The silver star., 1900-12-28

Mrs. Nellie Grant SnrtOris SnyS t"ctc
IN no truth In the ruin0rcd enRnge!nchI
Of MIss HartOrIx md Mr.. Nichols ot
New York.
The Senate Inns passed bills granting
pensions OF $40 month each TO tue
widows OF General John II. McClcr'
nand ana General John NJ. Palmer.
The House passed the Indian and the
Military academy appropriation DiiM.
The former carried &O,Cebi. .5@'I. ana tue
latter x7OO.151. Neither provoked h,HIi
discussion. a few minor amendments
were placed upon the former.
Nothing In the Supreme Court since
the electoral commission that decincu
the Haycs-TIldcn presidential c0ntro-
versy has attracted NO much attcntion
IN the arguments over the p0Iiticni
status Of Porto Rico and the Ihiiip'
pines.
The Senate committee on finance inns
authorized u favorable report on the
House bin giving the superintendehts
OF coinage at mints the right TO ex'
change gold bars for gold coin ut their
discretion. The present law makes the
change mandatory.
Representative Sutherland OF Ne
brnska Inns Introduced resolution Tor
the appointment Of u special committee
Of seven to investigate the whole SUD.
jcct OF the government ownership OF
railroads In Europe. as well as III inns
country, with II view to future legis'n-
ton upon this subject.
Senator Nelson OF Minnesota offered
In the Senate an amendment which he
will propose to the army reorganization
bill providing for the issuance by the
secretary OF war to the governors OF
the states und territories of krng-
JOrgcnson rifles and equipment for the
use OF the national guard.
Lust year 1t cost threc-tenths OF one
per cent. to collect the revenues Of this
government from customs, which in-
cludes the losses as well NJ the salnr.
les and other expenses. In the internal
revenue bureau II cost Los per cent. to
collect S295.OOO.OO0. which also In
cludcs NIL losses rs well Ms expenses OF
every description
Chairman Lacey of the House public
lands committee has introduced bill
setting aside II large tract Of land in
New Mexico as an additional park for
the preservation Of cliff dwellings and
other prehistoric relies. The settlers
within the limits of the proposed res
ervation will be permitted to select
other lands In lieu of those now held
by them.
As a special mark Of distinction for
keeping the Democratic plurality In
New York county below 10000. Gener-
nj Francis V. Greene. president Of the
New York county Republican commit
tee. has been appointed grand marshal
of the inauguration parade. senator
Hanna, chairman of the national COM
mittee. offered the place to General
Greene and he accepted IL.
The board of naval construction, con
sidering the bids for the construction
of battleships and cruisers has settled
these points: One of the big armored
cruisers shall go to Cramps, one to
Newport News and one to the Union
Iron Works in California. One battle
ship will go to the Fore River En-
gine Works at Quincy. Massachusetts.
This leaves seven ships TO be disposed
Of
Senator WOlcott recently called upon
President Mckinley and urged favor
able consideration of the petition filed
for the pardon of Former Banker
KunZmiller of Denver. While the seIi-
atOr cannot say that favorable action
will he secured. he is encouraged in
that the President said he would send
for the papers in the ease and promised
to give the matter careful considera-
ton.
The river and larbor bill as 1t will
be reported from the House committee
soon after the rcconvening of Congress
on the Bird of january. will carry pro-
vision abolisliing the Missouri River
Commission. Members of the House
whose districts touch the Missouri on
either side generally express the opin-
ion that the navigation of the stream
Is so limited as to render the commits
sion useless.
Representative Shafroth to-day called
upon the supervising architect and
urged that contracts be entered into at
once for purchase of machinery for the
new mint ut Denver. Mr.. Shnfroth
suggested to Supervising Architect
Taylor that delay in the matter might
prolong unnecessarily the equipment
of the mint and called attention to the
fact that much special machinery will
be needed. requiring much time for its
manufacture.
MI. Deli HIS iieu WIFI Tie secretary
of the interior the petition of Frank g.
Goudy and others requesting that the
geological survey he directed to imme-
dintely make survey of project for
tunneling the Gunnlson river divide.
so that the waters of the Gunnison riy
er may be directed to the Uncompah-
gre valley. 1t is desired that n thor
ough survey, with definite estimates of
cost and feasibility of the project. he
made and report furnished us soon
as possible.
There Is n good deal of canyassinp
among the Daughters of the American
Revolution over the approaching elec-
tion OF president OF that order i'm the
place of Mrs. Manning. who promised
last year that she would not be cam
didate again. Those who are familiar
with the inside politics of the Daugh-
tiers confidently predict the election Of
Mrs. Donald Mclean of New York
who has been n candidate on several
occasions and is the most active mem.
ber of the New York chapter.
A message from United States Con-
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