The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-25
Large Number of Patents Issued to
cry Ordered for Shelby County.
WAS NOT KIDNAPPED BY TURKS
MISS ELLEN STONE is HELD BY Bull
GARIAN BRIGANDS.
Fine Test of ArmOr Plate-Cuban Gus
toms Receipts-NO Issue of Mckin-
ley Stamps VIII BE Made.

WASHINGTON, Sept. "a. - Secretaries
Gage and Wilson, Attorney General Knox
and Postmaster General Smith were the
only members of the Cabinet present at
to-day's meeting. Like the first meeting,
last Friday, the time was largely directed
to the explanation of the scope and char
acter of the work of the various depart
ments The President is anxious to famil-
iarize himself soon as possible with the
general workings of the executive depart
ments of the government, and all of the
members of the Cabinet present to-day
took the opportunity to give him informa-
ton on this line.
Secretary Gage talked on the financial
situation of the country generally, and
gave the President clear idea of the pres
ent condition of the treasury. He also ex-
planned his reasons for purchasing bonds
for the sinking fund. and quoted figures
to show that the saving to the govern
ment by these purchases would be large.
Other members followed in the same gen.
eral line.
The status of the reciprocity treaties now
pending before Congress was discussed
briefly, the President plainly indicating by
his remarks that he believed strongly in the
reciprocity principle. After an exchange of
views it was decided that the appointments
made by the late President where no com
missions were issued, owing to his illness
and death, should date from the time Presi-
dent Roosevelt signed the commissions.
President Roosevelt spent a very quiet
evening at the White House. Richard Wat
friend. dined with the President and re-
mained at the White House during the
greater part of the evening. The President
took a two hours outing late in the after
noon. About half past o'clock Colonel
Sanger, the assistant secretary of war,
called at the White House to see the Presi-
! dent and later departed with the assistant
secretary in his carriage. The President
! the dust on his shoes giving evidence of the
| fact that he had walked over country
roads.
In a dispatch just received at the Depart
| ment of State, and dated Sth ultimo. Mr..
Rockhill, United States commissioner to
/ China. informs the department that an i'm
perial decree would be issued promptly by
the Chinese government prohibiting for the
period of two years the Importation into
China of firearms and ammunition, as well
as of material serving exclusively for the
manufacture of arms and ammunition In
another dispatch of the same date Mr.
Rockhill reports that the Chinese govern
| ment has made arrangements satisfactory
| to the foreign diplomatic representatives i'm
| Peking for the erection OF expatory monu-
| ments in the foreign cemeteries in China
that were desecrated during the Boxer up
| rising in the summer of 1900.
Patents were issued to-day to the fol-
lowing Indianians: Henry c. Clay assign
| or to Reeves & Co. Columbus, separator
| tooth; Clement pecrces. Westport, assign
or TO B. Baer, Paxton, H., voting machine;
Fred w. Felbaum, Dayton, mixing and
| vaporizing device for explosive engines
| Sylvester p Grey, Fort Wayne automatic
| cylinder cock; Richard +. Holder, Column
| bus, bedpan; William II. Johnson, Veeders-
| burg. handle turning lathe: Martin Kiian,
| Nappanee, fruit shipping crate; Hiram Nc
| Grea, New Richmond, musical instrument;
| Joseph A. Minturn. assignor TO Oxypolar
| Company, indianapolis, therapeutic bat
terry William II. Northall, Elwood, inclos-
| ing structure for electric lamps; Will
! liam H. Prttchard, Indianapolis, portable
railway frog.
Rural free delivery service has been or
dered established, to begin on Nov. l. at
Flat Rock. Shelby county. Indiana. Length
| of route. twenty-four miles; area covered.
twenty-eight square miles: population
served, 600; carrier, Fl. S. Winterrowd.
The President has appointed Frank B.
Litten professor of mathematics in the
| navy. with tine rank OF nGuIe0dlI
Xxx
Bulgarian brigands instead of Turks,
kidnapped Miss Ellen NJ Stone, the Ameri-
can missionary in Turkey, according TO the
latest advices TO the State Department.
Consul General Dickinson. at CONSTANT
nople has eabled the department that the
| Bulgarian brigands crossed the Turkish
border and seizing Miss Stone. carried her
! back into Bulgaria and outside of the Sui
1 f9n'C dominion. The consul general has
been in communication with the brigands,
who demand a ransom for the release of
| ment whether the American Board of For
| eign Missions is willing 10 pay this ran
som. The request has been transmitted TO
! the mission board. Miss Stone was a resi-
dent of Chelsea. Mass, where her mother
now resides
The Naval Bureau Of Ordnance to-day
tested at the Indian Head proving ground
a twelve-inch barbette plate, weighing
about sixty tons. and representing group
No. of the side armor for the battleship
| Maine. Three shots were fired. according
| to specifications. at velocity of 673- foot
seconds The specifications required that
| the plate should not be perforated or
| cracked. The results were most satisfac-
| tory. the deepest penetration being be-
tween four and five inches and the sur
| face of the plat showing no crack
The division of insular affairs of the
War Department has prepared for publica-
ton d statement of receipts from all
sources at the several custom houses i'm
4 the island of Cuba for the seven months
| ended on July 3. 1901, compared with
/ the same periods OF 1900 and 1929. The
| statement shows that the total receipts
| from customs sources during the seven
/ months were - lS9. .339. Il: for the same per-
iod of 1900, 1880, "a, and in 1899. SILL
! 762 So
The postmaster general has decided that
the proposition TO issue stamps for general
use in conimemoration OF the late Presi-