The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-01


question. 1t Is addressed TO the secretary
of the navy and relates TO the wreck of
the Spanish steamship ,.Alphonso XIII.
which lies near the entrance to Mariel
harbor and Is sought to be broken up by
private enterprises.
An official of the State Department just
returned from Brazil has furnished some
interesting details in regard TO the recent
attempt of clique of Brazilian army off,
GERS to incite revolution and establish
monarchical government there. The plan of
action, the official says. was to create a
military riot in front rof the Presidents
palace. during which Campos Sellas was to
be assassnated. an officer of the revolu-
tionary band declared ruler and Brazil
proclaimed monarchy 1t seems. however.
army officer fully cognizant of the brewing
conspiracy, the President was at all times
aware of the plans and progress of the
revolutionists. Two very prominent gem
erals of the Brazilian army were involved
in the plot. but except for their small fol-
lowing. the army stood firm for the Pres
ident, and the project came to naught but
punishment for the offenders.
The President has decided TO appoint
Charles Barnes, at present vice and deputy
consul at Cologne. Germany, consul at that
place to succeed to the vacancy caused by
the recent death of his father, Consul John
A. Barnes. The new appointee is from
Illinois.
The House committee on merchant ma
rine and fisheries to-day approved the re-
port on the shipping bill prepared by Chair
man Grosvenor, who later presented it to
the House. 1t was decided, however, not
to make it public until Monday. when a
synopsis will be given out. The report it
self is very voluminous, making about $50
pages, and covers the whole subject OF
merchant shipping here and abroad. All
of the Republican members of the commit
tee concurred in the report. The Demo-
cratic members announced their purpose to
make a minority report, and were given
until April 20 to present it. 1t will be a
general dissent from the bill and will not
be accompanied by any substitute.
The coming census of live stock will I'M
dertake three new features-cla ssification
by age and partly by sex and use; account
of pure-blood animals and an enumeration
of stock not on farms and ranges, these
last amounting to several million head. The
age classification was undertaken in re-
spouse to a demand of the stock men, who
felt that the mere enumeration of animals,
regardless of age and use, was about
useless as a count of inhabitants without
distinction OF age sex, color and occupa-
ton. They expressed a desire to secure
basis for calculating the approximate num-
Der of live stock and the productive capac-
ity of the entire mass of cattle or sheep for
any particular season, and the schedules
have been prepared to meet their wishes.
The Senate to-day confirmed the follow
| ing nominations: w. H. Chamberlain, of
| Chicago to be assistant commissioner of
| patents; Captain c. S. Cotton, to be rear
| admiral in the navy.
Governor Steunenberg, of Idaho, to-day
| called at the War Department and pre-
| sented in person to Secretary Root the pc
| tition to which he referred while under ex-
animation before the House committee on
military affairs in favor of the retention of
| the federal troops I'm the disturbed mining
districts. The Governor had refused to
produce the petition before the committee
| until he Ind first submitted il to the secre-
tary OF war. to whom il addressed.
| The petition bears about $500 signatures
| and recites that all the signers citizens
| OF Idaho and Of the county of Shoshone
and the Occur Alene mining district. They
| petition that the secretary of war allow the
small force of federal troops to remain in
| the quarters provided for them and occu-
pied by them at the town of Osborn, ShO-
shone county, for as long a time as Cover
| nor Steunenberg may think their presence
necessary for the preservation of peace and
| order. The citizens also express their ap-
| prevail of all the acts that had been done
| by the Governor and the officials of their
| State to preserve peace and order and to
| bring criminals TO Justice.
The petition says that some of the acts
| of the State authorities may appear to
people at distance to be drastic and Sc
we're, but the signerS, who familiar with
| the conditions which existed for several
years prior to the declaration of martial
| law last May know that drastic measures
| were necessary to stop the band of con-
sprators who, shielding themselves behind
| the name of labor organizations, had Gre
ated a reign of terror and tyranny seldom
| equaled in the history of the community.
| In conclusion the signers beg to state that
| the efforts of the Governor and the State
| officials, assisted by the military authori-
| ties. have brought peace and good order
| to the district and given an impetus to all
| business interests and sense of safety 10
| all people which are highly appreciated and
| for which the signers are grateful.
Representative Spight of Mississippi. has
| introduced a bill amending the revenue law
| so as to exempt written instruments, bills
| of exchange, drafts. promissory notes. ETC..
| from the requirement of being stamped
until the amount exceeds 500.
| Representative Young, of Pennsylvania,
| to-day presented favorable report from
| the committee on merchant marine on the
| bill changing the name of the steamship
| Paris to Philadelphia.
Inc contract lor carrying mali from san
| Francisco to Sydney, N. s. W., Australia,
| touching at Honolulu. Apia or some other
| port in the Samoan islands and Auckland,
| N. h., will be awarded by the Postoffice
| Department the Oceanic Steamship
| Company. of San Francisco, of which John
| d. Spreckels is president. This company
now has the contract and the only
! one which sumbitted a bid. The compen-
! sation will amount to about $4,000 a round
| trip. seventeen trips each year. The con-
| tract was for ten years from Nov. l, 1900
The amount of old bonds so far received
at the treasury for exchange for the new
| twos is s195 1885, $50. of which amount s21-
| 915,500 was received from individuals and
| institutions other than national banks