North Park union., 1901-02-22
WHAT IS BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

The House committee on coinage act
ed favornbly on the bills staohshihs
branch mlnts mt Omaha ana Tacoma.
In the Senate on the 11th inst seha-
tor Teller presented the credentials OF
Thomas N. Patterson. elected u sena-
tor from Colorado for the term OF Blk
years, beginning March 4, 1901.
The Senate committee on postoffices
will recommend the adoption OF nm
amendment to the postofiice approprla-
tion bill providing for an appropriation
of $JOO,OOO for pneumatic tube service.
The secretary of the treasury has i'm
posed Il counteryaling duty OF ~ 60
pecks or about ~ cents per pood "a ht
tie over thirty-siN pounds on all relheu
sugars Imported into the United States
from Russia.
Senator Hansbrough has introduced
In the Senate bill to authorize con-
struction OF reservoirs for reclamation
of public lands. identical with the New
lands bill In the House.
The House pensions committee taVors
cutting the pension of Mrs. aeherai
Lawton to $50 monthly and giving MIS-;
Admiral ColhoOn $40. Mrs. ieherai
Hayes $50 and Mrs. General stanton
$50.
Senator Morgan has given notice OF
an amendment to the sundry ciVll Dill,
or the river and harbOr bill, authorizing
the requirement of sufficient territory
from Costa Rica and Nicaragua Tor
the construction Of the Nicaragua ca
nal.
The House committee on banking
and currency has tabled the bill repeal
ing the ten per cent tax on state pahk
issues. and the bill requiring nAtionhi
bank repositories TO pay interest TO the
government on public deposits.
The Senate has named conference
committee TO act on the disagreement
of the two Houses on the bill relative
to fhe disposition OF tract Of land on
the Arlzona portion of the Wnite
Mountain Apache reservation. The
Senate conferces will agree TO disagree
The House passed the Senate bill to
create commission to adjudicate the
claims OF United States citizens against
Spain, which the government OF tne
United States assumed by the treaty
OF Paris, after having amended the Dill
so us to refer the claims TO the Court OF
Claims instead OF TO commission.
Senator Clark of Wyoming reported
favorably from the Senate public lands
committee Representative Mondeli
bill providing that afiidavits i'll
land entries may he made before the
officers authorized to administer oaths
at any place within the land district IN
which the lands in question are situat-
ed.
Among the Presidents recent visitors
was General Otis. from Chicago. to
present young Filipino who has been
sent here to be educated. MANY FIJI
p!nos are coming 10 the United States
for an education" said General Otis.
I'm few years every big educational
institution Will have II number or
young Filipinos MS students.
A resolution introduced by Senator
Berry requests the President to INFORM
the Senate whether the United States
minister to China has Joined the rep
resentatives of the other powers mt Pc
kin In demanding the execution OF
Tuan, or other Chinese officials, and II
NO by whom he was authorized to join
In making such demand.
The Senate has passed n bill appoint
ing n commission. consisting OF the
president Of the Society OF the Army OF
the Tennessee. chairman of the joint
committee on library and the secretary
of war. TO select a site In the city of
Washington and have designs prepared
for a memorial on statue of General
U. s. Grant. the cost OF which shall not
exceed S250,OOO.
The Treasury Department recently
drew n warrant for SlO2, I22. In favor
of Alice c. Vanderbilt. W. X. Wander
bilt, Alfred G. Vanderbilt. Chauncey NJ
Depew and f. V. Rosslter. executors OF
the will OF the late Cornelius Wander
bilt, being the amount OF legacy taxes
Illegally collected from the estate nc.
cording to ruling Of the Supreme
Court handed down some time ago.
The bill for pension Court of Ap-
peals which has attracted considerable
attention as n q. A. Il. measure met n
reverse in the House committee on in
valid pensions where. by vote of q to
Z, n motion to report 1t was defeated.
A subcommittee consisting OF Repre-
sentatiyes Norton. Graf and Miner
was then named to perfect the depart
ment bill providing for pension ap-
peals.
In the consideration of the agricul-
turnl appropriation bill when the COM
mittee amendments providing for the
mapping of the soils of the United
States was reached, Mr.. Teller protest
ed that no such project ought to he
authorized. 1t would prove to be not
only n gigantic task. but 1t would in
volve millions of dollars. He moved to
strike out the provision. 1t precipitat-
ed considerable discussion.
Representative MOndell has intro
duced bill providing that the provIs-
ions of the Carey land nct shnll con
tinue In force until otherwise provided
by law. but that the land patented to
ench state under the act shall not ex-
ceed 100000 acres; that the contracts
provided in the original act shall not
be required, but patents shall issue for
lands segregated in accordance with
existing law and the act as amended
The House passed Representative
Mondell's resolution to print 6OOO cop.
les Of bulletin S6. of the Agricultural
Department, Professor Mead's treatise
ON the irrigation of arid lands. 1t Is
thought that these documents will
greatly assist representatives from the
arid and semi-arid regions In acquaint.
ing members of Congress with what is
meant by arid land reclamation, and In
securing desired legislation on this sub
ject.
The Senate has passed bills setting
apart a tract of seven acres of land
al