Milford chronicle., 1901-07-05

Ter has been placed in its hands.
II IS believed that Secretary Hay }
will be able to settle 1t to the sat
iefaction of all. The Department {
has already addressed Russia on
the subject the purpose Of its letter
being to smooth away, if possible, .
the friction that has been already
engendered between the two gov
ernments, and in particular to d.
vest the exchanges Of any per
sonal character. To that end, the
effort is made to show that what /
has been done by the United States
government was really brought
about by the automatic operation
Of the American tariff laws.
President Mckinley has in'
formed several Senators recently
that he intended to visit the north
west, if possible, next summer and
to complete the itinerary which
was abandoned because Of the Ill
ness of Mrs. Mckinley in san
4 Francisco. Amongth states which
were to have been visited by the
4 President on his recent trip were
| Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Mon
I tana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado,
| Kansas, Missouri and iowa. EX-
cept for passing through on the
return trip to Washington, noneot
| the states were touched. As near
/ as possible all the points to have
been visited on the tour that was
abandoned will be included in the
new tour. The chief point of in
terest missed nithe last trip was
2 ITttAe YElAowstone National Park
. This is one Of the very few place:
e in the United States that the Pres
ident himself has not visited. TIT
President feels that there was keel
e disappointment in the cities ant
st towns which were scheduled to .bt
d visited in the west, and he think
% that it is nothing but fair that tn
2 people should finally realize thei
= expectations. If it is within hi
e power he will do so.
Of The Interior Department
S studying the arid land bill pre-
MI pared by the joint meeting Of FL
gineers and Congressman in Wy
oming, and has about decided thu
III it will approve the same. TIL
ID bill. too. will it is believed receiV
the support Of the East which hi
heretofore been withheld fro
=, schemes for governmental irrlg
- ton on the ground that the cost
10 such a system, when once starte
n would speedily grow to even great
In PROPORTIONS than that of the Rlv
,es and Harbor bill. The new pl;
,,v does not call for any direct go
ernment appropriation. 1t rea
Wy as follows THAT all money
Try ceived from the sale or disposal
,ty public lands in Arizona, Calif'
to MIA. Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Nc
-, tana, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebrasl
- Nevada, New Mexico, North l
lay kota, Oregon, South Dakota, a
OF Washington, beginning with t
zed fiscal year ending June 80, 10
of shall be reserved for the benefit
: Il the State or territory in which S
lands are sold to be kept as a sp
was ia1 fund, known as the arid la
rat reclamation fund under the
site rection of the Secretary of the
M terror. Each state shall maint
~, an engineers office, which 81
: plan and make the estimates
urge the reserves. The plan shall
qu1- submitted to the Secretary of
,uld interior, who may approve OF
not iect them. Ifapproved, the Sc
t1as, tary shall set aside money for Il
- - construction and such lands ar
'le be exempt from entry. The S
and may sell the completed work
SCI actual users of water. "
Army authorities in Manila
going to have considerable
Guilty IN taking the census Of
islands. A good deal of infol
iscal ton has been acquired thro
Tune military sources, and this re
rous data will be used in conjunc
tory. with the reports inherited from
Dor Spanish Bureau of Statistics.
the letter information is by no N
cunt reliable, and the iusuficiency
the inaccuracy Of the figures thus
over tanned add to the difficulty OF
Sseal task. One of the bewildering
1, the lures of the work has beer
shout eradication of former towns by
IS de- removal, and in many case
trade absorption in larger pueblOs.