The Dolores star., 1902-12-12
WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

md twenty years The present limit
d fifteen and twenty-one years.
oliver Wendell Holmes was con-
armed by the Senate to succeed the
.te Justice Gray as a member of the
Court. There was no opposition.
bill introduced by Representative
yenkins. by request. makes newspa-
oers or other periodicals. unavailable
which contain any pictures of suicides
or details relating to suicides beyond
I simple statement of death by sui
eide. and imposing penalty.
II has recently been brought to the
attention of Postmaster General
payne that about twenty-five women
are holding positions as carriers in
the rural free delivery service. and
call has been made upon Superintend-
ent Machin of tnat branch for infor-
nation about them. An investigation
will be made to determine whether
ibey are performing their duties in
satisfactory manner. Mr. Payne is
said to be opposed to the appointment
nj women to such service.
The House has passed a bill author
king the following persons to accept
nrescnts and decorations from foreign
governments: Capt. b. II. McCalla,
HI. S. NJ. Drs. Eugene Wasdin and II.
D Gcddings, U. S. M. ii. c.. Henry e.
Afford, W. A. Taylor, ii. w. Wiley, NJ.
IA Carleton and John I. Shuttle, De-
partment of Agriculture: John A. Ok
erman, Mississippi river commission:
Casper S. Crowinshield. United States
commercial agent; Miss Anna Tolman
Smith and Lieut.. Col. f. II. Phipps.
The annual report of Governor
Otero of New Mexico to the secretary
Of the interior says the territory is
unusually prosperous, irrigation work
has taken great strides, new mines are
opening and new towns and cities are
springng into life. The net bonded
iebt of the territory is $1.034,054. The
assessed valuation of property in New
Mexico is now SAL ,10S.745. which the
governor says is not one-third of its
actual value for taxable purposes. n
Hair estimate, he says, not falling far
short of S150.000,o00.
The War Department has issued an
order for the exchange of fifteen Phil
ippinc regiments with the same num-
Der of troops in the United States.
The home troops will relieve the
troops in the Philippines. The first
transport of them leaves San Fran
cisco February 1st. Parts of the
Fourteenth cavalry and Eighteenth in
PANTRY, now at Fort Logan, Colorado,
will be sent to the Philippines and
parts of the Second infantry and Fifth
cavalry. now in the Philippines, will
ZONE to the Department of Tie Colo
Fado.
Details shall be for four years. and
officers detailed may be assignedto any
branch of the service. The bill pro-
vides further that the chief of staff,
under the direction of the President
and secretary of war, shall have super
vision of all troops of the line and of
the several administrative staff and
upply departments and shall be a
member of the board of ordnance and
Qualifications. Under the bill inspec-
tons of troops are to be made habit
|lally by commanding officers and in
Epections OF the army at large by the
general staff.
Following the change in the Colom-
bian negotiators reported, steps have
been taken to Immediately resume the
Exchanges between the State Depart
ment and the Colombian legation with
p view to the perfection OF canal
treaty. II is now known that what
WAS regarded as the most difficult prob
lem to solve has been successfully met
BY the negotiators in the arrangement
ol the perpetual control" clause of
the projected treaty. Under this the
United States may hold the necessary
strip of land indefinitely. The real diff
ference now is as to the compensation
70 be paid Colombia which seeks an
Increase of annuity to more than
100000 per annum.
The House committee on commerce,
which is considering the department
l commerce bill. heard Commissioner
y Patents Allen, who disapproves of
he transfer of the patent office to the
proposed department of commerce.
assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Allies informed the committee that the
treasury department is willing to
ransfer to the proposed department
Of commerce the Bureau of Immigra-
ion. National Bureau of Standards,
lighthouse establishment and coast
Aiu BeOuetlC survey, 10 dlu Ill lOIh-
ng nucleus for the new department.
But the treasury is not favorable to
he transfer of the marine hospital
servce life-savipg service. steamboat
INSPECTIONS, Bureau of Navigation or
bureau of Statistics. because of their
close relation to the tt easury depart
ment. These five last named bureaus
are in charge of department officials
t,.,.. .xAI~ Atr,,s
also.
Attorney General Knox, in his an
aual report, renews his recommended
.lon for an increase of the salaries of
judicial officers throughout the coun-
ny, The report shows that the num-
oer of cases remaining undisposed of
the United States court at the close
the October, 1902. term. was 344 on
ae appellate and eleven on the original
aocket. At the close OF the previous
erm there we're 1886 cases undisposed
u The number of cases docketed at
me me term was 3S3. number disposed of
10. The statement of criminal pros
sutons in the United States court