Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.

The Secretary of the Interior has for
warded to the War Department re-
quest that troops in New Mexico be di-
rected to arrest Navajo Indians, as re-
port to the department says they are off
the reservation and committing depreda-
tions.
The House Committee on Indian Al
fairs has decided to grant the request of
the Usage Indian delegation, which APP
peared before it recently, to detach the
Usage reservation from Oklahoma and
attach it to the Indian Territory. An
amendment to accomplish this will be
proposed in the Indian appropriation
bill.
The National League for the Protec-
ton of American Industries is opposing
items of the Indian appropriation bill
for the support of parochial schools,
amounting to nearly 100000. Among
them are the st. Boniface, Banning, Cal,
$12, 800; Holy Family, Blackfoot, Mont,
$12, 800; st. lgnatius, Jocko, Mont, 49,,
600; Kate Drexel, Umatilla, Or, $4,000.
Representative Doolittle of Washing
ton has introduced bill to appropriate
100000 for ascertaining the subterra-
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Idaho, Montana, Washington and Ore
gon lying east of the Cascade Mountains
and ascertaining the localities at which
artesian water can profitably be dug. 1t
is proposed to have the work done by
the geological survey.
Representative Hermann has secured
an opinion from the Attorney General
which declares that the President can
release any portion of forest reserve.
The question was raised in connection
with the Bohemia mining district in the
Cascade reserve. The land office has
prepared a proclamation, to be submitted
to the President, restoring several town
ships in the mineral district. The Pres
ident will sign the proclamation soon.
Mr.. Outhwaite's report on armor- plate
investigation directs the Naval Commit
tee to proceed Immediately with the in
yestigation. 1t is to cover all the work
done by the Carnegie Company since its
government contracts began. One thou
sand dollars is available for the use OF
the committee in prosecuting its work.
Power is given to summon witnesses,
administer oaths and secure the produc-
ton OF books and papers. The House
adopted the report.
Enloe has introduced bill to repeal
the civil service act. In the act creating
the commission it is stipulated there
shall be three Commissioners at certain
fixed salaries, and this act still remains
in force. 1t was the intention of the
House to make it ineffective, but the
mere failure to appropriate money does
not do so. The Commissioners conclud-
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the Court of Claims for the remunera-
ton fixed for their service by law.
CHI. j. Taylor, the colored Kansas
man over whose confirmation to be Re
corder OF Deeds for the District OF Co
lumbia there has been spirited debate
in the Senate, has been confirmed, the
vote standing "a to 10. There We're no
speeches made beyond a few remarks by
Mr. Hill to the effect that the Demo-
cratic party platform on the subject OF
home rule should be observed. The di-
vision OF the vote was not over party
lines, but Taylor received a larger per-
centage OF Republican votes than at first
seemed probable.
Delegate Joseph OF New Mexico has
introduced bill to authorize the eXplo-
ration and purchase OF the mines within
the boundaries OF private land claims in
all Western States. The bill, if enacted
into law, would give any citizen OF the
United States qualified to make entries
of public land privilege of entering
upon any territory embraced within any
land claim confirmed by the Court of
Private Land Claims and in taking up a
mineral claim. Before making such
claim the locator must tender the owner
of the land $3.50 per acre for it.
Chairman Reilly of the House Com
mittee on Pacific Railroads has intro
duced bill to amend the act creating
an auditor OF railroad accounts. 1t pro-
poses an improved system OF bookkeep-
ing between the government and the
railroads which have received govern
ment aid and are under contract to per-
form services for the government in part
payment therefor. He proposes that the
railroads shall transmit to the Commits
sioner of Railroads duplicates OF all bills
for services rendered the United States,
and accounting officers of the govern
ment shall notify the Commissioners of
their action on all the bills.
In the Senate Senator Walsh, referring
to a dispatch from St. Paul saying the
locomotive engineers had adopted res
olution condemning him for introducing
a bill to punish with twenty years i'm
prisonment the obstruction of trains
carrying mails, said he had introduced
no such bill. He had introduced a bill
for the protection of the mail, but he
had no intention of having it apply to
engineers. He then introduced an
amended bill, which provides that per-
sons robbing, attempting to rob or ma
liciously obstructing trains shall be liza
BILE to a penalty of twenty years i'm
prisonment.
KYLE has introduced q resolution in