Holbrook argus., 1902-07-12
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
A RESUME OF THE DOINGS OF THE
 STATESMEN
The Treatment of China-Roosevelt Appoints a Comrade and Friend-The Quickest Piece of Legslation-The Government is to Build a Battleship

mittee on insular affairs, says steps will be taken at once to put the Philippine government act in opera tion.
 The president has issued proclama- tion in accordance with the act of congress announcing to the world the postponement until April 30, 1904, of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
 President Roosevelt has determined on the appointment of Major Micah Jenkins, his army comrade and friend, as collector of internal revenue, dis trict of South Carolina, vice George E. Rooster, who failed of confrma ion.
 The secretary of the interior recently opened correspondence with the sec retary of war as to the propriety of taking means of reserving as a national cemetery the ground in Utah in which the victims of the Mountain Meadow massacre were buried.
 The navy department has received a cablegram announcing the departure of the Topeka from Barcelona for La Guaira, Venezuela, to rejoin the Gin cinnati in her watch over affairs at tendant upon the revolutionary crisis in that republic.
 The department is somewhat encouraged by advices from China in the hope that the powers will consent to adopt less rigorous measures in the treatment of China. It has been in- formed that England has consented to accept its indemnity in silver or on the silver basis, which is in line with the contention of the United States, and now it is understood Japan will do likewise.
 It is quite probable that the signal corps of the army will use a system of wireless telegraphy in the coming joint army and naval maneuvers. Gen. Greedy has designated special board to consider what experiments in com munication will be attempted at these maneuvers, and the question as to whether the forces will attempt to use a wireless system in their operation will be decided by 1t.
 The item of the naval law which has first attracted active attention of the navy department is that providing for battleship to be built at govern ment yard It is made very clear that it is the intention of the department to have the battleship built at the yard where it can be constructed with the greatest rapiditv. Boston, New York, Norfolk and Mare Island are the yards best equipped at present, and from which a selection will be made. N The quickest piece of legislation accomplished duling the session of congress just closed was the passage of bill appropriating $75,000 for a quartermaster' 's'supply depot at Omaha. Mr. Mercer secured its passage by the house at ? o'clock Tuesday. The com mitttee on military affairs of the sen- ate favorably reported the bill while the senate was in executive session. Senator Dietrich called it up and the senate passed the bill at 2:45 D. m. The bill was engrossed, enrolled, signed by the speaker and president pro-tem of the senate. At :15 D. m. the president signed the bill and it became law.
 MONDAY.
 SENATE-When the senate con. VeneHu, MT. OalliuScI ol NeW IldIHp shire, chairman of the committee on pensions, made brief statement of the work done by the pensions committee during the present session. It showed that bills relating to the pensions introduced in the house aggregated 75lS; in the senate 2552. The total number passed by both the house and the senate was 1151.
 | AT calling on the secretary of state for a Isthmian Canal commission was adopted.
 The senate insisted on it's amend ments to the naval appropriation bill and Messrs. Hale, Perkins and Till man were named as conferees.
 Bills were passed as follows: IL orob;b;t tho EiI1inO ar ta EinO of caa1 q