The Meeker herald., 1902-04-19

Arizona territory lying north and west
OF the Colorado river. ).
Senator Warren. from the committee
on claims, reported favorahly the bill
ito reimburse H. Glafcke OF Cheyenne
$14 expenses incurred in 1900 as dep
uty collector OF internal revenue, dis
trict of Colorado.
President Roosevelt has granted
pardon to Alfred Plant, who is serving
a four years sentence in Hong Kong,
China, for robbing Chinese pawnshop
while serving ms a soldier in China.
The officials report that he will die IL
he continues in prison.
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 nave
just been completed. The receipts
were $32, OO5.621; expenditures. S3o,-
itures. $1,05S. 400.
Senator Teller's bill granting Colora-
do Springs the right to purchase 2oo
acres of forest reserve and public
lands in the vicinity of Seven lakes
has been reported favorably to the sell
ate by the committee on public lands.
These lands are desired by Colorado
Springs for the completion OF her wa
ter system.
In future candidates for West Point
will be examined physically and men-
tally at an army post near their homes.
Examinations for Utah. Colorado ana
Wyoming will be at Fort Logan. Colo
RADIO. The following officers OF that
post are designated as examiners: Cap
tain Jesse Mel. Carter, Fourteenth cav
airy; Second lieutenant Jerome q. Pll-
low, Fourteenth cavalry; Contract Sur
geon John l.. Shepard, United States
army.
The House committee on mines and
mining gave Representative sutherland
a hearing on his bill to amend the laws
governing the issuance of patents to oil
lands. Mr. Sutherland wishes the pres
cnt laws broadened SO that actual dis,
covery of oil shall not be essential to
validity of location, but existence of
such Indications as will Justify the To-
Gator in developing claim with rea-
sOnable expectation of producing oil
shall be sufficient. The subcommittee
took no action.
1t is stated on what 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 matter Of sur
mise.
In his testimony before the Senate
committee General Schofield said: II
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 great deal wiser
than we were in that respect. They
were better soldiers and better educat-
ed and knew more about it. They car
ried 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 Major Wal
Ter that he had been instructed by Cen
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 If they had been issued by Gen.
eral Smith. The general is now in Ma
Mia preparing TO return to this cOun-
try. Sweat boxes" as a means of in
ducing natives under suspicion to con.
TESS were introduced in the Philippines
H..
them of steel rails. They proved high
~ efficacious.
A subcommittee of the House judi
ciary committee consisting of ltepre-
sentatives Llttlefleld OF Maine, Thomas
of Iowa, and Clayton of Alabama has
decided to report back to the full COM
mittee without recommendation the
proposition to change the date of the
Inauguration Of the present from the
4th OF March to the last Thursday in
April. Differences of opinion among
the members of the subcommittee de-
veloped during the discussion of the
proposition, and the decision to report
1t back to the full committee without
recommendation will leave 1t in the
pame position 1t occupied before refer
snce to the subcommittee was made.
The Interior Department. in deci-
sion just announced on appeal from the
action of the commissioner of pen
sions. decided hereafter to issue what
are known as short-term certificates to
veterans of the Spanish-American war
having pensionnble disabilities. These
certificates have been issued to veter-
ans under the general laws, covering
designated period and ceaslng with the
disappeara rance of the peDsjouable dish
bility, but heretofore have not been ex-
tended to veterans of the last war. The
decision will probably result In the FL
Ing of large number of claims from
this class of veterans.
Senator Patterson of Colorado pre-
sented memorial signed by over 300
American citizens residing In Hawaii
praying the enactment OF legislation
completely excluding Chinese and jap
anese from any American territory
l.