The Dolores star., 1902-04-18

The house committee on pensions
| made a favorable report on the Sena t,
| bill granting a pension of $1,000 pei
annum to the widow of the late l'resi
dent Mckinley.
President Roosevelt has signed the
| bill repeating the war revenue taxes
/ The pen with which the bill was signed
was presented 10 Representative Bar
| tholdt of Missouri.
The largest quarterly receipts In the
| history of the postal service are re
corded for the three months ended IAN
| uary 1st last. figures for which have
| just been completed. The receipts
Were S32,oo5.62l; expenditures, $40
a4I ,13l: excess of receipts over eNpe1d'
itures, Sl,o5S. .490.
Senator Teller's bill granting Colsra-
do Springs the right 10 purchase 2,oot
acres of forest reserve and public
lands in the vicinity of Seven lakes
has been reported fayorably 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 hnve
been made against him Mr.. Clayton
will return TO his post at the City of
Mexico after brief holiday spent in
Washington with his daughter.
Senator Depcw of New York appear
Oh lnf Ia. II,nsn 90
investigating charges in connection
with the Danish West Indies ncgotia-
tions. He did not know Christmas and
never had seen him as far rs he was
aware, although he met thousands of
people. and could not say just who he
had seen. But as to this Danish island
question he never had had discussion
with any one on the subject.
The Senate committee on postofiices
agreed to recommend that the postoiiice
appropriation bill should he amended
by the addition of Il 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 100000. and limits the
expenditure after that time to $500, 900
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 uncXpended
moneys deposited to cover the costs of
plating and office work in connection
\
necessary by decision of the secretary
of the interior to the effect that there
is no authority of law for returning
moneys deposited for plating surveys
Of mining claims which is in excess of
the amount required for that purpose
1t is stated on what Is claimed as
the authority of a 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 10 get any confirmation from
the attorney general. or any Cf his as
sistants. because they refuse TO discuss
such matters. but the information
comes without reservation and is to
be accepted rs true. What form the
first public step of the department OF
justice will take is a matter of sur
mise.
In his testimony before the Senate
committee General Schotield 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. Were 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.
entiiically."
Senator Patterson of Colorado pre-
sented n memorial signed by over 300
American citizens residing in Hawaii
praying the enactment of legislation
completely excluding Chinese and Jap,
anese from any American territory
and providing that all labor of every
description performed for the federal
government shall be done only by cit
izens of the United States. The peti
TONERS say that seventy-five per cent
of the labor in Hawaii is performed by
" lht tAtluSlDll VI
can labor. and they call attention tc
the fact that 5000 of the 10000 pop
ulation of the islands are from China
and Japan.
In the hearing by the Senate commit
teee on the Philippine archipelago
Senator Culberson, one of the Demo
cratic members of the committee. tool
occasion to call attention to the omis
sion of the report of the civil governor
of one of the Philippine provinces
from the records of Governor Taft.
testimony. This is the report referred
to in the correspondence between Gen
eral Miles and Secretary Root, o
which the secretary said: "Tbe refer
ence in the memorandum to the lette
| of Governor Taft TO the secretary o
war, dated. February 2. 1901, transmit
ting, for the purpose of an investigr
tlon by the military authorities. re
! port by the civil governor of the prov
ince of Tayabas. containing in genera
terms. and without specifications o
| n1mea sarions fharUpc oooipct tb. -;