Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-16
CAPITAL Jottinus,


The Senate Thursday passed the bill
establishing light and fog signal sta
ton at Isle Au Haul harbor. Me.
Government receipts Thursday:
From internal revenue, $991.210: GUS
toms, Sl."2. IS: miscellaneous, s12S, So.
Expenditures. $4,000
A vote on the Philippine tariff bill will
be had in the Senate committee early
next week. 1t is expected the bill will
be reported from the committee with I
majority of one vote or two at the most
A delegation of negro citizens from th,.
national Baptist convention Thursday
asked the President to interfere to stop
the alleged dcplorablc condition in the
Congo Free State. President Roosevelt.
promised to take the subject under con-
sideration.
Juan Francisco Sanchez. late minister
of foreign affairs i'll San Domingo under
the Morales administration. called at the
state department Thursday to see Sec.
Root but was unable to see him. He
says he is On a mission for Morales which,
he cannot discuss until the mission is ac-
complished. He has written to Sec. Root
asking for an interview with him.
George ". Beavers. the former chief
of the salaries and allowances division
Of the postotlice department who. on
Monday last pleaded guilty to conspi-
raCy in connection with postal con-
tracts and who was sentenced to inn
prsCnment for two years, is i'll at the
jail at Washington where he is await
ing transfer to the Moundsvillc. w.
Va. renitCntiary.
The House committee on territories
decided Thursday to make a favorable
report on the Nelson Alaskan delegate
bill with slight amendments. The bill
has already passed the Senate and
gives Alaska Il dc legate who is to be
elected and have powers practically the
same as the delegates from Arizona.
New Mexico and other organized ter
ritorieS.
William J. Bryan. writing from Hong
Kong, it was announced in Jackson
vile, Fla, has sent his resignation as
trustee of Illinois College. declaring
that he would not serve school whore
the board Of trustees was in favor Of
accepting funds from Carnegie or
CNiitA u hat oNiitAS, WV ttIC sltltiill't-
ing to Subsidize the colleges of Ameri-
CT to prevent the teaching of economic
TRUTH
Tie House committee on labUr has
practically agreed to report n bill for
an investigation of child labor and is
now making an attempt to find Just
what classification Of child labor shall
be attempted in such measure. Rep.
Gardner, Mass, and the United States
commissioner of labor, Charles p.
Neill, appeared before the committee
Thursday and a general discussion was
had of tie pest divisions of children as
to aSC and the nature of the work at
which they arc employed.
The Senate committee on interstate
commerce WIS in session about two hours
Thursday instead of continuing oil day
as had been agreed upon Wednesday,
There was barely L quorum present at
any time. The adjournment was take,
for the reason that It appeared at the
outset that nothing could be gained by
discussing the Hepburn bill and that
there could be no purpose in dclibcratin.
until Friday. when the bill is to be voted
upon in committee unless the large " I'M
bar of proposed amendments prevents.
The House committee on merchant
marine and fisheries decided today to
report favorably on bill opprop,iat
ing s5o.noO for biological station on
the Gulf of Mexico. Bills for fish hatch
cries were considered and the commit
tee agreed to report faVorably on the
following: Maryland. $4,000: New
IL p I'll
favorable report Was agreed upon on
the Grosvenor bill prohibiting the use
of foreien-built dredges in the United
States. DredSes now in use are except
ed.
Senator kittrcdge has introduced n
bill to incorporate the Great Council
Of the United States Of the Improved
Order of Red Men. The Order of Red
Men is fraternal society organized
into lodges. or tribes, as they are call
ed, throughout the several states The
Great Council is the head organization
of the order and is made up of repre-
sentatives from the several states.
The purposes of the order are frater-
nal. social and patriotic. and to pro-
vide for destitute members and their
families.
Sec. Root and Sir Mortimer Durand.
the British ambassador. have for sew
eral months been discussing a pr.,cti-
cable method of preserving Niagara
Falls from the inroads of industrial
projects. The two governments have
been awaiting report which the in
terha tionai waterway commission is