, 1901-02-14
IS BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

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In the House the bill was without de-
bate passed to extend the charters Of
national banks for another period of
twenty years after o o
Senator Hansbrough has introduced
in he Senate n bill to authorize con-
struction of reservoirs for reclamation
OF public lands. identical with the New
lands bill in the House.
Senator Aldrich says the ship subsidy
bill will go through. 81 have never
lie said, known n fiIibuster to prevail
against n bill which was supported by
n majority of the Senate"
The House pensions committee favors
cutting the pension of Mrs. General
Lawton to $50 monthly and giving Mrs.
Admiral Colhoof $40, Mrs. General
Hayes $50 and Mrs. General Stanton
$50.
The House committee on banking
and currency has tabled the bill repeal
ing the ten per cent. tax on state bank
issues, and the bill requiring national
bank repositories to pay interest to the
government on public deposits.
The President has issued new Gre
dentials to Mr.. ChOate rs Ambassador
of the United States TO Great Britain.
They are similar in form TO those al
l'i'g ntlI ny MI. 1IDllts WIN Nh' "a
ception that they accredit him to King
Edward VII. instead of 20 Queen Vic
tOria.
The secretary of state II the British
government have reached n conclusion
that a new commission must be sent
to establish definitely the boundary
between the United States and British
Columbia. The disputed line Is that
separating Washington from British
Columbia.
President Mckinley has at his dis
posnl more than 3O0 staff appoint
ments. the finest places outside of the
grades of major general and brigadier
general. in the new army. Few of
these places are open To n civilian un,
less he has had volunteer service, and
these few are in the pay corps.
The House passed the postoffice APP
preparation mill, the amendment 90
continue the pneumatic tube service in
New York, Boston and Philadelphia
being abandoned for the purpose OF
maAing the fight in the Senate and the
motions to strike out appropriations for
special mail facilities defeated.
The House passed the senate bill to
ceate n commission to %adjudicate the
claims of United States citizens against
Spain, which the government of the
United States assumed by The treaty
of Paris, after having amended the bill
so as to refer the claims to the Court of
Claims instead of to n commission.
Representative Mondell has intro
duced n bill providing that funds de.
rived from the sale of government
lands excepting those devoted to the
support of educational institutions shall
be used by the government in con
structing %irrigating works in the sew
eral public Ian states and territories.
Inc secretary of war has reported
to Congress the present strength of the
militia organization in the various
states and territories. Colorado's
strength is as follows: Officers, 50;
privates and non-commissioned of
ficers, 1,065; aggregate strength, 1.15O;
available for military duty in state,
GIBBS.
A resolution introduced by Senator
Berry reuuests the President to inform
the Senate whether the United States
minister to China has joined the rep
resentatives of the other powers at Pc
kin in demanding the execution of
Tuan, or other Chinese officials, and If
so by whom he was authorized to join
In making such demand.
The President has received from Ha-
wall n souvenir of the recent political
campaign there in the form of Il vel
low ribbon bearing the motto, L mnu
Ike en- o ka alma | ka pOno." which
means. The life of the land is estab-
lished in righteousness This was
chosen ms a campaign motto of the ad-
ministration party during the last pres
ilpntial campaign.
The Senate public lands committee
reported favorably the Hansbrough
bill for reclamation of arid lands. The
bill is practically the same as the New
lands bill. introduced in the House and
provides that all moneys received
from the sales of public land shall be
expended by the government in arid
land reclamation and irrigation In the
public land states.
The bill for n pension Court of APP
peals which has attracted considerable
attention as II G.. y. Il. measure met II
reverse in the House committee on in
valid pensions where, by Il vote of q to
Z, a motion to report it was defeated.
n subcommittee consisting of Repre-
sentatives Norton, Graft and Miner
was then named 10 perfect the depart
ment bill providing for pension ap-
peals.
In the inspector generals department
Lieutenant Colonel j. T.. Sanger, 10.
Gently mustered out as brigadier gener-
nj OF volunteers, will receive his pro
motion to the grade of colonel. Major
II. II. Knox and Major s. c. Mills. in
spector generals, will be nominated to
be lieutenant colonies. The President
will appoint seven officers to he in
spector generals with the rank of ma
jor.
Vice Pr~esident-clect and Mrs. Roose-
welt will go to Washington March I'd.
and during their stay there will be the
guests of Mrs. ROosevelt's brother-ln-
law and sister, Commander and Mrs.
Cowles. The evening of their arrival
they will be the guests of honor ut II
dinner to be given by Senator Depew.
The vice presidents family will not
take the house owned by Bcllamy Stor-
or until autumn.
REPRESENTATIVE MondpI has intro