The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-21
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
Action OF Congressional Committees
General and Personal.

-Generaf and P~ersOua1.
The secretary Of the treasury. has re-
ceived a conscience contribution of $500 in
an envelope postmarked GAINESVILLE & Ma
rietta co. Railway mail.
Statements that Gen. Harrison Gray Otis
was seeking the Office or pension commits
sioner were last night denied by General
Otis, who says they were without a shadow
or foundation.
Senator Teller yesterday gave notice of
ar amendment he will propose 10 the st.
| Louis exposition bill. requiring the man.
agement TO close the gates Of the institu-
ton on Sunday
Wilson NJ. Day, of Cleveland, O., trustee
Of the New York State Chautauqua, has
invited the President TO spend a portion of
The summer at Chautauqua. The Presi-
dent said ne hoped TO attend the Pam
American exposition at Buffalo during the
summer and would try to stop off a short
time at C~hautauqua.
As a result OF several conferences be.
tween the secretary of war and the Cuban
economic commission correspondence has
been opened with General Wood, at Ha-
vana, with a view to the creation of Il
jcint commission Tor the revision OF the
will consist Of five members. three repre-
sentatives of the United States and two
representing Cuba.
| The State Department has received a note
from the legation of Sweden and Norway
stating hat the managers OF the Nobel
fund of Stockholm have been authorized
10 correspond directly with interested par
ties abroad without using the channel OF
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Stock
holm. The fund is divided into prizes for
the most important invention in physical
science, chemistry, medicine and literary
work
The Senate committee on foreign rela-
tons took adverse action on the resolution
heretofore introduced by Senator Morgan
declaring the right of the United Sattes TO
proceed with the construction of the Mic
aragua canal. regardless of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty. The reason given for the
committees action was that it would be
discourteous TO Great Britain to take this
action while the H-ay-Pauncefote treaty is
still pending before the British govern
ment.
The ways and means committee of the
House held a lengthy session yesterday,
but did not have occasion to take I'D the
revenue reduction bill, as the conferees
were not ready to make any statement on
its prospects. The tariff reduction bill of
Mr.. Babcock. taking off the duties on most
of the articles in the iron and steel sched-
ule of the Dingley act was referred to the
| subcommittee on customs. 1t is hardly ex-
pected that anything can be done on a
measure of this far-reaching character at
this late day of the session.
DIR. Carlos Sileva, the Colombian minister
of foreign affairs, appeared at the State
Department yesterday at the instance of
acting Secretary Hill, to arrange for the
presentation of his credentials as minister
of Colombia to Washington. The new min
lister will be received at the White House
in a day or two. He is accompanied to
Washington by Senior Tomaz Herran, his
secretary of legation, and Minister Ford.
an English engineer, who is attached to
the Ministry in the capacity of expert adj
wiser in matters pertaining to canal con-
| struction
William N. Penfield, solicitor of the State
Department, is quoted in a Washington
special to the New York World as saying
of the House resolution regarding the ex-
portation of American horses and mules by
the British government for military uses
in South Africa: "A citizen of a neutral
country hay sell goods that may be held to
be contraband to a belligerent. but the
country purchasing them must take
chances of the goods being seized. 1t is
not a violation of the laws of neutrality for
a citizen of a neutral country to sell con-
tIaband goods"
Ambassador Choate has cabled the Stale
Department a brief outline of the interview
yesterday between himself and Lord Lans-
downc respecting the pending Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty. For obvious reasons the text
of the communication is withheld. 1t 3
Hoped that the British government, before
the expiration of the date allowed for the
exchange of the ratification of the treaty,
namely March 4, will take action, either
directly upon the Senate amendments
Themselves, or in the direction of extend
Ing the time limit, so as to continue the
tendency of the treaty.
More than loo sailors and Marines. TIE
biggest contingent the navy has had III
Washington since the civil war, will march
in the inaugural parade. In addition to
the Dolphin, the Sylph, the big double
turreted monitor Puritan, the Dixie. the
Hartford, the Topeka and the Lancaster
have been ordered to Washington to. par
ticipate in the ceremonies. The big ships
cannot all reach the capital because of
their draft, but they will be anchored IL
the Potomac, probably off Alexandria,
making a pretty naval display, for they
will be handsomely dressed with flags by
day and illuminated by electricity at night.
Ir pursuance of a special act of Con-
gress, Ensign Everett Hayden, u. s. N, re-
tired, has been appointed a lieutenant on
the active list in the same relative position
he would have occupied had he not been
retired. Ensign Hayden was retired on ac-
count of disabilities. While on detached
service making geological surveys he fell
over a precipice and broke his leg. The ac-
ton of Congress in authorizing his restor-
ing to the active list is said to be largely
due to a recent opinion of the attorney
general that an officer physically disquali-
fled for sea service need not necessarily be
retired If competent to perform naval duty
on shore. Owing to the loss of his leg
Lieutenant Hayden will be assigned per-
manently TO shore duty.
The Senate committee on military af-
fairs yesterday completed consideration of
the army appropriation bill. The committee
Endorsed the action of it's m in
adding the Spooner Philippine amend
ment to the bill. The also in
serted an amendment providing that APP
pointments under the army Reorganization
law, TO fill original vacancies in the grade
of captain in the quartermaster's. subsist-
ence and pay departments may be made
from any officers of volunteers commits
stoned since April p. 1873, and now in the
service. Another amendment strikes out
the appropriation of $1,000, coo to pay SOL
diers' deposits, made by the bill as it
passed the House, ard appropriateS $50 900
to pay interest on the deposits.