North Park union., 1902-02-21


retary Of the navy.
Admiral Sampson was placed on the
retired list on the 7th, having reached
the age limit.
Secretary Root has called the atten'
ti0n Of Congress to the need OF pro
viding for the fifty companies Of PM,
ippine scouts, comprising about o.OO0
men. A deficiency appropriation is re-
quired Of $515.OOO.
The Senate has confirmed the noml-
nation of Medical Inspector Presley NJ.
Rixey, U. 8. N, to be chief OF the
bureau Of medicine and surgery In the
navy, with the rank Of rear admiral.
Also other naval promotions.
Secretary Long has detached Rear
Admiral WIldes from his present duty
as commandant of the Pensacola navy
yard and ordered him to relieve Rear
Admiral Louis Kempf. the junior
squadron commander on the Asiatic
station.
The House committee on labor has
reported favorably the bill OF Repre-
sentative Bartholdt of Missouri to pre-
vent the United States Marine band
and other army and navy bands from
competing with civilian bands or indi-
viduals.
Unless there shall be decided
change for the better in the condition
OF the Presidents son before the end OF
the week, 1t is probable that Prince
Henry Of Prussia may be impelled to
defer his visit to the United States un-
til later in the year.
The movement for strong federal re-
striction Of polygamy by means Of an
amendment to the constitution has
taken form again, and in response to
many petitions and letters urging ac-
tion, the House committee of judiciary
has fixed February 25th for hearing
on the subject.
The House has passed the Lacey bill
for the protection of miners In the ter
ritories. 1t provides that in every mine
over 100 feet In depth, mine owners be
required to provide $500 cubic feet or
pure air for every fifty miners. 1t also
provides TINT managers OF coal mines
shall employ shot firers.
Miss Octavia Wheaton, daughter OF
Major General Wheaton, retired, was
married Monday to Frederick NJ. Nor
ley of Colorado Springs, at st. johns
Church, Rev. DIR. Mackay Smith offi-
ciating. Owing to recent death In the
groom's family. only relatives and
few close friends were present.
The Senate committee on pensions
has authorized a favorable report on
the bill increasing the pensions Of Mex
lean war veterans. The bill applies to
the survivors of that war who are pen
stoned or may be pensioned hereafter
under the acts of 1887, 1891 and 1897.
1t gives each of them $12 per month.
The first international woman's suf
frage conference and the thlrty-fourth
annual convention Of the National
American Woman Suffrage Association
was begun here on the 18th with an
unusually large number of delegates in
attendance. The convention was pre-
sided over by Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait, Its president.
The Foundry Methodist Church. a
historical building In this city, has
been sold to Thomas Il. Walsh of Colo
RADIO for $203.77S cash. The church
building will be torn down and mod
ern office building erected OH the site.
The property is on the corner of Four
teenth and G streets, one of the best
locations In Washington, containing
over 11,OO0 square feet and was sold
for approximately $1S per foot.
Full authority is given for the state
ment that the protocol now being pre-
the Isthmian canal commission, and
DIR. Silva, the Colombian minister here,
will not contain any provision for the
rn1 tIch rf In
isthmus. 1t Is understood that the ter
ritory for the canal, which will be pro-
vided for in the protocol, Is a strip
eight miles wide. four miles on either
side Of the canal.
Senator Hoar, from the Senate COM
mittee on privileges and elections, has
reported favorably the amendment to
the constitution introduced by himself
changing the day for Inauguration of
the President from March 4th to the
last Thursday In April. The resolution
provides that the change shall take ef-
feet In 1905, and extends the term Of
President Roosevelt from March 4th to
that date. The resolution also provides
that hereafter the terms Of senators
and members of the House of Repre-
sentatives shall begin the last Thurs
day In April instead of March 4th, az
at present.
The subcommittee of the Senate
committee on foreign relations, which
had been giving especial attention to
the legal aspect of the reciprocity
treaties, has reported It's findings to
the full committee, and Senator
Spooner was authorized to prepare IL
written report OH the subject. The
committee concludes that the power
to make commercial treaties rests with
the President and the Senate, and that
the fact that they involve questions of
tariff does not render 1t necessary that
the House of Representatives should
have equal opportunity to consider
them.
The House on the 7th passed the
legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill, the second Of the reg
ular supply bills. AS passed It carries
$25, III 1850, which Is $5O3, ,T21 in excess
of the current law. Only two amend
ments of Importance were adopted.
One provides for commission to re-
district the legislative districts of
Oklahoma. and the other authorizes
the President, in his discretion, to COW
er into the civil service the temporary
clerical force employed on account of
the war with Spain. There are about
1,25O of these clerks still in the service.
By the terms of the amendment the
President must place all or none of
them under the civil service.