The Springfield herald., 1901-02-15

near Central City, Colorado, for
cemetery for Odd Fellows; appropriate
ing $4,000 for the perpetuation of
site and the erection of Il pedestal for
n statue of the late Major General
George b. Mcclellan in Washington
City; authorizing the Arizona Water
Company to construct n power plant
on the Pima Indian reservation in
Maricopa county, Arizona.
The President will promote twelve
officers of the regular establishment to
be assistant adjutant generals with
the rank of major. Colonel Theodore
Schwan, assistant ndjutant general.
will be appointed brigadier general
and Immediately retired. Lieutenant
Colonel A. ]. Babcock. assistant adju-
tant general, will then be promoted to
the grade of colonel and Major George
Andrews and Major ]. A. Johnson.
also assistant adjutant generals, will
be promoted to the grade of lieutenant
colonel.
So far MS can be ascertalned, the ad-
has not had any intima-
ton of the contemporaries the Lon
don dispatch says will be made in the
matter of the Nicaragua canal pro-
iect There is a feeling of regret that
the British government has felt con-
strained to adopt such Il course, as the
hope was entertained that amendments
to the Hay-Paunccfote treaty might
have been accepted in the spirit In
which they were made. One suggestion
made tonight as n possible counter
proposal of Great Britain was that in
return for concessions made by her,
she might desire an open port on the
Alaskan coast as an entrance into her
gold fields in the klondike.
The House committee on invalid pen
sions has favorahly reported the bill of
Representative Cnlderhead of Kansas
us follows: "All persons who are ell
gible for pensions at the rate of ST.
per month under section of the act OF
June 81, 1890, relating to pensions,
who are now. or may hereafter become
disabled by total blindness or paralysis
or any total disability for manual labor,
not the result of their own vicious hab-
its, which disables them in such n de-
gree as to require the constant or fire.
quent and periodical attendance of an
other person. or who are or may be
without an actual net income not to
exceed 500 per year exclusive of any
pension. shall be entitled to n pension
at the rate of $50 per month from the
date of application therefor after the
passage of this act"
An explanation of the report that Mr..
WI. the Chinese minister, had been re-
called by the government at the time
the foreigners We're ordered to leave
Pckin was offered at the Chinese lega-
ton, where it was stated that Minister
Wu's term of office expired three
months ago. The term of the Chinese
minister at st. Petersburg expired
nd
his successor was appointed. but he
has not yet reached his post. Mr.. Wu's
successor would have been designated
had 1t not been for the complications
in China. Mr. WI will visit Chicago
in March to be one of the guests of
honor Mt the quarterly convocation OF
the University of Chicago. He will de-
liver an address mt the urgent solicta-
ton of President Harper.
Senator Teller offered resolution
and spoke on it in the Senate calling
upon the secretary of war for informa-
ton concerning the reports of the de-
pOrtntion of George Il. Rice. editor of
Manila newspaper. to the United
States by the general in charge of the
American forces in the Philippines.
He read the press reports concerning
Mr.. Rice's case. saying he did not Won
der that he was defiant, knowing there
was no law justifying his expulsion.
Mr. Teller said he did not know wheth-
er Rice's paper had been suppressed.
but he had been credibly informed that
four newspapers had been suppressed
in LuZon by the military authorities.
Mr.. Teller spoke of the proceeding as
one of Importance to all. for Mr.. Rice
was n citizen of the United States. and
an offense against him was against ev-
cry citizen of this country. Mr.. Tel
ler's resolution was agreed to.
Justice harlan created little sensa-
ton by speech in response 10 a toast
at tie regular monthly meeting of the
Loyal Legion. Several members OF
Congress were present and Representa-
tive Moody of Massachusetts took
down his words. Among other things
he said: "The fathers never intend
ed that this government should ever
exert any power or authority over any
part of the earth's surface free from
the letter and the spirit of the consti-
tuition" This is construed 90 mean
that Justice Harlan believes that the
follows the flag and to in
dictate the probable decision of the SUI
preme Court on that question. Another
sentence in Justice Hnrlans speech
was: "Our government was founded
upon the rights of man: founded upon
the theory that man had rights as n
man. If we enter into this world pow
err business upon any other theory, we
enter it for evil and not for good"
Senator Warren has presented to The
Senate memorial of the National Live
Stock Association adopted at the Salt
Lake City convention protesting
against the enactment of the Grout
bill. The memorial rep
resents that the petitioners represent
126 live stock associations whose hold
ings represent an investment of over