The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-06-09

EX-SecfctHFy OF STATE JOnn w. cOS-
ter has just completed the manuscript
Df very important work upon the his
Tory of American diplomacy. which will
man In the country better qualified to
write such volume than Mr.. Foster.
for he has had more practical expert
ence in diplomatic affairs than any
nan of his generation.
Both the French and Russian embas-
Aas are negotiating for sites for the
dion Of buildings for their use. The
fench ambassador resides in m old
4 fashioned house that belongs to the
heirs of the late Admiral Porter and is
neither large nor convenient enough for
his use The Russian ambassador Oc-
cupies the old Cresswell mansion In an
obsolete portion of the city, although it
is quite commodious and convenient.
Count Cassinl the Russian ambassa-
dor. In seeking site In the suburbs
! where his government can erect a large
fembassy surrounded by gardens.
Senator Tillman made a remarkable
threat In the Senate the other day. He
declared that he would prevent the
/ passage of any more pension bills I'M
til the House of Representatives had
Z passed one he had introduced for an
Increase of pension for South Carroll
ma veteran OF the Mexican war. He
said his bill had passed the Senate and
had been hung up In the House. while
hundreds of others had received con-
federation. He felt that his constitu-
ent had been treated unfairly and
therefore gave notice that all pension
Legislation would be stopped until the
House Of Representatives did what he
asked of them.
A great injustice has been done
lieutenant J. b. Barnadou of the ma
" by those who have censured him
DR. obtaining IL patent upon process
pr the manufacture OF smokeless
powder, which he discovered while
baking experiments at the govern
nent torpedo station at Newport
Lieutenant Bernadou is perhaps the
&nOst eminent chemist in the navy and
: las made many important discoveries.
He has produced the best smokcless
bOwder known. and 1t is true that he
/ obtained a patent on the process. but
his was done by the advice and in
tructiOns of his superior officers in
order to prevent private manufacture
ers from taking advantage of his dis
covery, and az soon as the patent was
REanted he Unsigned It to the govern
h In the SENATE Friday a memorial was
q presented by Senator Perkins from the
! Itople Of California asking that the gov
eminent provide come relief for the
starving people of India. 1.-THE world
has been Mortified stupehed,"
nterjectett Mr.. Hale Of Maine, ..at the
suffering now being endured In India.
That Ii the chief of England's colonies.
The pestilence and famine are appal-
ing to the Imagination. Whole fami-
Hes are being wiped out Of existence:
the babe lies dead beside its mother
The situation Is awful. Now. the sen-
/ afor comes here with II proposition that
we should appropriate a sum of money
for the relief Of these people. I should
like to ask the senator what England
has done for the people of India. She
has spent. tens and hundreds Of mil
lions Of dollars in striking down and
4 crushing republics. 1t Is the most hru-
tai manifestation of strength agali1st
4 liberty and weakness that the world
has ever SEEN
The United States Supreme Court
has decided Admiral Dewey's bounty
claim against the admiral's contention.
The effect IL to deprive the admiral and
the men engaged with him at MANILA,
Z - II.
Chief Justice Fuller delivered a dis
senting opinion. Justice Harlan rem
dered the opinion of the court. which
turned on whether the words ''super-
iority' or ''inferiority" In the statute
mad reference to support OF the enemy's
vessels by land batteries. mines and
torpedoes. We cannot do that" said
Justice Harlan. without going far be-
yond the obvious import of the words
employed by Congress. There is I'M
doubleday some force in the suggestion
that in rewarding officers and sailors
who have sunk or destroyed the enc
my's vessels in IL naval engagement, 1t
Ia not unreasonable that all the Difficult
EAs of every kind with which they
were actually confronted should be
taken into consideration. But that IL
matter which we cannot suppose was
overlooked by Congress" The original
flaim of Admiral Dewey and his sail
rs was about $40OOOO. The Court Of
Nlaims reduced it to $oOQO0O. That de-
cfsion is sustained by this ruling. The
admirars personal claim is reduced
from about 100000 TO $4,000. Chief
Justice Fuller and Justices White and
McKennn dissented.
The report of the Industrial commits
sion, of which Senator Kyle is chair
man. makes radical suggestions re-
garding the employment of labor. 1t
recommends that Congress ask all
states in the Union to adopt laws regu-
lating work day hours for labOrers
from fourteen to twenty-One years of
age and to prohibit the employment, in
shops, of boys under fourteen years of
age, and not then unless the boys shall
have attended school ut least thirteen
weeks during the year. The eight
hour day law is TO be passed by all
the states. No women or girls are to
be employed under ground; no person
under eighteen years OF age is to be
employed as telegraph operator OH
railroads.; enxineers and swItchmen are
to be examined for color blindness: any