The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-28


Brunswick. Boone county. has been re-
scinded. thus continuing that Office.
XXX
Rural free delivery service has been or
dered established in Indiana Oct. /, as fol-
lows:
Lagrange County.-Three routes; length
SO miles; area covered, IA square miles;
population served. 2,302: carriers. M. r.
Musser, c. p. Daming, T.. d. Bixby.
Additional Services.-Thorntown, Boone
county; length of route, Is miles; area COW
cred, &c square miles. population served,
S2S: carrier, John w. Hines.
louisville. Boone County.-Length OF
route. p miles; area covered, "a SQUARE
miles; population served, eco; carrier, T. -.
Swernagen. Postofice at Big Springs to be
supplied by the rural carrier.
The controller of the currency has APP
proved the First National Bank of Chi
cage as a reserve agent for the First Ma
tional Bank of Michigan City. and the In
diana National Bank of indianapolis for
the First National Bank of Rushville.
A dispatch from General Macarthur,
dated at Manila to-day, reports the death
there of Second Lieutenant James ID. DAN
rer, Twenty-eight United States Volunteer
Infantry, caused by the accidental dis
charge of a pistol. Lieutenant Danner was
a. I VI tiiiiSytNdI1d III pitOA
service as a private in the Eighth Penn
Sylvania Volunteer infant during the
Spanish-American war.
XXX
The Census Office has lost track of one
OF Its travelling agents, William l.. Spald-
ing, of Washington. who was last heard Of
at Racine, Wis, on Sept. IL. In the inter-
val he was assigned to Grand Rapids,
Mich, and under his instructions should
have made daily reports during the ten
days which have since elapsed. In the
Census Office it is feared some accident
has befallen Mr.. Spalding.
The health of Secretary of State Hay has
improved rapidly of late, and it is said he
will return to Washington early next week
and resume the duties of his office. reliev-
ing DIR. Hill. the acting secretary. who has
been suffering from a malarial attack. As
sistant Secretary Adee said to-day that
Secretary Hay has been in constant COM
munication with the department during the
past month and personally shaped the Chi
nese negotiations in that period.
To-day's statement of the treasury bal
| ances in the general fund, exclusive of the
$50. 600. 900 gold reserve in the division of re-
demption, shows: Available cash balance,
slS6, 664, S3S; gold, $40, sol, 1893.
Patents have been issued to residents Of
Indiana as follows: w. Webster Collins,
Indianapolis. band cutter and feeder; John
a. Grove, Bluffton, operating mechanism
for washing machines: L.. p. Halliday,
Marion, computing scale: Erhard Hard
meyer. Kokomo. composition for convert
ing iron into steel; Elwood Haines and r.
Apperson, Kokomo, explosive engine;
Frank A. Headson. Lafayette. automatic
air va1ve for radiators. Rurt Hill. Auburn.
mail supplying and delivering apparatus;
John C.. Keil, Laporte. hernial truss; John
j. Murphy. Vincennes. strainer; Samuel r.
Perry, JefferSonville, device for transport
Wayne, fire hose; George III. Williams,
Marion, casting metallic bedsteads.
XXX
Rear Admiral John c. Watson, formerly
in command of the naval forces on the
Asiatic station, who arrived recently at
New York on the cruiser Baltimore, was
to-day assigned to duty as president of
the naval examining board at the Wash
ingtOn navy yard. Capt. A. w. Walker. nov
been ordered to this city for duty as a
member of the naval examining board.
Thomas Fitchie, commissioner of immi-
grafton of New York. has submitted his
annual report of the work done at the
New York station for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1900. That year marks the
close of the first ten years of federal con-
troll of immigration. The total number of
aliens arriving at the port of New York
for the year was 00.S42. In addition to
these there were 90, 100 American citizens
who came within the scope of the inspec-
ton process by reason of the fact that
they shipped In a manner TO secure tickets
at immigration rates and to save the usual
expenses. Nearly one-fourth of this num-
Der shipped as storage passengers.