The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17


point The electric current translates the
angles into the corresponding distance by
the movement of needle over an arc that
is graduated into hundreds and thousands
OF yards
What has become OF the committee on
spelling reform organized in 1876? Are they
reforming spelling? PA. A. Nc.
This was a committee of the American
Pathological Association. 1t reported in IA
vor OF reform, and has been continued from
year to year. A phonetic alphabet and
proposed changes In the spelling Of several
thousand words has been adopted by these
promoters. and by practically no one else,
though a comparatively recent fine die
tionary recorded the reform spellings, with
the more generally accepted ones.
VIII you give information of the bridge
at Quebec across the st. Lawrence?-T. r.
1t will be 1000 feet long. have two anchor
piers, two abutment piers and a central
span of 1,s00 feet, and will give $50 feet
clear above the water. 1t will bear railroad
tracks and a roadway Its estimated cost
is 100000. of which the Dominion Parlia-
ment has voted 100000, the Quebec Legis-
lature N,25O,000 and the city of Quebec
100000. 1t has been building since the sum-
mer of 1900.
Where and by whom was the first base
ball game played?-O. A w.
Your question is unanswerable; the game
was a gradual outgrowth of FOUNDERS, and
there are opposing claims even to the place
OF Its start Philadelphia's claim is based
on its "townball'' and Olympic club of
1888, and New York's on the Washington
club of 1S43. The latter's Knickerbocker
club was the first to formulate rules
Formation Of a national association in 1858
| may be taken as the placing of baseball as
national game.
When does the agreement of the Euro
pean Sugar Bounty Convention go into eff
feet, and how long is it to last? 2. What did
Cecil Rhodes bequeath to one of the COL
leges Of Oxford University? g. How many
Beers surrendered after the close of the
number compare with British estimates
shortly before Of the number in the field?
Nicholson.
Sept. l. 1868, for FIVE years @ To Oriel
College, 100000, for new buildings, for in
crease in the income of resident fellows
and for a repair fund. 8. The surrenders
were N,256, against official estimate of
10000
Whas breed of chickens are the most pro-
life layers?-J. NJ. I.
The so-called Mediterranean breeds,
which include the Leghorns, Minorcas, An
| dalusians and Black Spanish. are so con-
| sidered by many, though poultrymen IA
voring other breeds will be pretty likely to
| dispute the statement. characteristics that
offset their laying habits are small size
| that makes the carcass comparatively I'M
attractive in the market, activity that I'M
| fits them for confinement, though it makes
| them excellent foragers in ranging, the
| fact that they are nonsitters, and, in mar
kets where brown eggs are preferred, the
| fact that the eggs are white.
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Please explain the cause and nature of
| the present religious disturbance in France,
| and the expelling of certain religious or
ders of that country.-J. S. G.
IT Is the result of q semi-political agita-
| ton to establish the supremacy of civil
| over ecclesiastical law. 1t was claimed that
the Roman Catholic schools and monastic
institutions were propagating hostility to
the republic and fomenting political in
| trigues. AS a result of this movement a
| law was passed requiring the discontinue
| ance of all Catholic schools and the closing
| of monastic institutions unless they COM
piled with certain conditions before a GER
tain time. AS the largest number did not
comply with these conditions. they have
been closed by the civil authorities. and
| their former teachers and inmates are leav-
ing the country.
How did Oregon and California come to
belong 10 the United States?-A. l.. McC.
Various voyagers had gone along the
| coast Of Oregon, but none set foot on the
| land or knew much about the coast A Bos.
| ton trader, who sailed into the mouth OF
the Columbia river in 1892 founded the
| American title. All French title west OF
the Missouri was settled by the Louisiana
purchase in 1903. and Spanish title north OF
| Latitude AZ degrees was secured by the
Florida purchase of 1919. In 1918 Great
Britain and this country made treaty OF
joint occupation of Oregon, but this ended
| in 1916 with a treaty confirming the United
States's title. California was Spanish
passed to Mexico and was ceded to this
country at the close of the Mexican war.
| Please state If a man to be eligible to
enter college of dentistry, medicine Oh
| stoned high school Of the State. 2. An argu-
| ment arose as to the age of the trees
| growing on the banks of the canal al
| Fairview Park Please give the year ir
| which the canal was constructed g. Which
| was tile first regiment to reach the cres,
| of San Juan hill at Santiago de Cuba july
| /, 1895. Which regiment sustained the
| most severe loss in killed and wounded dur.
| ing the engagement ?-Constant Reader.
The Indianapolis College of Dentistry re-
| quires only that a student shall have com.
pleted the second year of high school, OF
be able to stand an examination show
| ing that his education has progressed thai
| far. The law schools have similar require.
| ments--the main idea being that the stu
dent shall have sufficient information tc
pursue his studies intelligently. The State
| Board of Medical Registration has, we un-
dertsand, made Ii a rule that the student
shall have completed high school course
| or be able TO pass an examination that will
show an equal rating. For particulars ad-
| dress secretary of the board. Statehouse
| Indianapolis. 2 AS they are a natural
forest growth it is impossible to say
definitely That portion of the canal be-
| tween Indianapolis and Broad Ripple was
formally opened in June 1889. Almost i'm
mediately after this work on the entire
| system was abandoned. 3. A detachment OF