The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-09

nado Machado, Provisional Minister
of Foreign Affairs, received IS votes
for the Presidency. The term of of
flee is four years, and reelection is
prohibited. The yearly salary is
$40, 900 in addition to $4,000 for of
fetal expenses. The Government
does not allow any official residence,
nor has the Presidents family any
privileges or the right to figure in
official functions.
A new record in the disposition of
public lands was established at the
United States land Office in the Du-
luth federal building last week when
ninety entries for land in the Fond du
Lac Reservation were completed in
| fifty-two minutes. It had been
thought that the claims thrown open
to entry would not require more than
two hours to dispose of, but the Of
ficials and clerks handled all the bust
ness in less than one.
| The trouble between the rival
towns of Castlewood and Hayti in
Hamlin County, South Dakota, has
broken out afresh, and it will require
diplomacy on the part of the disin-
terested persons to prevent serious
clash between the more hot-headed
partisans. Last November Hayti was
candidate for the county seat and
sought to wrest the prize from
Castlewood, which has been the coun-
ty seat for many years. On the face
of the returns Hayti was the winner,
but Castlewood contested the election
and weeks were consumed in offering
testimony which is now before a
referee for his decision. Some of the
county officers are partisans of Hayti,
and as Castlewood continues to hold
the county seat, pending the decision
of the referee, these officials have to
maintain residence in Castlewood.
They assert that they have become
the victims of systematic persecution
on the part of a certain element at
Castlewood 1t is expected arrests
will be made.
The books of the Standard Oil Com
pany closed August 81, and to stock
holders of record September 1 accrued
the shares of the subsidiary COM
panies which are to be distributed in
accordance with the Supreme Court
decision Trading in contracts for
the split-up shares when delivered"
may be expected to begin next month,
although the distribution is not ex-
pected until, as the company an
nounced "about December IL Not
withstanding the complete silence of
26 Broadway, there are many who
believe that the small shareholders
will be protected in some way, that
they will not lose dividends because
of the fractional character of the
securities distributed, and that in
some equally hard to determine man
ner the values of the subsidiary issues
will be practically established.
London's latest census returns for
the administrative County of London
are 4,522,961, and for the outer ring
2,730,0O2, thus making the total popu-
lation for Greater London 7,252,963.
The area of the administrative county
is 1853 square miles and the area
of Greater London, which includes all
parishes within eleven miles of Char
ing Cross, is 500 squares miles. New
York, in all it's five boroughs, boasted
of 4,776,883 persons in 1910. The pop
ulation is now estimated at more than
100000 Walter Laidlow, the Stats
tician, has estimated that his Greatest
New York." comprising circle with
1911 miles as the radius and City Hall
as it's centre, will, between June Z,
1914, and January Is, 1916, pass the
population that London will then have.
Such a boundary line for New York
would include parts of Westchester
and Nassau counties, as well as parts
of Hudson, Essex and Bergen counties,
New Jersey. 1t would include IA
suburbs. It's area exclusive of about
100000 acres of swamps and lakes,
would be 100000 acres as compared
with 443,419 acres in Greater London.
The Minnesota State Fair for 1911
is now a reality. Never have the ex-
hibits been so many. Never have they
been so extensive and varied and at
no time since the fair was organized
has space in the grounds been at such
a premium. The agricultural displays
are features to which everything else
has been subordinated by the manage
ment this year and are far beyond ex-
pectations. To the rural visitor the
agricultural, horticultural, Horticultural
and cattle displays are never-ending
source of surprise and enjoyment.
The machinery section is crowded to
capacity and the dairy, poultry and
apiary departments are the most com
| plete ever shown. In the agricultural
building exhibits from thirty-six coun-
ties are displayed A year ago the
number was twenty-four. A pleasing