Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-02
FIFTEENTH YEAR.

White house during long walt Tor
the President.
The President Is said to II. eonsid'
efins a proposal from G.n-rai allies
friends 10 s.tIi- the army sauabbi. by
s-niins him TO Europ- lo insI-ect the
armies there.
Capt. Charles y. Clark has declined
th~ appointment OF special naval rrp-
F-s@ntatiye at the coFonation of kins
Edward and III. President has named
Rear Admiral Watson for that mis-
sion.
President Roosevelt Inns expressed
hI. S3proyai Of th. m-nsur. now pend
ing "a Congress for the appropriation
of SsDOO To erect nohuiirnt III
Washington 10 the late Major G.a-rai
John q. Rvmon'.
Tho agricultural appropriation bill
reported To the House to-day carries
ntsout s.. ..ssl0sp. mn incr-u.. OF approx
iniat.iy ssrOOO owe. the nppropFia'
lions last year and decrease of about
$4,000 from the estimate.
A biii has passed III. HOUSE r-.-rv-
Ing from the pobiic land. ia Orcson a
public park for the t-n-iit of th- i'ro-
pie OF the United States and the pro-
lection and preservation of the game.
ii.h and timber AMI all other natural
objects.
III. Pension bureau las issued a
pcn.ion Of $50 month To Mrs India
Stewart. mother OF Captain John ~
Stewart. a member of the First Colo-
RADIO. who was killed in III. Philip.
pines. This pension was granted by
.Irciai act OF Congress.
The subcommittee of the Senate
committee on military affairs hns
agreed to recommend the incor1,ora'
ton In the army appropriation bill OF
an amendment appropriaiins <S.un'
with which TO supply army posts Win
libraries. schools. rymnnsiums. etc. !"
take the place Of the army cnn'ccn'
Secretary Of State Hay. for the
United States. and Minister Conchn.
for Colombia. have signed treaty pro.
yitiiuS for the transfer TO the United
States of the rights Incident To the con
struction OF the proposed Panama
canal. This treaty Is similar To the
protocol recently signed. the terms of
which have been published.
The President has determined the
succession to the vacancy OF the Inter
national tribunal In Egypt by promot.
ing Judge Bntchcllor from the Court
OF First Instance To the Court OF Ap'
pcnls to succeed Judge Kelly. resigned.
Judge Van Horn OF Utah has been
named TO MI the vacancy In the lower
court caused by the promotion.
The House committee on coinage.
weights and measures has fnvornbly
reported Representative Shnfroths biii
To ndopt the metric system. amending
IL 30 that the system shall go into cf-
feet In nll departments Of the govern.
mcnt January I. 1904. and bc legal
standard OF weights and measures III
the United States January ]. 1907.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has decided that II was unlawful
for railroads to deny to shippers the
choice OF establishing routes and. rates.
This decision IL made In the California
orange cnscs brought by the Consoli.
dated. Forwarding Company and the
Southern Pacific Fruit Exchange
against the Southern Pacific and Santa
Fc systcss.
The omnibus bill. providing for vari'
oGs public buildings throughout the
United States. has been reported to the
House from the Committee on Public
Buildings. The appropriation for the
Denver mint Is Increased from SJOO.OU
Lcadvillc postoiiicc IL Increased from
$4,000 to $4,000. and S135.OOO Is pro.
vided for the purchase of a site and
the erection of government building
ut Colorado Springs.
A committee OF negroes, composed OF
Ex-Governor Pinchbnck of Louisiana,
Bishop A. Grant OF Indiana, Il. w.
hampton of Mississippi and W. Nc.
Einlcy of South Carolina, called on the
President and asked his support of the
Crumpacker resolution and the bill in
troduccd by Senator Irwin, providing
for the appointment OF commission
to investigate the conditions of the ne
gro. They declined to discuss the de-
tails of the interview, but said II was a
very satisfactory one.
The State Department Is taking steps
toward the settlement of the claims of
the missionaries and other Americans
who suffered from the boxer uprising
in China in 1900. To this end COM
mission has been created composed of
United States Minister Conger, Secrc-
tary of Legation Bainbridge and Con-
sui Ragsdale of Tien Tsin, to ascertain
as near as may be the exact damage
sustained by each individual claimant.
The claims thus far filed number $50,
aggregating $2,OOO.O00.
Friends of the omnibus bill admit
ting Arizona, New Mexico and Okla.
homa AS states, becoming impatient ut
delay in taking up their bill, met and
decided that II the Speaker does not
agree to give them n day in court by
May LIST, they will insist on the privi-
lege which the rules grant for the con-
sideration of the bills admitting the
territories to become states of the I'm
ion. Delegate Rodey states that there
is more than majority pledged in IA
vor of the bill and that Its cOnsldera-
tion is equivalent to its passage in the
house, that the situation in the Senate
is favorable and II the bill passes the
House the prospects for Its becoming
law at this session are bright.
Mr.. Jones of Nevada. chairman of
the Committee OH Contingent EX-
penses. reported favorably the resolu-
tion of the committee on relations with
Cuba providing for an Investigation by
that committee of the alleged contro!
of the Cuban sugar crop and sugar
lands in Cuba. Mr.. Teller said that he
desired to deny that he had ever said
that the Colorado sugar producers We're
willing to have the duty taken off sug-
ar. He made this statement in view of
such remark having been attributed
to him by witness before the Ways
and Means Committee. He would not