Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-07-07


The House Committee on Pensions has
ratified the report of the subcommittee
IN favor OF Representative Bryan's bill
TO pension widows whose names were
taken from the roll because they had re-
married and where the second husbands
have died or have been divorced.
While Kyle was making a speech in
favor of an income tax in the Senate the
other day, Call of Florida shocked the
spectators in the galleries by removing
his shoes and elevating his sky-blue"
stockings to neighboring desk, while
he famed himself with palm leaf fan.
The report of the Board of Visitors at
the United States Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Md, will suggest that the
course OF instruction be six years in
as at present Occasional practice cruises
OF four months each are recommended.
The bill to amend the act for the relief
OF the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota
has passed the House. The bill provides
that lOO, 900 acres of the pine lands of
the White Earth and Red Lake reserya-
tions, when the Indians are allotted the
lands in severalty, shall be offered for
sale.
The Secretary OF the Interior has
granted permission to the management
OF the New York Museum OF Natural
History to allow its representative en-.
trance to the Uncompahgre and Uintah
Indian reservation, Utah, to obtain fos-
sils for exhibition. The request was de-
MED last winter, owing to the excited
condition of the tribe.
A delegation OF the International Ty-
biographical Union appeared before the
House Committee recently to advocate a
government telegraph. William Nc
Cabe OF Washington was spokesman.
He urged that the government control
OF the telegraph lines would lead to the
establishment of more newspapers,
thereby giving more employment to
printers now out of work.
Professor Mendenhall, in charge of
the coast and geodetic survey, has ten
dered his resignation to the President.
1t is said that the professor, in his letter
to the President, puts his action on the
ground that the Secretary of the Treas
ury has interfered with the working of
the bureau by the retirement of experts
and the substitution of inexperienced
men to such an extent that it is impos-
sible to do good work.
The Senate Committee on Commerce
has heard testimony concerning the re-
spective merits OF Santa Monica and San
Pedro as place to build breakwater
on the Coast near Los Angeles. E. L.
Corthell, civil engineer, stated break
water at Santa Monica would cost So
729, 1885, while he quoted the report of
the Board of Engineers showing the cost
at San Pedro would be $4.845, 44O. En-
gineer Ramona spoke on the San Pedro
site.
The Attorney-General of the United
States has instructed Acting United
States District Attorney Platt of the
southern district of New York to at once
institute suit in that district before Dis
trict Judge Wallace against the Northern
Commercial Company to recover 81 50. 900
for the last three years rent and premi-
UNI on seal skins due to the government
from the company. This action is taken
by mutual consent OF the contending
parties.
There are indications that Ezeta's
case will cause our government to as
sumo definite position in the matter
OF the right OF asylum. Although the
Salvadorian refugees, with one excep-
ton, are safe on board the Bennington,
the Salvadorian provisional government
determined to press its demands for the
surrender of General Antonio Ezeta,
Vice President of the late government.
1t is likely that the other refugees will
not be included in the demand.
The prediction that the reforms insti-
tuted by the Democratic administration
OF the pension bureau would result in
covering into the treasury at the end of
the fiscal year several millions of dollars
is about to be realized. Commissioner
Lochren has had prepared careful esti-
mate showing that the surplus will be
$25, 900, 900. Commissioner Lochren's es-
innate for pension disbursements in the
fiscal year 1895 has been reduced from
$165. 000, 900 to $40, 600. 900, so that the
coming years disbursement will effect a
saving equal to another $25, 200, 900.
The details of the Nicaragua canal bill.
which will be reported to the House, were
practically closed up at meeting of the
subcommittee the other day. There will
be recommended directorate of eleven
members, eight being government direct
ors, one representative of the company,
one from Nicaragua and one from Costa
Rica. Three government engineers will
have charge of the work. 1t will be pro-
vided that dividends shall not exceed 8
per cent, so that sinking fund may be
established. The government share of
dividends will be credited to a sinking
fund. Some members of the committee
think the debt can be raised in twenty
five years on the lines laid down. Bonds
were practically decided upon for the
whole amount, as the proposition to coin
silver involved troublesome complica-
tions and opposition. However, that
section of the bill is subject to change
SO that, il any plan involving the use OF
silver seems practicable, it can be
adopted.
Charles s. Craig of Edgewood Park,
Pa, has been before the Congressional
Committee investigating the armor
plate frauds. He was associated with
G. E. Sill in giving the main informa-
ton OF Irregularities at the Carnegie |
works. Craig's evidence was much like |
that recently given by Sill and corrob-
orative of it. He testified that he made |
reports of the work on armor plates |
from the workmen's states giving the |
actual work done. The reports were
submitted to Superintendent Kline,
who changed them to bring the work
within the government contract. The
altered reports were then furnished to
the government officers. Craig gave
from his note book list of plates which
had been doctored after they had been
turned over to the government as test