the Sixth Cav
airy in various parts of the middle West
and the latter regiment will be transferred
to stations on the Pacific coast. The
Porto Rican regiment now being recruited
from among the natives of the island will
replace the Fifth Cavalry In garrison duty
In Porto Rico.
The commissioner of internal revenue has
decided that the check or receipt given for
q bicycle transported on a passenger train
along with the owner, is not subject TO
war revenue tax.
David j. Brooks. of Philadelphia. testified
before the Industrial Commission to-day.
His evidence was similar to that submitted
by other members of the brotherhood Of
railway trainmen. He said that he had
been discharged by officials of the Phila-
delphia g. Reading Company. who, he
stated, intimated that this action was
taken because Of his connection with the
brotherhood.
Considerable indignation was expressed
at the meeting to-day of the National
Pure Food and Drug Congress over a paper
read at last nights session by Col. John
r. Hobbs. of New York. on the subject of
pure food and the result of which was the
expurging Of Colonel Hobbs's paper from
the official records of the organization and
with IL all the discussion on the subject.
Colonel Hobbs defended sale of certain
substitutes for butter. declaring them 10
be much purer than the direct products of
By a vote of 10 to 5 the House committee
on merchant marine and fisheries to-day
ordered a favorable report on the shipping
subsidy bill. Several amendments were
made. Mr.. Grosvenor summed up the re-
suits by saying the committee had agreed
to the amendments in the Senate bill and
also TO a few other amendments. On the
final vote all the Republican members IA
vored the bill as amended. and all the
Democrats opposed except Mr.. Chanler,
who did not vote.
Mr.. Stevens's antitrust amendments
were agreed to. As summed up by him,
they are as follows: THAT any vessel or
owner of a vessel entering a trust to in
crease the price of export freight. or in re-
straint of export trade. shall cease to draw
compensation under this bill" The second
provides substantially: 'Tha any combi-
nation or conspiracy of shipyards engaged
fr building vessels for compensation under
this act Is declared Illegal, and upon proof
Of combination or conspiracy of shipyards
having a capacity of one-third of the new
tonnageNof the United States. the secretary
OF the treasury is authorized to admit for.
eign-built vessels TO take the place of new
vessels constructed under this act, except
that such new vessels shall not enter the
coastwise or lake trade"
Another amendment agreed 70 which ;s
not I'm the Senate bill. reduces the bounty
5 per cent annually after ten years.
A second urgent deficiency appropriation
bill was reported to the House to-day by
Chairman Cannon. OF the appropriation
committee. II carries a total OF 81. 4ss. $50
The main items are: For the naval estab-
hshment, s645.O00. and government printing
s4S7.00. The naval items include 1000 for
water boats at Manila; $50. 900 for coal
barges at Manila. and $4,000 for a naval
equipment plant at Manila.
Senator Mason to-day introduced In the
Senate a resolution calling upon the State
Department for all the correspondence be.
tween the governments CT the United
States and Great Britain relating TO the
Isthmian canal inaugurated by the late Sec.
rotary j. G. Blaine and also a "chronologi-
cal recapltulation OF the contentious made
by the various secretaries of state since the
signing OF the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as
TO the validity OF this treaty, the replie.
by the government OF Great Britain and
the violations OF the terms OF the treaty
on the part OF Great Britain which have
been held by the government CT the United
States 10 have operated as an abrOgatior
OF the treaty"
The purpose OF the resolution Is an.
nounced I'm the body OF IL 10 be 10 'secur,
from the State Department a complet.
explanation as to the attitude of the va,
rious secretaries OF state relative TO tn,
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. In the preambl.
Gen. Lew Wallace Is quoted as saying tina
Mr.. Blaine had told him while secretary Of
state that he had written a note TO TN.
American minister 10 Great Britain I'm
structing him 10 take the position thai
Great Britain by her own acts had rem
dered the treaty void. This statement Il
contrasted with the statement attributed
TO the State Department hat Secretar,
Frelinshuysen was the only secretary Of
state who had held the view that the Clay
fon-Rulwer treaty had been cauceled-