Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-28

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| pointment of two rear admirals to be vice adj
mirals; which means the curing of the Samp-
| Son-Schley controversy.
The conference on the Creek and Cherokee
treaties reached an agreement. By 1t the min
| cral leases are annulled.
The house passed the Flynn bill relating to
| the DISPOSITION of lands in the Wichita and
| Kiowa -Comanche reservations. amended so as
to give the governor, instead of the secretary OF
| the interior the appointing Of first county and
| The house passed the s.. 900. 900 appropriation
/ for the Louisiana Purchase exhibition at St.
\ Louis in 1908.
SIXTIETH DAY.
| The senate by vote o. ~ to Is rejected the
/ conference report the military academy bill
| The trouble arose over the hazing section.
| which was regarded by senators as being too
drastic in its provisions for barring hazers from
! the academy and from appointments in the
army.
| The dispatch sent out yesterday concerning
/ the Sampson-Schley grades was not correct. The
! effort to revive the grade Of vice admiral waa
not successful
| Senator Deboe smoke on the Nicaraguan canal
| maintaining that the existing treaty gave the
| United States the right to control the canal
when constructed
| civil appropriation bill. When the item of 500.
| GO for prospecting underground currents and
| an extended debate ensued. No result was
! reached.
sIXTY-FIRsT DAY.
| The senate spent most Of the day upon the
poStoffice appropriation bill. but did not finish
! It. The amendment to cut the pay of the rail-
/ roads for carrying the mails about per cent
was defeated
| There was sharp controversy on the pneu-
matte tNbe service question. Amendments
| were offI~ed to extend the service in Chicago
and in St. Lotus, but they were ruled out ON
the point that they had not been referred to a
| committee. committee meeting was an
| nounced to meet at once,
| Mr. Curtis CKas) secured an amendment to
the sundry civil appropriation Dill which cedes
| back the Jurisdiction over all soldiers homes to
the states in which they are located.
The Indian appropriation bill provides for an
increase Of Indian inspectors from six to eight.
The bill directs the treasury to place So 900 to
| the credit of the ChickasawS in full payment Of
| the annuity promised to them in 1874.
| The house passed the sundry civil appropria-
tion bill and entered upon the consideration of
the deficiency the last of the regular appropria-
| tion bills
| SIXTY SECOND DAY.
| The senate spent two hours in discussing a
resolution the purpose OF. which was to bring
before the senate the antitrust bill. The effort
was defeated.
| The appropriation for the pneumatic tube
| service was eliminated from the postal appro-
| priation bill. Then came up the old controver-
| Sy over fast mail service.
| Senator Rawlins gave notice of his intention
| to introduce a resolution declaring it to he the
purpose of this government to present the title
| 20 the Philippines to the Filipinos.
! A resolution has been introduced in each
| house calling for information concerning the
| adjustment of the office of the national treas
urer oil the OsageS and the transfer OF That Dusl-
ness to private banking concern, without the
| consent of the Usage council.
| Mr. Hepburn Qowa) in condemning hazing
asserted that habits of oppression formed by
| army and navy officers at academies res
ponSible for the refusal to enlist in the navy
| and for many assertions from the army.
| Extra pay items to employees of the house
| brought out charges that idle men drew pay for
| service which they divided with men who did
| the work. The house was challenged to ap-
| point an investigating committee
The house asSed the general deficiency bill.