The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-03-18

vasion of the jurisdiction of the states,
and that il ought to be amended radi-
1 cnlly. Mr.. Patterson while he agreed
to the general proposition of the bill,
urged that it ought not to pass in it's
present form. No action on the bill
| was taken.
General Hughes says the death rate
among Spanish prisoners in the Phil
| ippines was far beyond what 1t should
have been. Investigation proved that
| the prisoners We're so debiltatei by
reason of their long stay in the heat
and by their military service that they
| We're unable to rally from any illness
| which attacked them. He said he had
| urged the return of United States
troops TO this country after two years
| service.
| The officia the Department of
Justice wi make every effort to secure
the extradNion from Canada of Colonel
Gaynor and Captain Greene. who are
| charged with completely in the Savan-
nah frauds for which Captain o. NJ.
| Carter was sent to the penitentiary.
The officials are looking up the law and
the treaty bearing on the subject and
as soon us this is completed they will
ask the State Department to take
steps to secure the eXtradition of the
men, who are now in Canada.
President Roosevelts attitude to-
wards the project of reclaiming arid
lands will probably figure largely in
the growing popularity of the New
lands-Iiansbrough bill before the
house, says "A News special The
presidents Views have not changed
since the delivery of his message
10 congress and on several oc-
casl0ns recently he has given evidence
thatt he is heart and soul with the
Westerners in their government irriga
ton measure.
| 1t may he that the collision which oc-
Cured between Russian soldiers and
the crew of the United States steam
ship Nicksburg at the beginning of the
year, while the gunboat was In Il mud
| dock at New Chwang. will be the sub
| ject of further representations to the
| Russian government. Mail advices
make out very strong case for the
American sailors. 1t is shown that
they were attacked without reason in
their own clubroom by the Russian
guard and We're handled cruelty.
All members of Congress have re-
ceived copies of resolutions adopted
by the Commercial Club of Omaha
asking them to oppose the general ir-
| rigation bill which has passed the Sen
ate and Is now pending in the House,
and To support only such irrigation leg
| islation rs will result in building the
three projects recommended by the
secretary of the interior. namely, the
Gila river project. in Arizona; the Ne
vada reservoir system. in Nevada and
the st. Mary's river project, in Mon
tana.
The House judiciary committee will
report bill to define "conspracies."
so as TO limit the issuance of injunc
tions in labor controversies. 1t pro-
vides that no agreement between per-
sons to do or not To do any act in fur
therunce of any trade dispute between
employers and employees shall be
deemed criminal. nor shall such person
be indictnble for conspiracy, nor shall
such agreement be considered in re-
straint of trade. nor shall any restrain
! ing orders or injunction be issued i'll
relation thereto.
representative Ray of New York has
filed the minority report in opposition
to the general irrigation bill. 1t de
clared the receipts from sales of public
| lands insufficient to construct adequate
irrigation works in all the states named
| in the bill and that it would be unjust
to devote the sales of lands in one state
to develop lands in another. 1t denies
! the right of the government to utilize
| the waters of one state for reclaiming
| lands in another. even If the lands
benefited are public lands, and con-
tends that artesinn well water is totally
inadequate for use in irrigation
schemes. 1t says the funds derived
| from the sale of all remaining public
lands will be insufficient to construct
sufficient reservoirs to utilize the avail
able waters.
| The Senate committee on immigra-
| ton agreed to retain the provision of
absolute exclusion of Chinese from the
Philippines, taking the ground that the
United States wanted to retain the
Philippines for the Eilipinos, and that
| the latter were-as much opposed to the
admission of Chinese as were the
Americans. Another section of the
bill about which the committee debat-
| ed at length. was that excluding Chi
nese sailors from ships of American
register. This provision also was re-
tained in the bill, but with proviso
| to the effect that in case of accident,
stress of weather, or serious illness the
| captain of n vessel may ship Chinese
crew for the voyage upon which he
may have entered.
The bill of MIR. Lacey of Iowa, pro-
viding for the transfer of certain forest
reserves from the control of the In
terror Department to the Agricultural
Department. and authorizing game and
| fish preserves in forest reserves, was
reported favorably to the House. The
bill provides that the President is
authorized to transfer by executive or
dels any of the forest reserves to the
control of the Department of Agricul-
ture and all laws relating to them I'M
der the Department of the Interior
shall apply to them there, but the
jurisdiction of the Interior Department