The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-22
WHAT IS BENG DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

nrnferenca in civil servica npoiut-
ments
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lands bill in the House.
In The Senate on the nth inst. Sena-
for Teller nresented Tho credentials of
Thp,nas NJ Patterson elected sena-
TOR from Colorado for the term If six
wears bopIuninp March 4 1901
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The Senate committee on postotiices
will recommend the adoption of an
aiHeter,ietls TO Tue postoilce hplropt.n
tioi az lrorloiiis lor an apl,lopi
Vi F''''ooo ior Piieui'''''' '"oe 30
Many protests are reaching the Sen
nte in regard to the promotion of Adj
miral Sampson over Admiral Schley.
Ii is claimed that Sampson tried TO
steal the glory that rightfully belong to
HIhe secretary of the treasury has I'M
posed countervailing duty of "a CO.
Decks or about 80 cents per pood "a Ut
lie over thirty-siX pounds on all reflned
sugars imported into the United States
from Russia.
Sana+or ,,oroo, no, siren notice of
an ,n1en1nont - .hn snndrv civil bill
or the river and harbor bill. authorizing
the requirement of sufficient territory
from Costa Rica and Nicaragua for
the construction of the Nicaragua ca
nal
The Senate has named n conference
Ia oct ON the disagreement
of rho r,yo Houses on the bill relative
to the disposition of n tract of land on
the Arizona portion of the "n h,,
Mountain Apache reservation: me
Senate conferees Will agree to dlsasree'
The House possed the Senate bill to
create , commission To aliudicate the
claims of Unitad states citizens against
Spnin. which the government of the
United States assumed bv the treaty
of Paris after having amended the bill
So os TO refer the Claims to the Court of
Claims instead Of TO commission
Sono,or Clark of wvoming reported
ea,'arai,,,. fran, ,ra SENATE nublic lands
10 par,rasnntorive Nondell's
I;I ,,,.a,-id;ns tho+ offidayits in
ha made before the
al. ~, 80 -, 20 odmiristor o,ths
oiiiceis ~, -, tt, Iard diS-rict in
az my ~ -, onesiin, ore situot-
w ''eii 'iie MINUS 'N>'''
Among the freslueHt reI C,l;a ,,s,'o, 10 .
was General GUS. from IhiS"51 - ~
present young rHlpIhu .N, raj
sent mere TO De euuca,eu' - St,tns
plhos are coming 10 tiis Cn S,is
LOT an euucatlon, sniu an,,a.+ionai
IN rev years eNels o.s ewuJa nt
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young flhplnos as s'uie''
The Treasury Department recently
drew a warrant for S1O2,I22, in favor
OF Ahce Y; Nan,ieruili :" c,i,a,aa,, \,
pit, AIRED =; Hai,ei nv, .nn,,to;., ot
DepeW anu -. ..o, Snnno,ins. Vandor
the VIII OF the iate vi -.
bilt, being the amount Vi ieSars taA Me-
illegally Collected from me eS.'te ~.
cording to ruiihs Oh lhe supleihe
Court handed GOWN some 'ii'ie hSo'
The bill for pension Court of Ap
neols which has attracted considerable
attention as n G. A. II. measure met 9
reverse in the Rouse committee on ~
valid pensions where, ny Wy VI y :,
{, n motion TO report IL was ueLeateu
a subcommittee CONSISTING OIL hepre
sentatives Norton prail anu hiilei
was then named 10 perfect tle uepalt
ment bill proVlains ior pehsion up
peals.
In the consideration of the agricul
mrol appropriation bill when the com
mittee amendments providing for tn,
mapping of the soils OF the United
States was reached MI. Ieller protest
ed that no such proJect ouSh 10 p'
authorized. II Wouiu prove 10 ne no
only n gigantic task pnt u would ID
volve millions OF doiiars' ne moved u
strike out the provision. 1t pfecipltat
ed considerable discussion.
REPRESENTATIVE Mondell has intro