The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-09

listments at Knoxville in February were
larger than at any city in the United States
except New York.
Gen. s. NJ B. Young, who has just re-
turned from the Philippines and who is to
command the Department OF California.
paid President Mckinley a brief official
visit yesterday. He also called al the War
Department. General Young did not dis
cuss conditions in the Philippines with the
President, but FASTENED 10 the bedside of
his son-in-law. Major John I. knight, who
Is seriously H.
The reported increase of duties at Vlad-
livestock on American machinery, iron and
steel has not been made the subject of a
special communication to the State Depart
ment. II is supposed however, that the
imperial decree retaliating upon the United
States for the imposition of discriminating
duties on Russian sugar, already reported
has just reached the far East and that X
Is the basis of the news dispatch.
The commissions appointed TO select sites
in Washington for the proposed monuments
to Grant, Sheridan and Mcclellan, met yes
terday at Secretary Root office The lat
ter. by virtue of his position, is chairman
of each commission. Senator Wetmore is
also a member of each commission. Asso-
ciated with the secretary of war and Sen
atOr WetmOre are Gen. Grenville Dodge, on
the Grant commissions; General Corbin. on
the Sheridan commission, and General Rug
giles. on the Mcclellan commission. No de-
cisions have yet been reached.
The State Department has received from
United States Consul lngerSOll at Carta-
gena a copy or the decree issued Dy the
Colombian government fixing export du-
ties upon certain products of that country.
The duties are payable in the national pa
per currency of Colombia, which is rated
at 81 paper to 10 cents gold. Some of the
duties on the more important articles are
50 per 100 pounds on cleaned coffee. 50 on
manufactured tobacco, S. on crude rubber,
81 on raw cotton and SO on cattle hides. ores
and minerals are taxed $40 per metric ton.
The President to-day issued the follow
ing executive order: 1T is hereby ordered
that on Tuesday, the 9th inst, SUCH en-
plOyes of the executive departments, the
government printing office and the navy
yard and station served in the military
or naval service of the United States in
the late civil war or the Spansh~American
shall be excused from duty at o'clock
p. for the remainder of that day to en-
able them to participate in the exercises
of the unwilling of the statue erected TO
the memory of the late Gen. John "A. Lo-
gan.
General Grosvenor, of Ohio, who is MAX
ing the arrangements for the trip OF the
Ohio congressional delegation TO attend the
launching of the battleship Ohio at
San Francisco, was at the White House
yesterday in consultation with Secretary
private car and will go over different
route from either that of the President or
the Ohio gubernatorial party. They Will go
TO New Orleans from CINCINNATI and expect
TO join the residential party at Los Angeles,
Cal. The route of the return trip has not
been determined.
Postmaster General Smith has issued an
order strictly prohibiting the creation or
maintenance in any postoffice of a surplus
or emergency fund derived from fines or
from parts of salary withheld for any rea-
son and directing that any moneys thus de-
rived shall be regularly reported TO the de-
partment. The order is due to information
that has reached the postmaster general
recently that in some pOStofiices II has Tor
many years been the practice TO MAINTAIN
such fund for in furnishing supplies.
The postmaster general stamps such prac-
tice not only irregular but liable to
abuse.
Secretary Hay has issued a call for a
first meeting of the government commits
sion Of the Louisiana purchase exposition
for the Southern Hotel, ST. Louis April %
Secretary Long informed yesterday
that the torpedo boat Perry, built by the
Union iron works, of San Francisco, failed
TO meet contract speed requirements on
her recent official trial Under the con-
tract the vessel was required 10 develop q
speed of twenty-nine knots hour but
the best she could do on her trial run was
2S.2 knots per hour. The action of the de-
partment has not yet been determined, but
the vessel will probably be accepted sub
ject to slight deduction from the con-
tract price.
Governor Allen. of Porto Rico, to-day
had a long conference with Secretary
Root. The secretary was greatly interested
i'm the details of the organization of the
new Porto Rican regiment, which Will be
recruited from natives of the island. The
Governor made arrangements for exchanS-
ing the arms of the inSular police OF Porto
Rico This force numbers 600 men and has
proved very serviceable in Kidding the out
lying districts of bandits. They have been
given jurisdiction recently over towns hav-
ing less than 5000 inhabitants. They are
armed with old-fashioned SprinGfelds, but
by the arrangement made to-day these
will he exchanged for the latest pattern
of breech-loading carbines.