The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-04-29

A crowd of girl excursionists unable
to get chairs sat on the floor of the
| White house during a long wait for
the President.
| Representative McDermott of New
| Jersey has introduced II bill abOlishing
| all duties upon meat and poultry I'M
ported from foreign countries.
| The President is said to be consid-
| ering n proposal from General Miles
| friends to settle the army squabble by
| sending him to Europe to inspect the
armies there.
Capt. Charles Il. 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.
The senate has passed the bill au-
thorizing the city of Colorado Springs
to purchase lands in the Pixies Peak
forest reserve for the purpose of a
reservoir and water storage for the
city's use.
The senate has passed the bill intro
duced by Senator Warren 10 pay II.
Glafeke of Cheyenne S11O due for
travelling expenses as deputy collector
of internal revenue, district of Colo
rado, in 1900.
The agricultural appropriation Dill
reported TO the House to-day carries
about S5,2OOOOO, an increase of approx
imately S65O,OOO over the appropria-
tions last year and IA decrease of about
100000 from the estimate.
AS a result of conflicting testimony
given before the Indian committee,
Senator Stewart has introduced res
olution providing for an Investigation
of Indian schools by tie committee,
with authority to send for witnesses
and papers.
A bill has passed the House reserv-
ing from the public lands in 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 subcommittee of the Senate
| committee on military affairs has
agreed to recommend the incorpora-
tion in the army appropriation bill of
an amendment appropriating S5o0,Ooo
with which to supply army posts with
| libraries. schools, gymnasums, ETC., to
take the place of the army canteen.
Secretary of State Hay, for the
| United States, and Minister Concha,
for Colombia. have signed Il treaty pro
| yidlng 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 Bachelor 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
it so that the system shall go into eff
feet in all departments of the govern
| ment January /. 1901. and be legal
standard of weights and measures in
the United States January l, 1907.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has decided that II was unlawful
for railroads to deny to shippers the
choice of establishing routes and rates.
This decision is made in the California
orange cases brought by the Consoli-
dated. Forwarding Company and the
Southern Pacific Fruit Exchange
against the Southern Pacific and Santa
Fe systems.
On the consideration of the bill for
n union railway station in Washington,
| Mr.. Teller spoke in opposition to the
measure. During n discussion over
| an amendment offered by Mr.. Patter-
son to allow all railroads the use of
the proposed station, Mr.. Hoar be-
came involved in wordy discussion
with Mr.. Tillman, who charged that
the Massachusetts senator had been
discourteous to him.
A committee of negroes, composed of
| Ex-Governor Pinchback of Louisiana,
| Bishop A. Grant of Indiana, E. w.
hampton of Mississippi and w. Nc
Ilinley of South Carolina, called on the
| President and asked his support of the
| Crumpacker resolution and the bill in
troduced by Senator Irwin, providing
for the appointment of a commission
to investigate the conditions of the ne
| gro. They declined to discuss the de-
tails of the interview, but said it was a
very satisfactory one.
A bill providing for two additional
| associate justices in Oklahoma created
rather lively discussion in the House
on the proviso that the appOintees
shall be residents of the territory for
one year. Mr.. Fleming of Georgia
said the amendment was designed to
prevent "carpet-b -bagging." Delegate
Flynn of Oklahoma declared, in sup
porting the proviso, that there was the
fullest confidence that the President
would respect the home rule sentiment.
The bill was passed.
The State Department is taking steps
J 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