The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Is there United States consul at Blue
fields, Nicara gua?-A. w.
No; Consular Agent Phillip E. Coyle is
there.
Where and when was President John
Adams born?-A. S.
Oct. 80 new style). 17s5. at Braintree.
Mass.
How many immigrants landed at New
York in January, February and March of
this year?-T. w. B.
January. 1885; February. 29.747; March.
1856; in all, 1o5,SOs
Who is now secretary of the Interior,
Land Office, Westinghouse. h. w.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock is secretary of the
| interior. and Binger Herman is commits
sioner Of the Land Office. which is branch
of the Interior Department.
What is the average period that lunatics
live after being placed in an asylum
j. c. G.
Not far from six years. The death rate
among the insane is from eighty to one
hundred per thousand annually, or about
five times that among the sane.
What are the rates of speed of the earth
| and moon?-J.
The earth speeds about the sun at the
rate of about 1Slz miles a second, and the
rotation at the equator is at the rate of 17.3
miles a minute. The moons speed i'm it's
orbit is 1884 feet per second, and its equa-
torial rotary velocity is about ten miles an
| hour
Who was Eugene Aram?-W. NJ.
| An English felon of the eighteenth cen
fury for whose miserable history Fictitious
| interest has been aroused because it was
taken as a subject by Lord Lytton and
| Thomas Hood. Aram committed murder,
and fourteen years later was tried. con-
victed and hanged. After condemnation he
! confessed and composed a defense of sui
eide, but failed IN trying to illustrate his
! treatise.
When did Utah become a State? 2 What
has been its vote for President? g. How
many representatives has it in Congress?
/ 4. Who are the United States senators from
| Utah?-S. l. l..
Jan 4. 1896. ? It's three electoral votes
were given for Mckinley i'm 1900. by popu-
lar vote of 471S9 to 45OO6, and in 1896 went
to Bryan by 64,5l7 to S4s4. 3. One. 4. Joseph
L. Rawlins and Thomas Kearns.
1
am told that water can be brought to
| 'wel below the normal freezing point
| without freezing, and L would like to know
how the trick is done; will you tell?
| 1t may be done by keeping the water per-
| fectly still; then the temperature may be
brought to q degrees, Fahrenheit, without
| freezing. If the water be shaken, a portion
of the water will freeze instantly and the
temperature Of the rest will rise to 80 de-
| grees.
| What oath must foreigner take before
becoming American citiaen?-J b. r.
When applying for citizenship he must
swear that he will support the Constitu-
ton of the United States. and that he alb
solutely and entirely renounces and abjures
all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign
prince, potentate, state or sovereignty and
particularly, by name the prince. potentate
or sovereignty of which he was before a
citizen or subject"
|
| What has been the revenue of the Post
| office Department since June 3d. 1901? Has
| ii increased or decreased as TO the CORE
| spending period of the preceding year,
| j. b.
The latest figures obtainable from the
office of the superintendent system of pos
tai finance Washington. are for the quar-
ter ending Sept 80. 1901. and are $50, S7O-
1876. against S24.47S 625.SS. for the same
quarter of 1900. and $685. SeO.11 for 1899.
| What is the capacity of the largest print
| ing press in the world? 2. What Is the larg
| est number of colors that can be printed
| at Once?-Sherman.
| The largest press in the world is now
building. and when done will print 10000
eight-page papers-paze of ordinary size
per hour. .. There are presses that will
| print eleven colors-six on one side five on
| the other-and presses could be made to
increase this, were 1t desirable; but five
colors are ample for most color work.
| Has the holder OF mortgage on land the
| right to exact more than the debt IL repre-
| sents, say by securing the land for him
| Self?-Due.
| We can state for you the theory Of the
matter in court OF equity. and that will
suffice. If you are supposing case; If you
are actually involved. you should consult
lawyer The theory is that the mortgage
Is but security for the debt and II the
| creditor tries TO secure more from the land
than debt and interest it is in the nature
of penalty that the court will relieve on
payment OF the actual due.
What Is the population OF Cuba and o.
Havana How much did the United States
pay tor the Danish West Indies? Name
conoitions or treaty.-R- and Is.
OF Cuba 1572sT; of Havana, 2s5,sl. 3
naaAs-asreed to pay 100000. Civil rights