The Lamar register., 1900-12-19


Charles A. Towne, the recently ap-
pointed successor to the late Senator
Davis of Minnesota, attended the ses-
sion of the Senate December 10th, and
took the oath of office.
The House committee on naval af-
fairs filed Il report favorable to the bill
authorizing the appointment of Rep
resentative Boutelle of Maine as Il cap
tain in the retired list of the navy.
Captain ii. NJ. Chittenden, United
States army, in charge of military
roads improvements in Yellowstone
park and Wyoming. is urging an ap-
preparation of $150,OoO for road build
ing in his jurisdiction during the COM
ing year.
In discussing the ys-Pauncefote
treaty in the Senate, Mr.. Teller said
that the United States should con-
struct the canal, If at all, regardless of
the English position, and without GO
ing through the formality of ratifying
the pending treaty.
By the death OF her mother, Mrs.
Washington Mclean, Admiral Dewey's
wife has become Il millionaire. Mrs.
Dewey's mother leaves an estate val
ued at about S2.O00,O0O. to be divided
among three children-Mrs. Dewey, her
sister, Mrs. Ludlow. and John X. Nc
Lean, proprietor of the Cincinnati Eli
quirer.
The first of the great supply bills.
the Legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill. was passed by the
house In record time Monday. The Dill
carries S24 4,496,3OS and has 131 pages,
but there was less than ten minutes
debate upon it. 1t required about
fnr hn lDrl. In
bill.
General GroSvenor of Ohio and
Champ Clark of Missouri. who had n
joint debate on expansion early in the
late campaign. had not met since that
time until II few days ago in Washing
ton, when General Grosvenor asked If
Clark was not worn out by speaking.
Not much" said Clark, Il gained
twenty-five pounds" THAT is the first
Democratic gain have heard Of" said
Grosvenor.
In the executive session of the Sen
ate Senator Teller announced his i'll
tention to formally offer his amend
ment to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty,
which he had already suggested, strik-
ing out the provision of the treaty pro-
hibiting the fortification of the canal.
Senator Penrose announced his opposl-
Ter amendment. .Asf NY
The House has adopted n resolution
for the appointment of n special COM
mittee of five members to investigate
the death of Oscar l.. BooZ of Bristol,
Pennsylvania, who died recently rs
result of haZing received while n cadet
at West Point. This course was taken
over the head of the military commit
tee. which reported in favor of allow
ing the War Department to conduct
the inquiry.
In speaking of the case of Cadet
Booz. Mr.. Wanger of Pennsylvania, in
the House, said that the gross out
RACES known to have been committed at
the academy in the past had aroused
the conviction that the officers of the
academy and of the army We're so jenl-
Jus of the fair name of the academy
that they guarded 1t as indiscrcetly rs
the officers of France guarded the
Dreyfus scandal.
The minority members of the ways
and means committee have completed
their report on the revenue reduction
bill. 1t urges n reduction of the reve-
nues of about ST0,00O,O0O. or about
100000, 900 more than that proposed
by the majority of the committee. 1t
also proposes an income tax with
view of again bringing the subject in
modified form before the United
States Supreme Court for final adju-
dication.
The Senate committee on foreign re-
lations decided to recommend further
amendments of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. The committee adopted an
amendment suggested by Senator For
aker which declares that the Hay
Pauncefote treaty supersedes the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty, and also strikes out
the Hay-Pauncefote agreement. article
3, which permits the submission of the
Hay-Paunccfote treaty to other pow
ers and invites their acceptance of 1t.
The question of the constitutionality
of the Blaine extradition treaty between
Great Britain and the United States,
signed by the representatives of the
two governments in 1889, and which.
it Is asserted. has never been passed
upon. is to be brought before the Unit
ed States Supreme Court in the cases
of Fred Lee Rice, Frank Rutledge and
Thomas Jones. arrested in Chicago last
June on the request of the Canadian
authorities, charged with being fugi-
tives from justice.
In 1914, when the British army cap
tured Washington. the capitol was
burned, and only the rootless walls of
the two wings We're left standing. The
flooring and timbers used in the scat
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