The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-25

rying $115,1 .23o. was passed by the
House in exactly thirteen minutes.
The House adopted the amendment
of Mr.. Corliss of Michigan to the reve-
nue. bill. requiring revenue stamps to
be cancelled by perforation to prevent
fraud
The House committee on naval af-
fairs filed II report favorable to the bill
authorizing the appointment of Rep
resentativc Boutelle of Maine as n cap
tain i'll the retired list of the navy.
The Senate and House committees of
Judiciary have reached an agreement
TO postpone consideration of the Ray
Dill for the amendment of the bank
ruptcy law until the next Congress.
The attempt to pass bill giving SOL
diers and sailors of the Civil. Spanish
and Philippine wars preference in the
executive departments of the govern
ment was Overwhelmingly defeated in
the House.
Captain III. NJ. Chttenden, United
States army, in charge of military
roads improvements in Yellowstone
park and Wyoming, is urging an ap-
preparation of S150,0OO for road build
ing in his jurisdiction during the COM
ing year.
The Indian appropriation bill as COM
pleted by the House committee on In
dian affairs carries something over
S9,OO0,0OO, the exact aggregate not yet
being determined. The number of In
dian agencies is reduced from tiftytwo
to forty-four.
The Senate committee on finance has
authorized Il favorable report on the
House bill giving the superintendents
of coinage at mints the right to eN
change gold bars for gold coin mt their
discretion. The present law malSes the
change mandatory.
Senator Nelson of Minnesota offered
in the Senate an amendment which he
will propose to the army reorganization
bill providing for the issuance by the
secretary of war to the governors of
the states and territories of Krag-
JorgensOn rifles and equipment for the
use of the national guard.
Though Charles A. Towne. the newly
appointed United States senator from
Minnesota, Will serve not more than
six or seven weeks in that office. his
term will be by no means the shortest
on record. The annals of Illinois pre-
sent somewhat parallel case in which
n senator wore the toga for exactly one
month.
The board OF naval construction. con
sidering the bids for the construction
of battleships and cruisers has settled
these points: One of the big armorcd
cruisers shall go to Cramps, one to
Newport News and one to the Union
Iron Works in California. one battle
ship will go to the Fore River En-
gine Works at Quincy. Massachusetts.
This leaves seven ships to be disposed
of.
General Grosvenor of Ohio and
Champ Clark of Missouri who had II
joint debate on expansion early in the
late campaign, had not met since that
time until few DAYS ago in Washing
ton. when General Grosvcnor asked if
Clark was not worn out by speaking.
Not much" said Clark. Il gained
twenty-five pounds" That is the first
Democratic gain l have heard Of" said
Grosvenor.
Representative Newlands has intro
duced a bill for the contraction of res
ervoirs for the storage of water ON the
Humboldt river in Nevada and for the
disposition and settlement of public
lands within reach of the stored wa
ters. The chairman of the rivers and
harbors committee informed him that
the committee will not consider any
legislation relating to the irrigation or
reclamation of arid lands.
At dinner given by Senator Depew
and Miss Paulding in honor of Cover
nor-elect Odell of New York and Mrs.
Odell the senator announced the Ell
gagement of Miss PauldinG to John
Edie, T. s. \. Miss Paulding Is the
niece of Senator Depew and has been
the mistress of his home in Washing
ton. Mr.. Edie is the son of the late
John r. Edie of Washington city and
n graduate of the naval academy oS the
class of 1890.
The House on the 18th passed 102
private pension bills and then. on mo-
ton of Mr.. Littlefield of Maine, passed
joint resolution to appoint Represent
ative Charles a. Boutelle of Maine of
the retired list as a captain in the
United States navy. Mr.. Boutelle had
been reelected to the next HuuGe. but
his condition had taken an unfavorable
turn and that it would be impossible
for him to serve. He said Mr.. Boutelle
undoubtedly would resign.
Mr.. Bell has filed with the secretary
of the interior the petition of Frank G.
Goudy and others requesting that the
geological survey be directed to imme-
diately make survey of n project for
tunneling the Gunnison river divide
so that the waters of the Gunnison riv-
err 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 as soon
as possible.
A message from United States Con
sui Gummery at Tangiers informs the
State Department that the Moorish
government had settled the claims of
the United States for $1,000 indemnity
on account of the murder of Marcus
Eszagui, n naturaliZed American citi-
zen in Morocco last spring. The Navy
Department, at the instance of the
Stota nannptrpant NvnS r,oI.in,