Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-04-04

1t IL understood that Commissioner
General OF Immigration Powderly.
whose term OF office expires soon, VIII
be rendered some other position In the
| government service.
The House committee ON coinage Inns
ordered n favorable report on the biil
| OF Representative Mercer, establishing
. coinage mint nj Omaha. Nebrnskn.
and appropriatlns So5o.OOp for build
ing.
Senator Tillmnn from the committee
on mines aud mining reported favor
| ably the bill lcvoting u portion of the
proceeds Of the sale OF public lands Ia
| the maintenance OF state AMI territorial
mining schools.
I Congressman Shafroth IN In favor OF
. wider distribution Of the Congress.
| sionnl Record. lie Inns Introduced bill
providing that each senator should
have $50 subscriptions placed at his
disposal and each representative 100
The Senate committee on public
lands hns authorized favorable re-
port on the I'LL which has passed the
House providing for the issuance OF n
| patent To the townsitc Of Basin CITY.
Wyoming. to the municipal authorities
thereof for the use aud bcncht of sail
| town.
l. by order OF the Navy Department
| the date OF completion for the arinorcd
cruisers South Dakota and California
hns been set forward To December 81.
1901. and for the protected cruiser Ia.
coma To May I. i;sci. These vessels
arc building al the Union Iron works
| ut San Francisco.
The monthly statement Of the coilcc-
tions OF revenue shows that the total
| OF the returns for February. 1872. were
SIS. .iJ9. u decrease as compared
with February. 1901. OF x3.oi2.i1s. Dur.
ing.thc last eight months the total re-
ccipts were $iS3.Oii,1iI, u decrease Of
| x2O. .OSS. HOG from the correspondent. per.
iod last year.
! Representative Golifoglc Of New
York has introduced In the House n
resolution asking the Secretary Of
| State for information whether Amcri.
can citizens of the Jewish religious
faith. holding passports issued by this
| government, nrc barred or excluded
from entering the territory OF the en-.
| pirc OF Russia.
A large number Of business men rep
rcscn:lng the leading commercial or
Ennizntiona OF the country were before
the House committee on commerce rc.
Gently when hearings were begun on
the plan OF creating new department
F., OF the government. presided over by
n cabinet officer. to he known ms the
Department OF Commerce and Labor.
aud argued In favor Of the measure.
The Senate public lands committee
has reported favorabiy Senator Mitch
| ellis bill providing for rcfunding S1.25
per acre to homestead and prc-cmption
! holders OF land who secured lands by
entry within railway land limits and
paid mt the rate Of $40 per acre. and
where railway companies failed to con-
struct the lines OF railroad on account
OF which such land grants were made.
The Secretary of the Treasury. upon
further consideration OF the question,
Informed the Danish minister through
the Secretary OF State. that II sugar Is
shipped from the Danish West indies
to the United States prior TO the rntiii.
cation OF the treaty ceding the islands
TO the United States and deposited In
bonded warehouses, II can be drawn
for consumption only upon the pay
mcnt OF duty.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the
opinion OF the United States Court OF
Appeals for the Eighth circuit In the
Lincoln Land Company. The case In
volvcd the title to the land on which
the town of Yuma, In the state of Col
orndo, is located. The court held that
the act of Congress confirming the title
of George +. Emblem, from whom the
town company secured title. was valid.
The House observed Good Friday by
voting II large numbcI OF special pen
sious to worthy veterans and widows
throughout the land. In all DO were
passed. With one exception this Is the
record for the number of such bills
passed Mt o single session. During the
discussion II developed that Colorado
has 3, 13l persons on the pension rolls
and IL receiving the sum Of SI4i,OOO
annually. Wyoming pensioners num-
bcr T26 and receive Si1G,D00. New
Mexico has 1,155 pensioners who get
$263,050. :
An important conference was held
at the war Department between Sccre-
tnry Root and General Wood. military
governor OF Cuba. In regard to Cuban
affairs. 1t Is understood that II re-
lated mainly to legislation necessary
to put the new Cuban republic on IA
sound commercial basis at the outset of
Its career. General Wood has express
cd the opinion that the proposed twen-
ty per cent. reduction on Cuban i'm
ports Will not afford the desired relief
to Cuba. He is endeavoring to secure
more liberal concessions for the island.
The civil service commission will
shortly institute a test system OF an
nual examinations Of Its employees,
which, IL proven practicable, is desig
mated to be extendNl to all branches of
of the government service. These ex-
aminations will be required of all. re-
gardlcss of whether they are seeking
promotion or not, and the employees
will be reduced In grade and pay If
they fail to score seventy per cent. In
the examinations. The regular eff
cheney records will be counted on the
basis OF forty per cent. out of the maxi |
mum of 100 per cent. The commission
Is instituting the scheme In It's own
offices first, before taking steps look |
Ing to its general adoption.
The scheme for Philippine currency
MS agreed an by the Republican mem
bers of the currency committee Is that |
there shall be coined Philippine dol
lar of the same weight and fineness as
the Mexican dollar and the British dol
lar. 1t is to be bullion dollar, but
the volume Is to be limited only by
the demands of business The coin will
,.,, rry mn 1 o,prirnn upyicp rn nun ci6o