Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM WASHINGTON.

propriating 100000 for the Louisi.
ana purchase exposition at st Louis.
The Senate has. passed the House
bill authorizing the secretary OF the
interior TO sell timber from the pubic
lands and so permit persons residing
within or In the vicinity OF any forest
reservation 80 cut and remove from
such reservation dead and down TIM
Der for their own use for iircwod. or
improvement OF their homes. mining
claims or farms.
During a Temporary lull In the ex'
element which marked the closing
hours Of Congress. the members OF
the House from the Rocky Mountain
states. by concerted and prompt nc'
ton. succeeded In getting Congress
man Lcniz Of Ohio to agree 10 unnn'
imous consent for the passage OF the
bill granting travel pay TO certain
members OF the Torrry cavalry. ana
the bill was passed and received the
approval OF the president.
Adcibcrt Hay has done good work In
Pretoria and has justified his appoint
mcEt. He II only twenty three years
Nd. but has shown that wise heads
sometimes rest on young shoulders.
Al consul OF the United States he has
had q most delicate and pcfplcSins
position to fiii. nnd lie has hli-d u TO
the satisfaction Of the Beers aud the
English. whose Interests he has looked
after. the American citizens In the
Trnn~vanl. the officials OF our govern
mcnt and all others concerned.
After q disagreement between the
House and Senate which has lasted
several weeks. n settlement has been
reached on the hill opening the For,
Hall Indian reservation In Idaho nnd
the klown and ComHnch- lands ~
Oklahoma for settlement. The ldnho
lands thus opened aggregate tn""
ncrc. and the oklahoma lands LOU
coo. Agreement 10 opening the lands
was only reached 10y excepting them
| from the provisions Of the free homes
act, aud the lands viii cost settlers
$40 prr acre.
Secretary Root has made answer To
the scnnic resolution inauirins ~ 10
the number of fiiipinc> Killed and
wounded. and the number OF prisoners
taken since the in.urrrc;ion began.
, Having no detailed information on the
! subject. the secretary cabis-i the it,'
quiry TO General Macarthur. command.
Ing at Manila. and received the follow
Ing response. which wa. submitted TO
Congress: "fiiipinos killed. 1o.'sp:
wounded. 2.oii: capiurcd and surrcii.
dcrri. to.i:i: number OF prisoners In
our possession. about 1000"
General Wheeler I. neain. after an
interval OF thirty mine years. an OH
Ger In the United States army and
brisudicr general at that. He Gradu.
ntcd at West Point in 1870. and in 1881
Z D. ,,,ts. he
cavalry TO enter the Confederate army.
lie IL the first man with that record 10
t,c restored To the regular army. and II
n supposed that he will i'r placed on
the rrtirvd list very soon. for he viii he
.ixty.four year. old next September.
Having received this appointment.
General Wheeler expects to retire from
political life and will not bc a candi.
date for Congress.
a conference aTrcCmcp; has been
reached ON q bill which will open 10
sctticmcn, about two million. four
hundred ,housand ncr,ss OF public land.
Senator Shoup OF Idaho originally pro-
posed the bill opening to settlement
the old Fort Hail. Idaho. military rcs-
ervation. containing about four hun.
drc-i thousand acres. Delegate Flynn.
In the House. secured an amendment
similarly opening a tract of about two
million acres In Southwest Oklahoma.
Tie Indians first receive alioimcnts OF
Oklahoma lands OF leo acres each.
with $4,000 acres to tc held In com.
mon by them. the balance Of s.Vp,Vpp
acrcs being opened to homestead set
tiers for SIS per acre.
Only a few OF the intimate friends of
Private John Allen OF Mississippi
know that the genial humprist from
Tupclo Is now serving his last term in
Congress. II IL his unaltcrablc pur.
pose TO retire from political life and he
will not bc n candidate for the House
next November. MIR. Allen has served
his district for fourteen consecutive
years and Is weary OF the legislative
grind. II was n great disappointmcn,
TO him. moreover. 10 be beaten for the
Senate by former Governor McIsaurin.
particularly as II was his second defeat
for that Office. His inimitnblc stories
in dnrkcy dialect will bc missed by his
brother statesmen. but II he chose TO
relate them on the lecture platform he
could easily double his income.
Under the restrictions placed by
Speaker Henderson upon special leg
islation carrying appropriations
number of measures of special
interest In the Rocky Mountain
states will fail to pass the House at
this session. Among these are bills
which have passed the Senate for pub
lie buildings at Evanston. Wyoming;
Colorado Springs. Trinidad and Glen.
wood Springs, Colorado. Under these
restrictions the Denver Soldiers Home
bill, the bill TO reimburse Denver for
damages caused by defective walks at
the federal building, the bill TO rein.
bursc Wyoming for moneys expended
In protecting the Yellowstone Park.
hnd the bill 10 give travel pay to the
members of the Torrey regiment dis
charged while on sick furlough, will
also fail OF passage in the House.