The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-25
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Representative Barham, of California,
has introduced a bill appropria ting $780,
COO for surveying the arid land regions.
The senate committee on the PHI lip
pines decided to report favorably the kill
providing for the maintenance of a SOL
dierS' library at Manila.
Senator and Mrs. Hanna gave a diner
the other night, and among the guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Merriam, of Mime
sofa. Three members of the cabiret We Q
present with their wives.
Gen. Ludlow, now in this city Oh spe-
cial duty in connection with the formula
ton of plan for the establishment of a.
| military college, probably will soon be
| assigned to active duty in the Philip
pines.
Executive clemency IS asked by nu-
Richard T. Tubbs of Alcester, who was
sentenced, in October, 1899, to two years
Imprisonment for sending obscene litera-
ture through the mail.
Senator and Mrs. Foraker lave an
| nounced the engagement of theic eldest
daughter, Miss Florence TO ~ Randolph
| Matthews, of Cincinnati, and their y >g-
est daughter Miss Julia, TO Flancis- King
Wainwright, of Philadelphia.
The house committee on Indian affa'rs
reported favOrably bills pr-viding for al
!otments of lands in severalty to the In
dams of La Pointe or Bad River reser-
vations, Wis, and to refer to the court
of claims the treaty rights CT Miss!ssip 81
Choctaws for adjudication.
a large and influential QoleS ClOn, req
resenting those interested in the LOUIS
lana Purchase Worlds exposition, to be
held at ST. Louis in 1903, was heard by
the special committee of the house or
representatives having charge OF that
subject.
Representative Sherman, of New York,
! today introduced a resolution, which was
referred TO the naval committee, proVld-
ing for the appointment OF II select COM
mittee of five members of the house to
investigate hazing at the naval academy
at Annapolis.
Senator McEnery called at the White
| house and advised the president that he
favored the appointment of Frederick
Earhart as postmaster at New Orleans
to succeed Postmaster P1tkin, who re-
Gently resigned: 1t is understood tli5
appointment will be made.
Five military transports. just retu ned
to the Pacific coast from the Philippines,
having no further need of their services.
They are the Algoa and California,
freight ships, and the Conemaught Flint
sic and Lienem, animal tran port ships.
The agricultural appropriation bill was
reported to the house. 1t carries approx
imately $4,300,000, covering the u5r al re-
quirements of the agricultural derart-
ment experiment stations, ETC.. together
with Encouragement of several 6iv.si ms
of the department in the interest of i,sch-
plifying the service.
The house committee on agriculture
has incorporated in the appropriation bill,
now being prepared, an amendment MAX
ing SIS, 600 available for improvements at
the weather bureaus in several states
OF this amount $1,000 is to be used for
much-needed improvements in the branch
at Bismarck, r. D.
Thomas r. Foster, son of DR.. Thomas
Foster, the veteran Minnesota editor,
now living in Washington, has been pro-
NOTED from position in the Office of the
auditor of the postoffice department, to a.
more lucrative and responsible place un-
der the treasury department in San Fran
cisco. Foster is about twenty-three years.
old
Capt. o. ]. Humphrey. Of San Fran
cisco, visited the executive mansion as
the special envoy of California Comma and
cry No. l, Knights Templar. of San Fran.
cisco, to personally present to Pre- ide :
Mckinley all invitation from the COM
to the Pacific coast the coming spring.
The navy department has practically
completed arrangements for sending a
matra to obtain the total eclipse of the
sun. on the 18th of May next. The ex-
petition will be in charge of Prof A. N.
Skinner, of the naval observatory. 1t
will start from San Francisco between
Feb. % and MARCH l next.
Representative McCleary, CT Mime 5ota,
from the committee on library. re ported
favorably to the house the bi appro-
priating $4,000 for pedestal for a statue
to Henry Longfelow, which / to he
erected in this city by the Longfellow
Memorial association. The biz also car
ries a provision for the donat on of a
site upon one of the government ieserva-
tons.