The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-06-24

| diers under the dependent act of 1890,
1 when they require frequent and per-
lodical aid" from SO to $50.
Senator Teller offered the following
| resolutions: ''Whereas, it seems imprac-
ticable to prepare during this session
! of Congress an itemiZed statement
showing the collection and disbuIse-
ment of all funds for the whole period
| Of the military occupation of Cuba;
md whereas, it is important that
statement be now made of the account
| hereafter named; therefore be it re-
I solved that the secretary of war be,
and he is hereby directed 10 send to
the Senate the following: A full item
ized statement of all payments made
out of Cuban funds to any person or
corporations, if any, for the purpose of
| promoting reciprocity between the
! United States and Cuba, at any time
| during the military occupation of Cuba
! by the United States and whether such
payments We're authorized OF approved
| by the secretary of war"
In the Senate, Mr.. Iillpian presented
some advantages of supplying metal
mail boxes for rural delivery and
showed to the Senate n sample box of
sheet steel which could be purchased
for 40 cents. Boxes now supplied by
private individuals cost from S1.25 to
So each. Such a price, he said, was a
| serious burden upon the farmers AL
ready SI,5OO,0OO n year was paid for
rural delivery of mail and he, believed
such rural delivery would expand until
itreXceeded the cost of city mail delv-
cry. Mr. Mason of Illinois, chairman
of the postofiice and post roads COM
mittee, calleu attention to the fact that
\ there were several manufacturers of
! mail boxes throughout the country and
ne doubted the advisability of the gov
4 ernment buying Il special box from
particular company. He thought the
whole business ought to be open to
competition. No action was taken.
The House passed the bill amending
the existing bankruptcy law. The mi
| nority made a vigorous effort to repeal
the present law in toto, but was over
whelmingly defeated-6J to 1871. The
bill passed amends the law in fifteen
|, particulars to meet defects which it
is said experience has proved. The
most important amendment is one to
define preference. to meet the Supreme
Court decision in the case of Pirie
against the Chicago Title and Trust
Company. Four additional grounds for
refusing n discharge in bankruptcy are
also added. First. obtaining property
on credit on materially false state
mcnts; second. making n fraudulent
transfer of property; third having
| been granted or denied a discharge in
| bankruptcy within six years, and
| fourth having refused TO obey the or
\ der of the court or refusal to answer
material questions approved by the
| court.
The story is telegraphed from New
Orleans that Charles NJ. Dodson
| former agent of the Associated Press
at Havana. says that General Wood
paid General Gomez $4,000 not to run
for president against Palma. Dodson
1 says he can put his hand on the can
! celled check. He also says the Wash
ington administration knew all about
it and approved Woods course before
the money was paid. Secretary Hay
says he had not heard of the story un-
4 Ill the dispatch was printed. Secre-
| tary Root thought iira Story was un-
! doubtedly an exagger@tt5n of General
| Woods action in granting Il pension
to General Gomez. The statement that
| General Wood had paid General Co
mez money to withdraw from the Gu
ban campaign, Secretary Root said
was absurd on its face, as Gomez was
one of President Palma's warmest
being interviewed at Boston. said there
was nothing to the New Orleans story
| to the effect that n sum of money was
| paid General Gomez in order that he
! might not oppose Palma's candidacy
| Tor president of Cuba.
Representative Bell of Colorado has
| introduced trust bill covering the rec
| concentrations of the industrial COM
| mission, of which he is a member. His
| bill provides for general publicity of
corporations dealing with the public in
| Interstate business. 1t requires state
ments to he filed annually with the
| secretary of the treasury, showing full
particulars of business; requires tire
secretary of the treasury to classify an
stock into such as has been paid for
in cash or its equivalent and such as
| is usually called inflated or watered
| stock All of the second class is re-
quired to be assessed by the United
| States at two per cent. per annum.
Any railroad company discriminating
against communities or persons in in
! terstate transportation shall be en-
| Joined. and If the injunction order is
violated it shall become the duty of the
| United States Circuit Court to put such
company into the hands OF n receiver
and to operate the company's business
under the orders of the court.
During the consideration of the 18TH
mian canal bill in the Senate, Mr.. Tel
! Ter of Colorado briefly announced his
support of the Panama project and Mr..
Jones of Arkansas indicated his lean
| ings toward the same route. Mr.. Tel
Ter maintained thnt practically there
was no authority for the building of
canal by either the Nicaragua or Pan
anna routes. If the Nicaragua route
should be determined on. the United
States would have to negotiate with
| Nicaragua and Costa Rica. and If the
Panama rnI1tp ShouI1 bp odnntaI nur