The Lamar register., 1900-05-09
bNGRESSIONAL GRIST-
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

three fourth-class postotfic,es. thirtv.
three star routes and two messenger
services all within the county. wers
abolished, and twenty-six carriers wera
substituted and patrons served daily
The Increase In the business OF the de.
partment was 23.5 per cent
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 sta+,
OF Kansas against the state of Colo.
rado. The proposed suit Is to prevent
the diversion Of the Arkansas river
by Colorado irrigatiouists, thus nre-
venting the natural how OF the stream
Into Kansas and. as claimed. DANA.
eing 10 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 It until the MAY
term Of court, which opens May 18th.
Representative Bell, with the aid of
other members Of the public lands
cCnmtttec. VIII make m effort to pass
the Navajo reservation bill over the
Presidents veto Mr. Bell saws that
the President has been misiuformed as
10 the facts In the case. The Indians
on the reservation favor opening it for
mining purposes, as under the provi-
stons Of the bill they would receive n
rVyslty upon The product Of the mines
Agency employees, Mr.. Bell states, ar,
AZ the bottom nf the trouble, and Il rs
asserted thFy arr opposing the opening
Of the reserve A. that they may havr
IA
some pt the mining prospects.
Ia anticipation Of the passage hy Tho
House of the aFtuy REORGANIZATION bll
In an unamendei form. the officials OF
the War Department have been fiCur-
ing 10 learn what effect the blt1 will
have upon the numerical strength Of
the army. II appears that the only
branch Of the service that viii receive
any addition Is the artillery. and the
number ur men to be- added 20 that
branch II only BITS at tht. maximum
This viii make the total strength NJ
this branch VI the ssFvfca.. l.,4lS. The
present enlisted strength Of the army
j. t-.isr regulars and 5000 vuIuu
tr~rs. or total a. 10000. The reor.
gauizaii0u lin viii iuCTrdSe tlIat total
TO ioo, o,l7S men,
President Sompers OF the FEEDER,
:iuu OF Labor and his associates have
b-'sn working very hard all winter 10
secure the passage Ot an cIght-hou-
law, and while they have not accom-
plishei ali they wanted. they have
won a decided victory by securing ths
approval u bill which cmbOdips tho
Srtater part of their demands. The
committee on labor thought that they
asked too much. The bill as original
- a d. q
msut from using or doing anythin.
contrary % the eight hour principle
which was considered impractlcable
but the labor men have succeeded Ia
securing a general recognition OF the
principle IN all government contracts
The supreme Court resumed It's hear.
ing Tuesday To the Kentucky governor.
snip case. Hon. W. o. H4adIey, for
mer governor. being tie only speaker
He appeared fur GUvernar Taylor. tax
ing up the flrst claim OF the opposition
that Taylor had never possessed any
tlsic 70 the office. He concluded that
TaylGr's title was as good as that OF
any other nan who had ever held thf
Office He argued that TayloE's title
was complete: that hr was not only DE-
lure governor. but de faetD 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 a recess until
May 18th,
A nan 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
condults 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
aud they propose 10 cool of for so much
n cubic foot Of cold air furnished. The
idea is TO have a refrigerator plant at
a convenient location with pipes and
other facilities, and run pipes like
those for gas and water through the
houses and Office buildings so that
cold can be turned on IN a parlor or
bedroom Just Ike heat from the fur.
mace and the temperature lowered to
any point you please.
4 favorable report has been made by
the Senate committee on military al
fairs on Senator Wolcott's bill to es.
tabIish a branch soldiers home at Den.
yer. The committee report recites that
the number Of men disabled physically
and unable to earn their living by rep'
son Of the Spanish-American war and
the insurrectiun In the Philippines VIII
add considerably to the population OF
Tho National soldiers Home and make
the establishment of branch houses n
-. Il Is