Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-03
VALUABLE SEEDS.
The Agricultural Department utilizes
Its Seed Appropriation.
ALASKA BOUNDARY TREATY.

ALASKA BOUNDARY TREATY.
BarthhOldrs Railroad Bill Pasaed-Appli-
cations for Re- Enlistment In the Navy
| WASHINGTON, March 1.-Secretary
! Wilson, of the agricultural depart
ment, in pursuance of his determine
ton, as far as practical, to utilize the
agricultural seed appropriation in Sc
curing new, rare and valuable" seeds,
dispatched Prof. Niels L. Hansen, pro
lessor of horticulture at Brookings, s.
D.. to eastern Europe and Asia to Sc
cure seeds and plants and to ascertain
what the people at the original cradle
of mankind had been doing to adapt
plants to their conditions. Prof Han
sen is now preparing his report for
I publication after trip involving many
thousands of miles of travel. The trip
was successful one, many promising
varieties were obtained. About three
car loads of seed will be distributed to
state experiment stations and others.
These seeds, it is expected, will be
chiefly of value in the arid regions,
the purpose of Prof. Hansen's trip be-
ing to obtain such as were distin-
guished for resistance to drought and
/ heat.
Boundary Treaty In the Senate.
WASHINGTON March l.-Senator Tur-
pie made an effort in the executive ses-
sion of the senate yesterday to secure
the ratification of the treaty between
: the United States and Great Britain
! locating the Hist meridian as the
boundary line between Alaska and
| British America, but failed to succeed
because of objections made by Senator
j Pettigrew. Senator Turpie complained
that the treaty had been on the calen-
dar for almost year, and said the
senate owed it to the executive branch
( of the government to take action.
Senator Pettigrew said that the treaty
should be amended before it was act
| ed upon by the senate. He asserted
: that in its present shape it was most
essential concession to Great Britain,
and said that if it was accepted with
out amendment, making Mount St
Elias the initial point on the south, it
would be found, when too late, that
the Canadians had got decidedly the
better of the bargain. Action was
| postponed.
BarthOldt's Railroad Bill Pas ed.
WASHINGTON, March Represents
tive Bartholdts bilFfor the Nebraska,
Kansas & Gulf railroad went through
the house yesterday. The northern
terminus is to be the extreme northern
part of Nebraska The route will be
southwark through the center of Ne
braska and Kansas, through Oklahoma
and the Indian territory, into Texas
by way of Denison and thence to the
gulf at Galveston. The road is capi-
talized at SIG 900, 600 and is backed by
the international Trust company.
The purpose is to create trunk north
and south to bisect the transcontinental
lines and handle bushes between them
and the gulf, The bill passed at the
close of the last congress, but, with 200
others, failed to get the presidents
consideration.
Applications for Re- Enlistment.
WASHINGTON, March The navy
department is receiving large num-
Der of letters from men who have
served a term in the navy Offering
themselves for re-enlistment. Assist
ant Secretary Roosevelt is separating
all applications of this class from the
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applicants previous service looked up
Where it is found to have been salts
factory the word accepted" is written
after the mans name and the applica-
ton is filed away. In case the in
crease of 1900 sailors asked for by the
navy department is granted by con-
gress, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
thinks he will be able to recruit the
additional force largely from trained
seamen.
Meat Inspection.
WASHINGTON, March I. THE decision
of Judge Rogers, of Fort Smith, Ark,
yesterday holding the United States
federal meat inspection law to be un-
constitutional apparently causes no
concern to the officials of the agricul-
tural department under whose admin
istration the law is executed. They
regard the decision as one largely
technical in character which will not
affect the practical operation of the
law when applied to the inspection of
meats intended for interstate traffic or
export TO foreign countries.
GIbaon Pension BIIl Favored.
WASHINGTON, March 1. The invalid
pension committee has agreed upon
and favorably reported the Gibson bill.
extending the benefits of the June 81.
1890, act to men who served less than
six months in the confederate army,
and who joined the union army before
September 1, 1854, and did not enlist
out Of a prison in q northern state.
The bill provoked an animated dis
cussion, but was finally agreed to by
q vote Of eight to four.
Secretary Longs Order.
WASHINGTON, March 1.--Secretary
Long yesterday gave an order to As
sistant Secretary Roosevelt to have
prepared . summary Of all the Acci-
dents which had occurred In the his
tory Of the navy. Secretary Long or
dered three copies prepared, one for
hia own nae one for anhmissiou IN CON.