The Lamar register., 1901-01-30
WASHINGTON NEWS


subsidy bill applying the provisions oil
the antitrust law TO ship building un-
der the bill.
The agricultural appropriation Dill
was reported to the House. 1t carries
81, 100000, covering the usual require
ments of the Agricultural Department
experiments, etc.
Senator Teller filed petition Of Colo
RADIO miners asking that the regulations
of the Interior Department be modi-
fled so as to permit use by miners or
timber on government reserves.
Col. C. f. Hilder chief clerk of the
bureau Of ethnology of the Smithson-
ian institute. died on the list lhst.'
aged seventy. He was well known as
a magazine writer and lecturer.
The Lacey bill. providing for the
Cliff Dwellers' National Park in New
Mexico, embracing about 15O,ooo acres
of government land, was favorhDiy re-
ported by the House committee on
public lands.
The balance in trade In favor of the
United States in 1880 was So,oJf,3D
and in 1900. S64S.09S,I3S. No nation III
the world ever before had such an
enormous balance in its favor in ltS
foreign trade.
The Senate in executive session rati-
fled the treaty with Spain for the ac.
QUESTION of the islands of Sibutu ana
Cagayan, of the Philippine group, at a
cost of 100000. There We're no votes
to spare, a two-thirds vote being need
ed and the voting standing 3S to ~.
The President has so far recovered
as to take Mrs. Mckinley out for n
drive to-day behind his new horses.
He was able to drive them himselt,
and after Il spin of an hour or so IN
the frosty air he pronounced hiinself
satisfied with the team and on quick
road to recovery.
The Senate committee on the Philip
pines decided to report favorably the
bill providing for The maintenance of n
soldiers library at Manila. The reso'
luton introduced by Mr.. Teller. provid
ing for the printing of the Filipino pc
tition presented to the Senate by him.
was considered and an adverse report
ordered upon it.
In the House. speaking on the naval
appropriation bill. W. A. Smith of
Michigan brought up the question of
the abrogation OF the treaty of 1917
prohibiting the maintenance of war
vessels upon the great lakes. MIR.
Smith said he desired to see the ship
yards of the great lakes participate in
the building OF war vessels.
All the Washington chapters of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
have concurred in the nomination of
Mrs. Charles Warren Fairbanks, wife
of Senator Fairbanks of Indiana. for
president general Of that organization.
Her election will be opposed by Mrs.
Donald Mclean Of New York and Mrs.
Roebling of New Jersey.
Senator Teller presented n number of
petitions, the more important being rs
follows: Denver Stock Exchange, ask
ing for reduction of war taxes on stock
transfers.; Business Mems Bureau Of
Pueblo, to establish new weather sta
tion on the Rocky Mountain plateau;
Denver Chamber of Commerce, urging
appropriation OF 100000 for irriga-
tion experiments.
Not satisfied with securing repeal
of that section of the war revenue act
which imposes II tax on legacies to be-
nevolcnt and educational institutions,
several of the colleges of the country
have banded together in an effort to
recover what has already been paid
into the national treasury under that
law. 1t Is claimed that the amount
of the tax already collected Is $1,000
600. but 1t is probably not more than
S35O,OOO. The entire inheritance tax
thus far, since the war revenue bill
was passed. has not exceeded S10.OOO,-
600. Including the Vanderbilt, Hunt
ington, Smith and other big estates.
The war revenue reduction bill as
agreed upon by the Senate finance COM
mittec, provides for reduction of
nearly S4O.OOO.OOO. Taxes are repealed
on the following: Promissory notes,
mortgages. bills of lading for export,
powers of attorney. protest, charter
party. certificates of all kinds, leases,
warehouse receipts. telegraphic dis
patches. telephone messages. passage
tickets, freight receipts, bonds. except
bonds of indemnity. legacies to relig-
ious, charitable. literary or educational
institutions and commercial brokers.
The marble statue of Frances +. Will
lard is soon to be placed in the statuary
hall in the capitol. 1t will be the only
statue of woman ever allowed in the
historic chamber. 1t is donated by the
state OF Illinois, each commonwealth
of the Union being allowed to honor
two persons in this manner. The statue
will be given one of the most prom
inent positions possible. The unveiling
will be attended by elaborate cere-
mony, IN which members of the
Womnn's Christian Temperance Union
representing every section will be pres.
ent. No one will see the work until
the drapery is officially drawn aside.
The Indian appropriation bill was
bitterly attacked in the Senate and as
warmly defended. Mr.. Hettigrew eX-
pressed the opinion that the whole In
dian school system ought to be over
hauled. He was inclined to believe
that many of the Indian schools in the
East would better be abolished, and in
this connection he referred particular
ly to the Carlisle school. He also at