The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-01-01


pensions of $40 month each to the
widows of General John III. McCler-
nand and General John NJ. Palmer.
The House passed the Indian and the
Military academy appropriation bills.
The former carried $9,036.526, and the
latter $7O0,15 Neither provoked much
discussion. A few minor amendments
were placed upon the former.
Nothing in the Supreme Court since
the electoral commission that decided
the Hayes-Tilden presidential contro-
versy has attracted so much attention
as the arguments over the political
status of Porto Rico and the Philip
pines.
Robert II. Wilcox, delegate in the
House of Representatives from the
Hawaiian islands, has just been paid
claim of 81 900 for mileage. 1t was
the largest claim of the kind ever made
but it was paid promptly by the SER
| geant-at-trms. Mr. Wilcox will draw
| $500 more for his return trip.
Last year it cost three-tenths of one
| per cent. to collect the revenues of this
| government from customs, which in
| cludes the losses as well as the salar-
| les and other expenses. In the Internal
| revenue bureau it cost LIS per cent. to
Soiiett S-JD,oNO,OVt, winch disO III
cludes all losses as well rs expenses of
every description.
Chairman Lacey of the HOUSE public
lands committee has introduced a bill
setting aside a large tract of land in
New Mexico as an additional park for
the preservation of cliff dwellings and
| other prehistoric relics. The settlers
within the limits of the proposed res
ervation Will be permitted to select
| other lands in lieu of those now held
| by them.
Last winter Congress appropriated
$4,000 to pay the expenses of dele
| gate from the United States to the sec
| ond pan-American conference that is to
assemble on the 22nd of October next
at the City of Mexico, but 1t is proba-
| Bile that the authority will have to be
| renewed ut the present session. 1t
| looks now as if the conference was GO
| ing TO be a great success.
As special mark of distinction for
| keeping the Democratic plurality in
| New York county below 10000, Gener-
| al Francis V. Greene, president of the
| New York county Republican commit
| tee, has been appointed grand marshal
| of the Inauguration parade. Senator
| Hanna, chairman of the national com
| mittee, offered the place to General
| Greene and he accepted 1t.
Senator Wolcott recently called upon
| President Mckinley and urged favor
able consideration of the petition filed
| for the pardon of Former Banker
| Kunzmiller of Denver. While the SEN
ator cannot say that favorable action
| will be secured, he is encouraged in
| that the President said he would send
| for the papers in the case and promised
to give the matter careful considera-
| ton.
| The river and harbor bill as it will
be reported from the House committee
soon after the reconvening of Congress
on the 3rd of January, will carry pro-
vision abolishing the Missouri River
Commission. Members of the House
whose districts touch the Missouri on
either side generally express the opin-
ion that the navigation of the stream
Is so limited as to render the commits
sion useless.
Representative Shafroth to-day called
upon the supervising architect and
urged that contracts be entered into at
once for purchase of machinery for the
new mint at Denver. Mr.. Shafroth
suggested to Supervising Architect
Taylor that delay in the matter might
prolong unnecessarily the equipment
OF the mint anu tdlleu itleulluu 10 tle
fact that much special machinery will
be needed, requiring much time for its
manufacture.
There is good deal of canvassing
among the Daughters of the American
Revolution over the approaching cleo
tion of president of that order in the
place of Mrs. Manning, who promised
last year that she would not be a can
didate again. Those who are familiar
with the inside politics of the Daugh-
ters confidently predict the election of
Mrs. Donald Mclean of New York
who has been n candidate on several
occasions and is the most active MEM
ber of the New York chapter.
The Department of State has receiv-
ed no information concerning the in
tention of the duke of York, the heir
apparent to the British throne, to pay
visit to this country The London
newspapers and several London cores
pondents of American newspapers have
published a story about a trip around
the world by the duke and duchess, the
chief motive being to establish cordial
relations with their future subjects in
Australia and Canada. No dates are
set and no positive announcement has
been made.
The House committee on rivers and
harborS Will provide 100000 to pay
the expense of a final survey for
fourteen-foot channel between Lock
port and st. Louis. The portion of the
route between the terminus of the
drainage canal at Lockport and Graf
ton. the mouth of the Illinois river
will be surveyed under the direction
of the corps of engineers of the army
and that portion between Grafton and
St Louis by the Mississippi river com
mission. In the opinion of experts the
essential part of the survey can be
made in year or so, so that salts
factory report ought to be made for
the consideration of the LVIIIth Con
gress.