The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-06

was great surprise to the officials of the
Department of Justice. Attorney General
Grggs spoke of the decision as unwar-
ranted by the law of the facts and said
that under ii violators of the laws OF the
United States could escape punishment
except by chance they were apprehended
in the district where the offense was COM
mitted. Solicitor General Richards char
acterizes the decision as outrageous. and
said that il would defeat the ends or
Justice in a very large number OF criminal
cases. The criminal statutes he said. could
not be enforced if Judge Browns decision
were allowed TO stand. 1t is learned that
the government will take steps In an at
tempt to nullify the decision
Mr.. Platt of Connecticut. chairman of
the committee on relations with Cuba,
said to-day speaking of conditions in Cuba,
that there was not a man, so far as ne
knew i'm either Senate or House, who did
not, in good faith, intend TO carry out the
letter and spirit of the Cuban Intervention
resolution. He said that such was also
the belief of all the better classes In Cuoa.
Attorney Birney continued his testimony
in the case of Senator Clark. of Montana,
before the Senate committee to-day. he
was followed by Roger Foster, in Clarks
behalf who denounced the prosecution
against Clark. Congressman Camppeli was
denounced in unmeasured terms "a was
Speaker Stiff.
r. r. Rogers, bookkeeper in the Bunker
Hill mine, and Warden Coakley, who had
charge of the ''bull pen," were the Wit
nesses before the Occur 'Alene investiga-
ton committee to-day. Rogers was pres
ent when the mill was blown up and was
shot during the ARRAY. He gave graphic
detailed description of the exciting events.
Warden Coakley told of his management or
the prison, denying charges OF bad food and
bad treatment. He said the men were Well
fed, were supplied with good coverings and
clothing and he knew OF no instance III
which men were abused. He also sub
mitted a detailed record of the men In
prison.
The disposition of the warden's report OF
the prisoners in the "bull PEN caused ex-
tended controversy and by vote or TO 4
| the committee finally ordered the book
printed a part of the record OF the IN
vestigation Warden Coakley stated oeiore
| leaving the stand that he acted under the
| orders of the military officers who were In
| charge of the prison. AT no time, ne SAID
| was the service of priest or minister ue-
| MED to a prisoner, as had been charged
He denied that the troops had used such
harshness toward one Johnson, an inmate
| as to make him insane, as was charged.
| He also took up the various other cnarses
| i'm connection with the "bul pen ana eH-
| plained or contradcted them. During his
| entire service in charge, he said, ne never
| saw soldier use bayonet or indulge IN
| threats. profanity or abuse TOWARD any
| prisoner.
bill was introduced in the Senate by
Senator Hawley authorizing the secretary
| of war to make surveys for the establish
ment of camp grounds in the North, East.
south and West for the training of soldiers
| of the United States and the National
| Guard The bill provides that the camps.
| when established, shall be supplied with all
modern conveniences.
Senator Gear to-day introduced an amend
! ment to the postoffice appropriation bill fix
| ing eight hours as the length of the work
| ing day for clerks in postoffices and provid-
| ing for extra pay for additional hours.
|
The House committee on labor heard ar
| guments to-day on the eight-hour bill, ex-
Secretary of the Navy Herbert and Mr..
! McColla in behalf of the Midvale Steel
| Company and a number of other organiza-
| tons having government contracts, speak
| ing against the bill, and Mr.. Fursueth, Of
| the legislative committee of the Federation
| of Labor, speaking in support of 1t.
| Secretary HAY has addressed a vigorous
| protest to the Turkish government against
| the proposed application of an edict exclud-
I ing American pork from Turkey. The note
| enters an emphatic denial of the pretense
| of the EMBELLISHMENTS set up against our
| pork as a basis for the exclusion and point
| edly makes it necessary for the Turkish
| government to support its contention by
| adequate evidence before 1T can enforce the
| edict without serious results. The officials
| here are confident, as the result or the
/ complete failures of the German health OF
/ ficers to make good such assertions respect
| ing our meats, that the Turkish govern
| ment can make no better showing
| The amount of bonds so far received at
| the Treasury for exchange for the new 2
per cents is s217.s72, $50. of which SIG. $50
| came from individuals or institutions other
| than national banks.
| The War Department is completing ar
rangements for the transportation of troops
and supplies to the military posts in Alas
1 ka. Two transports have been assigned to
| that service and negotiations are in prog
| ress for the purchase of another vessel,
| which is to be assigned permanently to the
Alaska military station under the orders of
| General Randall. The Rosecrans, formerly
| the Columbia, left San Francisco few
| DAYS ago for Seattle where she Will take
| on supplies for Valdez. and she will be soon
| followed north by the Badger, formerly a
| naval collier, which has been rechristened
the Lawton. in honor of that name.
| Lieutenant Gilmore has successfully
| passed his examination for promotion to
| the grade of lieutenant commander In the
| navy
! In view of the greatly increased CORE
| spondence between this country and France
| during the coming exposition the postal
| authorities desire TO call attention TO the
/ subject of short-paid letters. Attention
/ has been frequently called to the fact that
| a very large proportion OF the mail matter
| sent to foreign countries is deficient to
/ postage. The receivers of such letters are
| compelled TO pay double the ordinary rate.
| and IL has been found that after receiving
| quantity of such short-paid matter the
| addresses frequently issue orders that all
| short-paid American letters shall not be
delivered to them. Travellers are often in
convenienced by having their letters, which
| are ordered sent TO some boarding house or
| other place. TO await their arrival. refused
| by reason of the double postage which must
be paid on them. Another cause of delay
| and loss of letters Is the use by Americans
| of forms of written characters unfamiliar
/ to French German and other postal en-
| ployes. All envelopes should be addressed
| either with typewriter or by the pen in
imitation of printed letters. Attention Is
| called to the fact that the letter rate Is
| cents per one-half ounce on foreign mail
A. large number of letters are found TO
bear only one 2-cent stamp
Consul Victor f. Nelson. at Bergen. has
supplied the State Department some facts