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Al Ward of Minnesota is at the St. James,
Washington.
DR.. s.. c. Mccormack of Minnesota is at the
National Hotel, Washington
A bill was reported in tho senate fixing the
salaries OF district judges in Minnesota at ST.
COO.
Ex-Gov. Newton Edmunds, Judges A. j.
Edgerton and 2. G. Shannon and Bartlett Tripp
OF Yankton are in Washington.
Mrs. Sarah Smell of Minnesota has been pro-
NOTED from q $1,000 to q 81, 200 clerkship in
the patent Office ut Washington.
Tho senate confirmed Horny Esperson as reg
lister of the La Crosse land office, aud b. N.
Johnson to a like position st Fergus Falls.
Maj. Strait will introduce in the house a bill
restoring to the pension rolls soldiers mothers
and widows who may remarry, and, by death
OF the husband, become again dependent.
The house committee on has re-
ported favorably Mr.. Nelson's bill authorizing
the st. Cloud Water Power Company to con-
struct a dam across the Mississippi river at ST
Cloud, MINI.
Several of the clerks employed in the sixth
auditors Office, postofice department, where a
great many Of the postal notes are handled
have been poisoned by constant contact with
them. Arsenic is said to be one of the ingredi-
ents used in the coloring of the notes.
Congressman Eaton of Connecticut was asked
why he objected to to the resolutions deploring
the death of Wendell Philips, and he replied:
II do not propose to allow the house to pass
such resolutions about n man who has openly
proclaimed that the constitution Of the United
States is a covenant with hell, without some
discussion.
Senator Sabin was engaged on the 18th inst,
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among the Minnesota congressman for their
endorsements. They have all received from
Mr.. Sanborn copies of his papers with the re.
guest that they should support his candidacy.
He will receive the endorsement of the entire
delegation, although Maj Strait would support
Gordon Il. Cole in preference if he should be-
come a candidate.
A bill was introduced in the house by Mr..
White of Minnesota by request, amending the
Pacific railroad act of July ., 1874, providing
for the construction of a railroad and telegraph
line from Sioux City, Iowa, westerly through
the Niobrara valley TO such point on the Union
Pacific west of the 1GNth meridian rs the com
pany may select, and on the same terms and
conditions ard with the same rights as are pro-
vided in the act of 1914, except that the com
pany is not to receive any bonds or lands as
provided in the original act. The bill is i'll the
interest of the Union Pacific.
Cheong Woo Bang, a native of China, ap-
peared at the clerks Office in Washington for
the purpose of becoming a citizen of the United
States. He stated that he came here when
fifteen years of age, and has lived here contin-
uously since, excepting a short time spent III
China on a visit. He had been educated here,
joined a Christian church, and desired to re-
main a citizen of this country. The clerk de-
cided that no relief could be given him in con-
sequence of the act of May 6, 1882. which pro-
vides that thereafter no state court or court of
the United States shall admit Chinese to citi-
zenshship.n
There appears to be some difference of opin-
ion among the members of the Minnesota dele
CATION as to the application of Gen. Sanborn
for the eighth Judicial district judgeship, and
the. papers have not yet been filed with the de-
partInent of justice. Only two Minnesota rep
resentatiyes, Messrs. Nelson and Wakefield
have endorsed Gen. Sanborn's papers. These
gentlemen say they did so becauset the men they
preferred to recommend had not signified a de-
sire to have the place. When requested by
Senator Sabin to endorse Gen. Sanborn's paper,
Mr.. White, without assigning any special rea-
son, declined to do SO. Messrs. Washburn and
Strait refused their endorsement for the reason
that they had already committed themselves to
others.