The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-02-09


The President has signed the bill re-
Gently passed by Congress. extending
the mining laws to saline lands. IL
z Senator Hansbrough has introduced
in the Senate a bill to authorize con-
struction Of reservoirs for reclamation
OF public lands, identical with the New
lands bill in the House.
Representative Hull has introduced
In the House bill for the payment OF
travel allowances on the discharge
from the army of volunteers. officers
and men, who re-entered the service IN
the Philippines.
7 The house committee On invalid PEN
sions reported favorably the Niers Dill
for the creation Of court Of appeals
for the final adjudication Of pension
cases. The measure 10 strongly urged
BY the G. A. r.
The President has decided TO resume
his Official dinner parties, being Justi-
ned In so doing by the improvement In
his health. 1t IL thought the annual
dinner to the diplomatic body will be
the first and will take place February
18th. ~ 50
The Navy Department has been In
formed OF the arrival Of the training
ship Lancaster at La Guayra, vene-
xuela, to which point she was dis
patched from Cape Vincent, West In
dies. TO relieve the Scorpion tempo
rafily. r.
reported favorably the Knox bill, al
The committee voted down the bill to
allow the cities and towns Of Arizona
TO issue bonds for the purchase Of wa
ter works.
The President has sent 4 message
to Congress recommending the appro-
priati0n Of $4,000 for the payment
of the claim Of Spain for 6ibutu and
Cagayan islands, in the Philippine ar
chipelago, in accordance with the
terms OF the treaty recently ratified
by the senate.
The Senate committee on territories
has decided to report favorably an
amendment to the Alaska laws under
which excess Of license moneys des-
ignated for school purposes may be
applied to municipal purposes in that
territory and postponed the Arizona
statehood bill for this Congress.
Senator Hoar, from the committee on
judiciary, reported favorably the bill
granting charter to the Federation
Of Women's Clubs. The incorporators
mentioned in the bal include many wO-
men prominent In club life. An amend
ment made by the committee requires
annual reports to the Smithsonian In
sdtutlon.
The House public buildings commit.
tee reported favcrably Representative
Mercer's omnibus public building bill.
As reported the bill increases the ap-
propriations named In the original bill
fos western cities ~ follows: Chey-
ena. $50 600 70 e460000; Salt Lake
City, 91O0, 009 10 4600, 600.
sDn the evening Of February LIT NJ.
and Mn. Thothas =. Walsh rave = din.
nef y honor yo& tho Coicrads residents
Of Washington. Among the guests
were Judge and Mrs. John @. Bell,
Representative and A1. John F. Shat.
roth, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Mears, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilkersham. Nj. and Mrs
BOnf, Commander and Mrs. McRea-
In Addressing the senate On the sh,u
subsidy bill Senator Depev said: .it
IL estimated that there Il naid by Am.
erican producers to foreign ship own.
ers in freight charges! at least S176,-
co., year. -Four per cent. on this
would give us an American merchants
marine and the expenditure Of much
the larger part OF this money in our
own country"
The bill for peus,ou Courf NJ An.
.peais which has attracted considershls
attention A. a. A. n measrse met :
revere in the House COMMITTEE a in,
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