Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-12-28

AIRS. NeiiI. Grant Sarioris says there
Is no truth In the rumorcd engagement
OF Miss Sartori> ani Mr.. Nichols OF
New York.
The Senate has passed bills srnntin.
pensions OF SO n month each to the
widows OF General John II. McCicr-
nand and General John ~. Palmer.
The House passed the Indian and the
Military academy appropriation oiii-.
The former carried x9.fkni.5.s'. ana the
latter 500. .i5i. Neither provoked niuch
discussion. \ few minor amendments
were placed upon the former.
Nothing In the Supreme Court sine.
the electoral commission that icciueu
the Iinycs-Tii'icn presidential contro-
vcrxy has attracted 80 much nttcnt'"n
~ the arguments over the politlc1h
status Of Porto Rico nnd the fhiiip~
pines.
The Senate committee ON finance has
authorized "a favorable report ON the
House bin giving the supcrin'cndcnts
Of coinage ut mints the right TO cS-
change gold bars for gold coin nj 'hcif
discretion. The present law makes the
change mandatory.
Representative Sutherland OF Nc
brnska has Introduced u rcsoiuiion Tor
the appointment of n special coiiiihitt.S
Of -cycn to investigate the whole SUD
jcct OF the government ownership OF
railroads In Europe. ns well ns IN 'nis
country. with view 10 future eIis'n'
iion upon this subject.
Senator Nelson Of Minnesota offered
In the Senate an amendment when ne
viii propo.., to the army reorganization
4. a fnt NJ
secretary OF war To the governors OF
the states and territories of krnS-
Jorgrnson rifles ani equipment Tor the
use Of the national guard.
Last year Il cost ihrcc-tcnihs OF one
pcr cent. 10 collect the revenues of TINS
government from customs. which III.
cludcs the losses as well rs the sainr.
les and other expenses. In the Internal
revenue bur,au II cost ! IS lr,r cent. 10
collect S.9J.SbO.Up,. which ais" III.
clutlcs all losses rs well ns expenses of
every description.
Chairman Lacey OF the House public
lands committee Inns Introduced u piii
setting aside u large tract OF land IN
New Mexico M an additional park for
the preservation Of ciiff dwellings and
other prehistoric relies. The settlers
within the limits 81 the proposed res
crvation viii bc permitted 20 select
other lands In lieu OF those now held
by them.
As n special mark Of distinction FOR
keeping the Democratic plurality IN
New York county below 10000. Gencr-
al Francis V. Greene. president OF the
New York county Republican commit.
tee. has been appointed grand marshal
OF the Inauguration parade. senator
v...N
mittcc. offered the place to General
Greene and lie accepted II.
The boarl OF naval construction. con-
sidcring the bids for the construction
of battlc-hips and cruisers has settled
these points: one Of the big armorcd
cruisers shall go to Cramps. one 10
Newport News and one to the Union
Iron Works in California. One battle
shin will go to the Fore River En-
ginc Works mt Quincy. Massachusetts.
This leaves seven ships TO be disposed
Of.
Senator wolcott recently called upon
President Mckinley and urged favor
able consideration Of the petition filed
for the pardon of Former Banker
Kunzmilicr OF Denver. While the sen
ator cannot say that favorable action
will be secured. he Is encouraged IN
that the President said he would sehu
for the papcrs In the case and promised
to give the matter careful considera-
tion.
The river and harbor bill as 1t Will
he rcportcd from the House committee
soon after the rcconccning of Congress
on the :,r,l of January. will carry pro-
vision nbolishing the Missouri River
Commission. Members of the House
whose districts touch the missouri on
either side generally express the opin-
ion that the navigation OF the stream
is so limited as to render the commits
sion useless.
Represen,ativc Shafroth today called
upon the supervising nrchitcct anu
urre,l that contracts he entered into at
once for purchase of machinery for the
new mint Mt Denver. Mr.. Shnfroth
suggested to Supervising Architect
Tnylor that delay in the matter might
nrolnnr unnecessarily the equipment
Of the mint and called attention to the
fnct that much special machinery Will
be needed. requiring much time Tor It's
manufacture.
Mr.. Bell has fled with the secretary
of the interior the petition of Frank G.
Goudy and others requesting that the
geoIorical survey he directed to immc-
diatciy make a survey of Il project for
tunneling the Gunnison river divide,
so that the waters of the Gunnison riv-
or may be directed to the uncompah-
gre valley. 1t Is desired that thor
ough survey. with definite estimates OF
cost and feasibility of the project, be
made and report furnished us soon
as possible.
There is good deal Of canvassing
among the Daughters of the american
Revolution over the approaching cleo
tion of n president of that order in the
place of Mrs. Manning. who promised
last year that she would not be can
didnte again. Those who are familiar
with the inside politics of the Daugh-
ters confidently predict the election Of
Mrs. Donald Mclean of New York.