The Meeker herald., 1901-02-16
]EHAT IS BEING DONE AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

and Bates, who have served in that
country for over two years.
The Senate has passed bills setting
apart tract Of seven acres Of land
near Central City, Colorado, for q
ing 10000 for the perpetuation Of a
site and the erection of a pedestal for
. statue of the late Major General
George b. Mcclellan in Washington
City; authorizing the Arizona Water
Company to construct power plant
on the Pima Indian reservation In
Maricopa county, Arizona.
The President will promote twelve
officers Of the regular establishment to
be assistant adjutant generals with
| the rank of major. Colonel Theodore
Schwan, assistant adjutant general.
will be appointed brigadier general
and Immediately retired. Lieutenant
| Colonel A. ]. Babcock, assistant adju-
| tant general, will then be promoted to
| the grade of colonel, and Major George
Andrews and Major ]. A. johnson.
also assistant adjutant generals, will
| be promoted to the grade of lieutenant
| colonel.
80 far as can be ascertained, the adj
ministration has not had any intima-
i ton of the contemporaries the Lon
don dispatch says will be made In the
matter of the Nicaragua canal pro-
ject. There is a feeling Of regret that
the British government has felt con-
strained to adopt such a course, as the
hope was entertained that amendments
to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty might
have been accepted in the spirit in
which they were made. One suggestion
made tonight as a possible counter
proposal Of 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.
The House committee on invalid PEN
sions has fnvorably reported the bill of
Representative Calderhead of Kansas
as follows: IAN persons who are ell
gible for pensions at the rate Of $l2
per month under section 2 of the act Of
June 81, 1850, relating to pensions,
who are now, or may hereafter become
disabled by total blindness or paralysis
or any total disability for manual labor,
not the result of their own vicious hab-
its, which disables them in such de-
gree as to require the constant or fire.
quent and periodical attendance OF an
other person, or who are or may be
l
exceed 500 per year exclusive of any
pension, shall be entitled to pension
at the rate Of $50 per month from the
date Of application therefor after the
passage Of this act"
An explanation of the report that Mr..
| WI, the Chinese minister, had been re-
called by the government at the time
the foreigners were ordered to leave
| Pekin was offered at the Chinese lega-
ton, where 1t was stated that Minister
Wu's term Of ONCE expired three
months ago. The term OF the Chinese
minister at St. Petersburg expired
shortly before the Boxer outbreak, and
his successor was appointed, but he
has not yet reached his post. Mr.. Wu's
successor would have been designated
had 1t not been for the complications
in China. Mr.. WI will visit Chicago
In March to be one of the guests OF
honor at the quarterly convOcatlon OF
the University Of Chicago. He will de-
liver an address Mt the urgent solicita-
tlon of President Harper.
Senator Teller offered a resolution
and spoke on 1t In the Senate calling
upon the secretary of war for informa-
ton concerning the reports of the de-
portation Of George T. Rice, editor Of
a Manila newspaper, to the United
States by the general in charge of the
American forces in the Philippines.
He read the press reports concerning
| Mr. Rice's case. saying he did not Won
der that he was defiant, knowing there
was no law justifying his expulsion.
| Mr.. Teller said he did not know wheth-
er Rice's paper had been suppressed,
but he had been credibly informed that
four newspapers had been suppressed
in Luzon by the military authorities.
Mr.. Teller spoke of the proceeding as
one Of Importance to all. for Mr.. Rice
was a citizen OF the United States, and
an o6ense against him was against ev-
cry citizen Of this country. Mr.. Tel
ler's resolutinAwas agreed to.
Justice harl III created a little sensa-
ton by speech in response TO q toast
at tie 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: 1.-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 flag and to in
dictate the probable decision of the Su-
preme Court on that question. Another
sentence in Justice Harlan'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 it for evil and not for good"
Senator Warren has presented to The
Senate memorial Of the National Live
Stock Association adopted at the Salt
Lake City convention protesting
against the enactment of the Grout
oleomargarine bill. The memorial rep