The Lamar register., 1902-05-21

the bill to retire Surgeon General
Sternberg, with the rank of major gen
eral.
An amendment to the naval appro-
priatiOn bill appropriating $3A)OO for
making tests of liquid fuel from the
California and Texas oil fields under
the direction of the Bureau of Steam
Engineering, was adopted by the
House.
AS announced last week. the canvass
of the House by the friends of the irri-
CATION bill has disclosed clear ma
jority In favor of the measure. Later
1t was announced that 1856 members
had promised to vote for 1t. Friends
of the bill will now press for a def
mite day for It's consideration, and ex-
pect they will be given an opportunity
to call 1t up within two weeks.
The Senate committee on Philippines
has decided to call as Il witness before
that committee Miss Clemencia Lopez
sister of SixtO Lopez. The lady is
now in Boston and she will be asked to
come from that city to Washington to
give her testimony. The date of her
appearance has not been fixed. Sena-
tors Lodge. Hale and Burrows voted
with the Democratic members to ask
her attendance.
The negotiations between Secretary
Hay and the ministers from Colombia,
Nicaragua and Costa Rica looking 90
the requirement of the necessary
rights for the construction by the
United States government Of either the
Panama or the Nicaragua canal, have
at last been concluded and the secre-
tary of state will be able to send to
the Senate three treaties covering the
ground The general features of these
conventions already have been out
lined.
The general land Office has decided
to open the bulk of the Fort Hall In
dian reservation under the old rush
system, which will take place June
17th. 1t is estimated that about 3OO.-
600 acres are agricultural or grazing
land, which may be entered under
homestead, timber and stone laws, and
all these lands will bc subject to the
rush" About 6O.OOO acres within five
miles of Pocatello will be sold at public
auction and not be opened up during
the scramble.
Thomas +. Walsh has accepted plans
and designs for the construction OF the
largest office building in Washington.
to be known as '.The Colorado" The
building will be on the corner of Four
teentH anu " StTettS. tht loihei sitc
of the Foundry church. The frontage
on G street will be ia feet and on
Fourteenth street 11S feet. There will
be nine floors and the building will
contain eight store and Dab office rooms
The building will cost S6OO,OO and the
ground cost $2OO,OOO.
Senator Warren recently presented
to the President n petition of thirty
oil nx-iY n hsA
| Greek, Wyoming district, and cOmpris-
| ing practically all its residents, re
| questing delay in enforcement OF the
| order to remove fences from the pub
| lie domain until some satisfactory law
passes Congress to adjust grazing In
| the West. While the law will be en-.
forced, 1t Is understood an effort will
be made to work as little hardship as
possible. especially in communities
where no complaints have arisen of
fencing on the public lands.
The friends of Cuban reciprocity for
| the time being have practically aban-
doned their effort to have the measure
| made the unfinished business on the
| Senate calendar and now express
willingness that the Nicaraguan canal
| bill shall continue to have the place
| place of advantage. with the under
standing that the Cuban bill shall have
incidental attention when no one is
| prepared to speak on the canal bill,
| and it Is understood that there will be
no effort to displace the latter 1t is
now the intention of the opponents of
the Cuban bill to see that the canal
bill is thoroughly debated.
President Roosevelt has signed the
bill giving Mrs. Arvella ID. Meeker of
~ IL for.
| of $500. The Indian appropriation bill
carrying the provision for opening the
| Uintah reservation and an appropria-
| tion for furnishing water for the south
| ern Ute Indians of Colorado, is still
| in the hands of the President, unsigned
! Objections have been made to the bill
| on account of the provisions for OPEN
| ing the Uintah reservation and leas-
| ing lands on the Spokane reservation.
| 1t is stated, however. that the Presi-
| dent will not refuse to sign the bill on
| this account and the delay in signing
| Is to fully satisfy friends of the In
dians that the Indians rights are prop
| erly safcguarded.
The House committee on military af
fairs has decided to disapprovc the
proposition suggested by Secretary
Root of establishing four large military
| concentration camps in different sec
tions of the United States. Secretary
Root has been anxious to establish four
/ large permanent camps. one on the Pa
| cific coast, two east of the Mississippi
river and one in the Rocky mountain
region, where large bodies of troops
might be mobolized for field drills.
| sham battles and other maneuvers.
| The House committee maintains that
| large camps are not desirable but ia
| vors the creation of number of small
er camps, where troops from three or
| four adjoining states may he mustered
| for nrnnticn drills and thiS nlun mn Y