North Park union., 1900-02-16
WASHINGTON NEWS.
What coasrs.s y Doias-Notss Prom the
white Hoass and the Departments.


white Hosss and the Departments.
The Lawton fund now amounts to
| $4,000 aud the subscriptions Will
close In few days.
| In the Supreme Court on Friday
three attorneys were admitted to prac-
tice, one from Alaska, one from New
Mexico and one from the Hawaiian is
lands, which IL an evidence of expan-
sion.
President Mckinley was fifty-seven
years old on the, 18th. having been
born at Niles, Trumbull county, Ohio,
| January 20, 1913. He received many
| congratulations from visitors and
large number of cablegrams and tele-
| grams felicitnting him upon the Occa-
sion. Many floral remembrances were
sent him.
| In answer to Senate resolution,
Secretary Gage has sent to the Senate
a report upon the coast and geodetic
survey with special reference to the
new island possessions of the United
States. He says the resources OF the
surveyor are inadequate to complete
the survey OF Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
He says the problems OF the Philip
pines ARE much larger and recommends
the establishment Of IL sub-office at Ma
nila
The House committee on milenge
has rejected the claim of Brigham IL.
Roberts OF Utah for mileage In CON
nectlon with his contest for II seat In
the House. Mr.. Roberts puts In IA
claim for mileage from Salt Lake City
to Washington. 2,507 miles. and return,
| at the usual rate OF 20 cents Il mile
each way. making IL total of 81 ,O3S.sO
Mr.. Roberts was not present today
md 1t was understood he Ind gone to
| Chicago.
For more than three hours Tuesday
| Mr.. Bacon of Georgia occupied the mt
tention of the Senate with discussion
of the Philippine question. His argu-
| ment, which had for Hs basis his own
| resolutions decluraturyl of the govern
ment's policy toward the Philippines.
was listened to carefully by his fellow
senators. and by large gallery audi
ence. He maintained that the United
States owed ns much to the Filipinos
AS II does to the CubaDs, to whom by
resolution of Congress elf-gOvernment
had been promised. and he, strongly
| urged thar his resolutions DECLARING 1t
| TO be the intention OF this government
| to confer the right Of government upon
the FilIplnOs he adopted as Il means
not only of terminating the war, but OF
extending to Il strugglig people Justice
and freedom.
| Speaking of the lack OF courts tin
| Alaska, Lieutenant Jarvis of the revt
nue. marine service says that on his re-
cent voyage down from the Bering sea-
country he brought several prisoners
and witnesses In charge of n United
| States marshal who We're compelled by
the government of the United States to
go 1000 miles to attend court and to re-
main away from their homes all winter
because there We're no means by which
they could return home after their tcs-
timony was taken. Some of them will
have TO he away from their homes for
nearly Il year unless they are able to
find passage upon n whaler early In the
, spring. This injustice IL due to the neg
lect OF Congress to provide courts for
Alaskn. and Lieutenant jarvis thinks II
ought TO he corrected ns soon us possi-
BILE
Much interest attaches to the an.
proaching investigation by the House
committee on military affairs in the
matter Of the trouble In the Occur
d'Alene country. This hearing Is to
commence on the 14th of February.
Among those already SUMMONED to
give testimony at that timc,nre Stnte
Auditor Bartlett Sinclair of Idaho.
Governor Steunenburg Of the same
state. and General Merriam. who COM
manded the department ut the time OF
the troubles. The witnesses on behalf
of the Miners Union have not yet been
summoned. although 1t is known that
President Boyce and others will be
called. The investigation will take II
wide range and the testimony Is likely
to prove very interesting. owing to the
peculiar political rnmlhcation of the
case, involving each Of the several par
ties In Idaho.
The United States and Great Britain,
1t was definitely learned tonight. have
reached an amicable agreement re-
specting the operations OF the Clayton
Bulwer treaty as affecting the right Of
construction and control by the United
States Of the proposed Nicaragua canal.
The result marks the termination OF
conferences between the officials of the
State Department and Lord Pauncefote
Of fully years duration, during
which number of meetings were held
and the subject fully discussed by the
representatives of the governments in
terested. Great Britain agrees to Il
modification OF the Clayton -Bulwer
treaty by which she practically relin-
Quishes any claims respecting n legal
|, control OF the Nicaragunn canal after 1t
shall have been constructed. The result
therefore Is to eliminate that feature
of the treaty bearing on the subject of
dual control, and to lenve the United
States free to construct and thereafter
control this great lnter-oceanic water
way.
The woolgrowers Of Ohio have asked
the President to withdraw from the
Senate the reciprocity treaty with
the Argentine Republic. which gives
reduction of twenty per cent. or
cents and 2 mills per pound, on the
duty on wool imported from that coun-
try; the sugar beet producers have ask
| ed that the treaties with Jamaica and
! the other British West Indies be with
drawn because they give reduction
of twelve and one-half per cent. in the
duty on sugar imported from those
countries; and several other interests
have asked for the withdrawal Of the
reciprocity treaty with France for sew
eral similar reasons, but the President
declines to crafty them. He thus
Shows that he Is not so extremely pro-
|2tectlonist us many people supposed,
tand still believes In the reciprocity
knryncinle un Dnnroyps Of tho iron ties