Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-31
THE INDIAN BILL UP.
The Senate Considered the Measure
and Made Fair Progress.
The war REVENUE REDUCTION BILL
It Was Reported and VIII BE Called Up
Next Week Naval ApprOprla-
tlOn Bill Debated In the
House,

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priation bill and made fair progress
The feature of the debate was a sharI
attack by Senator Pettigrew on the
Dawes commission, which he said wa
extravagant and was accomplishing
little in the way of results. The ship.
ping bill was not taken up, but gave
way to appropriation bills. At the
opening the senate adopted the Petit
grew resolution concerning the re.
ported deportation of A. Mabini, 4
citizen of the Philippines, to Guam.
During the consideration of the APP
preparation for Indian schools, Sen
ator Butler said he had visited such
schools and observed that there were
present taking advantage of the bene-
fit children who were not Indians
and asked what proportion of Indian
blood was necessary to secure admis-
sion to such schools.
Senator Thurston answered that no
children are received unless they are
Indians, no matter how slight the
mixture of Indian blood. He had, he
said, seen in tcpee, with a woman,
evidently an Indian squaw, children
Of her own which had red hair. II
was impossible, he said, to exclude
children from the schools merely be-.
cause they have red hair or a light
skin.
A resolution was adopted providing
for the reading of Washington's fare
well address on February % by IA
member of the senate.
Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island,
reported the war revenue reduction
bill from the committee on finance
and gave notice that he would call up
the measure the first of next week,
lite added that the committee had an
amendment covering the sale of stock
and merchandise, in consideration OF
which be submitted an early date.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, en-.
dcavored to secure an order for a
night session for the reading of the
district code bill but Senator Wei.
llngton, of Maryland, had determined
there should be a quorum of the sen
ate present for all matters and forced
several roll calls, one of which drew
from Senator Pettigrcw the state
ment that night session would be of
no avail unless quorum was kept
present, AS no business would be
transacted.
Tho Naval Appropriation Bill.
Washington, Jan. 2j.-The house
yesterday considered the naval ap,
bill all day and com.
plcted II with the exception of one
paragraph. Some opposition was
to any increase of the navy
and MI. Cannon, of Illinois, sounded
q note of warning us TO the size Of
o0r appropriations and announced
that with the present appropriation
S3lO,OO0,OOo would have been spent on
our navy and we should stop.
Speaking to Il pro forma amend
ment Mr. W. \. Smith, of Michigan,
brought up At the opening of the ses.
sion the question of he abrogafion
Of the treaty of 1877, prohibiting the
maintenance of war vessels upon the
great lakes. Mr.. Smith said the
treaty was an inhibition upon the
and commercial interests
OF the lakes against which he pro-
tested. The treaty was originally
made in the interest of peace and was
very properly negotiated. The rea-
the king, although called to one OF
the highest earthly places, has little
real power. He will choose his own
personal attendants, but no public
officers. At Queen Nictorias accession
the entire public service was con-
trollcd by the spells system. All the
Offices at home, in the diplomatic and
consular service and in Great Brituin's
colonies were within thc gift of the
ruling political power in London. In
1854 the new civil service reform act
changed all this. Now, only the re-
sponsible chiefs of departments and
their few confidential assistants are
removable at the pleasure Of the king
and his ministers. Neither a new
king nor n new prime minister can
disturb the tenure Of the great army
Of British ofiiceholders. numbering,
including India and the colonies, at
'NuNl @VV,VVu iiiVll.
II has been decided that the funeral
Of the queen will take place at Wind
sor castle, February 2, The body OF
the late queen will be removed from
Osborne house February I. II was
the expressed desire Of the queen that
the funeral should he military in
character.
A Solemn Pledge for Peace.
London. Jan, 25.--In her last lucid
rally before death the queen sum
moncd the prince of Wales and the
kaiser TO her bedside and besought
them, as they loved her, to avoid war
and maintain peace. The prince and
kaiser knelt and swore to do all in
their power TO reign In peace. never
TO allow England and Germany to
clash and to endeavor TO induce all
other nations to do likewise,
Samuel Williams, colored, was
langed at Mansfield, La, yesterday
'or the murder of Julius Hunger
,eeler, young white man.
Fire last night in the wholesale gro