The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-03-01

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i ference with no indications OF an agreement
| being reached.
The house spent large part OF Its session,
| the sundry civil bill being under consideration.
! In discussing the 500 900 Item for the expense
OF free transportation OF silver coin.
The house passed Mr. Calderhead's bill grant
| ing a pension OF Ssl month 10 Colonel w. r.
Cloud, OF the Second Kansas cavalry Colonel
| Cloud Is the only officer who ever charged y
gunboat with brigade OF cavalry and captured
| it,
FIFTY NINTH DAY.
Bills prepared in the naval department have
| appeared in he senate for tn revival OF the
/ grade of vice admiral and authorizing the ap-
| pointment OF two rear admirals to be vice adj
mirals; which means the curing Of the Samp-
| SON Schley controversy.
The conference on the Creek ana Cherokee
treaties reached an agreement BY 1t the min
eral leases are annulled.
The house passed the Flynn bill relating to
the disposition of lands In the Wichita ana
Kiowa- Comanche reservations amended so as
to give the governor, instead OF the secretary OF
the interior the appointing of first county and
township officers,
for the Louisiana Purchase exhibition ut st.
Louis in 1908.
sIXTIETH DAY.
The senate by vote o. ~ to rs rejected the
conference report ON the military academy bill.
The trouble arose over the hazing section,
which regarded by senators as being too
drastic in its provisions for barring hazers from
the academy and from appointments in the
army.
The dispatch sent out yesterday concerning
the Sampson Schley grades was not correct The
effort to revive the grade OF vice admiral waa
not successful,
maintaining that the existing treaty gave the
United States tho right to control tho canal
when constructed.
The honse worked all day upon the sundry
civil appropriation bill When the item of $780,
900 for prospecting underground currents and
artesian wells in the arid regions was reached,
an extended debate ensued. No replt was
reached
SIXTY FIRST DAY.
The senate spent most Of the day upon the
postoflce appropriation bill, but did not finish
It, The amendment to cut the pay OF the rail-
roads for carrying the mails about per cent
was defeated.
There was a sharp controversy on the pneu-
matte tube service question Amendments
were offered to extend the service In Chicago
and in ST. Louis, but they were ruled out on
the point that they had not been referred to u
committee. committee meeting was an
nounced to meet at once,
Mr. Curtis (Kas) secured an amendment to
the sundry civil appropriation bill which cedes
back the jurisdiction over all soldiers homes to
the states in which they are located.
The Indian appropriation bill provides for an
increase of Indian inspectors from six to eight.
The bill directs the treasury to place " 900 to
the credit OF the Chickasaws in full payment Of
the annuity promised to them in 1894
The house passed the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill and enter red upon the consideration or
the deficiency the last OF the regular appropria-
ton bills.
SIXTY SECOND DAY.
The senate spent two hours in discussing
resolution the purpose Of which was to bring
before the senate the antitrust bill The effort
was defeated
The appropriation for the pneumatic tube
service was eliminated from the postal appro-
priation bill. Then came up the old controver-
sy over fast mail service.
Senator Rawlins gave notice OF his intention
to introduce resolution declaring it to he the
purpose OF this government to present the Title
to the Philippines TO the fiiplnos :. ,,
A resolution has been introduced in each
house calling for information concerning the
adjustment of the office of the national treas
urer of the Osages and the transfer OF that bust
ness to q private banking concern, without the
consent OF the Usage council
Mr.. Hepburn Qowa) in condemning hazing
asserted that habits OF oppression formed by
ponsible for the refusal to enlist in the navy
and for many assertions from the army.
Extra pay items to employees of the house
brought out charges that Idle men drew pay for
service which they divided with men who did
the work. The house was challenged to APP
point an investigating committee
The house assed the general deficiency bill
SIXTY THIRD DAY.
Two OF the great supply bills passed the SEN
ate the postal and the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bills. The senate took action to
continue the fast mail facilities Two amend
ments to the postoffice bill were agreed to- one
directing the postmaster general to investigate
the question OF postal telegraph system; the
other providing that when any publication had
been classed as second class matter 1t should
not be otherwise classified without a hearing
before the postotice department
The conference report on the Indian appro-
priation bill was rejected.
Senator Bacon (Ga) read Washington's fare
well address.
Mr. Bailey (Ks.) by unan imous consent called
up the bill which has passed the senate to pay
to Kansas University $50 900 for the claim held
by the university as gift from the New Eng
land EmiRraut Society. for the destruction of
the Free State hotel In Lawrence in 1856 by the
United states marshal. The bill was passed
without "a contest.
Unanimous consent legislation resulted In
passing bills. 80 claim bills and 1S9 private
pension bills by one roll call.
Grant Gillette BaIing Hay.
FL Paso, Tex, Feb. 2l.-Grant Gil
lette of Kansas cattle fame, is at work
as day laborer about a hay baler. He
says that lie intended to return to