Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-23
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

The House committee on military af
fairs has ordered favorable report on
the bill TO retire Surgeon General
Sternberg. with the rank Of major gen.
eral.
An amendment to the naval appro-
priation bill approprinting $4,000 for
making tests of liquid fuel from the
California and Texas oil fields under
the direction Of the Bureau OF Steam
Engineering, was adopted by tho
House.
The Senate c0ncurrcd In the House
amendment to the bill for the relief of
Mrs. Arivelln ID. Meeker of Greeley
and the bill went TO the President for
signature. 1t carries life annuity of
$500 for Mrs. Meeker. dating from
June. 1900.
As announced last week, the canvass
fthe House by the friends OF the irri'
CATION bill has disclosed a clear ma
torlty In favor OF the measure. Later
1t was announced that 1856 members
had promised to vote for 1t. Friends
OF the bill Will now press for deli
mite day for its consideration. and ex-
pect they will be given an opportunity
to call IL up within two weeks.
Owing to the numerous communion
tlons received by the attorney general
from nll over the country volunteering
evidence OF the Illegal practices OF the
alleged beef trust, and because OF the
limited force OF the department here
and In Chicago. the district attorneys
throughout the country have been di-
rected to examine Into the testimony
offered and forward the same TO the
department.
The Senate committee on Philippines
hns decided to call ns witness before
that committee Miss Clcmcncia Lopez.
sister OF Sixto Lopez. The lady IL
now In Boston and she Will he asked to
come from that city TO Washington To
give her testimony. The date Of her
appearance has not been fixcd. Scnn-
tors Lodge. Hale nnd Burrows voted
with tho Democratic members To ask
her attendance.
The negotiations between Secretary
uD; and the ministers from Colombia.
NIaragun and Costa ltica looking 60
&c requirement Of the necessary
rights for the construction by tile
United States government OF either tile
Panama or the Nicaragua canal. have
NJ Inst been concluded and the srcrc.
tary of state will he able 10 send To
the Senate three treaties covcrin. the
ground. The general features OF these
conventions already have been out
lined.
The general land Office has decided
TO open the bulk OF the Fort Hail In.
dian reservation under the old rush"
system. which will take place June
18th. Il Ii estimated that about :spp.-
OD0 acres are agricultural or grnxins
land. which may bc entered under
homestead. timber and stone laws. and
all these lands will II. subject To the
rush" About GDODo acres within i've
miles Of Pocnicilo will b~ sold at public
auction and not b- opened UP during
the scramble.
Thomas r. Walsh has accepted plans
nnd designs for the construction of the
largest Office building In Washington.
to b. known as ''Thc Colorado" The
building will bc on the corner Of -Four
tccnth and q sirccis. the former site
of the Foundry church. The frontage
OH q street will bc III feet nnd on
bc nine Eoor. ani The building will
contain eight siorr and :tJ Office rooms.
The building will co.t SIDp.vOp and the
ground cost S.Jp.Opp.
Senator warrcn recently presented
20 the President n petition Of thirty.
nine small .tockm-n livin. In the Hat
Creek, Wyoming. district. AMI comprl.-
Ing practically NIL Its residents. rr-
pucstins delay In enforcement OF the
order to rctnovc fences from the pub
lie domain until some satisfactory law
passes Congress. To adjust grain. In
the West. While the law Will l-c cn.
forced. IL IL understood an effort viii
bc made to work ns little hardship ns
possible. especially In communities
where no complaints have arisen OF
fencing on the public lands.
The friends OF Cuban reciprocity for
the time tcipx have practically nhan.
ton-i their effort TO have the measure
made the unfinished business on the
Senate calendar and now express y
willingness. that the Nicaru1uau canal
bill shall continue to have the place
place of advantage. with the under
standing that the Cuban hill shall have
incidental attention when no one IL
prepared to speak OH the canal hill.
and II l. understood that thcrc will br
no effort To displacc the latter. II IL
now the intention Of the opponents OF
tho Cuban bill to sec that the canal
hill il thoroughly debated.
The House on Thursday passed Mr..
He'll. hill providing for free home
stead In the Ute Indian reservation In
Colorado. when this measure passes
tue senate. which ls tnuuucuIy IN
p,ctci II will do within n very short
. time. some 1o.UDeS acres OF public
land In western Colorado will S,r
thrown open to settlement by pcoplc
who wish to use their homestead
rights. In order TO observe the treaty
made with the Ute Indians when the
government took these lnnds cut vf
their possession the treasurer OF the
United States will Inc called upon to
pay into the Indian fund SIS for cy-
cry acre thus allotted for homestead
purposes.
President Roosevelt has signed the
bill giving Mrs. Arvclla u. Meckcr of
Greeley. Colorado. an annuity for life
of 500. The Indian appropriation bill
carrying the provision for opening the
uintah reservation and an npproprin.
ton for furnishing water for the south.
crn Ute Indians of Colorado. Is still
in the hands of the President. unsigned.
Objections have been made to the hill
on account of the provisions for open
ing the Uintab reservation and lcas-
ing lands ON the Spokane reservation.
1t is stated. however. that the PreSi-
dent will not refuse to sign the bill on
this account and the delay in signing
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