The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-22

that such thing IS in contemplation. II
may be stated officially that all that our
government has done in the matter OF
communicating with foreign governments
respecting war material has been 30 secure
reciprocal advantages for our attaches
abroad and il has not issued any circular
note that might be regarded as discour-
teous 70 q friendly legation.
Negotiations are in progress between the
State Department and the Russian govern
ment as represented, respectively, by Spe-
cial Plenipotentiary Kasson and Ambassa-
dor Cassini, looking 10 the making OF
reciprocity treaty under the terms of the
DingIey tariff act AS both countries are
large producers OF raw material and as
Russia is making enormous strides in the
development OF manufactures OF metals
and textiles II is with great difficulty that
the plenfpotentiaries can find articles to
form the basis OF tariff reductions for such
q treaty. A veXatiOus commodity, for IN
stance. Is sugar. which Russia IS produc-
ing in rapidly increasing quantities and
is now marketing in the United States. At
one phase In its production and its ex-
portatiOn this sugar receives substantial
aid from either the local or general Rus
sian government. Under strict cOnstruc
ton of the countervailing duty section Of
the Djngley act such bOunty-aided sugar is
liable TO a discriminatory duty. But the
United States government. on the urgent
Representations of the Russian govern
ment, has indefinitely suspended the exac-
ton OF such duties. For its part the Rus
sian government has refrained from impoS-
ing maximum (and in many cases pro-
hibitOry) duties on United States exports TO
Russia Now il IS intfmated that the situa-
ton is rather precarlous; that there Is
danger at any moment of a judicial de-
cisiOn or some executive action on one side
or the other that may destroy the amicable
news news received received on the Pscifc coast that
Russia Is contemplating an so per cent. in
crease of the duties on American Hour,
while the sugar arrangement Is by no
means permanent.
The Navy Department has received a
report from Commander B. +. Tilley, the
commandment OF the naval station at Pago-
Page, on the Island Of Tutila, Samoa
Peace and quietness. says Commander Til
ley. prevail everywhere among the natives,
and they are cbedient. tractable and In
dus6rious. Attention is being given to the
cultivation OF cOcoanuts and bananas, and
marked increase in the expectation or
copra is noted. number Of roads and
harbor entrances are said TO be suffering
for want of improvements, and Commando
er Tiliey says the natives would be much
encouraged by the expenditure of a few
thousand dollars by the government for
this purpose.
President and Mrs. Mckinley will go to
Baltimore ON Saturday 10 witness the mar
riage of Miss Lillian Gary. daughter of ex-
Postmaster General and Mrs. Gary, and
Robert c. Taylor. They will be accompa-
MED by nearly all the Cabinet officers and
their wives. The gentlemen of the party
will remain for breakfast, but early in tbs
afternoon viii leave for Philadelphia,
where the President and members of his
Cabinet will attend the annual banquet of
the Union League Club.
The proposition of jackson Lodge, No.
II. +. and A. NJ. of Seymour. for lease of
a room in Masonic Temple for "A postof-
fee at 5000 yearly from July, 1901. is &C
cepted by the Postoffice Department.
xxx
The pardon clerk OF the Department OF
Justice has made his annual report to the
attorney general 1t shows that for the
year ending June 30, 1900 the department
had before it TO cases. OF these 351 cases
were acted on by the President who denied
the applications In 13l eases. and extended
clemency in 20 cases. OF the latter he
pardoned eighty-one. Seventy-three SEN
fences were commuted Only two convict-
ed natonal-bank officers were pardoned,
one on account OF i'll health and the other
because the innocence OF the prisoner was
proven.
Admiral Van Reypen. surgeon general of
the navy, has received "a letter from the
surgeon in chargs of the United States
naval hospital at Yokohama, giving the
condition of several of the American of
ficers. 1t gives the first word as 20 Surgeon
Lippet. who had his leg fractured by a
bullet during the siege of Peking The
wound Is doing we'll. The bullet remains in
the thigh, close TO the point of fracture. 1t
mas been decided TO let the patient recover
An x-ray negative. taken on the British
hospital ship Maine, which brought DIR.
Llppet 10 Yokohama, shows that portions
OF the broken bone overlap. The wounded
surgeon Is described as looking we'll and
cneerIui. Lieutenant Taussig, who was
wounded while with Captain McCalla' 5
force. Is now walking about with the aid of
a cane His wound Is nearly closed and his
recovery Will be complete without the loss
OF power or shortening Of leg Captain
Andersen, OF the marine corps, has been Sc
Ferely Ill with dysentery. The commandment
speaks of the courtesy of the officers of
the british hospital ship Maine which
brought many OF the wounded from China
The Japanese officials have also been most
courteous TO the American patients, send
Ing them delicacies.
Emriah Weldo. an escaped lunatic, broke
into the room of the committee on public
buildings and grounds of the House of
Representatives at the Capitol at 1890 this
C1hursday) morning ard before he was
captured by the police had damaged furnI-
ture ana books to an estimated value OF
Sb0- He was turned over TO the CITY police
who say that he is an inmate of the gov.
eminent hospital for the insane