The Springfield herald., 1902-01-17

Der cent. in the postal receipts ut the
nifty principal postofficeS of the United
States during December last is shown
IN an official statement just issued.
Is Representative Kahn of San Francis
60 has introduced bill for tunnel
nnder San Francisco Bay, permitting
the transportation of freight and pas
sengers between San Francisco and
Oakland
q Edward Clark, architect of the Capt.
tol, died on the 9th inst, aged seven
ty-eight years. Mr.. Clark came to
Washington from Philadelphia and
9entered upon his duties as capitol ar
4chitect in 1865.
Representative Shattuck, chairman
of the House immigration committee,
Hhas appointed Representatives Law
frence, Kahn and Robb as special
Ncommittee to consider the bill eN-
acluding alien anarchists.
& Representative Hull, chairman of
sthe House committee on military af-
3fairs, is reported to have said that
Tthere will be no move at this session
eof Congress for the revision of the
present army organization.
The pension appropriation bill has
been completed by the House commits
teAn appropriations and reported to
thNLdouse. 1t carries $139,S42,23O, eX-
9actly the amount of the estimates, as
Nagainst $145, $50 appropriated last
year.
Secretary Long has detached Rear
admiral Wildes from his present duty
as commandant of the Pensacola navy
yard and ordered him to relieve Rear
Admiral Louis 1lempff, the junior
squadron commander on tile Asiatic
station.
Senator Patterson has introduced
bill appropriating $2S,26O additional
compensation for Robert J. Spotswood
and William G. Mcclellan for carry
ing United States mail from Morrison
to Falrplay and Leadville in 1879. This
bill was formerly introduced by sena-
tor Wolcott.
The notice issued by the Venezuelan
government attributing to Secretary
Long instructions to the North Ameri-
. can squadron 10 watch the movements
(. of the German fleet off the Venezuelan
coast was called to the attenton of
that official He promptly authorized
denial of the statement. saying there
was no truth init. The North Atlantic
squadron is now in the West Indies.
REPRESENTATIVE Mondell has intro
duced II bill instructing the secretary
of the interior to issue the city
of Basin, Big Horn county, Wyoming.
+ patents for the townsite upon winch
n the city is located. Uuder the law
now governing, the proceeds of sales
of lots on the townsite go to the gov
ernment. Under the proposed law the
city will get the benefit of such sales.
Representative Kleburg of Texas
has introduced bill directing the Sec
retAy of state to propose treaty
WIKI Mexico by which an internation-
al board of engineers may be appoint
ed to make surveys and estimates Tor
an international system of irrigation
in the valley of the Rio Grande river
for the benefit of Mexico and the Unit
ed States. The bill appropriates Soo,-
600 to carry out its provisions.
Representative Shafroth, in speech
before the public lands committee,
urged the members to endeayor to Sc
cure the reference of all the irrigation
bills to the public lands committee.
Under the administration of Speaker
Reed measures of this character were
referred to the public land committee.
Speaker Henderson refers them to the
committee on the irrigation Of arid
lands.
The laborers employed in the govern
ment departments will be brought into
the civil service under presidential or
ders, the first of which will be issued
in the near future. The inclusions Will
be made separately by departments
instead of in bulk. There will be no
scholastic examination, applicants be-
ing graded according to experience and
recommendations, with the required
preference to war veterans. This reg
istration system already is in operation
in the Navy and War Departments.
The House spent Friday considering
the Hopkins bill to create n permanent
census bureau. While the general
sentiment was in favor of a perma-
nent bureau. there was strong opposi-
tion to the bill as drawn, on the ground
that it was not well matured. There
also.wa an overwhelming demand for
Division to place the present en-
ployes of the census bureau under the
protection of the civil service law, and
the bill finally was recommitted with
instructions to report back n bill con-
tanning a plan for a detailed organiza-
ton of a permanent census bureau, to
include also n provision to place the
present employees under the civil SER
vice.
The comptroller of the currency has
made public an abstract of reports
made by thirty-nine national banks of
Colorado exclusive of Denver. as fol-
lows: Resources and loans, discounts
and overdrafts, $21, ,O97, ,414.47; real es-
tate. S671. .94S.34; due from other banks,
S1O,224, ,437.SS; lawful money reserves,
S2,745, 1924; total, S35,442.34O.56. Liza
bilities: Capital stock, $2,7S0,0O0; sur
jlus fund and undivided profits, ST.