The Dolores star., 1902-04-04

whose term OF once expires soon, Will
be rendered some other position in the
government service
The House committee on coinage has
ordered n favorable report on the bill
OF Representative Mercer, establishing
coinage mint at Omaha, Nebraska,
and apprOpriating $05O,OOO for build
ing.
Senator .I'llman from the committee
on mines and mining reported favor
ably the bill devoting portion OF the
proceeds of the sale of public lands to
the maintenance of state and territorial
mining schools.
Congressman Shafroth is In favor of
wider distribution of the Congress
sional Record. He has introduced n bill
providing that each senator should
have $50 subscriptions placed at his
disposal and each representative 100.
The Senate committee on public
lands has authorized a favorable re-
port on the bill which has passed the
House providing for the Issuance Of
patent to the townsite of Basin City,
Wyoming, to the municipal authorities
thereof for the use and benefit of said
town.
BY order of the Navy Department
cruisers South Dakota and California
has been set forward to December 81,
1904. and for the protected cruiser Ts-
coma to May 1, 1903. These vessels
are building at the Union Iron works
at San Francisco.
The monthly statement of the collec-
tions of revenue shows that the total
OF the returns for February, 1902, were
$lS,117,659, decrease as compared
with February, 1901, of $3,942,77S. Dur
Ing the last eight months the total re-
ceipts We're $685. ,744, n decrease of
$2O,OoS, ,406 from the corresponding per-
iod last year.
Representative Goldfogle of New
York has introduced in the House a
resolution asking the Secretary of
state for information whether Ameri-
can citizens of the Jewish religious
faith, holding passports issued by this
government, are barred or excluded
from entering the territory of the en-
pire of Russia.
large number of business men rep
resen.ing the leading commercial or
ganiZatiOns of the country were before
the House committee on commerce re-
Gently when hearings were begun on
the plan of creating a new department
Of the government, presided over by
cabinet officer, to be known as the
Department Of Commerce and Labor,
and argued in favor of the measure.
The Senate public lands committee
has reported favorably Senator Mitch
ellis bill providing for refunding $1.25
per acre to homestead and pre-emption
holders of land who secured lands by
entry within railway land limits and
mil a. IN orxl
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 If sugar is
shipped from the Danish West Indies
to the United States prior to the ratifi-
cation of the treaty ceding the islands
to the United States and deposited in
bonded warehouses, it can be drawn
for consumption only upon the pay
ment of duty.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the
opinion of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Eighth circuit in the
case of George Il. Emblem against the
Lincoln Land Company. The case in
volved the title to the land on which
the town of Yuma, In the state of Col
orado, is located The court held that
the act of Congress confirming the title
of George f. Emblem, from whom the
town company secured title. was valid.
The House observed Good Friday by
voting large number of special PEN
sions to worthy veterans and widows
throughout the land. In all 215 We're
passed. With one exception this is the
record for the number of such bills
passed at a single session. During the
discussion it developed that Colorado
has 8, 134 persons on the pension rolls
and is receiving the sum of $444, 900
annually. Wyoming pensioners num-
ber 126 and receive S116,900. New
Mexico has 1855 pensioners who get
$263, $50.
An important conference was held
at the war department between Secre-
tary Root and General Wood, military
governor of Cuba, in regard to Cuban
affairs. 1t is understood that it re-
lated mainly to legislation necessary
to put the new Cuban republic on Il
sound commercial basis at the outset of
its career. General Wood has express
ed 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 n test system of an
nual examinations of its employees,
which. IL proven practicable, Is desig-
mated to be extended to all branches of
of the government service. These ex-
aminations will be required of all. re-
gardless 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 effi-
cheney records will be counted on the
basis of forty per cent. out of the maxi
mum of 100 per cent. The commission
il instituting the scheme In Its own
Offices first before taking steps look
ing to it's general adoption.
The scheme for Philippine currency