The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-21

eminent by the chiefs and warriors Of the
Pottawatomie Indians for this purpose.
This tract was obtained from the Indians
mainly through the efforts OF Governor
Ray.
Fame. the donor. the architecture and
where located?-M. !. III.
IL is 10 be y seni-circuIar colonade con-
meeting the Hall Of Philosophy and tie
Hall Of Languages of the New York Univer-
sity. at New York city, and is to face the
Hudson from University Heights IL will
be 500 feet long and Will contain $50 panels.
each two by eight feet, on which will be
put the names of Americans deemed
worthy OF such commemoration. Fifty
names were TO have been chosen last year.
and five more were TO be added every five
years until the year 1900 when all the
panels will be filed. But at the first choice
only twenty-nine were selected, so the
election of twenty-one was left until 1902.
The university received 100000 for this
structure from a donor whose name has
not been oficially announced, but who is
generally believed TO be Miss Helen Gould.
What is the colored population OF Los
Angeles, San Francisco. Denver and Chi
cago? 2 What day OF the week was june
world? 4. What is the longest railroad In
the United States? 3. How many telegraph
cables connect US with foreign countries?
8. Please give me the address Of Ella
Wheeler Wilcox? Z. What rates of mileage
do the following railroads charge west of
Chicago-F. e. a. NJ. "; "A, I. & 5. F.?-
]. Il. X.
Only the figures showing total popula-
ton have reached us. The division into
races has probably not yet been made by
the Census Bureau. 2. Sunday. 8. 1t is in
dispute. we believe, between the Amazon
and the Nile. 4. The Pennsylvania system
has the most mileage, the total being 1882.
Probably the longest single lire is the
Southern Pacifc-2,395. 5. Five cable COM
panies have transatlantic systems. the total
number of lines used being sixty-two Some
of these have Canadian connections, some
connect directly with points in United
States. 6. Address Mrs. Ella Wheeler Will
cox, care New York Journal. Z. The roads
do not publish their mileage rates. Write
to the railroad Offices
VIII you give a brief synopsis of tie
peace proclamation issued by the Car
OF Russia and a sketch of his life?-L.
IL was not a proclamation, but a pro-
posal. Tt began with the statement that
the maintenance of a general peace and the
reduction of existing excessive ornaments
constituted an ideal for which all govern
ments should strive; declared that the Car
had been won to this view. and that ne
believed the time favorable to seeking the
means. 1t then argued that international
discussion would be of value, that the pres
ant oil I
a menace TO the desired end. and proposed
TO all the governments with representatives
accredited to the Cars court to assemble
a conference to discuss the problem. Copies
OF this note were handed 10 the various
representatives at St. Petersburg Aug. q.
1898. Nicholas II was the son of Alexander
III and was born May Is. 1868 His careful
education was especially advanced in mol
ern languages and the sciences, and was
followed by extensive travels in the East
and throughout Europe When eighteen
years old he had entered the army On
Nov. l. 1884, he succeeded to the throne
lie married Princess Alix of Hesse-Darm-
stadt. daughter of Princess Alice of Great
Britain. Three daughters have been born
to them.
Who were the silver Grays?" Q The
'Hunkers?" 3. The Barn Burners" A.
The ''Woolly Heads?" ). The Free Soil
ers?" 6. The "Stalwarts?" :. What was
the town meeting of the early New Eng
land times?-H.
Wings, who. after their defeat in 1852 in
dorsed the compromising policy of Fillmore
as distinguished from the Free Sellers, led
by Seward The name was meant to stamp
the party as one of elderly men g Con-
servative Democrats of about 1894. as OPP
posed 10 the more radical Barn Burners
8. The former gave the latter name in al
fusion to the farmer who burned his barn
in order TO be rid of rats. 4. A section Of
the Wings that manifested marked sympa-
thy with the anti-slavery movement. =
Supporters of the Free Soil party organized
at Buffalo. n. Y, in 1S4S as a coalition of
the Liberal party and the Barn Burners to
oppose further extension of slavery. 6. In
wavering supporters of the wing of the Re-
publican party led by Roscoe Conkling in
1881 i'm his antagOnism TO the administra-
ton. l. 1t was like the town meeting Of
to-day in that taxes were voted and town
affairs discussed and decided But, being
an effective agency for the promotion of
free speech, it a fruitful seed of
publicanism, and came to be hated and
feared by officials of the crown, who
dubbed it the focus of rebellion"