The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-28

the additional amounts required for pub
lie buildings now under construction
the large rise in building material. The list
shows the present limit of cost and the
proposed limit in part as follows:
Present Recommen-
City. Limit. dation.
Abilene, Tex.......... $4,000 sos, 900
Beaumont, Tex. 1900 100. 900
Bristol, Tex ......... $1,000 $4,000
Brunswick, Ga....... $4,000 120, 900
Buffalo. N. Y......... 100000 100000
Kansas City, KAN. 1.a16.ooo 1851 900
New Iberia, La. $1,000 $1,000
Newport, KY. 1900 5000
The House to-day listened to eulogies on
the late Representative Baird. of Louis
lana. Those who spoke were Representa-
tives Ransdell. of Louisiana: Eddy, of Min
nesota; Bartlett, of Georgia; Meekinson, of
Ohio; Meyer, of Louisiana; Clayton, of
Alabama; Wheeler, of Kentucky: Brous-
sard, of Louisiana; Henry, of Texas, and
Epes, of Virginia. At the conclusion of the
eulogies resolutions of respect were
adopted. and then, at 1920, as a further
mark Of respect, the House adjourned.
Among the House measures introduced
to-day were: BY Mr.. Glynn, of New York,
to protect labor against the competition
of convict-made goods: also to establish
$3.50 standard of wages for unskilled
of Missouri TO place wire and wire nails
on the free list; by Mr. Kahn. of Cali
fornia, by request, for a tunnel under
San Francisco bay, with openings on Yerba
Buena island. etc.
General Greedy was reported to-day as
being not quite so well. He is suffering
from cold contracted several days ago.
To-day's statement of the condition of
459.694; gold reserve. $2lS,2C5,321.
President Mckinley has designated the
following as commissioners to test and ex-
anime the weight and fineness of the coin
reserved at the several minis during the
calendar year 1899: Senator John p Jones.
Representative +. j. Hill, DR.. III. s. Prit-
chett, superintendent coast and geodetic
survey; Prof. S. A. baltimore, University
of Rochester; Prof. H. II. Nicholson, Uni
versity of Nebraska; Prof John A. Mat
thews, Columbia University; DR.. Cabell
Whitehead. Bureau of Mint; Marcus Ben
jamin. Smithsonian institutions: Calvin
Cobb Boise, Ida. Thomas B. Miller,
Helena, Mont; Edward Harden, New
York; Z. III. Rich, Fort Dodge Ia: Francis
Beidler, Chicago; Hon. John H. Perry.
Connecticut The committee will meet in
Philadelphia on Feb. a.
The surgeon general of the Marine Hos
pital Service to-day had shipped to Homo
lulu 1900 dozen of Haffkine prophylactic.
Fifteen hundred dozens of this serum were
sent to Honolulu about ten days ago.
The Postoffice Department has received
a report from Spokane, Wash. showing
that the order to fumigate mail leaving
that place for British Columbia has not as
vet been carried out. The reports state
that neither the postmaster nor health Of
ficers there believe 1t necessary to disin-
feet the mails because they think the
smallpox scare to be unwarranted. The
epidemic now in evidence there, they say,
is chicken-pox. The Postoffice Department
has, however, reiterated Its instructions di-
recting the postal officials there to disin-
feet the mails. The reports from Spokane
state that Nelson, b. c., is the only place
that rs declared quarantine against Spo-
kane, Rossland, b. c., is willing to receive
mail from Spokane without disinfection.
Samuel Gompers. president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor accompanied by
other representatives of labor interests, had
a conference with the President to-day to
urge on him their desire that he should
advocate certain legislation in which they
are interested. They want an eight-hour
law for all government work; law to pro-
hibit the products of convict labor to from
being transferred from one State to an
other and law to restrict the authority
of federal courts in the issuance of in
functions in labor troubles. Mr.. Gompers
filed with the President informal charges
against Mr.. Claude M. Johnson. director of
the bureau of engraving and printing. The
charges alleged inetficiency and Partially
in the conduct of the affairs of the office
Similar charges were filed against Director
Johnson a year ago by Mr.. Gompers and
after an investigation by the Treasury De-
partinent were dismissed as rnfounded.
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the army to dental surgeons aid bill has
been prepared for introduction in Congress
authorizing the appointment of such sur
geons with the rank of major, so as to
allow one for each regiment. Adjutant
General Corbin and Surgeon General Stern
berg iisapnrove Of the proposed legi.la-
ton. General Sternberg says thai although:
he has advocated the employment Of con-
tract dental surgeons whenever their serv-
ices are required in the interests of the
soldiers, he has never favored their ap-
pointment as commissioned Officials He
'alls attention to the fact that the regular
surgeons in the army have to serve about
twenty years and sometimes longer before
they reach the rank of major and he
thought 1t would hardly be fair to admit
dental surgeons into the army with the
rank of major at the outset similar
move is being made to have veterinary
surgeons incorporated into the regular
establishment as commissioned officers,
but like the OtHtdl surgeon SCneme the
rlan is said TO lack the favor and sup
port Of the military authorities.
Secretary Gage has transmitted to Con-
gress. in response to a resolution. statistics
about oleomargarine in 1899. The total con-
sumption was 76.695.744 pounds. of which
3.92S,27S pounds were consumed i'm Indiana
IL ranking fifth among the States as an
oleomargarine consumer the first four be-
ing Illinois. with Is. $685. 921 pounds; Pennsyl-
vania, with n,433.341; Ohio. with $3.50, $685.
and New Jersey, with 5.S75,975.
The Good Citizenship Association, of
which Miss Helen Gould is one of the prin-
c:pal members, will have printed and sent
out under its own auspices 10000 copies of
he speech of Representative Lands on the
Roberts case. Mr.. Lands has received
from Miss Helen Gould a warm letter of
approval OF his speech i'm defense of the
sanctity OF the American home.
The State Department has been advised
hat G. Jenner, the British minister at
Guatamsla City. has accepted the post of