Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-24
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

I Hear Admiral CroWuinshield eays
that 1000 additional men are needed 70
man the new war veesel&s
Ths House continued To debate On
the pcnsiou appropriation blu and ~
voted much time TO The proposlstoa -.
vaneed By Mr.. Itixey q virginia b
open the deors Of tho 60ldjerx' homes 70
ex-Confesiesute vetrSnn&- Two notable
speeches were made In support Of tbs
proposition. our by Mr.. Gardner. .
Michigan Republican. and the oshse By
Mr.. IN Almond. Missouri Democrat
Mr.. de AFsnond's eioaucnce sruosed
both sisiss of the HOUSE. The Itepuhal.
cans. with the exception of Mr.. Gard.
uer. took NO part In the discunslna Of
the Rixey suggestion. which met with
much opposition ON the Democratic
side On the ground that u was utterly
tmpracticable.
Commissioner Jones Of the Indian
once has sent circular iettess OF In
siructions To all Indian agents dirsct-
ing them to induce the male Indians
under their charge 10 desist from wear
ting long hair and TO prevent both sexes
from painting their fnees and bosiiea
prohibited and wearing citixrnS closh.
Ing instead of Indian costume and
blankets encouraged. Indian studenls
returning TO the drc-s and customs oe
tho tribe arc to he punished BY with.
holding employment and fntsonA. and
10 prevent all undesirable practices BY
tho Indians agents arc directed - .uns
ali means nt hand and suspend foe3ous
and supplies and place young rrcalc3-
srnuts In tho guard house NJ hard la-
hcr. progrcAs made In supprcnaiu8 tho
evils must b seportrd BY June 3osh
next.
Secretary Root was heard - tho
qucstiod Of the frinr lands In the Phil-
ippitscs before the .House committee
on ipxular Affairs the other day. He
said these land holdinsn constituted
ono OF the chief causes OF dlscoueent
among tho pcppIc: thcy were the bot
beds OF insuFrrrtion and'had Furnished
.A.uinaido his. cilSf arpeaf 20 popular
prejudice. The skrfctsfS said the 70
iIsious orders 20 fully : srcoguizcsl. thu
bad condition Of affairs that they were
disposed to sell out and hc urged that
the government tnkc advantage OF the
opportunity TO remove TIM chief cnunts
Of discomfort In the Islands. He did not
believe condemnation procccs1iugs
would bc necessary. a. there .wcre In
agreed upou. A rough, estimate OF tho
value Of the lands. he said. was from
&5.O00000 to $7.5000o0. American
money.
Oricrs have bern issslesi by General
Mile: Mile !; .;e,s!sH. % sn,;ss ,Sc ,;ss,r,, msssi
snscs xsid t6s FAsiipnilss. Troops to
tho. number oe about 8. -; ssntioued In
tho United Statcs, hr09nrsIesetl to scr-
vicc "a the I6AfIS6sScsr . follows: Sec.
ond. squadrons First 'davaiFy: second
squadron. Fifth cavalry: first- battalion.
Second infantry: hcndguartcrs band
and companies A. h =, =. q, !. X ana
l.. Seventh infantry: nfwt battalion.
Eighth infantry: headquarters. band
and firxt battalion. Tenth infantry
second battalion. Eleventh infantry:
second battalion. Fifiesshtlr infantry:
company l.. Twenty ninth infantry.
The second battalion, Fifteenth infun.
try. and the Twenty ninth infantry arc
ordered to San Francisco In time to
embark respectively. on transports sail.
Ing February 10th and March LIST. II
In ordered that all these orgnnIxat tons
be recruited to tho maximum and their
baggage reduced to the lowest possible
limit. ReSImenkk recently relieved
f..s.i duty in tMS9ilipplncs have been
assigned 90 departments as follows:
Fourth infantry to department Of Tx
nx: Seventh infantry to Department OF
tho Columbia; Twentieth infantry to
Department OF the Lakes; twenty.sec-
ond infantry 60 Department Of the Mis-
souri,: Ninth infantry TO Department OF
Dakota. This general movement OF
troops Is for the purpose Of replacing
A. ho1 tr<,
the Philippines with nm equnl number
The President has sent to Congress
with a message simply Of trnnsmittnl,
the supplemental report Of the 1sthmi-
nm Canal Commission. In which It i
unanimously recommended that the Of
fer Of the new Panama Canal Company
to sell all of >its lights, property and
unfinished work to the United States
for $4O,OOO.OOO be accepted. The SEN
ate ordered the report printed in the
Record and also as a document. After
quoting the correspondence which
passed between the commission and the
officers Of the Panama Canal Company
in Paris, the report says: "The total
ity, without exception, of Its property
and rights on the isthmus," mentioned
in the cablegram Of January 9th, In
cludes the following classes Of proper
ty: Lands not built on, buildings,
plant, work done, Panama railroad,
maps, records, etc. The value of work
done is estimated as follows: Canal
excavation. 21.Q20, CSC: Chagres diver
sion, SITS, 1856; Gatun diversion, 81, $685.
456; railroad diversion' -four miles),
100000; total, 500. sos. .O2s. Contin.
gencies. .twenty.Spar cent. $4,5T0,OO
Aggregate, $S7.Y74.dSs. OF. the exist
ing shares Of the banana railroad the
canal company will transfer to the I'm
tied States all but about 1,100 shares.
1t owns three passenger and freight
steamers Of American registry Of ap-
proximately 1000 tons each. For the
past year 1t has operated line Of char
tered steamers of American registry
between San Francisco, and Panama.
These steamers on the Atlantic and Pa
ciflc constitute the Panama Railroad
Steamship Company. Besides its right
OF way, terminals, whafyes and consid-