The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-03

essary provision In the naval appropriation
bill now pending shall become a law and In
case he meets the requirements thereof.
In view of the attention which has been
attracted 10 the proceedings at Annapolis,
yesterday a statement was solicited at the
Navy Department touching the reference
made In Secretary Longs speech t.. the
IL Is stated that the secretary, seeking
to stimulate the ambition of the young
cadets. referred TO the great victory OF the
American fleet at Manila under
OF Dewey and at Santiago under the COM
rnand of Sampson. He then. .perceiving
on the stand and seated near him. three
or the war captains. pointed toward them
and named Cook, Evans and
as men who had by their achievements
added luster to the bright history OF the
by the cadets. There was no intention to
connect directly and I'm one class Dewey,
Sampson and Cook.
Charles b. Rich. who has been private
secretary to Assistant Secretary Vanderlip.
will be designated as private secretary TO
Secretary Gage when Milton Allies enters
upon his duties as assistant secretary 10
Mr.. Nanderlip. Mr.. Rich Is from Illinois
and is the youngest man who ever held
the important office of private secretary TO
a Cabinet officer. His promotion Is In line
with secretary Cages system of promotion
for merit.
The postmaster Of San Francisco has
advised the superintendent of foreign mails
OF the POstoffice Department of the amount
OF mail saved from the steamer Rio ia
Metro, which was wrecked at the Golden
Gate Feb. p. There were, IL Is said, about
5000 letters, OF which 400 were for foreign
destinations. two bags of European regis
tered letters and thirty-three domestic
registered letters rescued. The amount of
mail which the Rio Janeiro Carried is not
known, but ordinarily the mail baggage
consisted Of 200 sacks.
Despite the general impression that gas
light will be superseded by electricity,
United States Consul Richard Guenther,
at Frankfort. in a communication TO the
State Department, says new gas COM
panies are being organized and the older
plants increased in capacity. In
gas is produced from hard coal, while in
America water gas is chiefly used. Five
cubic meters of German gas produce a
candle power Of from thirteen TO fourteen
lights per hour. while the carbureted
water gas in America furnishes from TWEEN
ty-six to thirty for the same quantity and
time. Statistical reports show that the
consumption of gas In the different cities
of the United States is much larger than
that of cities OF the same size in Germany.
The consul general says the entire cleo
trio lighting Of the world to-day is esti-
mated at not more than 20 per cent. OF
that of gas.
Senator Culberson, of Texas, has been
very much annoyed by the actions OF a
man who is travelling about the country
and borrowing money upon the representa-
ton that he is either the senator him.
self or the senator's brother. Letters have
been received from various places in the
State OF New York and from Chicago
and Louisville. Ky, representing that re-
cent calls have been made upon prominent
people by the individual in question. He
frequently selects for his victim X-mem
bers of the House of Representatives who
knew the senator's father there, and APP
pears 10 have no difficulty in securing
fair-sized sums from them. Senator Gull
berson says that he has only one brother,
Robert L. Culberson. who resides in San
Antonio. Tex, and that he Ohe s~enator)
has not been travelling recently. He asks
that friends of his advance no money to
others on his account.
Germany recently appointed her first sal
aried consul to Central America, accredited
to the State of Nicaragua with a consulate
to be established at Managua. Beside
this salaried consul. says United States
Consul Diederich. at Bremen, In a report
TO the State Department, there are at
present I'm Central America fifteen German
cOnsuls, vice consuls and consular agents,
whose duty il is to look after the interests
of at least 1900 German residents and bust
ness firms there. They are paid by fees.
In closing his report Consul Diederich
which Germany is planting on this CONT
nent. SAYING: Those who are familiar
with the t-horoughness of German methods
generally, with the wonderful progress this
nation has been making during the past
dozen years in almost every field of hu-
man activity, and know how alert IL is to
extend it's trade into every quarter OF the
globe, need not be told that the %reorgani-
cation of the German consular service in
Central America is a step of no mean im-
pOrtance."