Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-03-13

commanding the European squadron.
has asked to be placed on the retired
list Of the navy under the provision
of the personnel law. Admiral Crown
inshield is now No. 20 on the list OF
rear admirals and his retirement will
place him In the first grade. where his
retired pay will be s5.625 per annum.
His retirement will promite Captains
Cook and Harrington To be rear id
mirals.
\ The amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bill. providing for the
appointment by the President OF a
commission or the use OF other means
to bring about an understanding be-
tween this country and the silver
standard countries as to an equitable
ratio between silver and gold monies.
remained on the bill and became n
law. II is generally understood that
the President will open negotiations
with the countries In question. with a
view to getting them to go into such u
conference. The appointment of n
commission Will probably come later.
One hundred thousand dollars Is ap-
propriated to defray the expenses OF
the investigations.
The secretary OF war has sent to the
Senate records OF courts martial held In
cupation OF those islands by the United
States. including the cases OF General
Smith and Major Glenn. The tran
script also covers the opinion by the
attorney general In the case OF Capt.
e. NJ. Browneil. Sixth Infantry. charged
with ordering the punishment which
resulted in the death Mt Bnnnte OF Fa-
ther Augustin. In which the attorney
general found that BTowncil could on
ly have been tried by court-martial.
md that now that he In out OF the SER
vice and peace has been proclaimed In
the Philippines. he is not subject to
trial by a court OF that character.
A Swede who gave his name as z.
Berg Of Providence. Rhode Island.
tried for nm hour to see the President.
He was urged by the White House at
tachcs to reduce his communication to
writing. This he cndcayored to do.
but failed. One OF the secret service
officers interviewed him and found
him possessed Of hnliucinntions. BERG
said that several years ago he had In
formed the United States government
that the Speniaris had intended to
blow up one Of his battieships. and
wanted the President to Ne. to II that
he received 100000 for the informn-
ton. Bcr. was persuaded To return to
Providence aud there place his claim
In the hands OF lawyer.
President Roosevelt sent letter TO
Hon. David u. Henderson. late speak
or OF the House OF Representatives. of
which the followin. Is copy: MY
Dear MIR. Spcakcr-As did not see
you to-day ai the capitol. I wish to
write you line TO congratulate you on
the work accomplished by the Con-
I sssht hna
were certain measures OF Importance.
the failure to act upon which greatly
regretted: but II In nevertheless true
thnt. taken as whole. no other Con-
Ircss Of recent years has to Its credit
n record OF more substantial achieve
mcnt for the public good than this.
over the lower branch o! which you
preside. I congratulate you and II and
wish you well wherever your future
may lead you.''
The number Of bills introduced dur
Ing the F'ifty-scvcpth Congress nGgrc-
gnted Il. 800. Of which 3.9iS were re-
ported and more than 1000 passed.
The House calendar In clearer Mt the
close of this Congress than II ever has
been before. only scvcnty-ciSht bills
remaining undisposed OF. In the Fifty
fifth Congress 2.2ii bills were reported
In
:.7S7 were reported and 2.20i passed.
The nearest approach to the number OF
bills introduced In the Fifty-sevcnth
was In the Fifticth Congress. when a.
800 were brought in and the greatest
number reported was In the Forty
ninth Congress, the aggregate being
i,lSl. The number OF private bills
passed by this Congress have been cx-
ccedingiy large. Fifteen members OF
the House died during the Congress
Just closed. an unusually large num-
Der.
During the last session OF the cxpir-
Ing Congress Colorado delegates se-
cured substantial appropriations for
the completion Of the Denver mint and
the Colorado Springs postofiicc. A
term Of the United States Court was
established at Montrose. the co-opera-
tive colony in Montezuma county got
an extension Of its time for entry TO
government lands, Montrose secured
n site for water works and arrange
Inents were made whereby a tract of
Indian lands where the remains Of the
cliff dwellers are located will be soon
turned into a government reservation.
A full score OF bills granting pensions
and increases of pensions to Colorado
veterans OF the Civil War were passed.
Substantial improvements will be
made at the Grand Junction Indian
School and Leadvillc fish hatchery
with, appropriations which Colorado
senators and representatives secured.
Among the distinguished men who
retired from public life at the close of
the Fifty-seventh Congress. none is
held in higher esteem by his col
leagues than Hon. Galusha a. Grow.
representative-at-large from PennsyI
vania. AS a token of their regard for
him, the members Of the Pennsylvania
congressional delegation, at n meeting
attended by every member. adopted
unanimously preamble setting forth
in eulogistic terms the unusual charac-
ter and duration of Representative
| Grows services to his state and to his
country and a resolution expressive Of
the regret left by all on account OF his
retirement from Congress. The pre-
amble reci.ed that his services in Con-
gress began nearly half a century ago.
and while his name has been Identified
with many great public measures. the
act which he is just entitled to claim
as his own ia the free homestead law,