Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-12-28
WHAT IS BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

State Department that the Moorish
government Ind settled the claims 0f
The United States for 5000 indemnity
on account OF the murder OF Marcus
Esxneui, u nnturalizcd American .iii-
zen in Morocco last spring. III. Navy
Department. at the Instance OF the
State Department. was making ar
runscmenis To send n naval vessel tn
Morocco To give moral support To the
demands Of the American consul Tor u
settlement.
The Department OF State has receive
ed no Information concerning the ~
tcn,Ion Of the duke Of York. the heir
apparent to the British throne. Z" pay
a visI, To this country. The I.onh1n
newspapers and several London corrcs-
pon,lcnis Of American newspapers have
published 70 story about 10 trip nrOund
III. world 10y III. du.. ani duchess, HE
chief motive being Ia establish r"r'iini
relations with their future subjects ~
Australia and Canada. No dates nr"
s.s and no positive announcement has
been made.
In the White Iious. plans nrr being
formed for u tran-coniincntnlf trip. Tile
pr,s.nt intention u to leave Washing
ION In May. The route West VIII i-
the southern. II IL the expectation To
do California lcisurcly. Stops of sever.
nj days Will bc made In III. vicinity "f
Los Angeles. In san Frnrcisco the
President will witness the launching
Of the Ohio. .\ficr doing California.
the President and party VIII go To ORE
ron and Washington. returning slowly
by tho uor,hcru route. The arrival In
Washington viii not liz until some
time In June.
Representative Shnfroih hns been
requested by Chairman Mercer. oi IN"
public buildings and ground committee
TO furnish Information ns To the IT.
auircmcnts OF Lcndyillc for Its pro-
posed public building. Mr.. Mcrrr
asks II the city will donate site. ani
II not. Its probable cost: present rent
for posiofiicc and other government Of
fees: amount Of postal receipts. popu-
iation OF city. etc. similar questions
have been asked Representative He'll
concerning Trinidad and Colorado
Springs. The Information IL dcStr-d
by the committee To aid In formulating
reports upon bills proposing public
buildings nj these places.
The State Department has rendered.
an opinion To the effect that the Unit
ed States government cannot Intervene
In favor OF Porto Hlco IN the mnttcr OF
her cain against Cuba for S2.JOp.oIO.
| The Spanish government raised u loan
10 this amount from Porto lticans To
help prosecute military operations In
Cuba, basing the loan upon the rcvc-
nucs OF the latter island. In substance
the decision OF the United States gov
crnmcnt IL to the effect that. leaving
aside the question OF equity In this
case. to sanction the collection OF TINS
claim against Cuba now would bc fo
omen the door 10 numbcrlcss other and
larger Gains. which would exhaust the
financial resources of the island.
The House committee Oh rivers ana
hnrbors will provide S2D.vD 10 pay
the cxpcnsc OF u final survey FOR u
fourteen. foot channel between Lock
| mort and ST. Louis. The portion OF the
route between the terminus OF Inc
drainage canal ut l.ockport and Graf
ton the mouth Of the Illinois river.
will he surveyed under the direction
| of the corps OF engineers of the army.
and that portion between Grafton and
| st. Louis by the Mississippi river COM
mission. In the opinion of experts the
essential part OF the survey can he
| made in n year or so, so that Il satis-
| factory report ought TO be made FOR
/ the consideration Of the LNl1lth Con
grcss.
The Senate foreign relations commit
tee reported favorably bill intro
| duccd last session by Senator Culbcrt-
son of Texas authorizing the secretary
of state to proceed with the consum-
| nation of n proposed treaty between
the United states and Mexico for con-
struction of an international dam on
the Rio Grandc river in New Mexico.
with conditions that water impounded
by it shall be equally distributed he
tween the two countries. If the treaty
Is accepted by both countries, the sec
rctary of state is further authorized to
proceed with construction of the dam
and reservoir. and S2,317 600 is appro-
Driatcd for that purpose. The bill also
specities that persons and corporations
appropriating and storing waters OF
the Rio Grandc to which others have
right by prior appropriation shall he
deemed guilty OF misdemeanor and on
conviction punished by fine or impris-
onmcnt under proceedings instituted
under direction of the attorney gen
eral.
Everybody Is Interested in the I'M
provcment of Washington. for 1t is the
source of pride to all patriotic citizens.
Therefore the country may prepare to
rejoice over tnc iiiiiit"",e pipSp''' VI
| the erection of new terminals and sta
tions for all the railroads that enter
the capital. This has been agitated
| for ycars, but after being discussed as
| long MS any one can remember. the
| permission of Congress has finally been
| obtained. Both houses have passed n
| bill providing for the erection of a ST.
600, 600 depot by the Baltimore n Ohio
company a few blocks northeast of the
present antiquated and unsightly sta
| ton. and for S2O0O.OOO station for the
Pennsylvania company. to accommo-
date also the Southern, the Chesapeake
& Ohio, the Seaboard Air Line and the
| Atlantic Coast Line trains. There is to
be new railway bridge across the 70
| tonne. and all trains will enter the city