The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-04-15
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

The United States Supreme Court re
fused to grant the motion recent!
made to dismiss the case of admiral
Sampson. in which he seeks to recover
prize money for the guns and arlna-
ment of the Spanish vessel Maria re,
resa in connection with her capture on
Santiago.
The largest quarterly receipts in the
history of the postal service are re
corded for the three months ended Jan
uary 1st last. figures for which have
just been completed. The receipts
were $50 ,oO5.62l; expenditures, $50
947 ,131; excess of receipts over eXpend-
itures, $1,05S, 400.
Senator Teller's bill granting Colora-
do Springs the right to purchase 1000
acres of forest reserve and public
lands in the vicinity of Seven lakes
has been reported favorably to the Sen
ate by the committee ON public lands.
These lands are desired by Colorado
Springs for the completion of her wa
ter system.
The authoritative statement is made
. that United States Ambassador Clay
ton has explained fully and to the sat
isfaction of both the President and Sec
retary Hay all the charges that have
been made against him. Mr.. Clayton
will return to his post at the City OF
Mexico after a brief holiday spent in
Washington with his daughter.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued n statement showing the num-
Der of banks organized since March II,
1901, which was the date of the adOp-
tion of the late law to allow national
banks TO capitalize at the minimum
capitalization of $4,000, which shows
that since this date twelve banks have
been organized in Colorado with a To-
tai capitalization of S54O,OOO.
DIR. Cabell Whitehead, chief assayer
of the mint. has resigned. to take eff
feet as soon rs Secretary Shaw finds
suitable man to succeed him. Alfred
L. Jessup is most prominent among the
candidates for the place, when is cov-
cred by the civil service rules and prob
ably will be filed by transfer. Mr..
Jessup is a graduate of Lehigh univer-
sity and of Freidbors, in SaNony.
Senator Depew of New York appear
ed before the special House committee
investigating charges in connection
with the Danish West Indies negotia-
tions. He did not know Christmas and
never had seen him rs far as he was
aware. although he met thousands of
people. and could not say just who he
had seen. But rs to this Danish island
question he never had had discussion
with any one on the subject.
The House committee on labor order
ed favorable report on the eight-hoT
bill so called, providing that in every
contract for work for the government
it shall be specified that the work is to
done on an eight-hour basis. This
ctr nfs1xs nI
by labor organizations and opposed by
the large armor. ship building. ord
nance and other concerns having CON
tracts with the government. The IA
vorable report was ordered without
division. Chairman Gardner will make
the report
The Senate committee ON postofiices
agreed to recommend that the postofiice
appropriation bill should be amended
by the addition of a provision for pneu-
matte tubes and to that end accepted
the bill which has been reported in the
house, which will be Incorporated in
the appropriation bill when the latter
is reported to the Senate. This bill
makes an appropriation for the next
fiscal year of $JOO.OOO, and limits the
expenditure after that time to SSOO,OOO
per annum.
The House committee on mines and
mining has reported favorably the bill
recently passed by the Senate to pro-
vide for the repayment of uneNpended
moneys deposited to cover the costs of
plating and office work in connection
with mining claims. The law is made
necessary by n decision of the secretary
of the interior to the effect that there
is no authority of law for returning
i. .1,tt
of mining claims which is i'm excess of
the amount required for that purpose.
The War Department, in absence of
proof of the statements of Major Wal
Ter that he had been instructed by Cen
eral Smith to burn and kill in Samar,
will have nothing to say officially,
General Corbin, however. said that the
department would not approve of such
orders If they had been issued by Gen.
eral Smith. The general is now in Ma,
nila preparing to return to this coun-
try Sweat boxes" as n means of in
duclng natives under suspicion to con.
fess were introduced in the Philippines
by General Smith, who constructed
them of steel rails. They proved high
ly efiicacious.
Before the committee to investigate
the alleged bribery in the sale of the
Danish Islands. c. w. Knox of GlenelG,
Maryland. whose name was mentioned
in the Christmas report. told of meet
ing Christmas, whom he considered Il
cultivated man. who had become entan-
gled with sharpers. The witness said
he never brbed any one, and nothing
| of the kind was ever contemplated; he
never received any money from Christ
mas. In response to questions from
members of the committee Mr.. Knox
| specifically denied that he had intro
duced Christmas to w. J. Bryan. or
| that he had claimed to Christmas that
he was an intimate friend of Senator
|