Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-12-14

nf Mr- 'bfitsr OF Ni'htEuH =" W" 49,
nuc hill. requiring rvenn" stamps ="
hc cancelled Icy i-rforation Z" prevent
fraud.
The House committee on nnNhi ~,
fairs filed report favorable I" th. plh
authorizing III" appointment OF h'p'
r.srntativc Boutcii. OF Maine ns II cap
tain In III. retired list Of the navy.
The Sanat. and House committees OF
judiciary have reached mn nIr.rhi.ht
10 I.ostpon. consideration of III. issV
.hiii for the amendment Of the bank
fupIcy law until Ill. neNt Consrrss'
I'll. attempt To pass bill giving sol
dIcrs and sailor. ~ the civil. spanish
and Philippine wars preference III the
.Necutiy. departments of the govern
in.nt was overwhelmingly defeated III
I'll. House.
Captain II. NJ. Chiti-nd"n- tnhru
States army. In charge of military
roads improvements In Yellowstone
park and Wyoming. il urging mn ap'
proprintIon of <l5DU5 for rad build
Ing In his Jurisdiction during the COM
Ing year.
The Indian appropriation blli n COM
pl-ird 10y the House committee oh ih-
Ilan nfYnIr- carries something over
Sa.ss.o. the exact aIgr.gai. not yet
being d.,crmin.i. The number OF In
.ilnn agencies IL reduced from hfiy'tw"
tn foriy-four.
Hy the. death OF her mother. Mrs.
Washington Mclean, Admiral pcwcys
wife has h,s.om. "a millionaire. Mr.
p-wcy's mother leaves an estate val.
ucd Mt about S..O1p.uS. To Il. divided
anon. ihrr,. -hildr-n-Mr-. Dewey her
sister. Mrs. Ludlow. and John u. Me
Lean. proprietor OF the Cincinnati En'
Iuir-r.
Though Charles \. Townc. the newly
appointed United States senator from
Minnesota. Will serve not more ihnn
six or seven weeks In that Office. his
term will Ia hy ITO means the shortest
on record The annals OF Illinois pre-
sent u somewhat parallel cas-. In which
u senator wore the ioga Tor exactly onc
month.
In the executive session OF the Sen
nj. senator Teller announced his In.
t.niIon To formally offer his amend
mcnt to the Hny-rnunccfo'c treaty,
which he had already suggested. strik.
Ing out the provision OF the treaty pro-
hibIIIng the fertilization of the canal.
Senator Pcnrosc announced his opposi-
iIon to the new treaty without the Tel
Ter amendment.
General Grosvcnor OF Ohio nni
Champ Clark Of Missouri. who had
Joint debate on expansion early IN the
late campaign, had not mct since that
time until few days ago In Washing.
ton. when General Grosvcnor asked "
Clark was not worn out by speaking:
Not much." said Clark. Il gained
twenty-five pounds" THAT Is the first
- 4 ri an
Grosvcnor.
The House has adopted resolution
for the appointment OF n special COM
mlttcc OF i've members TO investigate
she death OF Oscar l.. Booz OF Bristol.
Pennsylvania. who died recently as u
result OF hnzlng received while cadet
mt West Point. This course was taken
over the head OF the military commit.
tee. which reported In favor OF allow
Ing the War Department 80 conduct
the inquiry.
In spenking of the case OF Cadet
BooZ. Mr.. Wangcr OF Pennsylvania. in
the House. said that the gross out
rngcs known TO have been committed Mt
the academy In the past had aroused
the conviction that the officers OF the
academy and OF the army were so jeal-
Gus OF the fair name OF the academy
that they guarded 1t as indiscrcctly rs
the officers Of France guarded the
DrcSfus scandal.
Representative Ncwlands has intro.
duced n bill for the contraction of res
crvoirs for the storage OF water on the
Humboldt river In Nevada and for the
disposition and settlement Of public
lands within reach OF the stored wa
tiers. The chairman Of the rivers and
hnrbors committee informed him that
the committee will no. consider any
legislation relating to the irrigation or
reclamation OF arid lands.
At dinner given by Senator Dcpew
and Miss Paulding in honor OF Cover
nor-elect Odell of New York and Mrs.
Odell the senator announced the en-
gngcment of Miss Paulding to John
Edic. l.. :. y. Miss Paulding Is the
niece of Senator Dcpcw and has been
the mistress of his home in Washing.
ton. Mr.. Edic IL the son Of the late
John Il. Edic of Washington city anu
n graduate of the naval academy Cs the
class of $500.
The House on the 18th passed 1O2
private pension bills and then, on mo-
tion Of Mr.. Llttleheld of Maine, passed
n joint resolution to appoint Represent
ativc Charles \. Boutcllc Of Maine of
the retired list as n captain in the
United States navy. Mr.. Boutclle had
been reelected to the next House, but
his condition had taken an unfnvorablc
turn and that 1t would be impossible
for him to serve. lie said Mr.. BOutclle
undoubtedly would resign.
In 1914. when the British army cap
turcd Washington. the capitol was
burned. and only the roofiess walls of
the two wings were left standing. The
flooring and timbers used in the scaf-
folding made convenient kindling wood
for the British soldiers, who piled upon
It books and documents from the con.
gressional library. a heavy rain storm
fortunately eXtinguished the flames be-
fore the walls of the building were in
jurcd. Similar dcpredations were COM
mitted at the White House.