The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-24


or CORPS on duty in the bureau shall as
sumo temporary charge The significance
of the order lies in the limitation ION duty
in the bureau" Under the application of
this limitation no officer on duty outside
of the bureau could assume charge, as does
Colonel Ward. of General Miless headquar-
tiers, in the case of the adjutant generals
Office, but General COrbins duties would
ordinarily be assumed by Colonel Carter.
The President to-day sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
Artillery Corps of the Army-First lieu
tenants: Frank +. Hobbs, John w. Nc
Bride, jr.. +. ]. Miller. c. L. Lanham. A.
L. Faulkner. w. r. Vance, II. w. McCauley
and c. NJ Bunker. all at large: Homer b.
Grant. Massachusetts,; II. S. Kerrick Illi-
nois; j. 5. Johnston, Indiana; r. w. Rails
ton, Pennsylvania; Cleveland c. Lansing,
Virginia.
Combinations by the Senate: Colonies,
to be brigadier generals. Abraham A. Har-
bach, First Infantry; William F. Spurgin.
Fourth Infantry. Gordon Paddock, of New
York, secretary of legation and consul
general at Seoul. Korea: julius Jacobs,
assistant treasurer at San Francisco. Cal.
nations of first lieutenants of artillery
made by the President o-day.
The controller of the treasury has rem
dered decision in which he CONSTITUTES the
act of April %. 1902 as making an appro-
priation for the payment of claims against
the government growing out of the pay
ment of duties to the military authorities
upon articles brought into Porto Rico from
this country upon judgments against the
United States and from which the United
States has not appealed. The judgments.
which ultimately will aggregate about $780,
600, will be paid upon presentation TO the
Treasury Department after the right of
appeal has expired. This right expires after
ninety days from the date of judgment.
The statistician of the Department Of
Agriculture has completed his estimate Of
the acreage. production and farm value of
the cereal crops of the United States in
1901. the grand totals being as follows:
value 1921 $685. 76S: wheat, 49.S95,O4 acres
74S ,21S bushels value $i76.535, 166; oats
2S.541.476 acres, 736,SOS, 724 bushels value
S293, 65S M barley, 1926, IA acres IO9 $50 924
bushels, value $40, 705. 1853; rye, 1857 sos acres
81, 344, $50 bushels value $1e.9 ZAP: buck
wheat. S11, S64 acres, 15,225, 941 bushels. value
$S,52S,SlS. In the preparation of this report
all proper weight has been given to the
recently. published census report on the
crops of 1899.
Representative Stephens. of Texas. to-
day introduced a resolution that is directly
aimed at the tender of a monument of
Frederick the Great to the United States
1t sets forth that the United States should
not accept from any foreign nation or erect
in any public place any statue of any King
Emperor. prince or potentate who has
ruled or is now ruling any nation by the
supposed divine right of kings. The reso-
luton further sets forth that the accept
ance of such a statue by this government
would be a Reputation of its basic princi-
pies as e6unciated in the bill of rights and
Constitution. an insult to the memories of
our revolutionary fathers. an admission
that one man may govern a nation without
the consent of the governed. and after his
death have his statue erected in our Re
public and the blessings of the divine right
Of kings TO rule thereby approved
w. T. Kinds, first vice president of the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad. appeared
before the interstate and foreign commerce
committee of the House to-day in opposi-
ton to the bill TO extend the powers of the
Interstate-commerce Commission. He said
the bill gave entirely too great a power to
the commission and would interfere seri-
ously with the development of railroad
properties. The tendency of the times he
said. was toward a reduction in rates.
The Senate committee on judiciary to-day
amended the conspiracy bill passed by the
House so as 10 read: That no agree
ment. combination or contract not involv-
ing injury TO property or a breach of the
peace by or between two or more persons
TO do or procure TO be done or not to do or
procure not 10 be done, any act in con-
temptation or furtherance of any trade
dispute between employers and employees
in the District OF Columbia, or in any Ter
ritory of the United States, or between
employers and employees who may be en-
gagged in trade or commerce between the
several States, or between any Territory
and another, or between any Territory or
Territories and any State or States or the
District OF Columbia. or with foreign ma
tions. or between the District of Columbia
and any State or States or foreign nations
shall be deemed criminal, nor shall those
engaged therein be indictable or otherwise
punishable for the crime of conspiracy il
such act committed by one person would
not be punishable as a crime: nor shall
sucn agreement. combination or contract
be considered as in restraint of trade or
commerce, nor shall any restraining order
or Injunction be issued with relation there
10. Nothing I'm this act shall exempt from
punishment, otherwise than as herein eN-
cepted. any persons guilty OF conspiracy
for which punishment is now provided by
any act OF Congress. but such act OF Con-
gress shall, as 10 the agreements. combina-
tons and contracts herein before referred
10. be construed as If this act were therein
contained