Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-01-25
WASHINGTON NEWS.
What teaEsess is uoiss. .-Notes frosa tbs
white u. ass sud the departments.

Henry \. Haxcn, professor IL meteor.
olony nnd forsvasicr nj the weather
bureau IN this city. WIS fatally injured
Monday night by being thrown from
his bicycle His skull wis fractured
nnd Il. died III. next day.
I ,'rhr present policy OF the admins.
trntion and Of the leaders In Congress
j. TO iav" tiu. Philippines permanently
retain their own rarir against the In
tied States aud all other countries.
giving all oIiicr nations til. same trade
advantages that are enjoyed by tie
Tinted States In nctordnnc,. with the
open door principle.
The Scnnt. committee on military af-
fairs Inns reported favorably on Sen
ator Wnrrcn's blil directing that . mon.
uncni bc built to mark the site o( tli,.
Fort rhii K'nTncy massacre. which
occurred December II. ls'ai. near
WHERE the city of isuffaio, Wyoming.
Is now located. Til" public innd. eonn-
miit.c reported fnvorably Mr.. War.
pn's biii donating :sl.O0 acres of ls,d
to the Wyoming soldiers aud Sailors
Home nj Cheyenne.
Tie Hepburn, Morgan Nlcarastian cf,-
nal hill viii br passed during the pres
cnt session of Congress. Speaker Hen.
d-t-on l. In favor 81 the I'LL and II
prompt action. Senator Frye. pr".i-
dent pro icinlur- Of the Senate. wants
action by the Senate. nnd rxprc-sc. the
belief that III. hlll Will bc passed nt m
early date. I'll. measure will'rccrirc
the approval of the President. These
statements are fully warranted by II
canvass uf the two houses.
Secretary Gage was i,forr the House
committee ON coinage. weights and
measures the other iny and spoke IN
favor Of the adoption of the metric
system. MIR. Gage also referred Z" the
need of fractional silver currency. He
Ioiniri ont that nj present the demand
FOR fractional coin WIS "a urgent that
the Issue ran considerably beyond the
SiO.OIo.ONS authorized hy law. and he
recommended that this legal rr-tric-
tIon l,c repealed. leaving the treasury
to determine. the proportion of frnc-
iional cnin necessary.
The reports OF the committee nn PRIV
ilcg,.- and elections In the ease of NJ.
=. QUAY. who claims u 2cat In the Unit
ri States Senate Oh the strength Of an
appointment from the governor OF
P.nusylvnnin. were presented In the
S,nntc Tuesday. The majority report.
.n,,i-ing tit. seating Of Mr. Quay. WIS
signed by Senators Gallery. rciius.
rurIey. Harris and burrows. the last.
nanici the only Republican signing IL.
The minority report bears the sigma
lures OF Senators Hoar. Chandler.
prItchard nnd McConas. all Rcpub-
leans and advocates OF giving the seat
to Mr. Quay.
Attorney W. B. Harrison. who Is
here representing the Denver Chamber
of Commerce. was heard before the In
tcrstntc Commerce Commission Fri.
day. lie appeared In the case OF Kin.
del against the railroads FOR violation
Of the long and short haul clause In
Denver freight charges. MIR. Harrison
mn,L, an excellent presentation OF the
arguments FOR the recognition Of Den
ycr's claim to fair treatment In trans
narration. He was nttcuiircly listened
TO by the commissioners. MIR. liarri-
son saws that lie Is confident that the
commissioners will give Denver the re-
lief sought.
Enormous crowds were present To.
d,y 10 witness the opening Of the de
hat, In the Roberts case. Fully three
fourths of the spectators were women.
PRINCIPAL interest ccntcrcd in the
spc,rh OF the accused congressman.
and after Chairman Taylor OF tile com
mit,cc had read the majority report IA
yoriuy the barring Of the man from
Utah and the report uf the minority
f,ynriur his being seated and then cX-
cxhcllrI. Mr.. Littlchcld. representing
Tho minority, challenged Mr.. Taylor's
authorities. the principal interest. how
ever. c,ntcrcd on the speech OF the man
from Utah. who followed Mr.. Little
field In II speech OF nm hour and half.
The War Department has made pub.
lie a statement showing the imports
nj thc mort of MANILA for the three
months of July. August and Septen-
bcr last. being the first official data re-
lntinr to imports during so long a pc
riod since American occupation. me
total value of merchandise entered at
the Mauila custom house from the
three months named was S5,So2.5Sl. IN
addition there was So, $40 In gold CON
and S255.2gA In silver coin from Brit-
ish India. and S332. 1O1 in silver coin
from China, bringing the aggregate OF
imports up to SG.ii3, 1O2. or nt the ra'c
of more than S25.3O0.OO0 Il year from
MANILA alone. The growing nature ot
the trade Is shown by comparison
with the amounts for all l'hiiipp,he
ports for the fifteen years ending win
1894, during which time the average
ycnrly imports of the archipelago only
amounted To si1.030.0ii. or npproNi-
matcly two.thirls of the valuation IN
dlcatcd by the trade of three months
ending with September. 1889. FOR Ma
Mia alone.
The Grand Opera House. the largest
auditorium in Washington, was packed
10 the doors Sunday night with AZ, en-
thusinstic audience that expressed lis
synn,thy with the Beers in their fight
wifi Grcat Britain. The speakers in
cluded members of both branches or
Congress, and on The stage were othcr
nuhlic men who came merely to add
their moral support. The keynote OF
The speeches was that the Beers were
lighting for their ,huepen",nec us Thn Tn,
rorcfathcrs had done In l'id. Ihe
yn,hcrIng assembled under the auspices
=, thc IrnIted Irish societies. and Il