W. E. Gould, of Baltimore, is appointed American agent to collect customs in Santo Domingo.
The general counsel of the Panama Railroad Company purchases for the Government all but five of the outstanding shares of the company.
March 30.—The United States Government sends another warship to Santo Domingo.
President Roosevelt appoints Judge Charles E. Magoon, of Nebraska, Governor of the Panama Canal zone.
The Federal Grand Jury investigating the Beef Trust at Chicago indicts T. J. Connors, an Armour director, for tampering with Government witnesses, and it is reported that other indictments of prominent trust officials will follow.
March 31.—The investigation of the Gas Trust in New York discloses that the value shown on the books is over $15,000,000 more than that listed for taxation. The secretary of the company says he cannot explain the discrepancy.
April 1.—The Nebraska Legislature passes the Junkin Anti-Trust bill, aimed at the beef packers.
Theodore P. Shonts, President of the Clover Leaf Railroad, is appointed Chairman of the new Panama Canal Commission.
April 2.—Former Senators Frank J. Cannon and Thomas Kearns, of Utah, declare war on the Mormon Church. Mr. Cannon denounces President Smith as a “traitor.”
April 3.—The President completes the new Panama Canal Commission and designates salaries as follows: Theodore P. Shonts, Chairman, salary, $30,000; Charles E. Magoon, Governor of the Canal zone, salary, $17,500; John F. Wallace, Chief Engineer, salary, $25,000; Rear-Admiral Mordecai F. Endicott, Chief of the Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks, salary, $7,500; Brigadier-General Peter F. Haines, U.S.A., retired, salary, $7,500; Colonel O. M. Ernst, U.S.A., salary, $7,500; Benjamin F. Harrod, of New Orleans, salary, $7,500.