Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-10
NATIONAL CAPITAL BUDGET
Fertilization Appropriation Bill, Car
rying Over S10,000,00O, Re.
ported to the House.
TIE MAVERICK CASE CAUSES A BREEZE
Proposition to Define and Limit Juris-
diction of U. S. Courts Pending in
the Senate-Urged by Labor
Leaders, Measles.

Washington, April 1O.--The house COM
mittee on appropriations to-day report
ed the bill for Notifications and other
works of defense, for their armament and
for heavy ordnance for trial and service
for the fiscal year which begins next July.
The bill recommends specific appropria-
tions amounting to $5,S42,000, and in ad
dition authority is given to the secretary
of war to make contracts for further
expenditure of $5,542,000 by the engineer
and ordnance departments, making a
total authorized expenditure of $ll.3S4,-
coo. The war department. estimates on
which the bill is based amounted to $8,-
047,00O.
'TILLED CHEKsEn DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
The bill Was passed granting about
1000 acres Of land to the city of Colo
rado Springs for reservoir site.
Mr.. Grosvenor, Republican, of Ohio, de-
manded the regular order in the interest of
the filed cheese bill and the debate on that
measure was resumed with the under-
standing that the general debate should
close at 4:30 to-day.
sKssION OF SENATE TO-DAY.
Mr.. Gall. Of Florida, stated that in.
quiries had been made of him by Eugene
V. Debs and other labor leaders whether
the senate judiciary committee was TAX
ing any action in the matter of restrict-
ing the power of federal judges.
Mr.. Hoar, Of Massachusetts, chairman
of the judiciary com mittee, said that all
the members believed that some compre.
hensiye legislation in this line was need
ed and that several plans we're under con-
sideration. Mr.. Hill, of New York, had
speclal charge of the subject, and Mr.
Thurston, Republican, of Nebraska, had
presented measure covering the whole
subject. He (Hoar) expected that a
definite plan would be presented to the
senate later on.
Mr.. Mitchell, of Oregon, chairman of
:he committee on privileges and cleo
tions, reported resolution providing
for the payment of the salaries of SEN
ators Mantle, of Montana, and Clark, of
Wyoming, from March 4, 1898. the date
when the senatorial seats from those
states became vacant, instead of from the
latter time when the senators were elect
ed, the resolution being necessary to
validate payments already made.
BREEZE IN TIE SENATE.
There was breeze when Mr.. Call pre-
sented joint resolution concerning the
Imprisonment of Mrs. May ybrick, req uest-
ing the president to intervene with the
British authorities toward securing her
release.
s'That ought not to be introduced here
and move to lay the resolution on the
rable." interposed Mr.. Sherman; "the SEN
ate of the Uuited States has no jurisdic.
tion over the subject"
Mr.. Call said that he would insist on a
vote. The resolution was responsive, he
said, to wide public sentiment and
there was nothing discourteous toward
Great Britain.
Mr.. Sherman insisted on his motion to
table.
The motion appeared to prevail and
Mr.. Call asked for roll call.
Thereupon Mr.. Sherman said that he
would assent to the reference of the reso-
luton to the judiciary committee. This
was agreed to.
The Indian appropriation bill was then
taken up.
DELEGATE FOR ALASKA.
The senate committee on territories
to-day authorized favorable report on
the bill providing for delegate in con-
gress from Alaska.
MEASLES IN THE PRESIDENTS FAMILY.
The measles is running its course in
the presidents family. This morning
Ruth, the first born, contracted the dis
ease. Esther is progressing toward re-
covery.
ADVERSE TO A SPECULATIVE soHEME.
The bill to grant a. franchise for an
electric railway through the Yellowstone
park was considered by the senate COM
mittee on territories to-day and an ad-
verse report was ordered. The vote
stood 8 to s.
bishop Ryan Dead.
Buffalo, N. Y. April TO- Bishop Ryan
died here this morning.
Suicide in Boston.
Boston, April Jonathan D. Clark, OF
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