North Park union., 1900-12-21


tIves from justice.
The secretary q war mas sen ~. W. the
House OF Representatives p Ian.
| permanent improvement ., ~. oast for
Ias river the total estimated cost ior
onon river navigation being $Zo,ZeS,, 70
10 Tbe river extends about i'4oo
| ,,,Uns from its source In COLORADO 10
I ,,s month but the board OF army en-
.,;neers recommends that the improve
,ments he confined to the lower reaches:
,.,InY, Grand river. The usefuiness Oh
tba ;mnroyement and its value TO COLI
merce are set forth.
Lieutenant General Miles had sisnI
accident while heading the cen'ena ,.,'a
parade. a break in his morse e"uo T,,a
cith giving the general Ihll. IN .i,.,
head of the parade had just passed the
pras,Jent's reviewing stand and Gen
or,I Miles. having saluted the Presi-
dent had turned his horse toward tne
Uouse wing of the capitol. The saddle
girth suddenly parted, and Generai
Miles wns seen to fall sideways. Cen
oroI Miles suffered nothing save the
Inconvenience and annoyance OF the
accident. -
Supervising Architect Taylor mas
submitted to Congress an estimate OF
additional appropriations required 10
complete the various public buildings
of the country. For the Denver mlht'
the original appropriation Tor whch
was $500. 600. he recommended an au.
ditionaI appropriation of $3OOOO. Ot
tho increase, 100000 is required by
reason of advance in prices of labor
and material and 100000 to put Dur
rlnr-proof vaults in the building. up
on this estimate being submitted, hep.
resentative Shafroth introduced Dlli
proyiding for the increased appropria-
tion.
| The Senate committee on military a.
fairs continues its hearing upon the
anti-canteen provision of the military
bill. Rev. w. +. Crafts gave the re-
suit of his own observations OF the op-
Grafton of the canteen at Newport
News after the close of the CUBAN
war. He said he had found 1t as low
as the lowest saloon, and that regu-
lar orgie was in progress the DAY he"hs
there, the report being that most OF
the soldiers mt the post deserted that
night He quoted General Sterhoere
as saying that the canteen causes
many soldiers to contract the drink
habit, and General Miles as opposed
| to the use of intoxicants by the soldiers
In the tropics.
The House passed the army reorganl-
zation bill by vote OF 1G TO l53.
Three Democrats, Hall OF Pennsyl-
| vania- and Underhill and Slayton or
New York voted with the Republicans
for the bill. and Mr.. Mccall Republi-
can, MassachusettsD with the Demo-
Gratis against 1t. Otherwise 1t was a
strict party vote. The nbolishment OF
| the army canteen and prohibition OF
sale OF liquor TO soldiers under any con-
dition was carried by large majority.
The clause providing for promotion
and retirement OF Generals Shafter,
| Lee and Wilson was stricken out
Strong opposition will develop to any
attempt that may be made TO reduce
the tax of 10 cents n pound upon tea.
Republican members OF the ways and
means committee explain that when
the war revenue bill was under con-
sileration the principal importers OF
tea and merchants appeared and eN-
planned that only the refuse or poorer
grades OF ten were being sent to this
country. and advocated n tax upon the
| ground that II would insure the impOr-
tation of better and purer article. 1t
is asserted that the tax has had the ef-
feet desired. and that the tea now i'm
ported liz not deleterious to health. but
is nutritious and of good quality.
At a Cabinet meeting plans for a
Philippine coinage were discussed.
Nearly all the business of the islands Is
transacted in Mexican dollars and
army commissaries and others supplied
| with United States money are Mt times
| ,INpr ,a1,t ,tt,fp
| chases from the Filipinos by the fact
that. knowing nothing of our money.
or Its value, the latter often refuse to
accept it. The proposition which seems
to have met with favor by the admins
tration is TO purchase silver bullion at
the present market price and coin 1t in
| to distinctive dollars having gold
| value Of about SO cents each. These
| dollars probably will contain a little
less silver than the present standard
dollars
The Senate has confirmed the follow
ing presidential appointments: Mineral
land commissioners in Idaho. G. A.
Black of Washington. T. A. Davis of
Idaho, ii. B. King OF Idaho: also Hunt
ington Wilson of Illinois, to be secre-
tary of the legation OF the United
States 10 Japan; William ID. Bynum Of
Indiana, to be commissioner to revise
and codify the criminal and penal laws
of the United States; B. ii. Tatem of
Montana. to be assayer in charge of the
assay office at Helenu. Montana; Dan
lei ii. Mcmillan of New York. to be as
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court of
New Mexico: to be major generals:
Brlgadier General Lloyd Wheaton and
Brigadier General A. Chaffee, United
States volunteers.
The bill of Mr.. Shafroth Of Colorado
for the adoption of the metric system
by the United States was fayorably
reported by unanimous vote of the
House committee on coinage, weights
and measures. The bill as reported
provides: THAT on and after january
| l, 1903 all the departments of the gov
ernment of the United States in the
transaction of all business requiring
the use of weights and measurement
except In completing the survey of
public lands, shall employ and use only
the weight and measure of the metric
system. and on and after January l.
1903, the weights and measures of the
metric system shall he the legal stand
ard weights and measures of and in
the United States"
Tho Telekraphers' Side.
Wichita. Kans.. Dec. 13.-NatIonal
President Dolphin of the Order of Rail-