Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-24
CAPITAL JOTTiNGS.

The state department will hold an eX-
animation on Jan. 10 to select student
! interpreters for service in China and
japan There are three vacancies.
A telegram from Gov. Pardee of Cal
ifornia. thanking the President for TAX
ing steps to repair the break in the Col
! orado river. was made public at the
White House Saturday.
Lieut.. Commander John p. Barnado.
L. s. n. has been assigned to duty as
naval attache at Rome and Vienna.
succeeding Lieut.. Commander William
J.. Howard, who remains as naval at
tachc at Berlin.
Capt John p. Jacil) Grcenway, who
was in President Roosevclt's regiment
Of Rough Riders. has declined the posi-
ton of commissioner of the general
land office soon to be vacated by Com
missioner Richards.
The annual report Of Miss EStclla Reel.
superintendent of Indian schools. made
public Sunday, indicates that manual
training is becoming a feature of edu-
cation among the Indians, AID with en-
tircly satisfactory results. Tho teaching
Of cooking and home laundry work now
occupies a permanent place in the r"gu-
lar course.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Icupp has proposed to the war depart
ncnt plan for putting at work the
Ute Indians If Utah, who left their res
crvatinn some time ago because, as
they allege. they did not get enough to
eat and who aftcrWa-d We're rounded
up 1T Fort M"I'!c. -, u. Mr. Lcaupp'S
plan is that TIE I2"n. WC;ncn and chill
drcn he sent To- Arizona and that the
men be put IT Wuik on IT," Santa Fc
! Railroad.
| Following; t,tc - i-fpn Of the Secrc-
| tary of commerce anI labor in TIL"
! South Carrtilu Immigration case. the
State If GrrEia has submitted a copy
| Of the STATE constitution, requesting an
! opinion whether the people uf the state
+ ouli n" warranted in importing for
| .lgnyrs 10 fill the demand for labor in
! that state. Sec. StraUs. III declining to
decide u hypothetical case. refers the
Georgia inQUirers to the South Carolina
decision.
On dec. %. 1856 Hon. John NJ. Har-
Ian. now an associate justice of the
supreme court Of tho United States.
was married in Evansville. Ind. and
Saturday he and Mrs. Harlan ccle-
brated their golden wedding with re-
ccption at their home in Washington.
During the ceremony. which lasted
from to : O'Clock. the greater part of
/ official ana social Washington called
to pay its respects, the President. the
judges associated in the court. incud-
ing the chief justice, and many Sena
tors being included in the list. Assist
ing in the reception We're the three
sons and two daughters of the justice
and the families Of the sons.
August Belmont had a long conference
with Sec. of Treas. Shaw Saturday re-
garGing legislation providing for an clas-
tic currency. One plan favored by Mr..
Belmont is the enactment of a law pro-
! viting for dcpositing all the treasury
surplus in rational banks. Another plan
is to have the treasury department place
! funds in the national banks at small in
terest In consideration of the payment
by the banks of interest on government
deposits Mr.. Belmont believes that funds
should be deposited without requiring
the banks to place bonds on deposit with
tho controller of the currency at security
1or loans. This plan contemplates lodg-
ing discretionary powe with the secreta-
~ OF the treasury to determine what
/ banks shall have the deposits and to
. Ju"Se whether or not they are RESPONSE
| pie. Sec. Shaw does not look with favor
| upon the proposition TO place govern
mont funds in rational banks without
security. but IL favors the rlnn to hay.
inc h'nks I'ay interest to the govern
meht. Ills plan has been suggested