North Park union., 1900-04-20
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST-
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

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lied by the recent currency act are now
selling Mt q premium of LOG, which Is
| enuiyolent TO interest of about .O1I5
! per cent. During the seventeen days
| since the passage of the act five and
four per cent bonds to the value OF
S21O, 600 out of Il possible Ss4o,ooo.-
600 outstanding have been offered Tor
refunding into the new two per cents;
At least 25,OO0.O00 have been offered
| by private individuals, which shows
how hard 1t is to find well-paying In
vestments.
A few weeks ago Washington soci-
ety paper published cartoon which
excited a great deal of comment be-
| cause SO many people recognized IT as
an accurate representation of painful
fact. Admiral Dewey was represented
as sitting upon high stool. A woman
| who bore striking resemblance 10
Mrs. Dewey had already removed
laurel wreath from his brow and hnd
substituted FOOLS cap. She had di-
vested him of his sword and sash,
which lay on chair near by, and had
eirded him with spangled belt OF
mock diamonds and jngling bells, and
was removing his epaulets ana otner
| insignia of rank and the medais anu
decorations that covered his breast anu
concealIng his uniform with fantasuc
decorations and furbelows like those
worn by clowns in circus. The pic
ture was passed around everywhere.
and now everybody says that 1t con-
tained more truth than humor.
The rural free delivery system Of the
Postoffice Department has grown to
such proportions that it has been found
necessary to create two new divisions
to properly handle it. An order signed
by the postmaster general establishes
four divisions. the Eastern division
with Headquarters at New York, in
Guiding in its territory New England,
New York and Pennsylvania, nine
states, with Special Agent q. II. Hath
away in charge; the middle division,
headquarters at Indianapolis, Indiana,
comprising Ohio and all states west Of
Missouri and southern states down to
and including Louisiana, with f. Nj.
Wise in charge: the western division.
comprising states west of the Missouri
and Iowa to the coast, headquarters at
Denver, Colorado, with William Il. An
min in charge; the southern division, in
| Guiding eleven southern states, head
quarters at Washington, with Ii. Con-
quest Clarke In charge. This order Will
go into effect May 1st.
The passage by the House Of the Sen
ate bill ratifying an agreement with
the Indians of the Fort Hall Indian
reservation, and making appropriations
to carry the bill into effect settles Il
long standing controversy between
| these Indians and the states of Wyo-
ming and idaho. The agreement, which
the bill ratifies. provided for the allot-
ment of part of the Fort Hall reserva-
| tion In severalty to the Indians and the
opening to settlement of the remain
der. For relinquishing theportion of the
reservation thus opened to settlement
the Indians will receive 100000. or
this amount, ST5.C0o is TO be expended
for the erection of a modern school
plant at Fort Hall; 100000 is to be
| paid, pro rata. to each man, woman
and child of the Indians residing on
the reservation within three months
after the passage of the act: $4,000
thereafter annually for eight years,
and S25. 600 nine years thereafter. The
agreement with the Indians grew out
of the constant trouble which existed
between them and the white settlers
of Wyoming and Idaho on account of
the persistent practice of the Indians
In hunting big game outside the reser-
vation in violation of state laws.
This was notable day In the United
States Senate. 1t brought to a close
the sharpest and most prolonged debate
upon any measure since those discuss
cd during the memorable war Con,
gress" two years ago. At o'clock this
afternoon the votes were begun upon
the Puerto Rican tariff and civil gov
ernment bill and pending amendments,
and less than an hour later the meas
Il ,ta1, ~ bns, lnnn
much contention in and out of Congress
was passed by majority of nine, the
final vote being 40 to 81. Only COM
mittee amendments were adopted. 1t
has been evident for some time that the
bill would command Il majority In the
Senate. but Notwithstanding the fact
the interest in the measure both of the
senators and the public has not tagged
an instant. Following is the detailed
vote upon the measure: Yens-AllisOn,
Baker. Bard, Carter, Chandler, Clark
of Wyoming. Cullom. Deboe, Depew.
Fairbanks. Foraker, Foster, Frye, Gal
linger, Gear, Hanna. Hansbrough,
Hawley, Jones of Nevada, Kean. Kyle,
Lodge. MeBryde, McComas; Mcmillan,
Penrose Perkins, Platt of Connecticut,
Platt of New York, Prltchnrd, Quarles.
Ross, Scott. Sewell, Shoup, Spooner,
Stewart. Thurston. Wetmore, Wolcott-
40. Nays-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry,
Clark of Montana. Clay, Cockrell, Cul-
berson, Daniel, Davis Rep.), Harris,
Heitfeld, Jones of Arkansas, Kenny
Lindsay. McLaurin, Martin. Mason,
(Rep), Money. Morgan, Nelson Rep),
Sullivan. Talliaferro. Teller. Tillman,
Turley, Vest. Wellington Rep.)-31.
People have attributed Admiral
Dewey's action to the influence of
Mrs. Dewey, who has never concealed
her ambition, but, on the contrary,
for several months has spoken with
great freedom of her confidence In his
success, II lie decided to accept Il
nomination. At first the admiral con-
demned this idea In the most emphat-
ic manner, and used such language
as sailors are often addicted to when
he said that he would never be en-
trapped into making fool of himself
by getting presidential bee in his
bonnet; but his protestations have
gradually grown weaker and less fire.
quent, and finally, before he started
upon his recent tour through the
South, he informed friends TINT he