The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-11-11

Lieutenant Colonel w. B. Banister
chief surgeon Of the central division
of the army corps, with headquarters
at Chicago, spent day last week al
Fort Smelling inspecting the post II
preparation for the reception of the
Twenty-eighth infantry, which is due
to arrive in a few days. Later on he
left for Fort Missoula, Montana.
Depositors in the governments
postal savings banks on January ]
next may exchange all or part of their
deposits for bonds, according to an
nouncement made in Washington last
week by the postofice department
These bonds which will pay az pei
cent, IA per cent more than the or.
binary postal deposit interest. will be
issued in 500, 800 and $500 denomina.
tions. Application for the conversion
of deposits into bonds must be made
before December Is at the depository
where the certificates were issued
These bonds will not be counted as
part of the maximum $500 allowed to
one depositor.
The six amendments to the bylaws
of the international Typographical
union, submitted to the members for
a referendum vote, were adopted,
according to announcement made by
President James Lynch. The most
| important Of the amendments pro-
vided for a graduated burial benefit,
according to the length of member
ship in the union, instead of the fiat
rate of SIS.
The new cabinet formed in June
last with Baron Gautel Won Franken-
thurn as premier. resigned recently
owing to failure to unite factions in
support of it's program. The new
ministry of Count Stuergh, premier,
was formed as follows: Minister for
the interior, Dr. K Heinold D'Udinski;
minister of commerce, DR.. Won Roess-
Ter; minister of railways, DR.. Won
Foster; minister of education, DIR.
Hussarek Won Heinlein; minister of
works, Herr Trakka; minister of agri-
culture, Ritter Won Zaleski Wenzel.
The ministers of justice, finance and
national defense remain the same as
in the last cabinet.
The appointment of Waldemar
Lindgren as chief geologist was an
nounced by the secretary of the in
terror. Mr.. Lindgren has been with
the survey since 1884. Nearly thirty
years ago he was an assistant geolo-
gist on the northern transcontinental
survey, which included an examina-
ton of the land grand of the Northern
Pacific railroad.
One hundred dement's and the loss
of his annual vacation and one month
with close restriction to the grounds
of the academy is the punishment
melted out to the second classman
who recently hazed two members of
the fourth class. The name of the
offending midshipman was withheld.
Manitoba government-oWned tele-
phones show deficit of $4,000 on
this year, according to statement
made last week by Frank Patterson,
chairman of the telephone commits
sion. The remedy he suggests, is the
doubling of rates for business
telephones, the installation of four
party lines and an increase of tele-
phone charges on rural lines. During
the previous two years the system
showed surplus.
A collection of more than 100
medals, trophies, swords and personal
belongings of the late Rear Admiral
Schley has been given to the National
museum by Mrs. Schley. The COM
modore's flag, which few on the
Brooklyn, Schley's flagship, in the
battle Of Santiago, and part of a
silver service made from bullion taken
from the Spanish battleship Cristobal
Colon are included in the collection.
Development of Alaska by cam
paign of advertising is to be under
taken by the Northwest Development
league. A committee of thirty has
been appointed by Lewis Penwell Of
Helena, Mont, president of the or
ganization, to raise a fund of 100000
which will be devoted largely to the
work. The commercial clubs of Alaska
will cooperate, furnishing the adver-
Using material. Will A. Campbell,
secretary of the league, left st. Paul
recently for New York, to procure the
Alaska exhibit now displayed at the
New York land show, and have it for
the Northwest Land products show
to be given at st. Paul in December.
The supreme court reafirmed the
decision of Judge Goss of the district
court moving the county seat of Penn.
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