The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16

Mcclellan bill, has agreed upon the
awarding Of S12,5OO. This amount Of
damage, 1t is claimed. was sustained
by SpOttswood II Mcclellan while they
were carrying the mail to Leadville in
the early days The Leadville boom
come on while they We're in possession
of the contract and the mails increased
hundred fold in weight. The loss
sustained in carrying these large mails
had to be borne by the contractors.
The conference committee on the
omnibus claims bill filed report which
was adopted by the Senate. The con-
ference agreement retains all western
claims included in the bill, there being
$124 for Nathan Tanner of Sedgwick
county, Colorado. and SS,256 for Curtis
& Iillman of Denver, the latter being
for work on monitors Massassoit and
Osceola. The conferees direct the ref
erence of the claim of the state of Ne
vada for $473, 900 for supplying and
equipping troops TO aid in the suppress
sion of the Rebellion to the Treasury
Department for adjudication, allow
ance and payment.
Ii is announced in Washington that
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas +. Walsh will go
abroad the latter part of this month.
The entertainment given this week by
the Washes in honor of the French
ambassador and Nine. Cambon was
pronounced the most notable of the sea-
son. The guests at dinner were the
German, Russian and Italian ambassa-
dors, Nine. Desplaches, the secretary
of agriculture and Miss Wilson, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Lodge, Senator and Mrs.
Depew. Senator and Mrs. Hanna and
Commander and Mrs. Cowles. A large
number of additional guests joined the
dinner company at 10 o'clock, when a
musicale by Signor Campari and
Charles Grcgorovitch, the Russian
violinist, completed the entertainment.
Representative Mondell of Wyoming
has requested Speaker Henderson to
grant consideration of bill which has
passed the Senate to ratify' the treaty
with Crow Indians, whereby the In
dians accept certain lands in severalty,
and transfer the remaining land in the
Crow reservation TO the government for
public settlement. The bill was opposed
in the House at the last session of
Congress by Mr.. Mondell because Wyo-
ming settlers, adjacent to the reserva-
ton, We're not fully protected in water
rights and privileges by the provisions
of the bill. The measure pending gives
full recognition TO these rights and Mr..
Mondell urgently favors its passage.
He believes the speaker will give the
friends of the measure an opportunity
to bring it up for passage before the
close of the session.
In the Senate Mr.. Fairbanks offered
bill for which he requested immed-
late consideration. 1t was for the bene-
fit of the people of the French West
Indies and authorized the President of
the United States to cause to be pur-
chased such provisions, clothing, medi-
cines and other necessaries as he shall
deem advisable and tender the same in
the name Of the government of the
United States to the government of
France for the relief of citizens who
have suffered by the late earthquake
in the islands of the French West In
dies. The bill appropriates 100000
for the purpose and authorizes the sec
retary of war to use the necessary
steamships belonging to the United
States to carry its purpose into effect.
The bill passed without opposition. In
the House the consideration of the
measure was deferred over Sunday.
The Indian depredations committee
of the Senate made II report upon Sem
ator's Warren's bill to remove from
deprcdations law the conditions requir-
ing that the claimant, to secure relief,
must have been at the time the depre-
dation was committed n citizen of the
United States, and that the Indians
committing the depredations were not
hostile to the United States. but in the
language of the law ''in amity." The
committee in its report sustained the
provision of the bill removing the re-
quirement of citizenship, but on the
question of amity was unable to agree
and the discussion on this feature of
the bill will be taken to the floor Of the
Senate. A number of western sena-
tors will urge the removal of this con-
dition of the law, which is regarded as
harsh and unjustiflable discrimina-
ton which bars many meritorious
claims from consideration.
The War Department has made pub
lie the telegraphic correspondence that
took place between Aguinaldo and his
insurgent generals on January 49, 1899,
to support the administrations conten-
ton that Aguinaldo at that date con-
templated an attack on the United
States troops at Manila. General
Monet and Colonel Cailles telegraphed
to Aguinaldo, saying: I'VE desire to
know the result Of the ultimatum
which you mentioned in your telegram,
and We also desire to know what re-
ward our government is preparing for
the forces who will first be able to