The state herald., 1900-06-15

propriating S5,OOO.O0O for the Louisl'
ana purchase exposition Mt st. Louis.
The House has agreed to the confer
ence report ON the military academy
appropriation bill. concurrinS In the
Senate amendments to make Miles lieu
tenant general and Corbin II maJOr gen
eral The bill now goes to the Presi'
dent.
The Senate has passed the House
bill authorizing the secretary of the
Interior to sell timber from the public
lands and 20 permit persons residing
within or in the vicinity of any forest
reservation 10 cut and remove from
such reservation dead and down tim
Der for their own use for tirewod. or
improvement of their homes, mining
claims or farms.
During Temporary lull In the ex-
element which marked the closing
hours of Congress, the members OF
the House from the Rocky Mountain
states, by concerted and prompt ac-
ton, succeeded in getting Congress
man Lentz of Ohio to agree to unan-
imous consent for the passage of the
bill granting travel pay to certain
members of the Torrey cavalry, and
the bill was passed and received the
approval of the president.
Adelbert Hay has done good work In
Pretoria and has justified his appoint
ment. He is only twenty-three years
old, but has shown that wise heads
sometimes rest on young shoulders.
As consul of the United States he has
rad most delicate and perpleXins
position to fill. and he has filled 1t to
:he satisfaction of the Beers and the
English, whose interests he has looked
after, the American citizens in the
Transvaal, the officials of our govern
ment aud all others concerned.
After n disagreement between the
House and Senate which has lasted
several weeks. settlement has been
reached on the bill opening the Fort
Hall Indian reservation in Idaho ana
the Kiowa and Comanche lands In
Oklahoma for settlement. The Idaho
lands thus opened aggregate 100000
acres and the Oklahoma lands 2,OOO,-
COO Agreement TO opening the lands
was only reached by excepting them
from the provisions of the free homes
act. and the lands will cost settlers
S1.O per acre.
Secretary Root has made answer to
the Senate resolution inquiring as to
the number OF Filipinos killed and
wounded, and the number Of prisoners
taken since the insurrection began.
Having no detailed information on the
subject. the secretary cabled the in
quiry to General Macarthur, command
ing at Manila, and received the follow
ing response. which was submitted to
Congress: "Filipinos killed. 10,IS0;
wounded. 2.Ol4: captured and surren-
dercd, 1924: number of prisoners In
our possession, about 1000"
General Wheeler is again, after an
interval of thirty-nine years. M otii-
Ger in the United States army and "A
brlgadier general at that. He gradu-
ated at West Point In 1859, and in 1861
resigned his commission In the Second
cavalry TO enter the Confederate army.
He Is the first man with that record Ia
be restored To the regular army. and II
Is supposed that he VIII be placed on
the retired list very soon. for he viii be
siXiy-four years old next September.
Having received this appointment.
General Wheeler expects to retire from
political life and will not be a candl-
date for Congress.
conference agreement has been
reached on n bill which will open to
settlement about two million. four
hundred thousand acres OF public land.
Senator Shoup OF Idaho originally pro-
posed the bill opening 10 settlement
the old Fort Hall, Idaho. military res
eryation. containing about four hun
drcd thousand acres. Delegate Flynn,
In the House, secured nm amendment
similarly opening tract OF about two
million acres In Southwest Oklahoma.
The Indians first receive allotments OF
Oklahoma lands OF 100 acres each.
with 10000 acres TO he held in com
mon by them, the balance of 2,OOO. 900
acrcs being opened TO homestead set
tiers for Sl.25 per acre.
This Congress viii go into history ms
one OF the most industrious on record,
session on record. In l31 working
days both houses have passed LIB
bills, OF which 2Si are public acts OF
general importance and 932 are private
acts granting pensions, paying claims
aud giving relief to people who have
been injured or suffered damage In
some way or other through the govern.
ment. A large number Of the private
acts were pensions growing out OF the
war with Spain. The best previous
record was T23 hills In 1I5 days. Dur.
Ing the session - .i52 bills have been
introduced. 50 that ten per cent. OF
them have been enacted Into laws.
which II another remarkable record.
The hulk OF the business exceeds the
record Of the four previous Congresses
combined during their long sessions" Z"
or course. so many bills could not be
passed without great deal OF debate,
and the Congressional Record for this
session will make ten big volumes of
100 large pages, with two columns OF
fine type 10 the page.
Congress adjourned sine die nj :
o'clock Thursday afternoon. For the
SENATE II was day Of waiting. The
naval appropriation bin the stun.
bling block to final adjournment
could not h. agreed TO by the confer.
rccs OF the two houses, and the dis.
agreement was reported to the Senate
early In the day. The report was ne.
cepicd by the Senate. which refused III
request another conference, although
Mr. Hale expressed the belief That mn
agreement might he reached. Later on
the House agreed To the SENATE amend
mcnl-. Soon nficrwnrd the House res
olution providing for final adjourn
mcnt was pnsscd, nn amendment fix
Ing the hour nj . o'clock. June eth. II
was not until $40 TINT the rrcsldcn,
pro tenn affixed his signature TO N,
nnrnl bill. With other measures, II
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