The Grit-advocate., 1903-03-06

Senator Clark. of Wyoming, from the
| public lands committee. reported favor
ably Senator Warren's bill granting
railroads and water companies right of
way through public lands and reserya-
tions for reservoirs ard pipe lines.
Senator Fairbanks submitted an
amendment to the sundry civil appro-
| priation bill which provides for a site
! for hall of records for the govern
ment in Washington, to cost S44O,O0O.
1t has the approval OF the committee on
public buildings and grounds.
The United States Supreme Court de-
| cided in the case of the United States
| VS.. Barringer. originating in the gov
| ernment printing Office, that tempo
rary employe OF a government is not
entitled to the annual months leave
granted to regular employees.
Mr.. Bowen, the Venezuelan plenipo-
tentiary, has proposed to the allies that
the Car of Russia be asked to name
| TIE three arbtratorS who, as The
| Hague tribunal. shall decide the ques-
| ton of preferential treatment. The
suggestion has been approved by the
State Department.
The agricultural bill reported by the
Senate committee on agriculture in
creases the appropriation of the House
$340, 900, of which $4,000 is for the bu-
reau of forestry. 100000 for irrigation
and the other for smaller amounts.
The Quay statehood amendment re-
mains as part of the bill.
The following officers, who were pro-
NOTED recently to the rank of briGa-
dier general, were retired February
oath: Tully McCrea, Eli l.. Higgins,
G. F. Goodale and Morris Z. c. Foote.
All of them served in the Civil War,
and all except General McCrea. who
was a West Pointer, entered as pri-
Yates in the volunteer service.
The order of business in the Senate
for the remainder of the session has
been quite definitely decided on. Ap
! preparation bills will be given the
right of way. and the Panama canal
treaty will be considered when the ap-
preparation bills are in conference. An
effort will be made to get through 9TH
er bills, including Senator Aldrich's
| bond deposit bill.
In an opinion delivered by Justice
Holmes in the case of Kidd VS.. the
state of Alabama. the United States
Supreme Court holds that a state has
a right to tax the stock of railroads
incorporated in another state, which
is held by an estate in the state seek
ing to exercise the power. The opin-
ion affirmed the decision of the Su-
preme Court of Alabama.
The Senate committee on the Phil
ippines reported adversely Senator
Carmack's resolutions directing the
committee to continue the investiga-
tion of conditions in the Philippines.
The committee decided to report ia
vorably Senator Rawlins' resolution
asking for papers i'll court-martal
cases in the Philippines, but amended
it to include only a summary of the
cases. The committee decided not to
| print the compilation of receipts and
expenditures in the Philippines. as it
was found the expenditure would be
about $65,000.
The attorney general has sent to the
clerk Of the United States Circuit Court
| for the Eighth circuit the formal certif-
| icate under the act of February IL.
| 1903, to secure preference and an early
| argument for the case of the United
| States against the Northern Securities
| company. 1t is expected here that the
argument will be had some time in
| March. The exact time ard the place
will be fixed by the circuit judges who,
under the act, will hear the case.
The naval appropriation bill reported
to the Senate contains a new provision
appropriating sl0O, 900 for the enlarge
ment of the army general hospital at
Fort Bayard, N. NJ. to accommodate
the sick of the navy inflicted with tu
berculosis, and providing that this hos
pital shall be known hereafter as an
army and navy hospital and shall be
governed by the same laws and regula'
tiOns as are now in force for the army
and navy hospital at Hot Springs. Ark.
The appropriation is made Immediately
available.
Representations have been made to
the State Department hy he russian
ambassador, CDmte Cassini. regarding
the increasing seriousness of the situa-
tion in China, in the hope that the
United States Will cooperate with the
other powers to stop the illegal impor-
tation of arms. which has reached an
alarming stage Of activity. Similar
representations have been made
through the Russian representatives to
Belgium, Germany and Great Britain.
The House committee on public lands
authorized a favorable report on the
Senate bill authorizing the President
to establish game preserves within the
forest reserves, to be set aside for the
protection of game and fish. amending
the bill so as to restrict the President
from making more than one preserve
in any state and absolutely prohibiting
the killing Of fish or game in the pre-
serve thus created. Representative
Mondell of Wyoming will make a mi
nority report and will endeavor to de-
feat the bill on the floor of the House.
Its main purpose, he says. is to make
the Yellowstone Park reserve, in Wy
oming, a game preserve. This reserve
embraces nearly one-eighth of the area
of Wyoming. and if made into a game
preserve under federal regulations the
pamo laws will he abrOratei and an