Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-30

The secretary OF the Interior VIII To-
su. an order Withdrawing from settle
nsnt Us,0O acres Of iand In the Miik
River district. Montana. In addition to
i.sup0o a-ns previously withdrawn.
III. conference. report on the a.ricul'
rural appropriation hill was agreed Ia
In iii. Hous. AMI Senate. III. hill as
passed carries sirS..S for continuing
the irrigation Investigations under the
direction OF Professor Mead.
Postmaster General I'ayn. has an
nouneed that III. portrait OF Martha
Washington has b.-n decided upon m
the nrst of American women to ndorn
United States postage stamp. The
portrait viii b. placed on III. scent
stamp.
4 blii has been introduced by Senator
Lodge providing for III. removal of ia"
batticship Maine from the hnri1r of
Havana and the recovery 81 the t-,sii-s
of III. American sniiorf- who sank with
the vessel I'll. bill appropFia''-s ST.
USlOO.
The House committee on pensions
reported favorubiy the S-nai. bili .x-
tending the provisions Of the act grant
Ing PENSIONS to v-t-rans at I'll" Indian
war Ia those who participated In the
Mexican Indian war OF 1919 In fsssi.
ani the Utah Indian disturiancr-,
$50 to 1873.
The President IL about 60 issue
proclamation creating additions "f sew
-rni million ncr., To the Yellowstone
and Teton for-t reserves In Wyoming.
With the additions thus cn'ni-i the to-
tai AREA of ili" Yellowstone forest fs'-
s-ry. will H. i.sso....sD ncr'-. and the
area of th. Teton forr-, reserve Will Ia
i.i:1. ..',D acr,s.
tn, bIii OF Mr.. Monicii OF Wyoming
authorizing III. secretary OF war To
provide n national trophy aud other
prizes to bc contested for annually by
ID. army. navy. marine corps nnd nm.
tlonnl guard members OF the several
states AMI territories In rifle comi-ti-
ton Inns b,cn reported fnrornbiy To
the House by the committee on nniii.
tnry affairs. The sum Of Sio.rD is nh'
nuniiy To bc appropriated for the pur-
pos. OF providing the prizes AMI de-
frnying the expenses OF the contests.
The House passsd the naval nppro-
priation bili on the 10Th Inst. The fcn-
tufc OF the debate was ON the amend
mcnt offered by Mr. Roberts of Mnssa-
chusctts. providing that three of the
ships provided for IN the hill. battle
snip. cruiser nnd u gunboai. shall II,
built In government yards. Mr.. ADAMS
Of Pennsylvania made point OF order
against tho amendment which Mr..
Sherman sustained. but on nm appeal
by Mr.. itoicrts. the chair was over.
ruled and the amendment was agreed
to.
Secretary Hay has received the FOL.
lowing cnblcgram from United States
Consul Mc.Alcstcr at Bnrbadocs. West
indies. dated May 10Th: Sixteen hun.
drcd deaths Mt ST. Vincent: 1000 dcsti-
tutc: immediate wants supplied. Aid
needed for six months. Xhis is nuthcn.
tie" The Navy Department received
the following dispatch from Com.
mnndcr Mclean Of the Cincinnati:
"Fort DE France. May l0.-watcr barge
not needed. Ashes and volcanic dust
falling tbickiy here, now like thick fog:
decks covered"
Secretary OF State Hay has received
cablcgram from United States Consul
Aymc. at Fort de France. announcing
that the relief supplies now ailoat are
quite sufficient for the Martinique suf-
fercrs. and suggesting that while st.
Vincent may bc In need the subscrip-
tions In the United States should cease
mt once. The President has requested
the secretary OF war and of the navy
to ask the officers of their respective
departments now on relief duty In the
West Indies to report their opinion rs
to the necessities Of the inhabitants of
the afflicted Islands.
The Chesapeake Beach Railroad
Company OF Washington. under the
management of Otto Mears OF Colora-
do. has established n steamship line
connecting with the eastern shore OF
Maryland. 1t is intended, In addition
to passenger travel, to secure n quick
freight route between the eastern shore
truck farms and the Washington mar
kets. Mr.. Mcars Is also arranging to
have the Chesapeake railway ears.
which heretofore have stopped at the
District line, run by motor power to
Fifteenth and II streets, which is the
center of Washington.
The following bills have passed the
House: Granting homesteaders on the
abandoned Fort Bridger, Fort Sanders
and Fort Laramie military rescrva-
tions. Wyoming. the right to purchase
one-quarter section of public land on
said reservations. as pasture or graz
Ing land; to authorize the erection of
buildings by the international commit
tee of the Y. NJ. G. A. on military res
ervntions of the United States; TO au-
thorize the sale of part of the Fort
Niobrara reservation in Nebraska; to
regulate commutaton for good con-
duct for United States prisoners; grant
ing to the G. A. X. the right to be quar-
tered In the unfinished government
printing office during the coming ma
tional encampment: authorizing the
Santa Fe railroad company TO sell or
lease Its property and franchise.
1t now seems probable that consid-
Grafton of the irrigation bill in the
House may be postponed Mt least until
the second week In June, as the COM
,mittee on rules has consented to con-
sideration of three or four measures
that will occupy at least two weeks
time and which must come ahead of
the Hansbrough bill. The unexpected
ly long debate on the naval appropria-
ton bill was one of the principal
causes of the postponement Of the ir-
rigation bill, but in spite Of this fur
ther delay, its friends are quite conf
dent that there will be ample. time nl-
lowed to insure its final passage. Sem
ntor Teller made the statement that
Congress would not adjourn before
August LIST, because of the long debate