Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-02-08
TWO POINTS CONNECTED BY WA.
TER WAY.
COST FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
Both Navigate Both Lakes and Canal
Congress Will be Urged to Give
Alaska More Railroads = San Do
minso Treaty.
Monday, February 5.

ton bill was reported to the house.
The following are among the largest
items in the bill: Supplies for quar-
termaster's department, 100000
subsistence, $6,00O,000; transporta-
ton, s11, 100000. For brigade and
division encampments for the militia
an appropriation of 100000 was
agreed upon. The chief of the sig
nal corps also is to be permitted to
use the earnings of the signal corps
telegraph and cable in Alaska for ex-
tending the Alaskan service. The re-
ceipts for this service for last year
were about 100000. The commit
tee included in the bill s150,O00 for
a torpedo plant on the Pacific coast.
There was for a moment a prospect
that the statehood bill would receive
its formal reading in the senate, al
ways the initiative step in the con-
sideration of any measure reported
from a committee.
The senate took up the calendar
Immediately, disposing of the routine
business, and as the statehood bill &C.
cupied the first place, the secretary
had begun to read it before any of
the opponents of the bill realized the
situation. He had covered but a few
pages when Mr.. Teller put a stop to
the proceedings for the time.
The routine business of the senate
being disposed of, the calendar was
70 %
than usual, and the first bill being
the statehood measure, the reading
clerk began reading ii. He had pro-
ceeded but a few moments when Mr..
Teller, who opposes the bill, became
interested.
How was that bill reached?" he
asked. When informed, he suggested
that the bill should go over.
"The senator does not object to the
reading of the bill?" remarked Mr..
Beveridge, in charge of the measure.
Il certainly do" remarked the
Colorado senator, sententiously.
Accordingly the further considera-
ton of the bill was postponed. The
pension bills, about $50 in number,
were disposed Of
The shipping bill was then taken
up. and to meet the objection made
to this by Mr.. Spooner. Mr.. Gallinger
moved to strike out the provision for
preventing ships from receiving SUBJ
sides for more than ten years. The
motion prevailed.
Representative Sulzer introduced a
resolution in the house calling on the
attorney general for information as
to when the government executed the
deed for the custom house in Wall
street, where the deed is, and why
it has never been recorded in the
county of New York, and other facts
in connection with the sale of custom
house property to the National City
Bank. In explanation of the purpose
of this resolution, Mr.. Sulzer said
the bank was lodging taxes. He
charged that the sale of the property
to the bank was scandelous, as the
property is said to be worth $500,O0O,-
900. while the bank agreed to pay
only $3,265 900, and has not paid any
thing as yet.
Washington, Feb 3.-The monthly
statement of the government receipts
and expenditures issued shows a con-
dition of the treasury which is emin-
emily satisfactory to the officials. One
year ago there was a deficit of over
$2S,500.000, which has now been re-
duced to less than 100000. with the
prospect that this amount will be en-
tirely wiped out within the next thir-