The Holly chieftain., 1902-04-18
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PRO- 0CEEDIlGS

The house committes on pensions
made favorabae report on the Senate
bill granting pension Of 1900 Per
annum to. the widow Of the late Presi-
dent Mckinley.
The United States Supreme Court re-
fused to grant the motion recently
made to dismiss the case Of Admiral
Sampson, In which he seeks to recover
prize money for the guns and arma-
ment Of the Spanish vessel Maria Te-
resa In. connection with her capture on
Santiago.
The largest quarterly receipts In the
history Of the postal service are re-
corded for the three months ended jan
uary LIST last, figures for which have
just been completed. The receipts
were So. 2.O05.621. erpenc.tures, $780,
e47, ,131; excess of receipts over expend-
itures, $1,O5S, 400.
Senator Teller's bill granting Colora-
do Springs the right, to purchase 1000
acres Of forest reserve and public
lands In the vicinity Of Seven lakes
has been reported favorably to the Sen
ate by the committee on public lands.
These lands are desired by Colorado
Springs for the completion Of her wa
Ter system.
The authoritative statement is made
that United States Ambassador Clay
ton has explained fully and to the sat
isfaction Of both the President and Sec
retary Hay all the charges that have
been made against him. Mr.. Clayton
viii return to his post at the City of
Mexico after a brief holiday spent In
washington with his daughter.
The Senate committee on postofYices
agreed to recommend that the postofiice
appropriation bill should be amended
by the addition of provision for pneu-
matte tubes and to that end accepted
the bill which has been reported in the
house, which win be Incorporated in
the appropriation bill when the latter
is reported to the Senate This bill
makes an appropriation for the next
fiscal year Of $500 600, and limits the
expenditure after that time to $500, GOO
per annum.
The House committee. on mines and
mining has reported favorably the bill
recently passed by the Senate to pro-
vide for the repayment of unexpended
moneys deposited to cover the costs of
plating and Office work in connection
with mining claims The Inv is made
necessary by decision Of the secretary
Of the interior to the effect that there
is no authority Of law for returning
moneys deposited for plating surveys
Of mining claims which is In excess of
the amount required for that purpose.
1t is stated on whnt is claimed as
the authority Of member of the Inter-
state Comerce Commission that the de-
partment of justice has been moving
against the beef trust 1t is useless to
attempt to get any confirmation from
the attorney general; or any Of his as
sistants, because they refuse to discuss
such matters, but the Information
comes without reservation and is to
be accepted as true. What form the
first public step Of the department of
justice will take is q matter of sur
mise.
In his testimony before the Senate
committee General Schofield said: "I
would make one general at the head Of
the army, and would have three lieu
tenant generals, and then the proper
number of officers In the grades under
that. The Confederates, during the
Civil War, were a great deal wiser
than we were in that respect. They
were better soldiers and better educat-
ed and knew more about it. They car
rled on the greater proportion Of the
best blood that we had, to tell the
truth, and the organized their army sci
entifically."
The War Department, In absence of
proof OF the statements Of Matdf Wal
Ter that he had been Instructed by Gen.
eral Smith. to burn and kill In Samar,
will have nothing to say officially.
General Corbin, however, said that the
department would not approve OF such
orders IL they had been issued by Gen.
eral Smith. The genesal Is now in Ma.
nila preparing to return to this coun-
try. "Sweat boxes" as. a means of in
ducing natives under suspicion to con.
fess were introduced in the Philippines
by General Smith, who constructed
them of steel rails. They proved high
~ eflicacious.
The Interior Department, in a deci-
sion just announced on appeal from the
action of the commissioner Of pen
si0ns, decided hereafter to Issue what
are known as short-terrn certificates to
veterans of the Spanish-American war
having .pensionable disabilities. These
certificates have been issued to veter-
ans under the general laws, covering a
designated period and ceasing with the
disappearance of the pensionable lisa.
bility, but heretofore have not been ex.
tended to veterans Of the last war. The
dnsptatnv1 vwI1l rroho 1ly rorrrlf l., tho az