The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-11


Senator Fairbanks presented in the SEN
ate to-day petitions from the Commercial
Club OF Indianapolis and Advance Grange,
No. zOl, of Fremont, Ind, urging the
enactment OF legislation increasing the
scope and power of the Interstate-com-
merce Commission.
The President to-day sent the following
nominations to the Senate: To be assist
ant surgeons In the Marine Hospital Serv-
ice: Thomas d. Berry, of Texas; B. II.
Earle, of South Carolina; NJ. w. Glover,
OF West Virginia; B. j. Lloyd, of Texas;
John d. Long, of Pennsylvania; Allan ].
Mclaughlin, of New Jersey.
The secretary of the navy has recon-
mended to the President that he exercise
executive clemency in the case Of Capt
Bowman NJ. McCalla, who was reduced sew
eral numbers on the navy list some years
ago by sentence of court-martial, and thus
restore him to the place he originally occu-
pied. This action has been taken in view
Of Captain McCalla's gallant and meritor-
ious services during the Spanish war and
because of the written statement of all his
classmates who will be affected by his
restoration that they would be glad to see
him restored. The offense for which Cap
tain McCalla was reduced was committed
by him about eight years ago. when, in
command of the Enterprise, he struck a
mutinous sailor with the fiat of his sword.
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The surgeon general Of the Marine Hos
pital Service has received the following
from Surgeon Gassaway, dated San Fran
cisco, March 8: Chinatown released from
quarantine to-day. Board of Health begins
house to house inspection tomorrow with
fourteen physicians. Estimated population,
twenty-five thousand; area, twelve city
blocks. The animals subjected to bacterio-
logical tests at the United States quaran-
tine station, with cultures from China
town suspect, are all we'll at s o'clock. No
new cases." -
AS some uneasiness had been caused in
the West by various propositions to revise
the public-land laws, the House committee
on public lands to-day adopted the follow
ing resolution, offered by Mr.. Mondell, 'os
Wyoming:
Resolved. That in order to dispose OF
legislative suggestions which at the pres
not prepared to act upon, and to facilitate
the consideration Of other important mat
ters before the committee, all bills having
for their object the general cession of the
public domain to the States and Territories
or the general leasing OF the public graz
ing lands be disposed of by laying the same
on the table,"
Vice Consul Monaghan. at Chemnitz. re-
ports to the State Department that owing
to the increased importation of American
machines into Germany the total value of
the imports Of machinery increased from
So 472 900 in 1890 to s13, ,32S. 900 in 1898. The
vice consul transmits two newspaper re-
ports touching on American trade with
Germany. The first appeals to the Ger
man shoe manufacturers to combine to Sc
cure an increase of the tariff on shoes to
20 per cent in order to ward off the inva-
sion of American shoes. Another extract
inveighs severely against the German Of
ficials who awarded contract for twenty
American locomotives. charging that the
Americans made their bid appear lower
than the German bidders by omitting the
tariff, amounting to about $1,000 on each
locomotive. This business trick is
verely criticised and there is also refer
ence to American locomotives as being in
ferior, being locomotives built by the
Dozen" The vice consul, however, says
that this duplication of parts in American
machinery is really a great virtue. while
the Bureau of Foreign Commerce points
out that the American companies which
bid upon the locomotives corrected the bid
to compensate for the tariff before the
awards were made.
Consul General Gunther reports the con-
viction at Frankfort Of German manu-
facturer of fruit syrups for adulteration
Under date of Dawson City, Jan. IA, Vice
Consul Morrison reports that nineteen ex-
petitions have left Dawson for Cape Nome
since Dec. 4 last, and soon as the weather
moderates many more will start. The pop
ulation of Dawson is six thousand less
than last year. Late news from Nome con-
firms the reports of the richness Of the
district, and announces new finds in the
interior but lack of fuel prohibits these
being worked in winter. Typhoid fever has
appeared with increasing mortality. In
Dawson the revenue from liquor permits
for the year is placed at 100000. Saloon
licenses are worth 1850 per annum. Prices
are still up. The profits on drugs are
placed at 800 per cent. gross. Beer is worth
500 a barrel and whisky from $40 to $50 per
gallon. Owing to the flooding of the mines
| the gold output may be kept down. It is
estimated that between SIS, 100000 and $780,
OOO,vvo will comprise the output for the
Dawson City district.
To-day's statement of the condition Of
| the treasury shows: Available cash bal
ance, 1901, ,927, ,15s; gold reserve. s241, .79S.
| In the House to-day Mr.. Fitzgerald, OF
| Massachusetts, introduced a resolution d.
| recting the secretary Of the navy to fur
| nish the House such information as he may
| be able to obtain relative to the building
| of warships in the government yards Of
| foreign countries, and also to supply the
names and cost of vessels built in the navy
yards of the United States during the post
| twenty years.
| The House committee on postoffices con-
| tinued the hearing to-day on the extension
| of the pneumatic-tube service to a number
| Of large cities. Postmaster Dickerson, of
| Detroit, and representatives of several
| business associations OF Chicago speaking
| for the extension.
| Representative Mahon. of Pennsylvania.