The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-07-01

| Senator Warren has introduced Dill
| authorizing the purchase of site ana
| erection of a public building at Sheri-
| dan, Wyo., to cost not to exceed SlOO,-
900. A similar bill has been Introduced
in the house by Representative Mon
dell
Arrangements have been completed
for moving the presidents offices and
quarters while the repairs to the White
House are being made. The Scott
mansion ON Jackson place, opposite
Lafayette square. has been leased for
a short time. Here the presidents of
fees will be located, and when in the
city he will occupy apartments in the
same building.
The Kansas delegation in Congress,
headed by Senator Burton. escorted
committee from that state to the White
House and invited the president to at
tend, May 30, 1901, the anniversary of
the signing of the Kansas Nebraska
bill, thar finally admitted Kansas as a
free state. The president said that
while he could not commit himself at
this time he felt that he would accept
the invitation.
w. l.. Amin, superintendent of the
rural free delivery district embracing
Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and other
NtSltlI Slults, is III W usuhlSlOu tbI-
ferring with postotiice officials relative
to reorganization for the coming fiscal
year of the service in his district. Re-
organization will result in advancing
the salaries of n number of special
agents and the enlargement of their
scope of duty.
The Senate committee on appropria
tions has reported the general def
cheney bill adding to the bill as it
passed the House items of S1fJ,Oo0 for
surveys and expenses of allotting lands
of the Uintah Indian reservation in
Utah. Walker river, Nebraska, and
Spokane, Washington. 100000 for pur-
chae,s eracadhavens-Sh -ShetIS90SS. -
chase care and protection of buffalo in
Yellowstone National park. and Sii9.-
o00 to pay Indian depreciation judg-
ments. ---
Senator Clark of Montana presented
the conference report, which was
agreed to, ON the bill providing for the
protection of miners lives in the terri
tories. The bill provides that owners
shall furnish adequate ventilation and
either sprinkle mines containing coal
dust. or. if inexpedient TO do this, re
move such dust from the mine. Pro
fessional shot firers must be employed
in the Indian Territory, where the
mines are gaseous. but such employ
ment is not necessary in other terrific
rles.
In his speech before the Interna-
tional League of Press Clubs at Bos-
ton few nights since. President
Roosevelt said: Speaking in Boston,
/ should like to say that one of the |
measures the present Congress has
passed in which l took the keenest in
tercst is thar of the irrigation OF the
arid lands of the West. That measure
could not have been passed save by
the votes and hearty support of a very
large number of representatives OF
states which had no possible pecuniary
!nteres in its passage. In other words
to put it through was necessary to APP
peal to the broad patriotism of n large
number of people who could have no
special interest to be subserved by 1t.
Genc-al Greely has entered into a
contract with the Marconi Wireless
Telegraph company for the erection of /
two wireless telegraphic stations con
Meeting Fort Gibbon, Alaska, with /
Eates Rapids. on the Tanana, a dis |
tance of 1G5 miles in an airline. TIE
company undertakes to have the sta 1
tions in working order by October | /
next. General Greely already has an |
overland wire from Nome City to Fort |
Gibbon. and with other existing lines /
in Alaska. this wireless system will |
complete circuit from Behring sea
down TO the south coast. The com
panys undertaking Is to supply sys-
ten that shall work every day without
interruption. else the government will
not be under any expense.
Major Lyttleton W. T. Waller, L. s |
NJ. c.. accompanied by Brig. Gen. Hey
wood. commanding the marine corps
called at the navy department and had
a pleasant talk with Secretary Moody, /
whom Major Waller had not met. 1t
was stated that the conversation did
not touch upon business matters. but
was confined to an exchange of pleas
antlies. the secretary praising in gener-
Gus terms the work of the marines in
the Philippines. and General Haywood
adding few words in the same vein.
Major Waller looks very well and
sturdy for a man who has been through
n terrible campaign but is suffering
from an attack of laryngtis, which
makes speaking for any length of time
an arduous task. He is on leave Of alb
sence and was on route to his native
town, Norfolk. Va, where the citizens
will present to him n sword and give
II banquet ia his honor.
1t has been determined that no reci-
procity treaty with Cuba can he sub
mitted Mt the present session of Con
gress. 1t was at first planned that. in
the event of the failure of the admin
istration managers in the Senate to Sc
cure favorable action on the Cuban
sugar bill, II treaty would be drafted
at once. This was on the understand
ing that Senor Quesada, the Cuban
minister here. had full powers and that
a treaty could he drawn in Washington
entirely 1t is stated now. however.
that this cannot be done ana that any
draft of Il treaty must 90 to Havana