The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-12
TEACH FILIPINOS
FIVE MORE INDIANIANS TO BE SENT
TO THE ARCHIPELAGO.
Two Hundred Teachers Wanted by
Gov. Taft-New POstmasters and
Rural Route Carriers.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE United
States is rapidly extending its school sys-
tenn in the Philippines. The little red
schoolhouse went into commission In the
far-away Eastern possession few years
ago, and the results have been most graf
flying. The government began shipping
school teachers to the Philippines about
two years ago, and now has about one
thousand there. This force is found to be
teachers are to be appointed. Among the
Indiana people appointed under the latest
requisition of the Philippine Commission
are: Gertrude Tobinson. of Terre Haute;
Lily 1. Fisk, of Pleasant Lake; Mrs. Harvey
A. Bordner, of Pleasant Lake; John w. Ma
son, of Bloomington, and H. Emily Keith.
of Transport.
Indiana postmasters appointed to-day:
w. H Howell, at Carlos, Randolph coun-
Charles w. Fertig, at Nevada, Upton
county, vice John G. Powell, removed.
Almon L. Scarlet has been appointed
regular carrier and Andrew g. Scarlet
substitute on the rural route at Fort
Wayne, Ind.
The postoffice in Hobart, Ind, has been
ordered advanced to the presidential class,
to take effect July 1. Salary Of postmaster.
SLIGO.
The War Department to-day made the
announcement of the provisional apportion-
ment to the States and Territories Of
so per cent of the 100000 appropriated
for arming and supplying the militia to
correspond with the regular army. Indiana
receives s19OS6.
James c. Monaghan, at present professor
of the commercial department of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin, and for twelve years
in the consular service, has been appointed
by Secretary Cortelyou editor of the re-
ports of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce
of the State Department, which bureau is
to be transferred to the Department of
Commerce and Labor July l and CONSOLE
dated with the Bureau of Statistics.
President Roosevelt arrived here at 2
o'clock this afternoon over the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad from Cleveland, where he
attended the HANNAH Mccormick wedding.
With the President were Miss Alice Roose-
welt, Secretary Loeb and Commander
Cowles. The President smilingly greeted
the group that gathered around his car
and did not omit his customary handshake
with the engine crew that piloted his train
into Washington. The President and Miss
Roosevelt were driven at once to the White
House.
Secretary Moody to-day made public the
plans and specifications for the new 1900
ton battleships Mississippi and Idaho, just
completed by the board of construction
The new ships retain the offensive and de-
fensive features of first-class battleships at
a sacrifice of speed power and coal capac-
ity. They will be modified type of the 16,-
COTTON battleship Connecticut. Rear Admit
raj Melville, engineer-in-chief of the navy,
in the boards report declares it is difficult
If not impossible to construct a thoroughly
satisfactory, up-to-date battleship whose
capacity is limited to 1900 tons.
The controller of the currency has issued
a call for the condition of national banks
at the close of business Tuesday, June 8.