The silver star., 1901-02-15
Hat is BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

country for over two years.
The Senate has passed bills setting
apart q tract Of seven acres of land
near Central City, Colorado, for a
cemetery for Odd Fellows; appropriate
ing $0O,OOO for the perpetuation of n
sue ana the erection of n pedestal for
q statue Of the late Major General
George B. Mcclellan in Washington
CITY; authorizing the Arizona Water
company to construct a power plant
on the Pima Indian reservation in
Maricopa county, Arizona.
The President will promote twelve
of1cers OF the regular establishment to
ne assistant adjutant generals with
she rank of major. Colonel Theodore
ocmwan, assistant adjutant general.
VIII be appointed brlgadier general
anu immediately retired. Lieutenant
Colonel A. j. Babcock, assistant adju-
tant general, will then be promoted to
the grade of colonel, and Major George
Andrews and Major J. A. Johnson,
also assistant adiutant generals, will
be promoted to the grade of lieutenant
colonel.
So far as can be ascertained, the ad-
ministration has not had any intima-
ton of the counter-proposals the Lon
don dispatch says will be made in the
matter of the Nicaragua canal pro-
1ect. There is n feeling of regret that
the British government has felt con-
strained to adopt such course, as the
hope was entertained that amendments
to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty might
nave been accepted in the spirit in
which they We're made. One suggestion
made tonight as a 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 Ilondike.
The House committee on invalid pen
sions has favorably reported the bill of
Representative Calderhead of Kansas
as follows: "All persons who are ell
gible for pensions mt the rate of $12
per month under SECTION of the act of
June %, 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 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
Pekin was offered mt 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 mt st. Petersburg expired
shortly before the Boxer outbreak, and
his successor was appointed. but he
has not yet reached his post. Mr.. WTs
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 at the quarterly convocation OF
the University of Chicago. He will de-
liver an address mt the urgent solicita-
tion of President Harper.
Senator Teller offered resolution
and spoke on 1t in the Senate calling
| upon the secretary of war for infOrma-
tion concerning the reports of the des
/ pti VI .f'ti AAitts CnitOi VI
II Manila newspaper. to the United
States by the general In charge of the
American forces I'm the Philippines.
He read the press reports concerning
Mr.. Rlces 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 L,izon by the military authorities.
Mr. Teller spoke Of the proceeding as
one OF Importance to NIL. for MIR. Rice
was 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-
tion by speech In response 10 toast
mt 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: 1.-THE fathers never intend
ed TINT this government should ever
exert any power or authority over any
part OF the elrth's surface free from
the letter and the spirit Of the c0nstl-
tuition" This In construed 70 mean
that Justice Harlan believes that the
constitution follows the flag and to In
dicatc the probable decision Of the Su-
preme Court on that question. Another
sentence In Justice Hnrlan's speech
was: "Our government was founded
upon the rights OF man: founded upon
the theory that man had rights as
man. II we enter Into this world rOw-
or business upon any other theory. we
enter 1t 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
ngnipst the enactment Of the Grout
| 0ieomargarine bin. The memorial rep
rcsents that the petitioners represent
| 190 live stock associations whose hold
inrs represent nn investment Of over
"a. 900. They protest against the
bill a. species Of clnss legislation OF
the most iniqultOus and dangerous
kind calculated to build IN one indus
try at the expense OF another cqually
| es,,,.rstont vshav a0v TINT tho nnHnn 10