North Park union., 1901-01-25

SeudtOF WOIcOtt mas recovered IrOm
the grip and appeared on the 14th
inst. In the Senate for the first time
since the holiday recess.
The New York Hernld's poll of the
House shows that the ship subsidy
bill as 1t stands will be beaten by
forty-eight votes, but will have eigh-
teen majority for an amended bill.
The Senate committee on judiciary
has made u favorable report upon Sen
ator Hoar's bill for the punishment OF
train robbery. The bill provides pen
atty of twenty years imprisonment
and fine of 5000, or both, for the
o6ense.
There is an epidemic of grip In
Washington which claims many dis
tinSuished men as Its victims. includ-
Ing the President. the secretary of
state and the speaker of the House OF
Representatives. None of them Is dam
gerously i'll, but uncomfortably so.
The cablcgram from London an
nouncing that Lord rauncefo;e will
be retained at his present post indeti-
nitely, Notwithstanding his advanced
age. is welcome news to Washington,
where he and his family are very pop
ular
The United States Supreme Court
has announced It's decision in the case
of c. +. w. Neely. charged with EN-
bczzlement of the public funds of Gu
ba while acting as financial agent OF
the Department of Posts of that islnnd,
holding Nicely is subject to cNtradition.
Richard Sylvester. chief of police of
Washington. has invited the most
p,.n .lnt - 81, trx, tn
attend the inaugural ceremonies In the
capital city. The policemen will be on
hand TO receive the crooks, whose
movements until that time will e
watched by members of the national
bureau of identification.
The subcommittee on Indian affairs
In the Senate has adopted an amend
mcnt TO the Indian appropriation biz.
proposed by Senator Stewart of Neva-
da, providing that prospectors and min
ers shall be allowed to prospect and
mine within Indian reservations, under
rules and regulations TO he prescribed
by the secretary of the interior.
Senator Warren has introduced Il res
olution extending the thanks of Con
gress to Captain Clark of the Oregon.
Clark has been a frequent Wyoming
NlsltoT. NItTt HIS TtEtllNtS anu
many friends. at whose instance Sena
tor Warren is taking the initiative In
securing recognition from Congress
for Captain Clarks meritorious SER
vices.
The House naval affairs committee
completed consideration of the naval
appropriation bill and Chairman Foss
was directed to report II. No nuthoriz-
alton of additional vessels of the Hol-
land submarine class will be recom-
mended. The bill carries SII.0OOUO
an increase of Sl3.OOO,OOO over that
for the present year. Two battlcships
and two cruisers are to be contracted
for.
The anti-canteen section of the army
bill reads as follows: "rhe sale Ir
dealing in beer. wine, or any intoNicat-
ing liquors by any person in any post
exchange or canteen or army transport
or upon any premises used a 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 and ef-
feet"
An effort of Mr. Mondell OF Wyoming
to attach an amendment to the river
anu blll " TsN,'NV
for constructing reservoirs In Wyom-
ing for the purpose of holding back
the flood waters of the Missouri river
failed in the House. The amendment
also carried an authorization for $780,
600 to complete the reservoirs and was
to be the entering wedge of the advo-
Gates of the irrigation of the arid lands
in the West.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson was
before the Senate committee on agri-
culture in support of the passage of
the GrOut bill. He takes the ground
that it Is difficult to enforce the present
laws and that the poorer classes conse-
uuently suffer in having oleomargarine
substituted and forced upon them for
butter He believes that the easiest
way to protect them would be to tax
colored oleomargarine and thus compel
Its sale uncolOred.
Preparations are being made for the
expedition which will be sent by the
naval observatory to Sumatra for the
purpose of observing the eclipse of the
sun on the 10th of May next. The
party will be under the direction OF
Professor Skinner and will include
Professor EIchelbcrgcr, Assistant AS
tronomer LittelI. Professor Peters, DR..
Jewell and Mr.. Dinwiddie. These will
leave San Francisco on II government
transport for Manila some time next
March.
Mr.. Cushman of Washington made
fierce attack on the river and lnrbor
bill He said the seventeen states with
members on the committee get nearly
all the appropriations. Imperial Cae-
II huI Ifx-iJ oil
all Gnul into three parts. Caesar was
an ancient and provincial. Had he
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"
In the debate on the army reorgani-
zation bill West Point hazing was fu-
riously denounced by number of SEN
ators. Mr.. Allen, Mr.. Money of Mis-
SIsSinnI md Mr. McCumber declared