The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-25

miles; population. $50; number of houses.
ninety.
Tennyson-Length of routes. sixty-four
miles; population, LEO; number Of houses.
34.
Chandler-Length of routes. thirty-six
miles; population. 1,a4O; number of buses,
26S
Elberfeld additional services)-LenSth of
routes, forty-nine miles; populations. $40;
number of houses, 1874.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of routes, fortys-three
miles; population, $50; number Of bouses,
172.
The service will also be established at the
following places In Spencer county on
Dec. 10:
Gentryville-Length Of routes, forsy-flve
miles; population. SOS; number OF Houses,
Dale-Length of routes. forty-six miles;
population, $50; number of houses, 199.
xxx
Representative Crumpacker will CHOPPER
ate with Representative Mann, of illinois,
in pressing bill introduced by the: latter
to-day relative to the Calumet riveS. The
measure provides for & waterway ccsnnect-
ing the Calumet and the sanitary csnal in
Illinois. 1t is proposed to tap the Calumet
at the city of Blue Island. This project
is an extensive one and involves an ex-
penditure of about S12,O00,000. Represent
atives Crumpacker and Mann gavk con-
siderable attention to Ii last winter. The
sum Of $4,000 is appropriated to befin the
project.
A bill has been introduced in the Senate
providing that the work already Gccom-
plished by the Codihcation COMMISSION, of
which w. d. Bynum. of indianapolis, is
member, shall be made effective. The COM
mission is engaged in codifying the laws Of
the United States and it will take some
time to complete the task.
Senator Beveridge will leave for indian
apolis tomorrow. He will remain IN the
State about ten days.
Representative Holiday left for home to-
day.
Representatives Crumpacker, Robinson
and Zenor will not go home at this time.
xxx
The Senate, in executive session to-day.
confirmed. among others. the nomination
of William r. Holloway, OF Indiana; to be
consul general at Halifax.
The secretary of the treasury to-day
transmitted to Congress statement giving
the compensation of customs collectors dur
ing the fiscal year 1908 Collector "A. A.
Young, of indianapolis, is credited with
5000. F. B. Posey, of Evansville, SIS and
c. j. Robb, Of Michigan City, $3.50.
James Pickering will succeed Jesse Birch
as postmaster at Oxford, Ind The recon-
ering was filed by Representative sCrum-
packer to-day.
The Senate bill providing addition ii ON
GERS for duty in the collection district COM
prising Indiana and Illinois was to-day in
troduced in the House.
The Hanna presidential boom VIII not
down. Notwithstanding the efforts .of the
senator and his immediate friends 80 stop
the talk about II. The senator has made
frequent deniais that he is in any :sense a
candidate The further fact is mentioned
that most of the Republican States, through
their conventions. have declared formally
for the nomination of Roosevelt, including
Hanna's own State of Ohio, and ittis not
believed possible that any effort or ccSnbina-
ton of leaders can overcome those dseclara-
tons 1t is agreed on all sides thais II the
Republican national convention were to as
semble now within a short period gof this
time, Roosevelt would be unanimously NOM
mated and the belief obtains that ttas pop
ular feeling will continue 1t is not denied
that events might occur before the tt:rmina-
ton of the session or Congress that would
incite opposition TO the President, b<t such
condition is not anticipated by s2epub-
licans.
Secretary Hay has yet to admit to q news
paper man that he has signed treaty with
the republic of Panama. For some: reason
he will not acknowledge the signing OF the
convention, although, of course. every one
here knows that the treaty bears dis sig
nature. Secretary Hay desired TO keep the
news quiet until the treaty went to tie Sem
ate. The news leaked out through TIE Pan
anna commissioners, who were toc over
joyed at the successful outcome cS their
visit to wish to suppress the INFORMATION
When one of them was approached and
asked IL the treaty had been sighed he
said: ut holdings Eat can tell TO you
/ cannot talk about treaty, pecanse Mr.
Secretary Hay he haf told me not TO say
Eat re treaty haf been signed"
In discussing the present situation and
the outlook in the Philippines. Colokel Ed
wards, chief OF the insular bureauiof the
War Department. calls attention ID what
he terms 1.-The second stage OF development
for the Philippine government" IS evil
denced by the increased work of Che law
Office OF his bureau the last year, The
change from a military to a civil govern
ment In the islands has developed many In