The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-21
Secular News Of the Week.

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Demanding a return of the Black
Hill territory and all of Rapid City,
which they allege was taken from
them wrongfully by the treaty of
1876, famous chiefs of the Brule and
Ogallala Sioux conferred today with
Congressman Eben w. Martin. Con-
gresham Martin explained the treaty
of 1876 was superseded by the 1889
treaty and invited the chiefs to meet
President Taft when he visits Rapid
City October Il. Chiefs Crow Dog
and Red Hawk said they have re-
tanned lawyers and will fight their
case in court.
F. B. Bouthell of the department of
Joel G. Winkjer, state dairy and food
commissioner, in inspecting dairy con-
ditions in Minnesota, reached st.
Paul last Monday and consulted with
Mr.. Winkjer. With four inspectors
of the state department they will in
spect scattered diaries surrounding
st. Paul as examples of the work to
be undertaken. Some time will be
devoted to consultation between the
state officials and the federal expert
on the means employed by the gov
eminent and by other states in the
work for clean diaries. Systematic
inspection of conditions surrounding
milk production for the Minnesota
consumer will not be begun until after
the ground work has been laid with
the aid of the federal official.
The most important of the new
items in the estimates submitted for
the postal service next year is that
providing for parcels post. They
include $4,000 to cover the prelimin-
airy expenses on rural mail routes,
and an equal appropriation to start
the service in cities. The department
believes that after the initial expenses
are betrayed and the parcels post is
in full operation on the rural routes
it will not only bring in sufficient
revenue to meet its cost, but also a
surplus that can be utilized in paying
the parcels post expenses in the city
delivery service.
An additional item of $4,000 is
included in the estimates for the
postal service to cover an investiga-
ton having for its object the final
establishment of a general parcels
post on all railway and steamboat
transportation routes.
The Duke of Connaught was formal
| ly welcomed to Canada on October IS,
and at noon was sworn in as Governor
General in the House of Parliament,
Quebec Sir Charles Fitzpatrick and
Hon. r. L. Borden went aboard the
Empress of Ireland at 10 o'clock, and
formally welcomed the Duke, accom-
panying him in the Government steam
err, Lady Grey, to the dock, where the
new cabinet, Admiral Kingsmill, Cen
eral Otto, Lieutenant Governor Lam
gelier, Provincial Premier Gouin and
his ministers received the royal party.
They at once drove along the crowded
narrow streets amidst enthusiastic
cheers to the parliament building.
There was brilliant scene in the his
toric legislative chambers, where the
ceremony of swearing in the new
tGovernor took place. Upon his install
lion, salute of q guns was fired.
Questions of vast import to Ameri
can and Canadian commercial inter.
ests will soon be given consideration
by the International Joint Commission
created by treaty entered into by the
United States and Great Britain. The
commission was created primarily to
adjust differences between this coun
try and Canada over the use of the
border waters.
Governor Eberhart championed har
Dor development in his address on
October Is before delegates to the
lakes-to-gulf deep waterway conven
ton in the Auditorium theater, Chi
, cago. He increased the depth of the
canal he would like to see realized
from fourteen feet to eighteen or TWEEN
ty. He said the estimated cost would
be $300,00O,000 as against the s153,
100000 figured by government engin
GERS. The Minnesota state executive
declared the expenditure of 100000,
900 on the huge project would be .
J sound financial investment.
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