The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-02

last Of the appropriation bills in the hands
of the Senate in ample time to permit OF
| their consideration. Only the general de-,
| ficIency bill remains.
Constituting what is believed to be an.
other new record. the House passed $751;
! 100000 of the total in the sundry civil bill
by Unanimous consent" OF this amount
the public building items. aggregatins
more than $21,0o0,oOO were adopted with
| out being read by the clerk.
The general Panama canal appropria-
! tions amounting to nearly $46,0O0,0o0. were
passed without discussion or question OF
| any sort. The item for the fertilization OF
! the canal was considered as an entirely
| separate provision.
| Six thousand American troops will man
the Notifications to guard the Panama
canal from foreign invasion If the plans
now being perfected by the war depart
ment are adopted. These troops will be
| four regiments Of infantry and one squad
| ron of cavalry three batteries of field arr
tillery and Il companies Of coast artillery
permanent garrison will be established
ut Culebra, the highest point on the route
| of the canal From this point facilities will
! be perfected for the rapid transportation
Of troops by rail to another point which
may be at Mirahores. The distribution of
| the troops in this manner is calculated to
| be the best method to prevent a sudden
dash by landing party force of an att
| lacking enemy fleet having as its object
! the destruction Of any OF the great locks
| of the canal
| Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhause, COM
mandant of Mare Island navy yard. has
been selected by Secretary of the Navy
Meyer to succeed ReaC Admiral Seaton
| Schroeder as commander In chief Of tho
Atlantic fleet about June l. and Rear Ad-
miral Joseph b. Murdoch to succeed Rear
Admiral John Hubbard as commander in
chief of the Asiatic fleet on May 10.
These appointments are incident to the
approaching retirement of Admirals
| Schroeder and Hubbard on account of the
statutory age limit of 81. The latter ter.
inmates his active service on May 10. and
Admiral Schroeder will retire August !.
| The Haley G. Lang company. of Sioux
City, and the Sioux Falls Fruit company
have filed a complaint, alleging excessive
charges on shipments Of fruit from Ar
| kansas points to Sheldon, Ia, and Worth
ington, MINI. The Burlington, the Oma-
ha and other roads are named as defend
| ants.
| r. r. Black of Hinsdale, Mont, filed
! complaint with the commissioner alleging
\ overcharges by the Great Northern road
| on shipments of corn from Sioux City. He
alleged that rate Of 46 cents a hundred
!
| been a reasonable charge.
| -
| Day and night sessions probably will be
| held in both branches of congress this
week, for only five and half days re-
main to conclude formidable legislative
program In an unprecedented and almost
| hopeless condition.
| Without taking into consideration the
situation in the Senate, where there is q
fllibuster against taking votes on the
Canadian reciprocity agreement, the per-
manent tariff board bill and the Lorimer
! case, to say nothing of the proposition to
| raise rates for carrying the advertising
sections Of magazines through the mails,
| there is a congestion Of appropriation bills
| that seems irremedial.
The urgent deficiency bill is the only
one of the IA general supply measures that
have become law. The situation respect
ing appropriation bills is as follows:
The Indian, legislative. army and Dis
| trict of Columbia bills have passed both
| houses and are in conference. All these
bills contain items of dispute which pres
ent difficulties The pension, postoffice.
| agricultural, naval, military academy.
! Notifications diplomatic and consular and
sundry civil bills have passed the House
but not the Senate The general deficiency
! bill has not come out of the House COM
mittee on appropriations.
| There remain to be passed by the SEN
| ate therefore, the pensions, postoffice, ag-
ricultural, naval, military academy forth
fcations, diplomatic and consular, sun
dry civil and general deficiency bills.
Services for Deliver.
Services in memory of Senator DOL
liver in the House yesterday We're I'M
usually replete in striking tributes to
| the dead Iowan. All the members of
the Iowa delegation spoke. and also
Representatives Champ Clark. Lenroot.
Norris, Martin. of South Dakota, and
| Madden. Representative Hull presid-
cd and paid warm tribute to Dolliver.
Representative Hubbard's eulogy told
| Of his impressions of the dead senator
from an Intimate personal knowledge.
He denied that Dolliver had under
gone any sudden, Saul-like conversion,
but declared he had been becoming
convinced of the right of the public
side in railroad matters, the tariff and
the like for years.
Mr. Hubbard told Of Delivers worth
to Morningside college, and of being
present at services at the college fol-
| lowing his death, when the whole au-
dience stood at the mention Of the SEN
ator's name.
Rate Advances Checked.
Advances in freight rates on grain,
grain products and seeds made by the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail-
road in common with other interstate
carriers IN the west and northwest,
today were suspended by the Interstate
Commerce commission from March 1
to July /. 1911.
Tie suspension of these rates is in
line with the suspension of the rates
of other roads previously announced.
The proposed increases were en- grains,
grain products and seeds between Chi
cago and Peoria, ILL.,, and various
places in western and northwestern
states.
An order was issued by the Inter-
state Commerce commission today sus-
pending parts of certain tariffs filed
with the commission by the Chicago &
Northwestern. the Chicago, Rock ISL
and & Pacific and the Chicago. ST.
Paul, Minneapolis e. Omaha railways
affecting the transit privileges on
starch ut Cedar Rapids, Ia. The sus-
pension was made from March l until
September l, 1911.
Law Against Spies.
The Hobson bill to prevent the dis
closure OF national defense secrets
which has passed the House was today
passed by the Senate without dis
cussion. The measure is commonly
known as the spy BILL" and pro-
vides that persons unlawfully gsrher-
Ing information concerning any part
OF the national defenses shall be sub
ject to fine of not more than 4 900