North Park union., 1900-12-21
WHAT IS BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

supervising architect recommends an Va
additional appropriation OF SloO.uU'
making the limit Of expenditures $SS''-
600.
Charles A. Towne. the recently ap-
pointed successor to the late Senator
Davis of Minnesota. attended the ses,
sion of the Senate December lotn' anu
took the oath Of office.
For the postofIice at Leadvilie tns
supervising architect of the treasui'
recommends an additional appropd"' '
tion of $4,000 For Salt Lake. s-D., so.,.,
600 additional and for Helena $loU''o'
additional.
The commissioners to the Paris Ei'
position, with about forty OF .hel.
friends. were given compiifnen.hi ,
excursion by steamer on the bth ihs'an,
to Mt. Vernon and return by MT. anu
Mrs, Thomas +. Walsh OF Colorauo'
In discussing the Hays-Pauncei1s,
treaty in the Senate. Mr.. Ieiler saiu
that the United States shouiu eon.
struct the canal. II Mt all. regardless Vi
the English position. and without ~.
ing through the formality OF ratiisNhs
the pending treaty.
By the death of her mother. Mrs
Washington Mclean, Admiral Dewey's
wife has become Il millionaire Mrs'
Dewey's mother leaves an estate val,
ued mt about S2,OOO.OOO. to be dlViueu
among three children-Airs. Dewey ner
sister. Mrs. Ludlow. and John II. NC
Lean, proprietor of the Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The first of the great supply biiis;
the Legislative. executive and judiciai
appropriation bill, was passed by tne
house In record time Monday. Ihe DIN
carries S24, ,496, ,3OS and has 13l pages.
but there was less than ten minutes
debate upon It, 1t required apous
three hours for the clerk to read the
bill.
Agent Nicholson of the San Carlos
reservation informs the Indian bureau
that he las tnllied his Indians anu
finds none absent from the reservation
Commissioner Jones is now certain
that the recently reported hunting ex-
cursion OF 200 Uavajoes and Apaches
was a myth.
Senator Hanna. chairman Of the Re
publican national committee, has Of
fered to John Jay Edison, a prominent
business man of Washington, the char.
manshlp OF the inaugural committee.
Mr.. Edison accepted the tender. and
will take charge OF the inauguration
ceremonies.
According to the report Of the secre-
tary of the interior. the number OF In
dians who regularly receive rations,
usually twice month, Is 4o.2
Among them 9I2 on the Southern Ute
reservation in Colorado who cost the
government nn average OF $l3 per
capita for rations during the year.
President De Young and Thomas +.
Walsh of the Paris exposition commits
sion called upon President Mckinley
to-day and presented him gold badge
on behalf OF the commission to be
handed to Mrs. Mckinley with their
compliments. The badge Ii one of the
finest pieces OF Workmanship produced
by Partisan goldsmiths.
The House passed the Grout oleo-
margarine bill by a vote of 1916 to 92.
The substitute offered by the minority
OF the committee on agriculture which
imposed additional restrictions on the
sale OF oleomargarine to prevent Its
fraudulent sale ns butter, and In
creased the penalties for violations,
was defeated by vote of 113 to lis.
Three or four Senate speeches are
promised In opposition to the subsidy
bill, and 1t is expected that most. II
not all Of these already In sight will be
made during this week. Among those
who probably will speak on the sub
ject are Senators Clay, Vest and Berry.
all OF whom oppose the bill. Senator
Vest Is an especial advocate Of free
ships.
In the executive session OF the Sen
ate Senator Teller announced his In
tentIon to formally offer his amend
ment to the Hny-Pauncefote treaty.
which he had already suggested. strik-
ing out the provision Of the treaty pro-
hibiting the fortification of the canal.
Senator Penrose announced his oppOsi-
tion to the new treaty without the Tel
Ter amendment.
The House has adopted a resolution
for the appointment of special COM
mittee OF five members to investigate
the death of Oscar L. BoOz of Bristol,
Pennsylvania. who died recently as a
result of hazing received while a 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 60 conduct
the inquiry.
In speaking of the case OF Cadet
Booz. Mr.. Wnnger of Pennsylvania, in
the House. said that the gross out
RACES known to have been committed nt
the academy In the past had aroused
the conviction that the officers of the
academy and of the army We're so jenl-
ous of the fair name of the academy
that they guarded 1t as indiscreetly ns
the officers of France guarded the
Dreyfus scandal.
In relation to the lynching in La
sale county, Texas, October s, 1895, of
Florentino Suaste, Mexican citizen.
the President, In special message
sent to the Senate recommends that
the Mexican government be paid $4,000
for the heirs OF the victim. The rec
ommendation is made from motives of
humanity and without reference to
the question of liability of the govern
ment of the United States"
The minority members of the ways
and means committee have completed
their report on the revenue reduction
bill. 1t urges a reduction of the reve-
nues OF about $TO,OOO,OOO, or about
$3O,OOO,OOO more than that proposed
by the majority Of the committee. 1t
also proposes an income tax with n
view Of again bringing the subject In
modified form before the United
States Supreme Court for final adtu-