The Springfield herald., 1900-05-11

substituted and patrons served daily.
The increase in the business of the de
partment was 23.5 per cent.
J Attorney General GODDARD of Kan
sas reached here Monday with the
| avowed intention of filing in the
United States Supreme Court an in
junction suit in the name of the state
of Kansas against the state of Colo
| RADIO. Tine proposed suit is to prevent
| the diversion of the Arkansas river
by Colorado irrigationists, thus pre-
venting the natural flow OF the stream
into Kansas and, rs claimed. DANA
ging to the extent of many millions
of dollars the farmers of that state
Contrary to expectations. Mr.. GODDARD
did not file his application for an In
| junction, and he announced to-day
that he would not file 1t until the May
term of court, which opens May l4th.
Representative Bell. with the aid of
other members of the public lands
committee. will make an effort to pass
| the Navajo reservation bill oyer the
Presidents veto. Mr.. Bell Says tha,
the President has been misinformed Ms
| to the facts In the case. The Indians
on the reservation favor opening it for
mining purposes. as under the provi-
sions of the bill they would receive
| royalty upon the product of the mines.
| Agency employees. Mr.. Bell states. are
at the bottom of the trouble. and 1t is
asserted they are opposing the opening
| of the reserve so that they may have
an opportunity themselves of working
some of the mining prospects.
In anticipation of the passage by the
House of the army reorganization bill
in an unamendcd form. the officials of
the War Department have been tigur-
ing to learn what effect the Bill will
| have upon the numerical strength OF
the army. 1t appears that the only
| branch of the service that Will receive
any addition is the artillery. and the
number of men 10 be added TO that
branch is only 5,4IS at the maximum.
| This will make the total strength of
this branch of the service. 1I.44S. The
present enlisted strength of the army
is G5.OOO regulars and $4,000 volun-
| tecrs. or Il total of 100000. The reor-
ganization bill will increase that total
to 1O5,47S men.
President Gompers of the Fedora
ton of Labor and his associates have
been working very hard nll winter 10
secure the passage of an eight-houI
law, and while they have not accom-
plished all they wanted, they have
won a decided victory by securing the
approval of n bill which embodies the
greater part of their demands. The
committee on labor thought that they
asked too much. The bill as original
ly introduced prohibited the govern,
ment from using or doing anything
contrary to the eight hour principle,
which was considered impracticable,
but the labor men have succeeded In
securing n general recognition of the
principle in all government contracts.
The Supreme Court resumed its hear
ing Tuesday in the Kentucky governor
ship case. Hon. w. o. Bradley. for
mer governor, being the only speaker.
He appeared for Governor Taylor TAX
ing up the first claim of the opposition
that Taylor had never possessed any
title to the office. He concluded that
Taylor's title was as good as that of
any other man who had ever held the
office. He argued that Tnylor's title
was complete; that he was not only de
jure governor, but de facto governor
as well, and that every step that he
had taken as governor was legal Mr.
Bradley attacked the finding of the
Legislature in the case as irregular and
therefore void. When Mr.. Bradley
closed, the court took recess until
May 14th.
A man of the peculiar name of Pow
dermaker and his associates have ap-
piled to Congress for authority to dig
up the streets of Washington and lay
an underground system of pipes and
conduits for the purpose of dlstribut-
ing cool air among the houses and of
fees of the city. They call their cor
corporation "The Cooling Company"
and they propose to cool OFF for so much
a cubic foot of cold air furnished. The
idea is to have refrigerator plant mt
n convenient location with pipes and
other facilities, and run pipes like
| those for gas and water through the
| houses and office buildings SO thai,
cold can be turned on in parlor or n
bedroom just like heat from the fur
mace and the temperature lowered to
any point You please.
A favorable report has been made by
| the Senate committee on military af-
fairs on Senator Wolcott's bill to es-
tablish branch soldiers home at Den
yer. The committee report rectes that
the number of men disabled physically
and unable to earn their living by rea-
son of the Spanish-American war and
the insurrection In the Philippines will
add considerably to the population OF
the National Soldiers Home and make
the establishment of branch houses n
necessity. The location proposed is con
sidered as geographically n good one.
there being n large number of old sol
diers residing in Colorado and contig,i-
Gus states, and the nearest national
home being at Leavcnworth. which is
unable to care for n very large number
of applicants in this area. whose eases
cannot for this reason be acted upon
at this time.
The House Wednesday, nj the con
| clusion of the most stormy debate of
| the present session of Congress, passed