The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-01
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. April SO.-Earl NJ.
Belcher was to-day appointed a substitute
clerk in the South Bend postofice.
Major Charles Il. Hall. Second Infantry.
has been ordered from West Point. n. Y.
to Marion. Ind. on business connected
with the United States Military Academy.
Additional rural free delivery routes will
be established June l next at Shelbyville,
Shelby county. Length of route. 5Sl. miles;
area covered. 40 square miles; population
served. 1875; number of houses on route.
Az; carriers. a. NJ. Wood and L. II. Clapp.
The bond of Luther o. Edison. as post
master at Minetree. Morgan county. was
approved and his commission issued to-
day.
Judge Hayden grows slowly weaker.
Indiana postmasters were appointed to-
day as follows: Murray. Wells county, J..
Raglesville. Daviess county, y. Nj. Clark,
vice j. Il. Myers, removed.
The Postoffice Department has issued a
general order announcing that hereafter all
mails for the Philippines. whether military,
civil or official, Will be forwarded to San
Francisco for dispatch by means of steam
ers sailing from that port.
Governor Dole, Of Hawaii. has submitted
TO the Interior Department a list OF GER
tain lands IN Hawaii disposed OF at HilO.
Hawaii. by public auction, under advertise
ments dated Aug. 1. 1900. Governor Dole
says that about two hundred lots Of fifty
acres each were sold at upset prices. rang
Ing from II 10 81 per acre. under certain
specified conditions.
The Indian Bureau has completed plans
Tor the new Sherman Institute az River
side, Cal. Which il expected to be one Of
the finest buildings in the Indian school
service. IL will cost $4,000 and
gate go TO 400 pupils. The cornerstone will
De laid in July, and Representative She
man, OF New York. has been invited to
make the dedication speech.
Inc state Department has received from
Ambassador Tower. at ST. Petersburg. a
translation OF The Russian laws relating TO
the rights OF foreigners in that country
AND the conditions under which Jews arr
permitted TO settle there. Two of the pro-
visions are that natives OF Korea and China
are prohibited from settling on the frontiers
q. Russia. and that foreign Jews. with the
exception OF Jews from Central Asia. arc
come Russian subjects.
In reference 10 IN application of dis
charge by purchase received from authori-
ties in the Department OF Cuba. the an
nouncement is made that the privilege of
discharge by purchase has been SUSPENDED
by The secretary OF war until further or
ders.
At the suggestion of the State Depart-
ment the Colombian government. through
its minister here. DIR. Silva. Is now present
Ing all the papers relating To the Panama
canal route directly 10 the Isthmian canal
commission. OF which Admiral Walker is
Chairman. instead OF To- the State Depart
ment.
To-day was the last day OF Cen. J. NJ
Wilson's official career as chief of enEineers
of the army As has been stated hereto
fore. he Is retired on his own application in
order to permit the promotion ard rotlre-
ment OF Colonies Robert and Barlow. OF
the corps or engineers. These two officers
will be appointed chief OF engineers I'm the
order named tomorrow. They both will be
retired Immediately and General Gillespie
appointed chief OF engineers at once.
An eleven-inch Harveyized armor plate.
representing $50 tons OF the arm0r for the
monitor Florida. Vas tested with good re-