The Holly chieftain., 1901-02-15
WHAT is BEING DONE AT u + !, u !
- THE NATIONALS @fAPl1At

country tor over two years. Il
Secretary Hitchcock'h has reversed the
rulings Of Land Commissioner Herr
mann by which patents have been de-
MED to number of Colorado owners
of mining lode claims. Patents were
denied under the commissioner ruA
ings because the location lines Of the
various lodes encroached upon contig-
uous patented claims. In line with his
decision In the Hidee Gold Mining case
the secretary reversed these rulings
and directs that patients be issued.
II General Leonard WOOD lives to
reach the rank of lieutenant-geheraI he.
Will be'in command Of the army longer
than any other man-fourteen years.
In the natural course of events all of
the generals who precede him in rank !
will have retired from active duty in
|, 1910, but Wood is so ya3ihg that he has
twenty-four years to serve before he
reaches the age Of retirement and
therefore will remain on the active list
until 1924. having reached the rank of
acknowledgement in 1910. a,a
So far as can be ascerta lned, the ad-
ministration has not had any intima-
ton Of the counter-proposals the Lon
don dispatch says will be made In the
matter of the Nicaragua canal pro-
ject. There is feeling Of regret that
the British government has felt con-
strained to adopt such n course as the
hope was entertained that amendments
to the Hay y-Pauncefote treaty might
have been accepted in the spirit In
which they We're made. One suggestion
made tonight us n possible counter
proposafof Great Britain.was that in
return for concessions made by her,
she might desire an open port on the
Alaskan coast as an entrance into her
gold fields in the klondike.
Senator Teller offered resolution
and spoke on it In the Senate calling
upon the secretary of war for fnformn-
tion concerning the reports of the de-
portation of George T. Rice. editor, Of
Manila newspaper. to the United
States by the general in charge of the
tAmerican farces In the Philippines.
He read the press reports concerning
Mr.. Rice's case. saying he did not Won
der that he wIs defiant, knowing there
was no law .justifying Ills expulsion.
Mr.. Teller shf0 he did not know .whath,-
er Rice's paper hal'sheen suppressed.
but he had been cretlibly informed that
four newspapers had been suppressed
Mr.. Teller spoke Of the proceeding as
zone Of Importance to all. for Mr.. Rice
was n citizen of the United States, and
an offense against him was against ev-
| cry citizen of this country. Mr.. Tel
lers resolution was agreed to.
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor
Of the telephone. has been serving as a
special agent Of the census bureau in
charge Of the enumeration of the deaf,
dumb and blind population of the coun-
try, and is now preparing his report.
Mr.. Bell is millionaire several times
over. but is entitled to 90 d day from
the government while he is employed
In this work. 1t was through his in
strumentality that an amendment was
added to the census law authorizing an
enumeration of the afflicted in whose
welfare he takes profound interest.
In his early life he was an Instructor in
o deaf and dumb asylum, And a large
part of his time Is now spent in the
Investigation Of means for promoting
the education of deaf-mutes and sight
less people. The number of deaf -mutes
in the United States is over Ill 600; the
number of totally blind is SS,924.
Justice Harlan created little sensa-
ton by a speech in tesponae to toast
at the regular monthly meeting Of the.
Loyal Legion. Several members Of
Congress were present and Representa-
tive Moody of Massachusetts took
down his words. Among other things
he said: THE fathers never intend
ed that this government should ever
exert any power or authority over any
part Of the earth's surface free from
the letter and the spirit of the consti-
tuition" This is construed to mean
that Justice Harlan believes that the
constitution follows the nag and to in
dicate the probable decision Of the Sn-
preme Court on that question. Another
sentence in Justice Harian's' speech
was: ."Our government was founded
upon the rights Of man; founded upon
the theory that man had rights as a
man. II We enter into this world pow
er business upon any other theory. we
enter 1t for. evil and not for good"
The secretary Of the interior has
transmitted to the Senate committee on
public lands 'favorab BIZ report upon
Senator Warren's amendment to the
sundry civil services appropriation bill,
providing fer. extending ten years the !,
period In which lands may be segre-
gated and reclaimed under. the Carey
arid land act. In his report Secretary
Hitchcock states that the grant Of land
to the states under the Carey act was
a departure from former. .legialation,
and in a measure experimental. The
law has been attended with geod re-