North Park union., 1900-06-22

The House mas nRreeu 10 tne cennee
amendment to the sundry civil bill ap-
propriatinR $5.OOO.OO0 for the Louisi'
ana purchase exposition at St. LOUIS.
The House has agreed to the confer
ence report on the military academy
appropriation bill. concurring In the
Senate amendments to make Miles lieu
tenant general and Corbin major gen
eral The bill now goes to the Presi'
dent.
The SENATE has passed the House
bill authorizing the secretary OF tne
interior to sell timber from the pubic
lands and TO permit persons resioihe
within or In the vicinity OF any Forest
reservation 10 cut and remove Iroln
such reservation dead and down TIM
Der for their own use for tirewod, OF
Improvement of their homes, mining
claims or farms.
During 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 ac-
tiOn, succeeded in getting Congress
mnn Lentz of Ohio to agree to unan-
imOus consent for the passage OF the
bill granting travel pay to certain
members of the Torrey cavalry, ana
the bill was passed and received the
approval of the president.
Adelbert Hay has done good work In
Pretoria and has justified his appoint
ment He IL only twenty-three years
old, but has shown that wise heads
sometimes rest on young shoulders
As consul OF the United States he mas
cad q most delicate and perpleAine
position to I'LL, and he has filed 1t to
The satisfaction OF the Beers and the
English, whose interests he has looked
after, the American citizens In the
Transvaai. the officials Of our govern
ment and NIL others concerned.
After n disagreement between the
| House aud Senate which has lnsted
several weeks, settlement has been
reached on the bill opening the Forl
Hall Indian reservation In Idaho anu
the Kiown and Comnnche lands ID
Oklahoma for settlement. The Idaho
lands thus opened aggregate 100000
acres and the Oklahoma lands 1000,
600. Agreement to opening the lands
was only reached by excepting them
from the provisions Of the free homes
act. and the lands will cost settlers
|
Secretary Root has made answer te
the Senate resolution inqulring as t.
the number Of Filipinos killed nnd
wounded, md the number of prisoners
taken since the insurrection began
| Having no detailed information on tht
subject. the secretary cablel the in
Quiry to General Macarthur, command
Ing ut Manila, and received the follow
ing response. which was submitted t.
Congress: "Filipinos killed, 1O,1SO
wounded. 2.014; captured and surren
dered, 1O,424; number of prisoners II
our possession, about 1000"
General Wheeler is again, after nj
interval OF thirty-nine years, mn 9TH
Ger In the United States army and ,
brigadIer general Mt that. He grndu
ated ut West Point In 1850. and In 1876
resigned his commission In the SecOn'
cavalry to enter the Confederate army
He Is the first man with that record I
he restored to the regular army, and
IL supposed thnt he will be placed Ol
the retired list very soon. for he will b
sixty.four years old next September
Having received this appointment
General Wheeler expects to retire frOn
political life and will not be u candi
date for Congress.
A conference agreement has beeI
reached on bill which will open Il
settlement about two million. fou
hundred thousand ncres Of public land
Senator ShOup of Idaho originally pro
posed the bill opening TO settlemen
the old Fort Hall. Idaho. military res
ervation, containing about four hun
dred thousand acres. Delegate Flynn
| a II m n
similarly opening n tract OF about tw,
million ncres In Southwest Oklahoma
The Indians first receive allOtments o
Oklahoma lands of 100 acres each
with 100000 acres to be held In com
mon by them, the balance Of 100000
acres being opened to homestead set
tiers for $1.25 per acre.
This Congress Will go Into history II
one OF the most Industrious on record
and this session ms the shortest Ion
session on record. In 1877 workin
days both houses have passed 1,21
bills, OF which 2S3 are public acts o
general importance and 032 are prlvnt
acts granting pensions, paying claim
and giving relief to people who hav
been injured or suffered damage II
some way or other through the govern
I
acts were pelIsions ErowinE out of til
war with Spain; d, Tae Sest previou
record was 723 blllA In 175 days Du,
ing the session q ,th2 Bulls have bee
introduceds 80 that ten per cent. o
them have been enacted into laws
which Is another remarkable record
The bulk of the business exceeds tn
record OF the four previous Congresse
combined during their 'long sessions
OF course 20 many hills could not b
passed without a great deal OF debate
and the Congressional Record for thi
session will make ten big volumes o
100 large pages, with two columns o
fine type TO the page.
Congress- adjourned sine die at
O'Clock Phurrslay afternoon. For tn
Senate II was day of waiting. Th
naval appropriation bill the stun
bling block to final adjournment
could not he agreed TO by the confer
rees Of the two hU,ises, and the dis
agreement was reported to the Senat
early In the day. The report wns nc
cepted by the Senate. which refused L
request another conference. aithougl
Mr.. Hale expressed the belief that nl
agreement might be reached. Later OF
the House agreed to the Senate amend
ments. Soon afterward the House res
olution providing for finnl adjourn
ment WAS passed, an amendment fix
Ing the hour at 8 o'clock. June 7th.
was not until 4:4O that the Presiden
pro TEN affixed his signature to tn
naval bill. With other measures.