The Holly chieftain., 1900-04-13

The House committee on public
lands has made favorable report up
on Representative MondelFs bill reduc-
Ing the price of lands entered under
the desert land act to the same rate
as now paid for homestead entries, and
allowing second entries under the des-
ert land law In certain cases.
The postoffice. appropriation bill has
been finally agreed upon by the House
e0mmittee'on postoffices and post roads.
1t carries a total of about $115, 10000
The economic postage bill was also ia.
vorably acted upon. The bill author
lies the use of device by which postal
cards are paid for only in case of use,
and It is designed to facilitate CONNER
clal Transactions.
Representative Hay of Virginia, one
OF the prominent members of the mill
tary committee Of the House, has pre-
pared bill to create out of the militia
OF the several states reserve yolun-
teer army for use in time of war TO sup
plement the regular service. The bill
contemplates general broadening of
the basis of the national guard, Its
equipment with the service rifle and its
complete organization in time of war
into regiments, brigades. divisions and
The naval appropriation bill has been
reported to the House by Acting Chair
man Foss of the naval committee. The
amount carried by the bill Is So, ,2l9,-
916, tile largest ever reported to the
House from the naval committee. Aside
from this, the report which accompan-
les the bill is remarkable for its array
of facts regarding sea power the world
over, foreign naval programs and the
comparative strength of the navies of
the great powers, accompanied by col
ored charts, showing the upbuilding of
various great nayles.
The House, after four days of debate,
on Friday passed the substitute for
the Senate bill providing for n territor-
ial form of government for Hawaii.
The bill now goes to conference. The
most interesting feature of the days
proceedings was the attempt Of Mr..
Hill Comm to secure the adoption of
two amendments one providing for a
resident commissioner instead of a del
egate in Congress, and the other declar-
ing that nothing in the act should be
interpreted as a pledge of statehood.
Both We're overwhelmingly defeated.
Mrs. Mildred Dewey, wife of Ad-
miral Dewey, has left the Catholic
church, which she Joined a few years
ago and in which her marriage to the
admiral was celebrated. Her intention
was announced in the Journal Sunday
morning. Admiral Dewey, when the
report was referred to him, said: "As
to the question of whether or not Mrs.
Dewey has left tile Roman Catholic
church and will hereafter attend the
Episcopal church with me, will you
kindly say that have no statement
whatever to make in this respect" The
admiral admitted, however, that Mrs.
Dewey had some weeks ago definitely
given up her pew in st. Paul's Catholic
church. That Mrs. Dewey has deter
mined to change her faith is. neyerthe-
less, true, and the knowledge of it was
whispered about from one to the other
at st. Johns church this morning.
Representative Shafroth, who has
been in consultation with the Interior
Department regarding protection from
vandalism of such portions of the West
as contain prehistoric ruins, has intro
duced bill for this purpose, which he
believes will become law. The bill
authorizes the secretary of the interior
to reserve from sale and settlement all
tracts not exceeding 800 acres, on
which are monuments. cliff dwellings,
cemeteries, mounds, forts, or other
works of prehistoric aboriginal people,
The secretary of the interior may per-
nit investigations of these tracts by Of
ficers of the Smithsonian Institute. sci
entific schools and colleges. The bill
provides severe punishment for
destroying or carrying away any relics
of antiquity found on these reserva-
ton, and also provides that the secre-
tary may acquire by purchase lands
within such reservations now owned by
individuals.
Secretary Gage is rejoicing over the
success Of the funding operations, and
particularly because the transactions of
the treasury during the last few days
demonstrate that the government Of the
United States has reached the highest
credit ever held In the financial world
by any nation at any time. England
recently issued loan drawing 2Z per
cent. interest at 9S cents on the dollar,
while the two per cent, bonds author
lied by the recent currency act are now
selling at premium OF LOG, which is
equivalent to interest of about OTIS
per cent During the seventeen days
since the passage of the act five and
four per cent. bonds to the value of
$210, ,OOO,0 out of a possible $4,000
900 outstanding have been offered for
refunding into the new two per cents
At least $25, 100000 have been offered
by private individuals, which shows
how hard 1t is to find weIl-paying in
yestments.
A few weeks ago Washington soci-
ETY. paper published cartoon which
excited a great deal of comment he