The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-15

sular court and were sentenced 10 four
years each. The other three men are being
transferred to this country TO complete
their sentences. but Plant is pardoned be-
cause he is too ill 10 be moved and the Off
Gals report that he Will die If he continues
in prison.
The Senate committee on pensions to-day
ordered a favorable report on bills granting
increases Of pensions 10 soldiers who have
lost arms, legs or feet. The increase will
be s15 per month each and will increase the
annual pension appropriation bill sl.S00.OO0.
The committee also ordered favorable re-
port on a bill increasing from so TO $40
per month the pension of those who are
totally deaf. This will increase the pension
appropriations $4,000 only
1t has just developed that murder was
committed on the United States ship Gin
cinnati last week while the ship was lying
at Charleston. James a. Paine. a black
smith, struck with pair Of iron tOngs and
killed Agnes Williams. water tender. The
row occurred in the freroOm last Tuesday.
Paine will be tried by naval court-martial.
The Grant Statue Commission has re-
ported the designs of Henry Merwin
Shrady and Charles Henry Neihaus. both
Of New York. to be respectively first and
second in intrinsic merit of the models
selected for the proposed statue OF Grant
TO be erected in this city. They are re-
qCested TO execute new models in order to
enable the commission to make a final Sc
lection.
With the last few days Lord Pauneefote.
the British ambassador, has been suffering
from a renewal of his attack of rheumatic
govt. The ailment has very wearing
effect upon the ambassador. and il is hoped
that warm weather will bring greater free
dem from its troublesome visitation.
Representative Lacey, Of Iowa to-day in
PRODUCED resolution to grant the privi-
Ieges OF the floor of the House TO Mr..
Degetau, the commissioner from Porto
Rico.
Representative Newlands. of Nevada, to-
day introduced a bill to remove all duties
on beet imported from foreign countries.
XXX
A subcommittee of the House judiciary
committee consisting Of Representatives
Littiefeld of Maine, Thomas of Iowa and
Clayton of Alabama. has decided to report
back to the full committee. without recon-
mendatiOn. the proposition 10 change the
date of inauguration Of the President from
the 4th Of March TO the last Thursday in
April This decision was reached after
hearing fully the arguments of those who
have been arguing the change. Differences
of opinion among the members of the sub
committee developed during the discussion
of the proposition, and the decision to re-
port it back to the full committee without
recommendation will leave ii in the same
position it occupied before reference to the
subcommittee was made.
Xxx
President and Mrs. Roosevelt will attend
the ceremonies incident 70 the installation
Of Nicholas Murray Butler as president of
Columbia University at New York They
will leave here for that purpose either next
Friday evening or Saturday morning.
The controller of the currency approved
the application of j. l.. Beesley, b. r.
Crabbs, a. L. Reynolds and others to or
ganize the First National Bank Of Frances
Vile, Ind. Capital, $4,000.
The War Department has been informed
by cable that the cause of Major Grandy s
death at Lipa, =. l., last week was apo
plexy.
Secretary Wilson returned to-day from
his trip through the Southern States