The Lamar register., 1900-06-13

amendment to the sundry civil bill ap-
nropriating 5000, 900 for the Louisi-
ana purchase exposition at st Louis,
The Senate has passed the House
btII authorizing the secretary OF the
interior to sell timber from the pubic
lands and 10 permit persons RESIDING
within or in the vicinity OF any FOREST
reservation 90 cut and remove from
such reservation dead and down TIM
her FOR their own use for firewod. or
truproyement of their homes, mining
claims or farms.
During a Temporary lull in the eS-
element which marked the closing
hours of Congress, the members OF
the House from the Rocky Mountain
states, by concerted and prompt ac-
tion. succeeded In getting Congress
man Leutz OF Ohio to agree to unnn-
ituous consent for the passage OF the
bill granting travel pay to certain
members OF the Torrey cavalry, and
the bill was passed and received the
approval of the president
Adelbert Hay has done good work In
Pretoria aud has justified his appoint
ment. He is only twenty-ihree years
Nd. but has shown that wise heads
soniet!mes rest on young shoulders
As consul OF the United States he has
had a most delicate and perplextng
nositiou TO iiIl. and he has fiiled II to
the satisfaction OF the Beers and the
English. whose interests he has looked
,nfter the American citizens In the
kIrausvaal. the officials OF our govern
inent and all others concerned.
After a isagrcement between the
House and Senate which has lasted
|scverai weeks. a settlement has been
reached on the hIii opening the Fort
Hall Indian reservation In Idaho aud
the KiovR and Comanchc lands IN
oklahoma for settlement The Idaho
lands thus opened aggregate 10000
acres and the Oklahoma lands 2pco.-
Eopo Agreement to opening the lands
wns only reached by excepting them
|from the provisions of the free homes
act, and the lands VIII cost settlers
|S1-50 per acre.
Secretary Root has made answer TO
the Senate resolution inqulring as to
Ithe number OF Fiiipino- killed and
" ounded. and tho number Of prisoners
taken since the Insurrectlon began.
Having no detailed Information on the
|subjcct. the secretary enbIcd the In
.quiry to General Macarthur, command
'inE NJ Manila. and received the follow
ling response which was submitted TO
|ConrrcSs: "Filipipos killed, lo,Iso;
|wonnd,si. 2.0i4. captured and surren-
|dered 1925; number Of prisoners In
our possession, about 2.0co."
General Wheeler Is again, after an
EnteFyal OF thirty nine years, an OH
|reF In the United States army and
IbTEadler general at that. He grudu-
|nte,i at West Point In 1850, and In 1861
|rcsigned his commission In the Second
cavalry to enter the Confederate army
He Is the first man with that record TO
b. restored To the regular army, and u
|,s supposed that he Will be placed on
|the retired LIS; very soon. for he will be
sixty four years old next September.
Having received this appointment,
General Wheeler expects 10 retire from
political life and viii not be cAndi.
date FOR Congress.
A conference agreement has been
reached on q bill which will open TO
|setiiefnsnt about TWO million. four
lhundred thousand acres OF public land.
3Senator Shoup OF Idaho originally pro
aDosed the bin opening TO settlement
she old Fort Hall. Idaho. military res
&ryation. containing about four hun
Gred thousand ncres. Delegate Flynn,
3n the House secured nm amendment
Eimilarly opening tract Of about two
<snIllion acres In Southwest Oklahoma.
EThe Indians first receive allotments OF
SOklahoma lands OF 100 acres each,
with 10000 acres TO be held In com
smon by them, the balance OF 10000
sacres being opened TO homestead set
gsiers for si.25 per acre.
Only few OF the intimate friends of
Private John Allen OF Mississippi
now that the genial humorist from
uPelo Is now serving his last term in
Congress II Is his unalterable pur-
pose TO retire from political life and he
7sill not be a candidate for the House
0ext November. MIR. Allen has served
bis district for fourteen consecutive
fears and Is weary OF the legislative
rind- II was a great disappointment
him, moreover, 10 be beaten for the
enate by former Governor NcLaurin.
hrticularly as II was his second defeat
pr that office His lnimitabls stories
darkey dialect viii be missed by his
fother statesmen, but II he chose TO
4late them on the lecture platform he
Ruld easily double his income.
Under the restrictions placed by
peaker Henderson upon special leg
lation carrying appropriations
unmber Of measures of special
interest in the Rocky Mountain
Mates viii fail TO pass the House at
mis- session Among these are bills
Hhlch have uasSpd tho Senate for nuh-