The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-06-03

through their attorney, EuWdTu IL. An
drews, letter to Senator Elihu Root
and James A. O'Gorman. The COM
mittees have opposed further extern
sion of credit to the two common
wealths in this and the English mar
ket, and the letter to the two New
York Senators is for the purpose OF
having them include in the resolu-
ton now before the Judiciary Com
mittee of the Senate for the arbitra-
ton of claims of the United States
against North Carolina, the arbitra-
ton of the claims of the bond-holders.
Alleged discrimination on the part
of the Great Northern Railway Com
pany against Great Falls in the matter
of freight rates has been brought to
the attention of the Interstate Com
merce commission by the business
men of that city. The complaint,
which cites a specific case, asserts that
higher rate is assessed on freight
from the Minnesota Transfer to Great
Falls, Mont, than to Billings, Mont,
distance of ESQ miles further. The
matter was first taken up with the
railroad which claimed that Billings
was a competitive point with other
railroads, and that it was necessary to
arrange rates at that point to meet
competition. Great Falls business
men claim that inasmuch as Great
Falls is directly intermediate with
Billings on the Great Northern system,
and is a competing center for the
trade of this territory, this city should
be entitled to at least the same rate
as Billings in order to allow Great
Falls to secure a fair proportion of
the trade
The New York Public Library, that
splendid temple of the mind, was opened
May % with impressive ceremonies,
in which participated the President of
the United States, the Governor of
the Commonwealth, the Mayor of the
city and distinguished civil and re-
ligious dignitaries. Noted scholars,
artists, scientists and educators were
in the company of 500 which gathered
in the vestibule for the exercises of
dedication, and at the public reception
which Immediately followed 5000 per-
sons, representative of the metropolis,
traversed the corridors of the great
structure and inspected its manifold
beauties. Erected at cost of $1O,-
100000 and standing on ground ap-
praised at double that sum, the library
contains almost priceless treasures of
literature and art.
An automobile road from Hot
Springs, S. D., to Sylvan Lake, dis
lance of thirty-five miles, will be built
this summer by combined efforts of
the county authorities of Custer and
Fall River counties, and the co-opera-
ton of local automobile owners The
route will be by way of Wind Cave
and Custer, and, passing through
mountainous country, will be one of
the most attractive drives in the
country.
France paid a terrible toll last week
for her endeavor to attain supremacy
of the air, when monoplane, the
driver of which had lost control
plunged into group of members of
the cabinet who had gathered to wit
ness the start of the race from Paris
to Madrid, killing the minister of war
Henri Maurice Berteaux and injuring
the prime minister Antoine Emanuel
Ernest Monis, and his son, and the
we'll known sportsman Henri Deutsche
de la Mowithe.
One of the last official acts of Secre-
tary of War Dickinson was to send a
communication to Congress declaring
that, unless Congress directs other
wise, the wreck of the battle-ship
Maine, when raised from the mud of
Havana harbor, will be f1oated out to
deep sea and sunk. The Board OF
Engineers engaged in raising the
vessel SO recommend it in their re-
port, which the War Department has
submitted to Congress. Secretary
Dickinson has approved the recon-
mendation. The matter will be con-
sidered by the House Military Affairs
Committee.
Sixty or more of the casualty in
surance companies of the United
States and similar foreign concerns
doing business in this country have
combined to raise rates. AS a result,
employers desiring liability insurance
must pay increases varying from Is
to 140 per cent. The Attorney-General
has, it is said instituted an inquiry
into this alleged trust
The committee of wholesale grocers,
formed to assist in obtaining cheaper
sugar for customers through reduction
of duties on raw and refined sugars,
has sent out circular Astounding with
statistics to show how great burden
on the AVERAGE family in tho TTuito3