Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-04-12
ABILENE WEEKLY REFLECTOR ABILENE KANSAS APRIL u lsO07WEvE PAGES
MILITARY AFFAIRS.
Secretary Root Gives His Views to
the Senate Committee.
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONS REPORT.


Percss--s hipmsnt of stamps.
Washington, April 6. Secretary
Root was at the capitol yesterday in
consultation with members of the SEN
ate committee on military affairs. The
secretary's discourse covered the broad
field of military conditions, including
not only the immediate needs OF the
service to be provided for in the an
nual appropriation bill, but the COM
prehensive reorganization project
formulated by the secretary and out
lined in his annual report, and many
questions relating to the personnel of
the army. Probably the secretary
would have been heard upon these
subjects by the house committee on
military affairs, but the business of
the committee has become so OBJ
structed by the continuance Of the in
quiry into the Occur d'Alene mining
troubles that the war department Off
cials now despair Of securing from it
any legislation during the present ses-
sion beyond the regular army appro-
priation bill, and even that is some
what endangered by the backward
state of the committees docket.
Industrial Commission'a Report.
Washington, April 6.-The industrial
commission has designated Hon. j. M.
Farquhar to attend the session of the
Southern Industrial convention to be
held at Chattanooga from May Is to
IS. He will be accompanied by a con-
gressional member of the commission,
who has not yet been named. Col.
Clarke, chairman of the special sub
commission which sat in Chicago last
month, yesterday submitted a report
on the hearings there. Ninety wit
nesses were examined chiefly upon
manufactures and general business
and especially upon the relations OF
labor and capital in the machinery
and building trades Important eco
nomic questions of more than local
interest were developed by the testi-
mony. 1t is estimated that the re-
port will make 700 or more pages.
Protest Addressed to Turkey.
Washington, April 6.-Secretary Hay
has addressed a vigorous protest to
the Turkish government against the
proposed application of an edict ex-
GLIDING American pork from Turkey.
The note enters an emphatic denial OF
the pretense of the EMBELLISHMENTS
set up against our pork as basis for
the exclusion and pointedly makes it
necessary for the Turkish government
to support its contention by adequate
evidence before 1t can enforce the
edict without serious results. The
officials here are confident, as the re-
suit of the complete failures of the
German health officers to make good
such assertions respecting our meats,
that the Turkish government can
make no better showing.
Troop. for Alaska
Washington, April 6.-The war de-
partment is completing arrangements
for the transportation of troops and
supplies to the military posts in Alas
ka. Two transports have been as
signed to that service and negotia-
tons are in progress for the purchase
of another vessel which is to be as
signed permanently to the Alaska mil
itary station under the orders of Gen.
Randall The Rosecrans, formerly the
Columbia, left San Francisco few
days ago for Seattle, where she will
take on supplies for Valdez and she
will be soon followed north by the
Badger. formerly naval collier.
which has been rechristened the Law
ton, in honor of the officer of that
name.
smallpox Situation Among Nss Perces.
Washington, April 6.-The officers
of the marine hospital service con-
sented to handle the smallpox situa-
ton on the Nez Perces settlement in
Idaho. They will cooperate with the
agents and inspectors of the Indian
bureau and will establish detention
camps and do whatever else is neces-
sary to stamp out the disease and pre-
vent it's spread. Commissioner Jones.
of the Indian bureau, said yesterday
that the seriousness of the situation
evidently had been overestimated.
He thinks the Indians have become
panic stricken.
A Large shipment Of Stamps
Washington, April 6.-An order was
issued yesterday by the post Office
department for the largest single
shipment OF ordinary postage. stamps
ever maze m the history or the once.
The shipment will take place next
Friday, when 53,3O4 200 stamps of the
value of $965.o67 will be sent to 1906
post offices throughout the country.
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Fail 10 Reach an Agreement.
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