The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-06-16
WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.

G mmittee on Interstate and Foreign
Csf1nerce TO report 10 the House Q bill
tor equipment Of the Nicaragua canal
by the government for carrying Oh the
work To completion. Senator Morgan's
measure will be adopted With some
changes advised in committee.
The House has concurred In the Sem
ate bill authorizing the construction Of
bridge across the Eonongshela river,
passed the bill extending the time Of
payment for purchases Of the lands OF
the Omaha Incians and adopted reso-
luton authorizing the payment Of tl0,-
coo from the contingent fund 70 defray
the cost Of the arnOr-plate Investigation.
George Oetyer, Chairman Of the Ex-
ecutive Committee OF the State Debris
Association Of California. has complained
10 the Interior Department Of hie ex-
tensive damage to lands and streams
caused by hydraulic mining. He asserts
that the debris Of that process has no
duced the navigsbility Of the Sacra-
mento and Feather riyers 1t least one
half during the low-water season. The
communication has been referred 70 the
War Department.
A young crank called 1t the White
House the other day, and announced
that his purpose was to convert the Presi-
dent to the ways Of righteousness. This
was the third time he had been ut the
White House. The watehman called for
the police patrol, and had him trans
ferred 70 the third precinct station,
where he is held for examination. His
name 10 Heffenstein. He il Q converted
Jew. and has been delivering extempo-
Saneous sermons on street corners.
There seems 10 be no end 10 the meas-
ures introduced In the present Congress
for the protection Of the ealmon fisheries
Of Alaska. bat none OF them gets farther
than the committee 10 which it 10 re-
ferred. The latest bill was proposed by
Senator Mitchell Of Wisconsin. 1t differs
from the others principally in that Il
makes provisions for the re-enactment
Of the old Law OF 1889. with amendments
setting aside certain streams - spawn.
ing grounds, giving the Secretary Of the
Treasury discretion TO limit the duration
OF the fishing season and directing the
appointment Of an inspector 1t ESQ q
month aud an assistant inspector at $50
. month. Evidently some men up in
Wisconsin have their eyes ON two fat
jobs.
The arid-land question. about which
the Western members had much TO say
when the agricultural bill was before the
Senate. has been considered by the House
Committee on Irrigation Of Arid lands.
4 committee consisting OF Sweet, Hard
man. Doolittle, Pence and NevIand vas
instructed 70 draw up . general bill on
the lines OF the one for the survey OF
Idaho lands introduced by Sweet. II
will provide for a survey under the direc-
ton Of the Secretary Of War Of arid
lands in the Western States, with the
preparation Of maps showing the bitches
or canals and reservoirs needed for the
reclamation OF land, and reports upon the
water available for irrigation, with esti-
mates Of the quantity OF land possible OF
reclamation and Of cost. The States Of
Montana. Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
the Dakotas and perhaps others viii be
in the bill, with . Recommendation for
an appropriation Of t25, 900 for each
State.
II il given out that the German Min
lister has notified our government that IL
the one tenth OF q cent per pound dis
eliminating duty, which has been placed
by the senate on sugar. il permitted TO
become a law Germany will place . re-
taliatory duty on pork, lard and other
products nov imported from the United
States under reciprocity arrangement.
In view Of this notification Secretary
Carlisle has addressed . communication
10 the Senate Finance Committee urging
the elimination OF this provision Of the
Senate bill which operates against any
government allowing . bounty on re-
fined sugar. lna<much ~ Germany 10
the only competitor Of the American
Sugar Trust, this discriminating duty is
levied practically against that country.
Should the Senate comply with Secre-
tary Carlisle's recommendation and
strike out the one-tenth Of . cent provi-
sion. the Sugar Trust will receive . very
black eye.
Mcclure Of California appeared before
the House Committee on Pacific Rail-
roads the other day, making Q strong
protest against any funding bill or other
arrangement which would release the
estates Of Huntington, stanford and
others from personal liability to the gov.
eminent for the debts Of the Central Pa.
ciic. At his request it Was arranged
that himself, ex-Reprceentative Sumner
Of California and the members Of the
State delegation in Congress ehoald I'D.
dress the committee. MCGUIRE took the
position that the failure Of the Central
Pacific to pay the debt to the government
Was due to the diversion Of its earnings
70 the pockets OF the syndicate, which
under the Law should have . fund Gre
ated for the payment Of its debts. He
recommended that the government
should proceed by foreclosure or by tax.
ing charge under the condition Of the
franchise and apply to the court to se-
cure the remainder Of the debt from the
Huntingtons, Stanfords and others,
Weadock inquired IL he did not favor
government ownership, and McIuirs
explained his plan for government own
ership Of the roadbed and right Of way
with trains operated by private parties
under government control.
Attorney General Olney admits that Q
claim has been presented against the
Stanford estate for els, 600, 900 ~ its pro.
portion Of the debt represented by the
Stanford stock in the Central Pacific
Company, and explains that il was 6led
under the California statutes In order to
prevent the statute Of limitations from
running against IL. That lie, while the
statute OF limitations cannot run againei
the United States, vet an estate against
which the United States has claim may
he probated, settled and divided without
regard to the United Statee' claim, un.
less such claim ie filed within the period
provided in the State laws for such filing.
Otherwise an estate against which the
United States had . possible claim could
never he q led. Along with his expla.
nation 20. another that the claim hled
ie contingent claim, inasmuch - the
debt owing by the Central Pacific cor
poration is not vet due. The law, how.