North Park union., 1902-01-31


Tho postal authorities have refused
TO admit the Railway Guide to the
mails as second-class matter on the
ground that 1t contains NO news.
The House committee on rules has
decided to change the rules so ~ to
exclude the general public from the
floor when the House 10 not In session
except on card Of admission from
member Of Congress.
Secretary Root has called the atten'
ton OF Congress to the need OF pro
viding for the nifty companies Of Phil
ipplne scouts, comprSing about o.ooV
men. A deficiency appropriation u re-
quired Of $4,000.
Secretary Long has detached Rear
Admiral Wildes from his present duty
as commandant OF the Pensacola navy
yard and ordered him to relieve Rear
Admiral Louis Kempff, the Junior
squadron commander on the Asiaue
station.
Senator Morgan has introduced a
bill placing General James Longstreet
on the retired list OF the army with
the rank Of major, the rank he held
when he entered the service OF the
Confederacy at the beginning Of the
war.
Representative Southard of Ohio.
chairman Of the House committee on
coinage, is about to send invitations 10
number Of the chief manufacturers,
merchants and others engaged In mer-
camille pursuits, to appear before the
coinage committee February 9TH con-
cerning the bill for the adoption OF the
metric system of weights and meas
ureA
Representative William Alden Smith
of Michigan has introduced a resolu-
ton In the House reciting the report
that the British military authorities
have passed sentence of death upon
Commnndant Scheepers, and propos-
ing a resolution by the Sennte ana
House that the British government be
requested to set aside the death SEN
tence on Schefpers-
The Senate committee on commerce
has authorized favorable report on
senator Frye,s ship subsidy bill. The
report will be made by Senator
Frye. The committee made several
amendments to the bill. The most i'm
portant were: Allowing mail carrying
vessels under the bill to be either iron
or steel, instead of steel only, ms orig
inaily provided, and reducing to 1000
gross registered tons the vessels receiv-
Ing q bounty under the bill
The Chesapeake Beach railway, e1-
tending thirty miles from Washington
to Chesapeake Beach. resort on
Chesapeake bay, and owned mainly by
Colorado Investors, Is to be improved
before the summer season opens, by
the expenditure of $JOO.00O on track
age and equipment. The steam loco
motives will be replaced by electric
motor engines capable Of a speed OF
sixty miles an hour. Hon. Otto Mears,
president of the company, who re-
Gently returned from Denver. will take
charge of the work.
1t appears that the confirmation Of
Ben Daniels us marshal of Arizona
was made during the absence OF
number of Interested senator's. In the
executive session Wednesday Senator
Teller asked TINT the confirmation be
reconsidered and the nomination re-
ferred back to the judiciary commit
tee for n rehearing. Daniels will be
called upon to explain his previous oc-
cupations and certain Incidents IN his
career In Colorado and elsewhere. 1t
is charged that he was formerly q
gambler.
The following order has been issued
by the President, directed to each eI-
ecutive department: 1.-THE attention of
the department Is hereby called to the
provisions of the laws giving prefer
ence to veterans in appointment ana
retention. The President desires that
wherever the needs of the service will
Justify, and the law will permit, pref
erence shall be given alike in appoint
ment and retention to honorably dis
charged veterans of the Civil War who
are at and well qualified to perform
the duties Of the places which they
seek and are filing"
Having failed after two years strife
In subduing the insurrection In Batnn-
gas province, which lies just south of
Manila, and having satisfied himself
that lenient treatment of the insur-
gents is productive Of no good results,
General J. Franklin Bell, the military
commander of that province, has de-
termined on the enforcement of the
war In the most vigorous and deter
mined fashion, involving reconcentra-
ton In a modified form, the applica-
ton of martial law in all directions
and the unsparing pursuit and punish
ment of the natives who act as spies
and traitors to the United States. All
this appears from long report to the
war department just published.
The Senate Thursday for q brief
time, had under consideration the bill
creating a department Of commerce,
and the discussion tended to show that
the measure Will have to be amended
in many particulars before 1t can re-
ceive the approval of the Senate. Ser
ious objections were raised to the
transfer to the proposed department OF
several important bureaus now part
of other departments of the govern
ment. 1t was pointed out that II the
bill as reported became n law 1t would
create the greatest department Of the
government, and that the secretary of
commerce would have more power
than even the secretary of the treas
ury.
Commissioner Jones of the Indian
office has sent circular letters of in
structions to all Indian agents direct
ing them to induce the male Indians
under their charge to desist from wear
ing long hair and to prevent both sexes
from painting their faces and bodies.
Indian dances and feasts are to be
prohibited and wearing citizens cloth
ing instead of Indian costume and
blankets encouraged. Indian students
returning to the dress and customs Of
the tribe are to be punished by with