The Holly chieftain., 1900-05-04

sented him by the school children of
the Northwest better than any other
present he has yet received.
The House committee on military af.
fairs has directed favorable reports on
the Dill establishing four permanent
camps IN the four main sections Of the
country, for use by federal troops and
the national guard; also Representative
Marsh's bill giving rank to contract
army surgeons, and the Senate bill
providing additional officers in the COM
missary department.
It can be stated on authority that
the negotiations respecting the Amer
lean missionary claims are progressing
IN the most satisfactory manner In the
view of the government. The depart.
ment has received from Mr.. Griscom,
the United States charge, a cablegram
announcing that the porte has under
taken to meet all of the engagements
made with the United States minister
regarding the payment of the claims
set up on account of the destruction
of the American mission property in
Turkey.
The House has put It's heel upon the
pneumatic tube service now in opera
tion in New York, Boston and Phila-
delphia, and If its action stands the
whole service will be crushed out. The
postoffice committee had recommended
an increase of the appropriation for
this service from S225,OOO to S725, 900.
The proposed increase was attacked
by the appropriation committee under
the leadership of Mr.. Moody of Massa-
chusetts with such vigor and success
Tint in hn arI ha tod 60
90, to strike the entire appropriation
from the bill
In the House Tuesday, Mr.. Hill of
Conencticut objecting. adopted the For
aker emergency resolution to continue
the present officers IN Puerto Rico in
Office until the appointments are made
under civil government act as amended
by the committee on insular affairs.
The amendments require that all fran
chises shall be approved by the Presi-
ident before they become operative,
and place certain restrictions upon
chartered corporations, such as the is
suing of stock or bonds except for cash
and inhibiting real estate corporations
or the holding of real estate by corpor-
ations except such as is necessary to
carry out the purposes for which they
are created.
The House subcommittee on Ia
Dor, in charge of the Gardner eight
hour bill, reached decision wednes-
day ON the final form of the bill and
on several amendments, all of which
will be reported to the full committee
on labor, when 1t is expected that final
action will be taken. The bill has at
tracted much attention in labor cir
cles, being actively urged by the
American Federation of Labor, and
has been energetically opposed by
many large steel, nrmor, shfp-building
and ammunition concerns doing bust
ness with the government, as the
measure will have the effect of fixing
an eight-hour day on armor and like
commodities and in the building of
warships.
The Senate committee on claims has
authorized Senator Warren to report
favorably the bill to provide for the
payment of overtime claims of letter
carriers excluded from judgment rs
barred by limitation. These claims are
for time worked by letter carriers in
excess of eight hours per day between
the years 1889 and 1894 and not paid
under the various deficiency appropri-
alton bills passed for this purpose. The
aggregate amount of these claims is
S220.OO0, which will be distributed
among letter carriers in nearly every
free delivery office in the country. In
Colorado the amounts to be distributed
are: Aspen 500, Colorado Springs
SIP, Denver 1927, Leadville $S5, Pu-
eblo 1913, Trinidad $267.
Out of $4,000 civil employees of the
ant Of tho nj tor
names appear in the blue book, 1852
name OF John Smith. The Joneses are
next in number, 1923 being on the pay
roll, with 1,1O2 Browns and 1904 John
Sons. Eighteen people of the name of
George Washington are serving their
country in official positions and fifty
two ordinary Washingtons. Two per
sons Of the name of William McKin-
ley are on Uncle Sans pay roll. One
draws salary of 81, 1855 a month as
President and the other $1OO a month
US engineer in the Louisville custom
house. There are forty-eight Bryans,
and three Of them were chrIstened
William. We used to have two Grover
Clevelands In the public service, but
only one now, who Is assistant farmer
at Fort Peck Indian agency and re-
ceives a salary Of $50 a month.
The Senate military committee has
amended the Root bill for
army reorganization and decided to
make Miles lieutenant general and Cor.
bin major general. The committee In
Its amendments was Influenced by the
protests which have reached the com.
mittee from army officers who repre-.
sented that the bill as drafted at the
War Department contained pernicious
provisions which would demoralize the
army and introduce politics and infiu-
ence in the administration of military
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