The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-04-22
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

annexing to Utah all that portion Of
Arizona territory lying north and west
of the Colorado river.
The house committee on pensions
made favorable report on the Senate
bill granting II pension of So.uD per
annum to the widow of the late Presi-
dent Mckinley.
Senator Warren, from the committee
on claims, reported favorably the blll
to reimburse III. Glafcke of Cheyenne
S104 expenses incurred in 1900 rs dep
uty collector of internal revenue, dis
trict of Colorado.
Senator Culberson has introduced two
resolutions. one being directed to the
secretary of war and the other to the
secretary of the navy, making inquiry
as to the cost of the war in the Philip
pines, covering the period since May
1898.
President Roosevelt has granted n
pardon to Alfred Plant, who is serving
four years sentence in Hong Kong
China, for robbing n Chinese pawnshop
while serving as n soldier in CHINA.
The officials report that he Will die ii
he continues in prison.
Secretary Root has made arrange
ments to maintain n light in the statue
of liberty on Bedloe's island in New
York harbor. The electrical apparatus
belonging to the lighthouse establish
ment and used by it in lighting the
statue will be employed for that pur'
pose This action was taken with the
approval of the President.
In future candidates for West Point
will be examined physically and men-
tally at an army post near their homes.
Examinations for Utah. Colorado ana
Wyoming will be at Fort Logan Colo
RADIO. The following officers of that
post are designated as examiners: Cap
tain Jesse Mel. Carter, Fourteenth cav
airy; Second Lieutenant Jerome g. III
low, Fourteenth cavalry; Contract sur
geon John l.. Shepard, United States
army.
The House committee on mines and
mining gave Representative Sutherland
hearing on his bill TO amend the laws
governing the issuance of patents 10 OH
lands. Mr.. Sutherland wishes the pres
ent laws broadened so that actual us
covery of oil shall not be essential TO
validity of location, but existence OF
such indications as Will JUSTIFY the To-
Gator in developing a claim with rea-
sonable expectation of producing oil
shall be sufficient. The subcommittee
took no action.
The senate committee on pensions
has ordered n favorable report on bill
granting increases of pensions to sol
diers who have lost arms, legs or
feet. The increase will be SO per
month each. and will increase the an
nual pension appropriation bill Sl,doo,-
900. The committee also ordered
favorable report on bill increasing
from $50 TO $40 per month the pen
fRis %firf f9ncrease the sf pensiRoF niiRiF zeal
/ priations S2S,O0O only.
1t is stated on what is claimed as
the authority of n member of the Inter
state Comerce Commission that the de-
partment of justice has been moving
against the beef trust. 1t Is useless to
attempt to get any continuation from
the attorney general or any of his as
sistants. because they refuse to discuss
such matters. but the information
comes without reservation and is to
be accepted as true. What form the
first public step of the department of
justice will take is matter of sur
mise
The cabinet recently discussed GER
tain of the Indian agencies where va
cancies are occurring. or bid fair to
occur. The administration feels that
in the ease of an Indian agent 1t Is pc
culiarly incumbent upon it to have the
highest type of official. and that po-
litical considerations must he wholly
secondary. Important though other of
fees in the far western states may be,
that the Indians are to Il large degree
helpless makes the administration feel
that they must have the highest type
of officials TO supervise their interests.
In his testimony before the Senate
committee General Schofield said: Il
would make one general at the head of
the army. and | would have three lieu
tenant generals. and then the proper
number of officers in the grades under
that The Confederates, during the
Civil War. We're Il great deal wiser
than we We're in that respect. They
We're better soldiers and better educat-
ed and knew more about it, They car
ried off the greater proportion of the
best blood that we had. to tell the
truth and the organized their army sci
entifically.'
\ subcommittee of the House judi
ciary committee consisting of Repre-
sentatives Littlefield of Maine. Thomas
of Iowa. and Clayton of Alabama has
decided to report back to the full com
mittee without recommendation the
proposition to change the date of the
Inauguration of the present from the
4th of March to the last Thursday in
April. Differences of opinion among
the members of the subcommittee de
veloped during the discussion of the
proposition, and the decision to report
it back to the full committee without
recommendation will leave it in the
same position it occupied before refer
ence to the subcommittee was made
A letter from Attorney General
Knox relative to the so-called beef
trust has been made public by Repre-
sentative Ray of New York, chairman
of the House committee on judiciary
In his letter the attorney general says