The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-07

same service. The secretary of war is re-
duested 10 furnish the House with copies
OF the reports mentioned above"
XXX
a favorable report to-day was authorized
by the Senate committee on commerce on
the bill authorizing the President to ap-
point commission TO cooperate with
Canada in examination OF the diversion
of the boundary waters between the two
countries.
Senator Hale, from the committee on ap-
propriations. to-day reported the diplomatic
appropriation bill. with amendments, max
ing a net increase Of s29. ass in the total ap
preparation made by the bill as IL passed
the House, bringing the entire sum up TO
81 1928 The increase is due largely to the
secretaries Of legations The salary OF the
minister TO Persia is raised from 5000 10
$3.50. There is an Increase of 500 each IN
The pay or consul generals al Antwerp
and Coburg and reduction OF $500 in that
IF the consul at Dawson City. the present
salary being $500. other amendments are
tC restore the consul general at CONSTANT
nople and the agent at Sofia TO their former
positions in the diplomatic service, taking
them from the consular service, but with
out change of salary. The rank OF the con-
sui at Marseilles is restored 10 that Of con-
sui general and the consul at Munich is
made a consul general with salary in
xxx
The Senate committee on commerce to-
day authorized Senator Nelson TO make
favorable report on his bill prohibiting the
insertion in bills of lading for goods shipped
from the United States to London OF
clause requiring consigneeS TO pay the
London terminal charges
XXX
The mission Of the Boer delegates to the
as the officials know. They presented no
credentials and made no effort to embar-
rass the administration by formal applica-
tions for relief. Their future movements
are not known to the officials.
It is learned here that DR. Concha. the
new Colombian minister to the United
States, has requested his government, in
view of the present state of negotiations be-
tween Colombia, Nicaragua and Costa Rica
and the United States with regard TO ar
isthmian canal, to make official
nouncement of its views and purposes in
that matter. The same request has been
submitted by the Panama Canal Company
at Paris and a declaration of this sort is
hoped for. Dr. COncha is now in New York
/ attending to private matters. but is expect
ed in this city within the next two or three
days and arrangements will then be made
for his presentation at the State Depart
ment.
A cablegram received at the Navy De-
partment to-day from London announced
the death of B. F. Stevens. for more than
quarter of century the United States
dispatch agent at London. Mr.. Stevens
| had been in Ill health for long time.
During consideration of the eight-hour
bill before the House committee on labor
to-day representatives of several large
/
/ proposed that the Bureau of Labor pass on
/ the question whether the large castings
! such as those for armor. could be cast In
| eight-hOur shifts. President GOmpers of
/ the Federation of Labor, emphatically pro-
\ tested against this proposition as one for
/ delay. In this connection he said he had
/ been approached and advised to desst from
/ further urging the eight-hOur measure, and
\ said the witnesses were ready to proceed
/ I'm answering the contention as TO eight
/ hour shifts. No action was taken on the
| proposition TO refer, and the labor inter-
/ ests will be heard In support of the bill
! The Census Bureau to-day issued a pre-
/ liminary report sawmills, planning mills
| Operated in connection with sawmills) and
! timber camps of the United States in 1909.
1t shows a total of 33,OS5 such establish
ments, with an aggregate capital of SILL
/ 611.524. with 1892 proprietors and firm
members. The value of products aggre-
/ gated 1866 So 9S4, which includes $422, S12 061
/ for sawmills; $l07. go, 519 for planning mills,
and $50. ,4O4 for timber camps. The table
/ showing the capital and value OF products
] of the industry gives the following figures
| for Indiana: Capital, SOCIALIST; products,
/ $2O613,l24.
n report issued by the Treasury Depart
ment shows that since the passage of the
act of March il. 1900, there have been or
| ganzed SIS national banking associations,
with an aggregate capital stock of $4S. $40 =
600, and bond deposits of $12,S72 400. OF these
5S2 with aggregate capital of $15,2 1900 had
individual capital of less than $4,000 and
bond deposits of s.. 203, 800 and 296 asSocia-
lions with aggregate capital of $33, 265. 900
/ and bond deposits of $7,66S,5O0 with indi-
/ vidual capital of $4,000 over. During
/ last month there was an average of one
| bank organized daily. At the close of
| business on Feb. Is there were in active
/ operation 1885 national banking assOcia-
| tions with authorized capital stock of $685.
/ 90 1876; bonds on deposit to secure circula-
/ ton, 1922 $4,000; circulation outstanding Sc
/ cured by bonds. $500 ,074.924. The circulation
secured by lawful money deposited on ac-
count Of insolvent banks, associations in
voluntary liquidation and those reducing
circulation was $3S, $685.
xxx
General Gillespie. chief of engineers, has
directed that preliminary surveys be made
of the six sites under consideration by the
War Department for the establishment of
permanent army camps The officers Sc
| lected for this duty and the site which each
/ will survey, follows: Capt. w. L.
/ Sibert, the site in Conewago Valley, Pa
/ Major j. ID. knight, Chickamauga, Ga
\ Col. o. II. Ernst, Fort Douglas, Wis.
\ Lieut.. Col. William II. Heve, Nacimiento,
| Cal: Capt. O. S Richie, near Fort Sam
Houston. Tex. and Major S. 5. Leach, near
! Fort Riley. Kan. The sites in Texas and
] Wisconsin were selected by Secretary Root.
| and are i'm addition to the other four sites
| recommended by the Miles board.
xxx
The commander of the Department of the
| Potomac, G.. y. r., to-day invited the Pres
ident to deliver the principal address at
the Memorial day exercises to be held at
Arlington May so. The president thought
! il might be possible for him to accept, and
| promised 10 give the commander his an
| swer within a short time.
The Indian committee of the House to-
day selected a subcommittee. consisting OF
Mr. Sherman of New York. Mr.. Lacey of
Iowa. Mr.. Burke of South Dakota, Mr.
! Fitzgerald of New York and Mr.. Little OF
| Arkansas, to investigate charges made
against certain Indian officials during the
| recent debate upon the Indian appropria-
] ton bill. The investigation will cover the
! charges against +. G. harden, superintend-
| ent of the school at Mount Pleasant, Mich.
1 and the cause of the retirement of ex-Sen-
atOr Mcconnell from the service.