The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-13

at $500, in the several mining States.
These officers are to make assays, issue
bulletins and conduct experiments OF min
ing regions. -
The President to-day sent the following
nominations TO the Senate:
To be commissioners Of the United States
TO the international exposition at Paris;
Bertha Honore Palmer, of illinois,: Brutus
j. Clay, OF Kentucky; Charles A. Collier.
of Georgia.; Michael II. De Young. of Cali
fornia; VIM. Z. Elkins, of Pennsylvania;
o. H. Fethers, of Wisconsin; Peter Jansen.
of Nebraska; Calvin Manning, of Iowa;
Franklin Murphy. of New Jersey; Henry
A. Parr, OF Maryland; Henry NJ. Putney.
of New Hampshire; Alvin H. Sanders, of
Illinois; Louis Sterns. of New York; VIM.
G. Thompson. of Michigan: VIM. NJ. Thorn
ton. OF Virginia; Arthur E. Valois. of New
York; Thomas F. Walsh. of Colorado.
Navy-Lieutenants to be lieutenant COM
manders: III. NJ. Witzel. r. T. Hall, A G.
Winterhalter: passed assistant surgeon to
be surgeon: r. p. Cransall; passed assist
ant paymaster to be paymaster: Richard
Hatton.
Postmasters-Charles Laramore, at Knox,
Ind; n. B. La Paugh, at Chester Ill.
The Senate to-day confirmed the nomina-
tion of Mrs. Palmer to be commissioner
to the Paris exposition.
A bill was introduced in the Senate to-
day by Senator Foster, of Washington,
providing for the construction of govern
ment cable line from the United States to
the Philippines. The distinguishing feature
of the bill is that it requires that the cable
shall be laid from some point on the coast
of Washington, and that it shall run via
Alaska and north of the Aleutian islands to
the Island of Attu and thence to the boun-
dary line between Russia and Japan and
pines. An independent cable from San
Francisco to Hawaii is provided for.
The subcommittee of the Senate commit
tee on judiciary, which has been consider
ing the nomination of Judge Ewart, of
North Carolina, to be United States district
judge in that State. to-day made a report
to the full committee adverse to Judge
Ewart. The full committee discussed the
nomination at some length but postponed
action for a week.
The appropriations committee of the
House to-day completed and reported the
executive. legislative and judicial appro-
priation bill, one of the most important of
the supply bills, and carrying the salaries
of officials in all branches of the public
service. The estimates submitted aggre-
gated $25019,269 and the bill appropriates
So, 4S71. The bill is voluminous and taken
up with the detailed salaries. The changes
are comparatively few.
According to an order issued by the Navy
Department to-day, Commander Richard
Wainwright will be detached from duty in
charge of ships at the Naval Academy
March IA and assume the duties of superin-
tendent of the Naval Academy. Senior in
rank to Commander Wainwright will be
relieved and succeeded by others of rank
Junior to the new superintendent before
the date set for the latter to take charge OF
the academy. =
The postoffice at Wilmouth, Tex, has
been ordered discontinued from Feb. IA
next. This action was taken by the Post
office Department as a result Of representa-
tions by the postmaster there that he
wished to resign because Of open threats
that he would be assassinated. The post
office officials have no other information in
regard to the case.
The President has issued an executive
order placing the Island of Tutuila under
the control of the Navy Department. AS
sistant Secretary Allen is charged with the
administration Of this and other islands
under the jurisdiction of the Navy Depart
ment
Secretary Gage to-day directed that there
be covered into the treasury to the creu..
of the conscience fund $780, This amount
was received in an envelope unaccompan-
led by letter, and was postmarked Toledo,
O., Jan. q. The amount has been held at
the treasury for several weeks pending the
possible arrival of some information con-
cerning it. but as this has not come it is
supposed to be conscience contribution
and is so treated.
A statement prepared at the Postofice
Department of the gross postal receipts for
January, 1900, as compared with the re-
ceipts for the same month of the preceding
year, shows an unusually large percentage
of increase. The total receipts were s4.037.-
s1s. an increase of s3ss, ,6s3 or 1915 per cent
Senator Money to-day introduced a Joint
resolution in the Senate requiring that
where word or phrase In a foreign lam
guage is usea in any document printed by
the government its equivalent ''in the Eng
lish of the United States shall also be in
serted.