Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-02-25
FOREST RESERVES.
The President Issues Proclamations
Setting Aside Timber Lands.
The INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
The Clause Directing Temporary Contracts
for sectarian Schools Agreed To-The
General Deficiency Bill Passed
The Perrine Grant.


WASHINGTON, FEB @-rres'nent
Cleveland celebrated the iooth ann
versary OF the birth OF george WASH
ington by signing ana prohulgat'hg
10 proclamations, establishing as many
additional forestry reservations con
tanning an aggregate area Oh zi'"V'4oo
acres, two-fifths the area OF the s.a~
OF Kansas. Secretary Francis report
to the president on the snplec' shows
that a commission VISITED mos, or al
OF the forest reservations ana other
public forests OF the uhited o'a'es,
devoting three mohths Oh aaru
travel and careful study w'.po",
compensation 10 ,he "orh ass,en.'
them. Inc amount Vi i"iu i"
each reservation already entered unuer
the general land law 49, the secretary
points out insignificant ana 'he por-
lions OF the area described are exempt,
ed from the proclainaliohs' some VI
the sections are wi'hln 'he ii,h''s vi
the railroad grants ana III Suci cases
an executive proelalna''oh om'y ~
serves the alternate sec''ohs' 'ie se .,,
rotary Will submit 10 congress o''i
authorizing the secretary OF 'he ih'c'
rior to idemnlfy the pehehciar'es III any
OF THESE railroad lanu grants 'pciuoeu
withih lhe minus o' '"c ioreS' ro'o' va
tons established py proclan'a''on VI
the president pV pa'eh'ihB 10 ''ic'',
an equal qnantlty OF o'ner PORTIONS o,
the puplic DOMAIN w'''l'h speoinea
limits Inc RESERVATIONS are s''u"''o
IN South Dakota, wyoming Mo''"h",
Idaho' "ashihg'oh' oaiiioin'" anu
utah'
CONGRESSIONAL rhoohnp'N"''
WASHINGTON reo' 90 he 9,n"O0
spehe i.s hrsv hour yesterday :" noVen
ing 10 washington iareweii "uoresS,
READ ey Mr' paniei' Oh virginia anu
theh turheu i's a.'eh.'oh W 'no ih"'"''
appropriation Dill ~ 'hVo,Veu &" con
TEST over sectarlah ihu'ah SCHOOLS. ne
clause dlrectlhg temporary coh'rao's
WIN 'hese SCHOOLS whch no eo'c'n'
menu sc'ools were a'"li"o'1' w"'
agreed to,oi 70 .. "A provision wa,
Haueu aec'"r'hg ~ W " 'ne so'''ou
Pol,cy OF 'ne government hereafter W
,ahe ho appropriations "n",o''' io'
'he support Vi sec'a,ian S1no1'''
n Ve'o IRON ',es,oe''V o'es''"i' vi
priVa" Peis'oh o,i' orouB"V o"V ''."'
cr',icisli iroii MI ""'i,nso' 's"'n'
tne pres'oeh's course mr. iia''' ~
ooahccVicu'' ehoeaVo'eo W P.e' ''''
o''' reia''hg '" Ja',,'a' p,oeeou'ng 1 II
'ne 'crri'or'es' s'a jug 'h"' '"e 'i'e'
VI iour men, "noer sen.cnoe Vi eAeo'
'ioh, III 'he 'ho'a'i 'erri'ory' were w
p.nueh' largely On .h's oil,' Mr, 'es'
" m'ssour'' sal" WIS oiii oo"'" Nv
pass wi.ho"' oeoaVe' where"Po" m,
ri",' uiu no' press 'he n'e"s"re' a
resolution by Mr.. Allison was agreed
to, fixing the hour for assembling at Il
o'clock u. IN. on and after next Wednes-
day.
The house Yesterday passed the gen
eral deficiency appropriation bill ant
began the consideration of the last O
the money bills, that providing for tn,
naval establishment. A long debat,
occurred over the propriety OF the ap
propriation of 81 800, 900 for the South
ern Pacific railroad under the iudg
ment of the court of claims, but tn,
house, by u vote of 1902 to 1888, refuse,
10 strike II out. The members VIII,
favored the appropriation for the re
l. .a..,l.a,,, 90 tha l,vt onn
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