The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-23
Unique Reasons Given by Insurance
Companies for Urging 81 Cut in
Tax on Casualty Policies.
CAPT. W. M. MEREDITH IN LUIGI
TO HIS FORMER RE-
sPONsIDLE POSITION.
VIII Serve Another Term ns Chief of
the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing.

mittee to-day decided TO present the bill
for the reduction of the revenue to the full
committee on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 10 o'clock.
The bill, however. probably will be pre-
pared some time before that. Commission
err Wilson. of the Internal Revenue Blu
reau was before the committee for some
time to-day giving information concern
ing the effect of the reduction of certain
schedules and also as to the amount OF
revenue raised by portions of the present
law, which it is proposed to reduce. The
committee has agreed on a number OF
schedules to be reduced, while on others
there is a disagreement. 1t is probable a
subcommittee soon will be appointed to
make a final draft of the measure.
The members of the committee, after adj
journment this afternoon, said they be-
lieved there would be no differences when
the bill was presented in full committee or
in the House, either among the Democrats
or Republicans Although they have not
consulted the Democratic members ii is
understood, from information some of the
Republican members have, that the Dem
ocrats do not intend to make any factious
opposition to the measure.
A delegation representing the fire and
n
appeared before the internal revenue COM
missioner to-day and appealed to him to
recommend a reduction Of the tax on fire
and casualty policies on the rather unique
ground that the great prosperity of the
country had made them suffer unusual
loss They said that factories and mills
had been run overtime, with the result OF
increasing the number of fires and casual
ties. Commissioner Wilson replied to the
delegation that the subject was now in the
hands of Congress.
Captain w. NJ Meredith. Of Illinois, has
been appointed chief of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing. Captain Meredith
served in the same capacity during the
Harrison administration. He Is q practical
printer and at present is in charge of the
plate-printing department Of the Western
Bank Note Company OF Chicago. He is
well known in Indianapolis, having at one
time been foreman of the Journal compos-
ing room.
The population Of the State Of Missouri
as officially announced by the Census Blu
reau to-day, is 3,160.6s5. as against 2,67s, IS
in 1890. This is an increase OF Ar, 4s1, OF
1853 per cent.
The population of West Virginia is 95S-
500, as against 762. 1874 in 1890. This is ar
increase of l960o6, OF ,26-6 per cent.
The population of Mississippi is 1.551, 30
as against 1,2s9, 600 in 1890. This is an in
crease Of 261, $40, or 20.2 per cent.
Monitor No. 8, formerly known as the
Connecticut, building at Bath, Me-, has
been renamed the Nevada by Secretary
Long The state authorities of Connecticut
considered that their commonwealth was
entitled to the dignity of battleship in
naval nomenclature, and consequently de-
clined the compliment bestowed by the
of ha in inn nf
the four large monitors now under con-
struction in honor of the State.
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Secretary Gage and Assistant Secretary
Taylor to-day gave second hearing to
the legal representatives of the lace work
ers imported by DIR. Dowie for employment
at the lace establishment which he has
projected at Zion, Wis, and who were de-
tanned at Philadelphia on the ground that
their admission was violation of the alien
contract labor law. The representatives
of the Amalgamated Lace Workers As
ISOLATION of this country had no attorney
present at the first hearing to controvert
the legal propositions, and the hearing to-
day was given In order that the opposing
legal questions might be presented to-
gether.
Chairman Burton, Of the House commit
tee on rivers and harbors, stated to-day
that the committee would meet next Mon
day to begin the preparation of river and
harbor bill, and he expected to get ii
through the House before the holidays
Mr.. Burton said that nothing definite had
been decided on, but that the committee
would draw strict line between improve
ments which were for the public good and
those for private interests. He also stated
that some policy regarding the permanent
improvement of the Mississippi river would
be determined upon
partment that the old Monocacy will spend
the coming winter in a mud dock in the
Pei river in China. This is nothing more
than hole excavated i'm the soft bank of
the river where the ship is laid UP and
rooted over, thus escaping the severe
weather and the running ice in the river
The little Petrol passed the winter in one
of these muddy streams five years ago at
Nieu-Chwang.
1t was announced at the War Depart
ment to-day that Webb C. Hayes, son of
ex-President Hayes, and late lieutenant
colonel of United States volunteers, hav-
ing reported i'm person at the headquarters
of the China relief expedition at Picking.
Sept. s, was appointed a volunteer abide
carnp on the staff of Major General
Chance, commanding the relief expedition.
The Weather Bureau experiments with
lights for the warning of sailors far on;
az sea of impending storms have been con-
Guided and American lamps fitted with
pressed glass lenses have been decided on
i'm preference to the French makes which
cost five times as much. A system of three
beacon lamps will be established along the
Atlantic coast and great lakes, in addi-
ton TO the signal service now In opera-
ton in many ports The new method of
signaling from lofty steel towers will far
surnass all that has been heretofore done
AS each beacon will be visible about twelve
miles in any direction, the lights from
los of them, which is the proposed number.
would give a continuous series of warn
ings visible for nearly $500 miles along the
sea coast.
The controller of the currency has au-
thorized the Franklin County National
Bank, OF Brookvlle. to commence business
with capital of $4,000. Joseph A Fritz
is president and Richard S. Taylor cashier.
Rural free delivery will be established
Dec. 1 at Ridgeville. Randolph county.
Length of route, twenty-four miles: area
covered thirty square miles; population
served. go; number of houses on route, 10;
carrier. L. E. Addington-
The quartermaster general has been in
formed that the transport Mcclellan lef,
San Juan. Porto Rico to-day for New
Artillery, and Company /, OF the Eleventh
Infantry.
The receipts from the revenue act
for the first four months of the present
fiscal wear were SIS JOS. Jof