The Lamar register., 1900-12-26
WHAT IS BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

| rying x14J,li5,23O, was pasSeu Dy tne
House in exactly thirteen minutes.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris says there
is no truth In the rumOred engagement
OF Miss SartOrs and Mr.. Nichols OF
New York.
The Senate and House committees OF
judiciary have reached an agreement
to postpone consideration or the isay y
bill for the amendment OF the bank
ruptcy law until the next Congress.
The House pissed the Indian and the
| Military academy appropriation bilis.
| The former carried S9,03G,J2G, and the
, latter $TOO,151 Neither provoked much
discussion. A few minor amendments
were placed upon the former
The attempt 10 pass bill giving SOL
diers and sailors Of the Civil, Spanish
and PHILIPPINE wars preference In the
executive departments of the govern
ment was overwhelmingly defeated IN
the House.
The Indian appropriation bill ms COM
pleted by the House committee on IN
dian affairs carries something over
| S9OOO,0OO, the exact aggregate NOT YET
being determined The number of In
dian agencies is reduced from hfty-two
to forty-fOur.
The Senate committee on finance has
authorized favorable report on the
House bill giving the superintendents
of coinage at mints the right to ex-
change gold bars for gold coin at their
discretion. The present law makes the
change mandatory.
Representative Sutherland of Ne
braskn has Introduced Il resolution for
the appointment of n special committee
Of seven to investigate the whole sub
nf In
railroads in Europe. as well as in this
country. with view to future legisia-
tion upon this subject.
Senator Nelson of Minnesota offered
in the Senate an amendment which he
will propose to the army reorganization
bill providing for the issuance by the
secretary of war to the governors OF
the states and territories of krag-
JOrgenson rifles and equipment for the
use of the national guard.
Though Charles A. Towne. the newly
appointed United States senator from
Minnesota, will serve not more than
six or seven weeks in that office, his
term will be by no means the shortest
on record. The annals of Illinois pre-
sent somewhat parallel case in which
n senator wore the toga for exactly one
month.
Chairman Lacey of the House public
lands committee has introduced II bill
setting aside Il large tract Of land in
New Mexico as an additional park Tor
the preservation OF cliff dwellings and
other prehistoric relics. The settlers
within the limits of the proposed res
ervation will be permitted to select
other lands in lieu of those now held
by them.
As, tol rl- pf
keeping the Democratic plurality in
New York county below 10000, Gener-
nj Francis V. Greene, president of the
New York county Republican commit
tee. has been appointed grand marshal
of the Inauguration parade. Senator
Hanna, chairman of the national COM
mittee. offered the place to General
Greene and he accepted it.
The board of naval construction, con-
sidering the bids for the construction
of battleships and cruisers has settled
these points: One of the big armorcd
cruisers shall go to Cramps, one to
Newport News and one to the Union
Iron Works in California. One battle
ship will go to the Fore River En-
gine Works at Quincy. Massachusetts.
This leaves seven ships to be disposed
Of
Representative Shafroth to-day called
upon the supervising architect and
urged that contracts be entered into at
once for purchase of machinery for the
new mint at Denver. Mr.. Shafroth
suggested to Supervising Architect
Taylor that delay in the matter might
prolong unnecessarily the equipment
of the mint and called attention to the
fact that much special machinery will
be needed. requiring much time for it's
manufacture.
Representative Newlands has intro
duced bill for the contraction of res
eryoirs 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
ters. The chairman of the rivers and
harbors committee Informed him that
the committee will not consider any
legislation relating to the irrigation or
reclamation of arid lands.
At dinner given by Senator Depew
and Miss Paulding in honor of Cover
nor-elect Odcll of New York and Mrs.
| Odell the senator announced the en-
| gngement of Miss Paulding to John
Edie, L. S. y. Miss Paulding is the
| niece of Senator Depew and has been
| the mistress of his home In Washing
| ton. Mr.. Edie is the son of the late
John r. Edie of Washington city and
n graduate of the naval academy OF the
class of 1890.
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