The Holly chieftain., 1902-02-07


& The proposition to dispose Of the
Il United States transports and 10 depend
! upon private steamship corporations
Y for the transportation OF troops IN the
+ future does not meet with very general
d approval in Congress.
Secretary Long has detached Rear
= Admiral Wildes from his present duty
as commandant of the Pensacola navy
tyard and ordered him to relieve Rear
Admiral Louis kempff, the Junior
1; squadron commander on the Asiatic
4 station.
The House committee on coinage has
acted favorablS on the hill appfopriat-
Aug $aO0yO0O for tablishihg branch
mint at Tacoma, Washington. The
general purpose of this new branch Is
~ added mint facilities for the
\ land silver coming from Alaska.
The comparative statement of the
g1yernment receipts and expenses
e,sk that during January, 1902, the
keceipts were $40. 6.5S2, 143, and the
expe1 1fitures $3S, S,54S, ,277, leaving a sur
blus for the month of $SO33, ,S66. The
Surplus fer the corresponding month
last year was $7,40O,OO0.
The Hsuse has passed the Lacey bill
titories. 1t provides that in every mine
Cover 100 feet in depth, mine owners be
Brequired to provide $500 cubic feet or
pure air far every fifty miners. 1t also.
4proyides that managers of coal mines
Hshall employ shot firers.
Representative Boreing of Kentucky
q @las reintroduced bill providing for
1.-THE establishment OF pension court
I>l1 or,I. .1uu fnv.f fl,ra
y appointment of seven judges whose
duty it shall be to hear arguments for
q he granting or the increase of special
u tensions, instead of the petitioners
REcoming to Congress for relief. -
u The friends of the 'oleomargarine bill
&have no doubt of its passage. They re-
#sard the vote ON the adoption Of the
pecial order last Friday as practically
b test vote The bill is practically the
trout bill, Imposing a tax Of 10 cents
Il pound ~on products cOlored In imita-
m ion of butter and to make retail deal
rs who color oleomargarine subject to
he same penalties as the manufactur-
N RS. Tf&NF
IA There is growing disposition among
,enat0H and members who keep close
XvatZ upon legislative conditions to
AA,iGve that there will be no bill for
anal across the isthmu4 between the
pAtlnntic and Pacific oceans during the
present session Of Congress. The
Nruth is that nine out of every tenmen
- meets In Congress or out of 1t Is
| disflSed to see scheme In this sud
1 den dtsire of the Frenchmen to sell
out their rights.
The Senate committee on commerce
fO In rar on,
\ senator Frye's ship subsidy bill. The
\ report will be made by Senator
Frye. The committee made several
amendments to the bill. The most i'm
portant were Allowing mail carrying
y vessels under the bill to be either iron
or steel. instead of steel only as orig
/ inally provided. and reducing to 1000
gross registered tons the vessels receiy-
! ing bounty under the bill.
The preliminary report regarding iron
and steel blast furnaces IN sthe United
States for 1890, as compared with
1890, follows: Number of establish
ments, 223; decrease per cent; cap
ital, $143, 159, 222; increase, II per cent; (;
wage earners, average number, 1921:
increase, II per cent; total wages,
$1S,4S4, 400, increase. q per cent; cost
of material used, $131 ,503, ,655; Increase,
10 per cent; value Of products, $2O6,-
758,550; increase, AZ per cent. SNs
Senator Hoar, from the committee on
the judiciary, has reported favorably
the bill to limit the meaning Of the
word l2epsplracy" and the use Of ''re-
strafAtdg orders and injunctions' in
ceNAn cases. The bill provides that q
se1lhbination to do an act or not to do
pit shall not be punished more severely
than the act itself, and that combi-
nations of this character between en-
A|oyers and employees engaged In inter
I sfAte commerce shall not be considered
in restraint Of trade or commerce. The
bill Is intended to aid in adjusting Ia
Dor disputes ON railroads. ~
Representative Bell has filed with
the secretary of the interior resolu.
tion adopted by residents Of the Grand
River valley requesting a survey and
estimate of cost Of a geological survey
for dlvertjnR the waters OF fhe Grand
river onto the highlands lying along
the Grand valley In Northwestern Colo
RADIO and eastern Utah. 1t Is believed
The waters Of this stream can be d.
/ verted at reasonable cost and q large
area of land now valueless be re-
claimed and placed 1nder cultivation.
Secretary Hitchcock will order pre-
liminary exainlnutionsof OF the project at
once. s sai
At 1880 o'clock Saturday, In the
presence OF the chief officials Of the
/ 'roas,,vv Fiona ri nent Epnafnr Tollf.