The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-05
Exact Terms of the Agreement to Re-
main Secret, Until All the Nego-
gotiatfons Are Completed.
SUFFERS DEMANDS PRUNED
AND THE RESOLUTION OF INQUIRY
PASSED BY THE HOUSE.
Secretary Gage Anxious for a Full In
lions by the Senate.


cent note of the State Department respect
| ing the open door in China. Although Italy
was the last of the powers addressed to
return an answer to Secretary Hays over
lures, that government really was more
prompt than any other in the negotiations.
This is explained by the fact that the
| Italian government was addressed on the
| subject some time after the other CONT
| mental nations had ii under consideration,
owing to the fact that our ambassador.
| Mr.. Draper was away from his post on
leave of absence in the United States when
the identical note of instructions was sent
out, and it was regarded as best to make
no departure from the rule which had
been adopted in the case Of other govern
ments of addressing them through the
| United States representatives at the for
eign capitals. Immediately on Mr. ORA
per's return to Rome. at a not distant date
| in the past, he laid the matter before the
| Italian government, which, therefore. has
acted with more promptness than most of
the other powers. The agreements have
| not been reduced to their final form, but
the State Department will now enter on
the task of putting them into the shape
| of precis, and as in each case the agree
ment to the principles involved in our invi-
/ tation is returned in unequivocal terms,
according to the department officials. it
is not anticipated that any difficulty will
be experienced in accomplishing this work
satisfactorily. Pending that outcome, the
State Department does not intend to make
any statement for the public as to the
exact terms Of the agreements, though it
is admitted that the ground has been COW
cred with unusual accuracy in the press
reports up to this point.
| To-day's statement of the condition of
the treasury shows: Available cash bal
ance, s2Sl, .026; gold reserve, $236, 767, 800
l
The Senate committee on fortign rela-
tons to-day offered favorable report
upon the bill creating a territorial govern
ment for Hawaii. A few notifications of
| the original bill were made the most i'm
portant being the valuation of the sale of
| lands since the annexation and fixing the
| tenure of the Supreme Court judges at
| nine years. The provision for a delegate
in Congress remains in the bill.
| Chairman Cannon, of the appropriations
committee of the House. to-day announced
| the following subcommittee: Sundry civil,
| Cannon, Moody, Hemenway, McRae and
Allen; legislative, Bingham, Hemenway.
| Pugh, Livingston and Taylor: District of
/ Columbia, Grout, Bingham, McLeary, AL
len and Benton; Notifications. Hemenway,
| Pugh, Littauer, McRae and Bell; deficien-
| cies, Cannon, Barney, Van Voorhees,, Liv-
ingston and Pierce; permanent appropria-
| tons, Moody, Grout, Littauer, Pierce and
| Taylor. IS
| The President to-day sent to the Senate
| the nomination of Frank Simmons, to be
| United States marshal for the Southern
/ district of Alabama.
The Lawton fund to-day reached s45,o97
The Senate to-day confirmed these nomi-
nations: E. v. Morgan. of New York, to be
| secretary of the legation at Seoul, Korea;
| John Webre, naval officer of customs. New
| Orleans; j. A. Thornton, collector of Gus
toms. District of Teche, La; c. ]. Robb.
| surveyor of customs port of Michigan
City, Ind; Brigadier General Lloyd Wheat
| on, L. s. V, to be major general by
brevet; Brigadier General ]. c. Bates, U.
Young, Lieut. Col. Arthur Macarthur and
| Lieutenant Colonel William Ludlow to be
| brigadIer generals.
| The Senate committee on Cuba held its
first meeting to-day. No action was taken,
| but there was a general discussion of the
| attitude of the United States towards the
4
| be favoraDIe to the Teller amendment
| promising independence to the Cubans as
| soon as pacific conditions should be re-
| stored. There was some talk of having the
| committee make trip to Cuba for the
| purpose Of investigating conditions there,
but no conclusion was reported.
II. ID. Frissel, principal of the Hampton
| Va.) Normal and Industrial Institute, ap-
peared before the Industrial Commission
4 Of he Of he
| colOred people and industrial conditions in
/ the South. The small farms rapidly in
| creasing he said, and in many sections
| the condition of the negro Is better than
| to break away from the lien system of
| crops and wages are small Although the
| South has spent one hundred million dol
| lars on public education for negroes, one
| third of the race has actually refrigerated,
| one-tihrd is where 1t was at the beginning
| of the and the remainder have ad-
| vanced. Negroes, he said have been taught
| tina their salvation will be found through
/ political means rather than by hard work.
| Commissioner Wilson, Of the Internal
| Revenue Bureau, has decided that a physi-
| clan who prescribed and sells to his pa
| tents whisky, brandy, wine any other
| alcoholic liquor that is not compounded
| into a medicine by the admixture of any
| drug or medical ingredient Herewith is
required to pay special tax retail
| liquor dealer. even though the alcoholic
| liquor thus furnished be prescribed as a
medicine only and so used
Senator Clay has introduced bill grant
| ing a pension of $50 per month to Annie E.
! Brumby, mother of Admiral Dewey's flag
| lieutenant.
| The commerce committee of the Senate
has presented a favorable report on Sem
| ator Fryes bill directing the secretary of
| the treasury TO prescribe and enforce reg
| ulations governing the boarding of vessels
| in seaports of the United States. Senator
| Elkins, from the same committee, has re-
DO ted favorably bills to extend the laws
| relating to commerce, navigation and
merchant seamen over Porto Rico and Ha-
wall.
| In the executive session of the Senate
| to-day there was brief discussion of the
promotion of General Macarthur. The de-
cision grew out OF inquiry by Senator
Pettigrew as TO what the general had done
! to entitle him such distinction had
been conferred upon him. The inquiry was
responded to by Senators Hawley. Carter
| and others, who explained that General
| McArthur's record had been uniformly
| good from the time OF the civil war until
| and including the present campaign in the
| Philippines. After these explanations the
| nomination was confirmed without an OPP
posing vote.
complete revision and codidcation OF
l