The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-01

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collection of loans, but they shall dispose
/ of real estate so obtained within five years
after receiving the title. Corporations not
/ organized In Porto Rico, and doing busi-
ness therein. shall be bound by the provi-
sions OF this section so far they are ap-
| Dlicable."
The report was adopted in both Houses.
so the bill now goes to the President.
XXX
/ The Senate to-day confirmed the follow
ing nominations: ". w. Howe, to be attor-
ney for the Eastern district of Louisiana;
j. J. Hollander, Of Maryland. treasurer of
| Porto Rico; O. A. Mitscher, OF oklahoma,
| agent for the Indian agency in Oklahoma;
| Z. III. Clark. postmaster at Victoria, Texas;
| p. M. Hoefele, OF Missouri, third secretary
| of the embassy of the United States at the
| City of Mexico.
| Captain Chadwick called at the Navy De-
partment to-day and delivered to Secretary
| Long in person a letter in response to the
| departments communication, which called
/ his attention to a certain newspaper pub
| lication attributing to him remarks deroga-
|! tory to Admiral Schley. No one was pres
/ ent beside the secretary and Captain Chad
wick, when the latter's reply was delivered.
! The two were closeted for half an hour
| At the conclusion of the interview, Secre-
tary Long stated that he had received Cap
tain Chadwick's letter; that he had the
/ subject under consideration and pending
a conclusion could not say anything fur
/ ther respecting the matter. For his part
| Captain Chadwick also declined to talk
about the alleged interview. In this state
of the case 1t Is impossible to predict what
| action the Navy Department will take,
| though the officials generally refer TO the
famous utterance of Captain Coghlan and
| the departments action thereon as afford
ing precedent likely to be followed In this
case.
President Mckinley is suffering from a
cold contracted on the trip to Canton. He
is doing as much work as ever, but to his
visitors it is apparent he is considerably
| indisposed.
In comparison with the casualties suf-
fered by the British in South Africa. those
| sustained by the American forces in the
Philippines seem very small. A statement
just compiled by the War Department
| shows that from July /. 1898, when the
American troops reached Manila, until
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Killed and died of wounds, 43 officers and
$50 men; died of disease. 26 officers and
1.562 men. Several thousand have been
wounded. but only small percentage have
died of wounds and most of them have re-
turned to duty.
The War Department has just issued a
complete table of the deaths in the Fifth
Army Corps in the operations against San
tiago. from June p until July II, 1888. The
losses are given: Killed 81 officers. and 222
enlisted men; wounded. 101 officers. and
1,SA enlisted men; total, 1858 officers and
enlisted men. The total strength of the
forces operating against Santiago is given
as $50 officers and 17.349 men. The Seventh
Regular Infantry lost the greatest number
of men, its killed and wounded numbering
l32- The Sixteentsl Regular Infantry lost
10 men and Governor Rocsevelts Regi-
ment and the Sixth Regular Infantry each
lost 127 men.
John Alexander Dowie. the well-known
faith healer, OF Chicago, and the general
overseer of the Christian Catholic Church,
was at the Treasury Department to-day
and had conference with Secretary Gage
and Assistant Secretary Taylor. He stated
| that he had recently purchased at Noting
ham, England, five machines for making
Nottingham lace, as well as other neces-
sary machinery, which he would set ur
near Waukegan. Wis. He also had engaged
under contract twenty experts in lace.
making, and his purpose in seeing the
treasury officials was To learn whether
there would be any legal objection to their
coming into the country. He was informed
by the secretary that the contract labor
laws of the United States made specific
exception in the case of workmen to b.
employed in an industry new to this coun
try, and as lacemaking undoubtedly was q
new industry here there could be no OBJ
lection to his bringing over the rnen he hat
engaged DR.. Dowie stated that he hat
twenty thousand acres of land near Wau
kegan. where his lace plant would be es
tablished for the benefit of the members OF
his church community, and he expected Il
make the enterprise very profitable.
Xxx
The President signed the Hawaiian bill
at 12:i9 to-day. When Hawaii was an
nexed To this country It had bonded
debt of about s4OO0,OOO drawing heavy in
terest. This debt still exists but under
the act signed by the President it is to bt
assumed by the United States Secretary
Gage does not intend that it shall be added
to the bonded debt of the United State:
IL 1t can be paid at once. The terms of the
. debt Will be looked into, and IL they per
init payment at any time the dept will b,
wiped out so soon as the law goes inti
enect-in forty-five days. Secretary Gag,
will soon send to Hawaii money and treas
ury agents TO exchange the Hawaiian fol
the American currency. The exchange, will
be made as in Porto Rico. 1t is understood
that there is $l.OO0.000 in minor coins in
: Hawaii which will have to be exchanged
for currency of this country The gols
coin of Hawaii is practically all gold O.
this country and will not have to be ex
changed. Treasury agents i'm Porto Ric,
have notified the department that the ex
| change of Porto Rico money will begin to
morrow. and that everything is in goo,
shape for satisfactory work. The agents
have $4,000 with them now, but will sen,
for more as the work OF exchang
progresses.
, II has been reported 10 the State Depart
ment that the Nicaraguan government 4
I'm nowise responsible for the filibusters
who arc supposed TO be under the Nicara
+ guam flag. in their operations agains
Colombia Respecting the warship Rayo