The Dolores star., 1902-05-02
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS


the President.
The President is said to be consid-
ering proposal from General Miles
friends to settle the army spuabble by
sending him 10 Europe to inspect the
| armies there.
Capt. Charles L. Clark has declined
the appointment of special naval rep
| resentative at the coronation of King
! Edward and the President has named
Rear Admiral Watson for that mis-
| sion.
President Roosevelt has expressed
his sHproval of the measure now pend
| ing in Congress for the appropriation
| of $4,000 to erect Il monument in
Washington TO the late Major General
John c. Fremont.
The agricultural Appropriation bill
| reported 10 the House to-day carries
about S5,2ooOoo. an increase of approx
| imately S6Jo,oop over the approprla-
tions last year and a decrease OF about
| 100000 from the estimate.
a bill has passed the House reserv-
| ing from the public lands III Oregon
| public park for the benefit of the peo-
| pie of the United States and the pro
| lection and preservation of the game,
| fish and timber and all other natural
objects.
The Pension Bureau has issued
pension of $50 a month to Mrs India
Stewart, mother of Captain John ).
Stewart, a member of the First Colo
RADIO, who was killed in the Philip
pines. This pension was granted by
special act Of Congress.
The committee of the Senate
committee on military affairs has
agreed to recommend the incorpora-
tion in the army appropriation bill of
an amendment appropriatins SooO.oUo
with which to supply army posts with
libraries, schools, gymnasinms etc, TO
take the place of the army cantccn.
Secretary of State Hay, for the
United States, and Minister Concha,
for Colombia have signed Il treaty pro
vidiny for the transfer to the United
States of the rights incident to the con
struction of the proposed Panama
canal. This treaty is similar to the
protocol recently signed. the terms of
which have been published.
The President has determined the
succession TO the vacancy of the inter
national tribunal in Egypt by promot-
ing Judge Batchellor from the Court
of First Instance to the Court of Ap-
peals to succeed Judge Kelly. resigned.
Judge Van Horn of Utah has been
named TO fill the vacancy in the lower
court caused by the promotion.
The House committee on coinage,
weights and measures has favorably
reported Representative Shafroth's bill
TO adopt the metric system. amending
1t so that the system shall 20 into eff
feet in all departments of the govern
ment January ]. 1904. and be legal
standard of weights and measures in
the United States January 1, 1907.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has decided that it was unlawful
for railroads to deny to shippers the
choice of establishing routes and rates.
This decision is made in the California
orange eases brought by the Consoli-
dated. Forwarding Company and the
Southern Pacific Fruit Exchange
against the Southern Pacific and Santa
Fe systens.
The omnibus bill providing for vari-
Gus public buildings throughout the
United States. has been reported to the
House from the Committee ON Public
Buildings. The appropriation for the
Denver mint is increased from S5OODO
to 100000 The appropriation for the
Leadville postoftice is increased from
| $4,000 to $4,000, and S13JOOO is pro.
| vided for the purchase of site and
| the erection of government building
| at Colorado Springs.
A committee of negroes, composed of
Ex-Governor Pinchback of Louisiana,
| Bishop A. Grant of Indiana, Il. w.
| hampton of Mississippi and w. Nc
Kinley of South Carolina. called OH the
| President and asked his support of the
Crumpacker resolution and the bill in
troduced by Senator Irwin. providing
for the appointment of Il commission
to investigate the conditions of the ne
gro. They declined to discuss the de-
tails of the interview but said it was
very satisfactory one.
The State Department is taking steps
| toward the settlement of the claims of
| the missionaries and other Americans
who suffered from the boxer uprising
in China in 1900. To this end COM
mission has been created composed of
United States Minister Conger Secre-
tary of Legation Bainbridge and Con
sui Ragsdale of ,rien Tsin, to ascertain
as near as may be the exact damage
sustained by each individual claimant
The claims thus far filed number 1JO
| aSSreSatlnS S-,vb.vUu.
Friends of the omnibus bill admit
ting Arizona, New Mexico and Okla
homa as states, becoming impatient at
delay in taking up their bill, met and
decided that If the Speaker does not
agree to give them day in court by
May LIST, they will insist on the priyi-
lege which the rules grant for the con-
sideration of the bills admitting the
territories to become states of the I'm
ion. Delegate Rodey states that there
Is more than majority pledged in ia
vor of the bill and that its considera-
tion is equivalent to its passage in the
house. that the situation in the Senate
is favorable and if the bill passes the
House the prospects for its becoming n
law at this session are bright.
Mr.. Jones of Nevada. chairman of
the Committee on Contingent Ex-
penses. reported fayorably the resolll-
tiOn of the committee on relations witt,