Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-01-18
WASlllAGTON NEWS

guests OF Representative and Mrs.
bell.
The passage Of the House reappor-
tionment bill today by the Senate as.
cures Colorado OF three members OF
Congress and live electoral votes.
The army cantecn is TO be abolished.
as the Senate. by decisive vote. con-
Cured In the public provision relative
to the army cnntecn. Only hIteeh
votes could Ia mustered In the senate
In favor. while thirty-four were cast
against II.
Senator IIOnr has introduced IN
amendment to the army bill appointing
u committee OF nine sclentinc experts
to investigate the effect OF the army
cantecn upon the health. discipline ana
morality Of the army.
The cablcgram from London an.
nounclng that Lord Pauncefoie VIII
he retained at his present post linden.
nitcly, Notwithstanding his advanced
age, Is welcome news TO Washington
where he and his family are very pop
ular.
The Senate committee on judiciary
has made n favorable report upon Sen.
ntor Hoar's bill for the punishment OF
train robbery. The bill provides pen.
atty OF twenty years Imprisonment
and ilne OF 5000. or both. Tor the
ofrcnsc.
There Is an epidemic Of grip In
Washington which claims many DIS
tinguishcd men as Its victims, ihciud.
Ing the President. the secretary OF
state and the speaker Of the House OF
Representative. None OF them Is dah-
gcrousiy III. but uncomfortnbly 80.
Senator Warren OF Wyoming has In.
trod,icci a bill amending the act cs'nb-
fishing a government Tor hnwah ny
proyIdlnc for a District Court In Ha.
wa,i. the district judge. the district n,.
torncy and the marshal to bc appoint
cd by the President and to hold Office
for SIX years.
The subcommittee ON Indian AFFAIRS
In the Senate has adopted mn amend
mcnt TO the Indian appropriation pii'
proposed by Senator Stewart OF Ncvn'
la, providing that prospcciofs ana MN.
crs shall bc allowed To prospect anu
mine within Indian reservations. under
rules and regulations TO bc prescribed
by the secretary OF the interior.
Senator Warren has introduced res.
oiutIon extending the thanks OF Con-
vrcss 10 Captain Clark OF the Oregon.
Clark I'm. been a frequent Wyoming
visitor. where he has relatives ana
many friends. Mt whose instance Scnn'
tor Warren II taking the Initiative III
securing recognition from Congress
for Captain Cinrk's mcri'orsons ser
vices.
The antl.can,ccn section Of tho army
bill reads NJ follows: The sale "
dealing In beer. wine. or any in'oSicat'
Ing liquors by any person In amy pos,
exchange or cnntccn or army transport
or upon any premises used at military
purposes by the United States. Is here
by prohibited. The secretary OF war IS
hereby directed to carry the provision
OF this section into full force ana cf'
feet"
Preparations are being made for the
cSpc,iItIon which will he sent by the
naval observatory to Sumatra FOR the
purpose OF observing the eclipse OF the
sun OH the 10th OF May next. The
marty will he under the direction OF
Professor Skinner and VIII include
Professor Eichclbcrgcr. Assistant AS
tronomcr Littcll. Professor Peters, DR..
Jewell and Mr. Dinwiddic. These VIII
leave San Francisco on n government
transport for Manila some time next
March.
Mr., Cushman OF Washington made
n fierce attack on the river ana lnrbor
bill. He said the seventeen states VIII
members on the committee get nearly
all the appropriations. Imperial Cae.
sar," Mr.. Cushman said. 'hnd divided
all Gaul into three parts. Caesar was
an ancient and u provincial. Had lie
lived to the dawn OF the Twentieth
century. he would have divided gall
into enough fragments to give one to
each member OF the river and harbor
committee OF the House
Professor White OF the weather bu.
rcau of the United States appeared be.
fore the House committee ON agricul.
turc and with Secretary Wilson's In
dorscmcnt demanded that Denver be
made n weather bureau station. 1t Is
the intention to make Denver the head.
quarters for the forccasting In the en-.
tire Rocky mountain region. The
amount necessary to establish this Du-
rcan aggregates over S2.OOO.oV. The
appropriation will probably be made
this session and the work begun immc.
diatcly.
on one day. January Sti. the House
passed ITO pension bills. breaking the
record for such bills. The most i'm
portnnt was to increase the pension of
General Americus V. Rice from S36 to
500. General Rice was wounded sew
cral times during the Civil war. ana
lost a leg at VicksburG. He was fo!'-
mcrly member of Congress from
Ohio, and was the auf uor of the nrrear-
ages of pensions act. The Senate had
passed bill to increase his pension 70
$50 and the House raised the amount
to 500.
Highly culogistic addresses were
made in the Seuatc on the resolution
of Senator Nelson of Minnesota upon
the death of his colleague, Senator
Cushman X. Davis. The speakers In.
cluded Senators Morgan. Clark, Lodge
and Daniel. all of whom were associ-
ated with Mr. Davis as members of the
foreign relations committee. Others
who pronounced culogics upon the late
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